A Recipe for Luck in 2018
It's New Year's Day. The Hoppin' John is on the stove. It's a traditional Southern dish of black-eyes peas, onions, celery and ham. I add carrots and garlic. A humble, earthy dish, that is said to bring the diners good luck and fortune. Each of the black-eyes peas represents a coin. I only eat them this one
Receiving the Gifts of the Season with Dr. Judith Greer Essex
The artist appeals to that part of our being
02 min. 26 sec. – Reflections on the Image of the Totality
A few weeks have passed since viewing my first total eclipse of the sun, I am still trying to find words adequate to describe the experience. I must begin by acknowledging that words are not adequate. Nor are the photographs I took an adequate documentation of the experience. In the end, photographs are just a pale visual
Thanks are for Giving: A Message of Hope for the Divided American Table
-Wes Chester MA, CAGS Director, Expressive Arts Institute In the hundred-and-fifty-three years since Abraham Lincoln declared it an official national holiday, Thanksgiving Day has evolved almost beyond recognition. The story of a communal feast between early colonists at Plymouth and the Wampanoag tribe of Native Americans is a historic event only later adopted as an origin story.
Where are they now? Expressive Arts Institute Pamela Underwood
At the studio we are not approaching art to make a living but making art to live life fully with resilience. Pamela Underwood, MA is known for her artistic talents, her wonderful work with women in her Bodywriting Workshop and above all, for her determination. Her home and studio, located in the rugged mountains outside of Poway is artistic, beautiful and
Heart and Solstice
Our cultural calendar is replete with holidays and celebrations, there are days in remembrance of great people, great events, our ancestors, our religious beliefs. Though these holidays are recognized culturally, they refer to events in the service of human tradition and culture. Only four events in the calendar year are rooted to something truly phenomenological, beyond culture,
THIS isn’t over
For fans and attendees of the first three iterations of this: the improvised series, it was clear to everyone that the series is just hitting it's stride. If you haven't been: In the case of this, the audience acts as a vessel for the performance and more: as some kind of shaping influence for what will emerge. But no one
Spring Matures into Artful Activity
As spring slowly rolls into summer, the momentum of the bursting bud is subject to stagnation in the sudden, and this year early, heat. How do you keep things going around your studio as the long days approach? Many things bring me inspiration in the studio for sustaining my own work, as well the work of groups, individuals, or
Recovering The Artist 3: A Show about Art, Not Illness Opens May 2nd
May is Mental Health Month, and along with a time for celebration of the hard and successful work of recovery that continues daily, it is a time for art. A nine year tradition continues with the third Martha Pace Swift Recovering The Artist Show. This years show features work by many artists from the recovery community,
this: Live Performance Series at the Institute Examines the Paradigm of Audience as Co-creator
It's not always easy to describe an offering like Liam Clancy's this. Think of every performance you have been to lately, and of your role as an audience member. The show goes on. No matter how amazing the experience, there's a single channel for feedback. You applaud. It's the audible equivalent of a Facebook thumbs-up, and equally