Dear Friends and Art
Supporters,
I’m doing a MARN
microfellowship! This is a crowd-funding campaign through the Milwaukee Artist
Resource Network for my new interactive installation piece, Think
Inside the Box ©™. I’m very
excited about this project, and need your help to finance its creation. My goal
is to raise $5200 between now and July 30, 2016. See below for the project
description!
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Donors of $50 to $99
will receive a 3 x 4-1/2” matted original watercolor painting.
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Donors of $100 - $199
will receive an original 5 x 7” inch watercolor painting.
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Donors of $200 to $299
will receive an 8 by 10” watercolor painting.
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Donors of over $300
will be given an evening studio tour for six with wine and nibbles, and an 8 by 10”
original watercolor.
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10% of funds raised will
go to MARN, a non-profit arts organization
Any amount of donation is welcome! If all goes well, the project
will be finished and installed for the July 22, 2016 Gallery Night. Please
support Think Inside the Box!
Donate by clicking "Support this Artist"
at this link: https://www.
Project description:
As an artist, I am constantly putting my work “out there.”
This can be both liberating and daunting. There is the little doubt in the
back of my head, the overheard critique of a stranger at an opening, or an
unexpected visitor to my studio offering suggestions and “shoulds”. While I
often enjoy painting and creating in public and value critiques and opinions,
to truly stretch my boundaries, take chances, and liberate ideas, it is
necessary for me to take a break from outside influences and focus on
expression without diversions, opinions and interruptions.
When I need to let loose my innermost thoughts and ideas free of
vulnerability, I go into my “zone,” with the door closed, music on,
outside distractions and diversions silenced. Here I can think clearly, plot, experiment,
throw paint, write wild and crazy ideas, meditate, and prepare for return to
the outside world with a renewed sense of creative strength and artistic
enlightenment.
I intend to share creative freedom with others through my new
project Think Inside the Box. It will be composed of three
distinct intimate box environments: the Lounge, designed to spark new
ideas; the Drawing Room, a warm and comfortable space; and the Retreat, a
peaceful and organic environment. They will be safe places where
thinkers, writers, visual artists, and risk-takers can tangibly express their
innermost thoughts and creative ideas without fear of judgment. All are welcome
and there are no requirements. Confessions can be made, stories can be
told, ideas sketched, or participants can simply sit quietly to think or
meditate. Visitors are encouraged to sketch, draw, dream, and communicate
their secret selves inside the Box.
Sketching and writing materials will be provided to visitors who
choose to record and share their thoughts and ideas on paper. These expressions
can be signed or remain anonymous. Works will then be collaged to the walls
inside the Boxes as a testament to our secret selves and to what, as creative
humans, we choose to share with others.
The initial Think Inside the Box installation
will be erected in my studio and serve as a prototype. The ultimate goal
is to build transportable structures that can be reconstructed and shared with
others at museums and art centers.
To learn more about me, visit my MARN profile: https://www.artsinmilwaukee.
And my website:
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