Answer Experiments in Creativity #6 - Grow in order to Give

I just finished watching the Tony Robbins video as the first step in assignment #6 from Lisa.

Grow in order to give and give in order to grow is the message I take away from this fast paced, emotional rollar coaster, inspirational and intriguing look at how we become who we are and how we can move in the direction we would like to go.  I know this is one of Lisa's favorite videos to watch and I feel like it is one to watch more than once.  I walked away feeling refreshed and recharged.

I think for me another powerful thought and lifestyle choice that Tony Robbins endorses is believing that strangers care.  I jokingly call myself a vouyer because I am extremely interested in those people I have never met and will never meet.  I want them to know that I, in fact, do care about them and I want them to know that they are significant to me.  Every person plays a vital role in every person's life simply by being alive.  I know that Lisa is on the same page as me in believing in the butterfly effect of human nature.  When you inspire one person you inevitably inspire more and more and more people as the feelings are shared with and passed on to others.  That is one of our hopes with the projects we develop here at Art is Moving and will be one of our main focuses for 2011.

I won't go into the heavy details of my answers to the rest of the questions that Lisa had me ponder.  Instead, I would encourage you to do the same for yourself.  I do want to say though that I feel as though I need to keep track of my magic moments a bit more.  But, then again, I don't want to put pressure on myself or feel like I am keeping score of "the good times."  I tend to be a perfectionist and turn everything I do into almost a competition with myself.

As always I have many ART plans for 2011.  Lisa and I are always coming up with new ideas and want to stretch our reach and give art to as many people as possible.  So, 2011 will be another year of hard work, experimentation, and discovery.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE IT!

Lastly, I want to write a gracious thank you to all of our readers/collaborators/fellow art advocates.  You keep us going with your involvement, comments and encouragement.  I feel like our community is really starting to develop and grow and we are making a positive difference in the world.  So, thank you.

I took my notes from this experiment and made paper from it.  I  wrote myself a little reminder to read every morning during 2011.

Happy New Year to you all.

I am an Artist: Suzanne Gonsalez-Smith, North Dakota

Happy Holidays all!

Here is our latest virtual interview from our I am an Artist series with North Dakota, Artist and Academic, Suzanne Gonsalez-Smith. I love her work it is really mysterious and intriguing. Suzanne's photography reminds me of the 20th century surrealist and alchemical painter,Remedios Varo. 
 Enjoy her imagery and insights.

Why are you an artist?

 My first memories are of watching my mother painting. I attribute her with my early interest in art. Overall all, I see my need to create a calling. For me, being an artist is a religious experience.

Why do you use the medium that you use?

 I like to push the boundaries of what people consider photography to be. This often means I get to work with appropriated images or mixed media elements. Photography is such an ever-changing media it gives me a lot of freedom to try new things.

Tell us about your creative process? and what is the role of time in your work?

 It often starts with an idea or a glimmer of an image I want to create. I always work in a series. I am very drawn to things of the past and search out new ways to create with them. This also means I am very drawn to the idea of myth and memory and its spatial relationship to physical time.

As far as the actual process, the idea begins and I start collecting items to be included in the photographic series or mixed media photo collages. I usually work on multiple series at the same time as it keeps me more interested and allows a period of rest in each series that helps me in the creation process. I will work in each series anywhere from six months to several years.

What do you hope your viewer walks away with after sitting with your work?

A reflection of me on the personal level and on the broader level a connection to memory, myth and the human experience that connects us all.

What influences your composition decision making?  Is it planned out detail for detail or is it intuition, or both?

 Most of my work has a strong sense of design and composition. I work a lot on intuition but also pay attention to the details of creating each piece based on past experience.

What is the role of the artist in our society? and in  North Dakota?

 I feel the role of an artist today is to remind the rest of the world of our humanity. The role of the artist is a direct reflection on what it means to be human. How that connection ties us to the past and the present and reminds us of our roots. Living in Grand Forks, North Dakota is far removed from my Hispanic culture and has caused me to push elements of that more into my work. Being an artist here is really no different then anywhere else. For me, I try to stand as a working example of an artist for my students to follow.

Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?

