Alert! Longer form content ahead (1900 words-ish) As I was trying to hunt down some media files in old emails, I came across a piece of writing I did for… Read More
The Freedom of No Identity: Finding Connection Through Diversity
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The Emerging artist grant exhibition and artist talk!
Hello everyone! What a wonderful show opening it was! I had family and friends come to visit and it was an incredible experience and high! I heard there were hundreds… Read More
Top Five Writing Clichés to Avoid
They’re probably some of the most dreaded words for an artist. “That seems Cliché.” It’s like being called a hack. A joke. After all the time I… Read More
SHAMc Summer Arts Camps
By Laura Kepner. Every summer for the past six years, the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center becomes a catalyst for kids to connect to their environment, their world, and their minds. They become writers, illustrators, sculptors, painters, creators and magic makers…. Read More
A Dreaming Octopus and The Language of The Senses
A story keeps coming into my orbit about a discovery in octopus’ behavior; that they dream (maybe). There is a PBS video clip of the phenomenon which shows a sleeping… Read More
The Books I Hold Close
Over the past year, I have read several books on grief. Many of which I would skim over briefly and set aside. They just didn’t speak to me. I had… Read More
Is all art functional?
This question has been asked for ages and especially at times of economic uncertainty, when communities assess their expenditures and make budget cuts. But time and again, and especially in… Read More
You Do What?
I started painting later in life. I spent the first half of raising 3 daughters as a single mom. My youngest Karen and her baby son Nate moved home with… Read More
Where Ideas Come From – Dalí’s Drawings
By Rebecca Skelton. Salvador Dalí seems to have drawn constantly. Having been a drawing teacher for about 30 years, I think the most interesting way to view the exhibit “Where Ideas Come From – Dalí’s Drawings” is as a cross section of the means of and reasons for drawing…. Read More
Potholes, Past Lives, and Unfinished Work
Most creatives have a million ideas sitting on back-burners in their minds, hoping to one day revisit them. I have what amounts to a series of different photo projects that… Read More
