Colour Play Exhibition

Collecting Leaves

I am trying to collect leaves to try and start a project with my Grade 1 and 2 making animals out of assembling and glueing leaves of different shapes, colours and sizes together. I have been on the hunt for leaves and today was my most amazing leaf hunt day. I realized that my plan to try an teach leaf art to my students has pushed me to look much more closer and deeper in to the shapes, colours, size and life of the leaves around me. It's incridible how many hues of reds, pinks, oranges, coppers, greens, browns, yellows, burgundies and much more you see.

creativity

There is a co-relation between passion & anxiety, emptyness & depression, and creativity. To create is to be in the unknown space between the above and manifest the unknown in the form of something physicsal  (art) or a thought or an emotion.

The space in-between

‘Who are you?’ asks Richard Pochinko, the pioneer of Canadian clowning. ‘A pause. A look out the window. A stutter. A laugh… that's your clown,’ he says, ‘… that little place between the thought and the feeling… what do you do? You laughed… that is what allows you to be human.’ (as cited in Hefferman, 1998)

The place between a thought and a feeling is where the “ringmaster”, the observer, or the consciousness resides. Rita Irwin (2003), in her article “Towards an Aesthetic of Unfolding Insights Through Curriculum”, states that “it is in this in-between space that…complexity [is appreciated] alongside simplicity, and uncertainty alongside certainty,” and that “these spaces are attuned to invention and the possibility of poetic wisdom” (p. 64).  In other words, learning happens in the tension of the space between certainty and uncertainty, and that individuals can create this space through play, and the experience and possibilities that go along with it.

Eastside Culture Crawl

come on out and check out the Culture Crawl at the Old Foundry Building at 1790 Vernon Drive, Vancouver, B.C.
It's this Fri 18, Sat 19 and Sun 20 of November 2011
check out the  site http://www.eastsideculturecrawl.com/
This year there are amazing artists at the Old Foundy Building with lots of art on display.
Join us

Creativity

Emptyness leads itself to creativity. The circle is whole and complete, but empty. It's blanketed by layers of complexity. Some might never expereince the emptyness and others my encase it by filling the gaps of time.

When I encountered the emptyness, I was conditioned to be scared and feel depressed but now I am making peace with the emptyness as something positive that leads itself to creation. It's whole and perfect in its infinite imperfection. That's something to be taught in an expereintail way. The question is how? Something that is empty needs to be full to understand its emptyness, so the complexity is unavoidable if not nessecary to creativity and life.

Culture Days: Artistrun Collective QR Code Art Show Reception

Saturday, October 1 · 3:00pm - 9:00pm

Old Foundry Building

1790 Vernon Drive

Vancouver, BC

The Artistrun Collective QR Code Art Show takes place during the second annual Culture Days to raise community awareness, accessibility and public engagement through the use of QR codes at the Old Foundry Building for the free reception on Saturday, October 1, 2011 (3 pm to 9 pm) at 1790 Vernon Drive, Vancouver across from Unitow.

In addition to the sign-in book on October 1, guests are encouraged to scan the Artistrun Collectiv...e QR Code on location for a chance to win free art and prizes!

At the historic Old Foundry Building, the public will also meet the diverse Artistrun Collective: Liza J. Lee, Carolyn Kramer, Stacy Sakai, Rojia Dadashzadeh and James Landecker. The group will unveil four newly commissioned collaborative art works on wood panels to demonstrate the “mashup” of individual art styles and mixed media, along with over 40 original art pieces. Auret Esselen will provide a live singing performance during the reception. Sponsors include Fuzion, Vancouver Foundation, Prosyna Communication, Pacific Coast Information Systems (PCIS) and Sound Therapy Radio.

For more information, visit http://artistruncollective.org/.