 Still working as an educator artist who continues to create and show on the national and international level.

 What are your ultimate goals as an artist?

To create compelling work that is true to my soul.

What does art mean to you?

 The act of creating art is a powerful force for me. It is as important as the air I breathe and it is my experience of being human expressed through images.

Suzanne Gonsalez-Smith
Assistant Professor of Art-Photography
Dept of Art & Design
The University of North Dakota

Etsy store is:

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/ravenwolf

 Website is:

 http://ravenwolfgallery.com/SuzanneGonsalez/index.html

Experiments in Creativity #6- Invitation to Creative Planning for 2011

How can we maximize our potential as artists in society? How does one achieve ones artistic goals in this contemporary Western (American) climate, were art is considered fluff and disposable. For me, I know being an artist is my calling. The question is how do I make a living at being a full time artist? How do I navigate the system? As an artist you are continually taking leaps of faith again and again. After Grad school, I embraced the knowing that after my magical creative process and manifestation,comes the pragmatic and hard WORK of marketing, self promotion, advocacy,rejection, resilience,  persistence, and planning, over and over again.

As the year 2010 and the decade is coming to a close, I think preparation, reflection, and affirmation is the key to future success.

Lets begin with my Experiment in Creativity #6 an Invitation to Creative Planning for 2011.

Here the steps:

1. Check out this powerful talk by Tony Robbins "why we do what we do," from my most favorite site in the world Ted.com. (jot down some notes about what really speaks to you?) 
Also, check out this cute article on planning Forget New Year's Resolutions. This Year, Use Design Tools to Redesign Your Life



Here are the next steps in this creative experiment. This I adapted also from Tony Robbins amazing insights.

2. Write down your magical moments in 2010
3. Write down what "sucked" for you in 2010. And what did you learn from it?
4. What are you committed to do for your ART and Art business in 2011?
5. How will you contribute to your community and the natural world in the coming years?
6. Lastly, make some ART with and out of your plan. That is the ritual, which I feel will make this all  real.

Looking forward to seeing your ART plan!

Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year! Lets make this a good one!
Lisa

Answer Experiments in Creativity #5 -Time

Time is an interesting concept. I always question its reality. I think as the year is ready to close time is really magnified. Either we are waiting for the year to end so we can begin a new, or we are going crazy trying to tie up any loose ends in our life.  Also, it is Winter Solstice the shortest day of the year in terms sunlight, which is on the 21st and is traditionally a time of deep inner reflection. This Winter Solstice of 2010 is very special as there will also be a Lunar Eclipse, the last time this occurred was  in 1638, over 380 years ago! It is really a perfect time to Create! It would be so cool if at 12:13 am on December 21st we would have massive global uprising and everyone would take an Art Break!!! Our baby Art in Your Pocket would be all over that.  

The exhibit that I want to experiment with  is called Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, which the latest show at MOCA in Los Angeles. The exhibition presents Latin America as the source of new ideas about the nature and function of art through the re-creation of important large scale installations by five highly regarded and influential artists: Carlos Cruz Diez, Lucio Fontana, Julio Le Parc, Hélio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida, and Jesús Rafael Soto. The exhibition aims to illuminate the field by expanding the dialogue surrounding light-and-space practices in contemporary visual art beyond the California tradition of the late '60s and '70s, to include pivotal Latin American impulses expressed more than a decade earlier.

Don and I went to the grand opening. The whole installation was a stellar interactive success, were I/you the viewer was pivotal in the completion of each work.I really was fascinated by the Pool  installation of the pool. The highlight of the exhibition, Hélio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida's Cosmococa-Programa in Progress, CC4 Nocagions (1973) features a 90-centimeter-deep swimming pool installed amid colored lights and multiple wall projections of John Cage's book Notations, a collection of music manuscripts, covered with lines of cocaine. The water presents a dynamic surface where the movements of the swimming participants are integrated into the work in a complete reinvention of art as an immersive, sensorial, and interactive experience. For MOCA's presentation, the public will be invited to swim or lounge in the heated pool during museum hours, supervised by a lifeguard. Changing rooms will be available for visitors who bring swimsuits, and the MOCA Store will offer a line of disposable swimwear. Towels will be provided

 

 

Here is my experience and completed  Experiment in Creativity #5 - Time

• Sit in front of the artwork.  Take 30 seconds to write down your thoughts, feelings, interpretations, of the art.  Wow, a pool in  museum, amazing, light, perception, weirdness, connection,empowering,

•  Sit and look at the work for 3 minutes without writing anything.  At the end of 3 minutes write down the first sentence you think of. Interactive direct experience is truly an embodiment of ART!

•  Spend another 30 minutes with the work, but don't force yourself to think about it.  If something comes up write it down.  Not sure if I am brave enough to be participate in this installation/performance piece, but I really love being a voyeur. 
• Look at the work for another 3 minutes and write down anything you think of. Stellar success!! beautiful, art actions!! 
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•   Leave the work for 3 days. 
• On the third day, come back and look at the work again.  Take 30 minutes to write down your thoughts, feelings, impressions. I love this installation by Hélio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida's Cosmococa-Programa in Progress, CC4 Nocagions !! It challenges perceptions of what an art museum is and what an museum goer does. Never thought I would see someone swimming in an art museum. Love it!! I have always loved the Latin American aesthetic. It speaks to me..... 

Thanks Lauren, this experiment gave me a new perspective of looking at and embodying art without having to put on my swim suit!   

Top Ten Blog Posts of 2010

its time to celebrate~
I think that the greatest strength of our Art is Moving collaboration is that Lauren and I  really want to grow and we really want to make a difference in this world via art and its process.We have a crazy passion for ART and we realize its potential!. This collaboration is purely organic and in that process we are always analyzing our artistic relationship and our projects. I feel what we are amazing at is our vision, enthusiasm, and ideas.We have manifested a lot via the ARTcart, our Blog, and now Art in Your Pocket.
And what I feel we lack in is personal validation or celebration of what we have accomplished. It is almost like before we can see what we have done... we are running to the next project. Does anyone else do that? If so its time to celebrate!  So, Lauren and I are mindfully trying to celebrate what we have done and I think here is one way!! at least my way~ Lisa

Art is Moving's :Top Ten Blog Posts of 2010

1. Experiments in Creativity:Making some Art out of this Mess 

reDiscover said..." Lisa--~.so great how you documented your process for us all to share. Deb Ris is a local artist whose identity was born from her dismay over trash filled beaches here.www.washedup.us

www.reDiscoverCenter.org was born, not from beach debris but a desire to rediscover trash, to unleash its potential as an artistic medium for environmental awareness

2. Dear Artist

M.M.E. said...First off, this is just amazing! I love it. I feel the same way and I could easily paper a whole wall with my rejection letters. Then I just tell myself it wasn't meant to be and try to find another way to get to where I want to go. I know you're work with the letters certainly put a smile on many faces, so maybe that was the reason you received them all. 

3. Make your own ARTcart! The Mobile ARTcart Recipe 

Anonymous said..."Thank you so much for this post! I love the idea of mobile artcarts and can't wait to make one of my own. Thanks for sharing."

4. I am an Artist: Pam Davidson

Barbara S. said..."Pam, I just wanted to again comment on your amazingly creative talent.Your work is so very unique, but also has so many different facets.Your frames always compliment your work.Every time I see a new 'creation' it just blows my mind at the imagination that has gone into it. I loved your comment about what art means to you.Continue to follow your heart as you ARE truly gifted by God!"

5. Studio is Studio is Studio or Not

Robert Bean said.."When I moved to my new studio space about a year ago it was an amazing experience - the new space had the ability to be organized (pegboard anyone?). I feel far more comfortable in the new space than I did in the old.

I completely understand how you feel!"

6. Answer - Experiements in Creativity #2 - Microworlds

Samith Pich said..."Thanks Lauren for this post, I too agree that an important part of being an artist is capturing and showing new viewpoints and points of reference. There are indeed micro-worlds everywhere and who else (apart from national geographic types) than an artist to show their beauty? Thank again for this enlightening post."

7. I am an Artist: angela d davis

Anonymous said.."I am so appreciative of the artist profiles from Art is Moving! This is such a magnificent way to get to know local artists and to appreciate their work, their creativity, and their inspiration. I must admit that the profile on Angela Davis has inspired me, and has allowed me to ask myself the same questions she was asked throughout her interview. I am also an artist an agree with her on her views dealing with art in this modern era where we obtain the same inspiration as artists long before us, but never from the same perspective. This is how art has evolved and will continue to do so. I admire her views on mother earth and the social heaviness surrounding what we are trained to think and do. Thank you Angela for an inspirational interview, I especially loved your comment saying that “we (as artists) are what we paint” . I have declared myself a fan of Angela’s work! I do wish her much success in her artistic career, and may she continue to inspire through her emotional and evocative art work."

8. I am an Artist: Rebecca J Becker

hrothgar1 said..."I love this virtual tour concept, thank you for doing it! Rebecca, from the examples here is doing amazing things with pastels, a medium I admire and never could get the hang of!"

9. I am an Artist Layet Johnson

Anonymous said..."This was a really interesting interview. I enjoyed Layet's insights on BP.As well as his perspectives on ART!! Thanks Art is Moving--this series "I am Artist" is really fascinating and moving. Giving voices to the many!!!"

10.  Experiments in Creativity 5-Time

"I love the creativity experiments that you are doing here. I have a business called Angelfish Creations, and have thought about adding something such as this. Thank you for the inspiration!" Mary How 

As always your thoughts are so appreciated~ comment at will. 
Happy New Year!! Lets make this a good one!
Namaste, Lisa 

I am an Artist: Kim William Fink, North Dakota

I am Artist map

Lauren and I have covered a lot of virtual ART turf on our I am Artist Interview Series and we have met some amazing artists. Currently, I am an Artist is in North Dakota and Minnesota. Our first interview is with artist and educator Kim William Fink. We love Kim William Fink's enthusiasm !!
Enjoy the interview.

  
Why are you an artist?
I have always wanted to do art since I can remember. I lived in a household that supported our learning and never was told I couldn't do something, so long as I tried my hardest.
What roles does color and layering play in your work?A major role. I always relied on color as a major aspect in my work. As for layering, this began once I tried printmaking for the first time at the Portland Museum Art School (now the Pacific Northwest College of Art), and never looked back!

Tell us some of your favorite contemporary printmakers and why they are your favorite.
My favorites are not traditional printmakers in the sense that they are primarily visual artists who happen to do printmaking OR multiples as part of their expression: Ghada Amer, Kiki Smith, John Cage, Hans Haacke, Richard Tuttle, Al Held, Francesco Clemente and Christopher Brown come to mind right now.

What does Printmaking offer that other art genres do not?
Time. The process takes time.

What is the role of the artist in our society? 
I feel that the artist is becoming more of a moral compass of sorts. Or perhaps more like the canary in the coal mine. Usually, the arts (and of course artists) are the first to go, whether in budgetary or politically upheaval. Scary, isn't it?

Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?
Probably doing the same as now. Hopefully though, I'll be financially in a better position to make the amount and degree of art I want - art-making ain't cheap!

What are your ultimate goals as an artist?
Freedom to work.


What does art mean to you?
Everything.

To check out more of Kim William's work go to University of North Dakota's Art Department

Happy December and Happy Holidaze!!

Downtown LA, tis the season!!

Oops, I just remembered to post Art is Moving's introduction to the new month. Just sixteen days late! I guess I have been in a daze as Lauren and I have been so hyper focused and excited about the launch of our latest art advocacy tool called Art in Your Pocket.

We caught someone taking an Art Break with Art in Your Pocket

Thus far it has been super successful, we received amazing reviews from artists Jamie Burmeister, Mother Henna,, Kony Kim , and Andy Mcnally. Also we have been selling a bunch of Art in Your Pockets for holiday gifts. I feel  it is the perfect gift for the season and beyond ! The potential is limitless. Lauren and I really believe that Art in Your Pocket can make a difference. We like to imagine a world where everyone took an "ART BREAK" everyday.

"When I opened it, I unleashed a little explosion of fun!"

Kony Kim

Moving along...

This month on our Blog we are interviewing artists in Minnesota and North Dakota on our virtual art road trip across America called  I am an Artist. Look for some fascinating interviews!
Also, Lauren and I are having great fun with our new series Experiments in Creativity ,which for me is really expanding the notions of collaboration, transcending its traditional boundaries.

To sum up 2010, Lauren and I (Art is Moving) really have had a fabulous year of transformation,creativity, and growth. We are looking forward to expanding in the new year!
We also thank you all for reading our Blog and for being part of our FaceBook and Twitter tribes!!  We love the connection and we love to read your comments. It is always inspiring!

Which was your favorite post of 2010? It would be cool to compile a top ten!

Lauren and I both feel 2011 is going to be a stellar year for us all!
Peace, Prosperity, and Happy Creating!!!
Lisa

I am an Artist: Lynn Hull,Trans-Species Art and Sculpture for Wildlife

Here is our interview with Eco Artist Lynn Hull. I love that her art is for the many other species on this planet and its so aesthetically pleasing.

Why are you an artist? It’s one of the few things that makes sense to me and I can’t seem to stop.

Can talk about Eco Art? Yes, and frequently do! 

As an environmental artists do you face any challenges? Absolutely!

What inspired you to pioneer your "trans-species" art? Living in a state where there were many many more animals than people, especially than people interested in art.

How does nature, the land, landscape,the environment affect our creativity? It impacts mine very deeply. They are inseparable

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mat-gleason/ten-most-overrated-los-an_b_679441.html
Any thoughts about this article? Do you believe some artists are overrated?  How about underrated? Even without reading the article, which I will do, I absolutely believe this! Check out Robert Preece’s online magazine about Art/Design criticism

What is the role of the artist in our society? Generally our society sees the artist as a generator of stuff, luxury consumables, which may be why I make non-consumables and frequently work in other countries

Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years? Greyer and more wrinkled? Rich as well as semi-famous? Still here? Too hot and lonely?

What are your ultimate goals as an artist? To save planetary biodiversity

What does art mean to you? Personally, using my creative gifts to honor the species I work with and for. In general, a tool for communicating understandings and experiences that can’t be communicated in other ways

Lynne.Hull@eco-art.org
www.eco-art.org

Experiments in Creativity #5 - Time

One of my favorite songs is Time is on my Side by the Rolling Stones.



The concept of time is always an interesting consideration when it comes to art.  It is amazing what happens to you as a viewer of art when you see the same work of art multiple times during the course of your life.  I feel like there are so many outside forces determining how you will interprete what you are experiencing.

So, TIME is the focus of this assignment.

Here are the steps.

1.  Go to a museum, gallery, coffee shop.  Any place that has a work of art hanging on the wall.

2.  Sit in front of the artwork.  Take 30 seconds to write down your thoughts, feelings, interpretations, of the art.

3.  Sit and look at the work for 3 minutes without writing anything.  At the end of 3 minutes write down the first sentence you think of.

4.  Spend another 30 minutes with the work, but don't force yourself to think about it.  If something comes up write it down.

5.  Look at the work for another 3 minutes and write down anything you think of.

6.  Leave the work for 3 days.

7.  On the third day, come back and look at the work again.  Take 30 minutes to write down your thoughts, feelings, impressions.

8.  Post all of your notes and an image of the work to the blog.

Have fun!

quintessential quotes-Lawren Harris

"Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us."

 Lawren Harris

Tis the Seaon!! Art in Your Pocket is the Perfect Gift Ya Know....

"When I opened it, I unleashed a little explosion of fun!"

Kony Kim

I think Lisa and Lauren over at Art Is Moving are doing AMAZING work with their ARTcart and this kit is a natural progression coming out of the cart experiences. It's a way of providing the cart experiences without the cart, without having to be where they are in any given day -- like mailing the cart experience off in the post for people to have Art In Your Pocket wherever you are.

Kara Chipoletti Jones

Tis the season! Make this holiday a time of transformation for yourself and those you care about with a unique personal gift that feeds the mind, body and soul!

Art in Your Pocket.

Activate your inner artist with Art in Your Pocket. 

Create random acts of ART everywhere and anywhere!

This amazing kit makes 4-8 compositions. Or maybe more. We would love to see what you create and encourage you to send photos to us so we can post them!

The Art Your Pocket Experience includes:

• 4 pieces of paper

• pencil

• pencil sharpener

• eraser

• sharpie

• 3 oil pastels (random colors)

• and a surprise!

CLICK HERE to acquire the little kit of expression of your own!

We at Art is Moving feel like Art in your Pocket is the perfect unusual thoughtful gift for just about any person, situation or occasion.  AIYP makes a great gift for an art teacher, a gift for any teacher for that matter.  Or how about Art in your Pocket for a wedding?  Doesn't this make the perfect wacky wedding gift?  Or if you will be getting married soon, make Art in your Pocket your unique wedding favor.  Either way, AITP is a wonderful, unique and affordable gift of art.

We want to hear from you!

• Who is Art in your Pocket a perfect gift for?

• Where would you make art if you had an Art in your Pocket right now?

Help us expand our horizons and get ART in the hands of everyone!

Thank you to everyone for your support as we launch into this new project!

Please contact us for any inquiries, feedback, or questions you might have at artismoving (at) gmail (dot) com

I Heart Art in Your Pocket! I feel it is what the world needs now.

Last week I received something so cool and so delightful in the Snail Mail. Although I am one of the co-creators of Art is Moving's Art in Your Pocket, I still am and was enamored by this little expressive art making kit that arrived at my front door.

My top five reasons why Art in Your Pocket is so attractive.

1. Size: We all love miniature things at least I do.

2. Accessibility: You can take everywhere, it is ageless and it can be used by all

3. It has a nice Aesthetic and it is Art advocacy on the fly: I think this little kit has a really gentle and  large voice that is says "Create" "Play" "Create"...no excuses now

4. Creativity Activated it is all Good: We can only Text and or check our Facebook page for some many hours.  Making art is something that is waiting to come out of  you and your imagination. It is intrinsic to the human spirit. Tap into it might becoming impatient.i.e stress and dramatic over reactions. Creating really helps one balance out. Take it from someone who has taught, mentored, healed, and empowered severely emotionally disturbed youth for over six years through art and its process. Art is medicine!!

5. It is FUN!! Just imagine if you went to a cocktail party and everyone was handed an Art in Your Pocket. Think of the conversations and the amusement. Or imagine that you were at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) and you handed an Art in Your Pocket to the disgruntled person next to you. Or like Lauren can tell us being on a plane during the holiday season and pulling out your Art in Your Pocket to create.  Think if it ~imagine if Art in Your Pocket was available to everyone that was on a flight. How the energy dynamic would change.

This is what transpired for me and my little Art in Your Pocket. I was checking out on the Internet one of my favorite sites TED and decided to replay for the 100th time one of the most inspiring talks about Creativity that I have heard  by Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity Video on TED.com. As I was listening to Robinson, my Art in the Your Pocket was laying on my table right in front of me nudging me to open it up. I picked up the little vessel, took out the paper, chose my creative weapon and just started creating. I think my own process was more of an affirmation of my own creativity and the empowerment that it always gives me. Aligning with the amazing words of Sir Ken Robinson.

As I always say Create, create is the Mantra of the Universe. Art in Your Pocket lets you do this anywhere and it is an amazing gift to give to yourself and to anyone!!

The potential of AIYP is unlimited and imagine the random acts of art you could create anywhere and everywhere.

In the New Year Lauren and I will be searching for a grant We have a clear vision of being in the hustle and bustle of San Francisco's Union Square, or downtown Los Angeles or outside the Louvre in Paris, handing out free Art in your Pockets to the people on the street. Folks would expect to be given a free sample of a product that they want you to buy in the future, but to ones surprise it would be a complementary expressive art gift for all to take an Art Break!! Free Art for the people,by the people. Now that is community art reach! 

Let us know if you know of any financial art angels!! waiting to support art advocacy at its roots. A percent of all of our Art in Your Pocket sales will go towards the manifestation of this vision.

We also were thinking about fundraising on the amazing site  Kickstarter or the expansive site of Refresh Everything  What do you all think?  

  Namaste~Lisa

quintessential quotes— Georgia O'Keeffe

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." 
— Georgia O'Keeffe

Concept Sychronicity - Art in your Pocket

Art in Your Pocket

We always love when we discover someone who is working to promote dialog about art and encouraging everyone to participate in the art making process.  It makes us feel good that there are others out there who believe in the power of art as much as we do.  We thought this week as we launch Art in your Pocket we should promote others artists and community projects that are inline with the concept behind our new project.

MAP - Mouvement Art Public

Make Art Public’s (MAP) objective is to provide access to creativity emanating from different art fields by developing a distribution network to exhibit an artist’s work and enhance artistic awareness at the same time using public places and spaces.

http://www.mouvementartpublic.com/makeartpublic/ 

Mini Art in Vending Machines - Lars Kaiser, Artist

A German artist had a brilliant idea to make art more accessible across his country by offering mini art in vending machines.  35-year-old Lars Kaiser said he came up with the idea so that he could provide art lovers the chance to purchase work around the clock from these refurbished cigarette vending machines.

Read More HERE. 

Didier Hess,  is a collaborative art practice that explores public experience

We believe that each city is a living thing - a natural system - that has a pulse of its own. Through our art, we strive to connect a community to the network of relationships that sustains it by making that pulse visible. More of our work can be seen at infranatural.com

 

MAKING CHANGE is Etsy team of 10 artists who create with a political/environmental/social agenda.“I am appalled by what’s happening and someone needs to bring some thoughtful art to the scene,” says Elena Siff, her voice filled with anger and despair as she talks about some of the worst environmental disasters like BP’s oil spill and Hungary’s toxic sludge disaster that have occurred in recent months. “Our world is being destroyed,” she states, as her eyes wander around the project room of 18th street Arts Center, surrounded by political art posters depicting environmental tragedies, anti-war slogans, peace signs among other artifacts. http://artofmakingchange.blogspot.com/

The Free Art Fair is curated museum scale exhibition, with a difference: on the last day of the show, the visiting public will be able to take away one piece of art of their choice Free. 

An established fixture of the busiest week in the UK contemporary art scene, The Free Art Fair is a serious alternative to the commercial art fair frenzy, and a chance to remember that art is about more than just money. Organised entirely without any budget, the fair has been described as “the most radical departure from art fair commercialism”. Even the artworks displayed are responding to the idea of free; the artists have been invited to create unique substantial pieces incorporating the concept of free, making the work they’ve always wanted to, without commercial constraint.

Artist Steven White, founder and creator of Giftsketch.com 

My art is about everyday life and the landmarks and events I see around me. It's about the journey, not the price tag or pedigree."Steven says he's seeing more and more sketch artists, too. It's a field that's growing in popularity and interest. "I love seeing it grow and flourish. The world needs more everyday art -- and location sketching, sketch journaling, event sketches... it's everyday things being drawn by everyday people. And it's everywhere.

Artist Kerri Smith   is the author of several bestselling books about creativity including the bestselling Wreck this Journal , How to be an Explorer of the World –the Portable Life/Art Museum, (2008 Perigee), The Guerilla Art Kit, Living Out Loud – Activities to Fuel a Creative Life

She talks about Guerilla art as a fun and insidious way of sharing your vision with the world. It is a method of art making which entails leaving anonymous art pieces in public places. It can be done for a variety of reasons, to make a statement, to share your ideas, to send out good karma, or just for fun.

Arts for LA  Arts for LA helps communities throughout Los Angeles County advocate for greater investment in the arts. Our mission is to foster a healthy environment in which arts and culture in the region may thrive and be accessible to all in Los Angeles. 

Artist Luke Jerram, Installations "Play Me I am Yours." Play Me, I’m Yours’ provides an interconnected resource, a blank canvas, for the public to express themselves and share their creativity. Questioning the ownership and rules of public space 'Play Me I'm Yours' is a provocation, inviting the public to engage with, activate and take ownership of their urban environment.

Do you know about a project or artist that is on a mission to get art to all the corners of the world?  How about making art more accessible to everyone?  Or getting folks to take an art break?
Share the info. in a comment.  We love learning about new projects and artists.