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| Placid 2018 |
It is such a cathartic act to sit, unwind and push the color around.
Thursday
Saturday
Old School Becoming New School
This renovation has been much anticipated and I am so excited to document the change that is beginning to ensue!
This was the front of the school, I think it will remain the front when it is all said and done.
So many memories here! Getting ready to morph for new experiences and house new sights and sounds.
Thursday
Wednesday
Saturday
Celebrating a whole lotta heart!
What is stronger
than the human heart
which shatters over and over
and still lives
Rupi Kaur
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| Firelight Forge Studio 2018 |
My friend, Lisa, is an artist. She is a blacksmith, wildly talented and fierce. Firelight Forge is her studio. Currently she is showing her work Show of Hearts in Olympia, WA.
Her work is exquisite and genuine! This ladysmith knows her way around a hammer and flames. I am so lucky to know this brilliant, creative and quirky lady!
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| Lisa Geertsen |
That many years should never pass between visits...you always have a place in my heart.
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| Firelight Forge Studio 2018 |
Monday
The Renwick has D.C. celebrating & learning from Burning Man
BURNING MAN
The Renwick...forward thinking...filling our creative souls...
The Renwick has done it again! It has created a cutting edge visually delicious experience to educate this east coast on rituals found out in the wild west! This participatory experience spills out onto the streets of D.C. as well!
The 10 Principles of Burning Man really resonated with me, as a public school teacher, I strive to accomplish so much of these in my learning environment every day. Creating this space where others and ALL can flourish is paramount. It was an awesome moment to see these principles so eloquently stated. So profound...
The 10 Principles are:
1. Radical Inclusion
2. Gifting
3. Decommodification
4.Radical Self-Reliance
5. Radical Self-Expression
6. Communal Effort
7. Civic Responsibilty
8. Leaving No Trace
9. Participation
10. Immediacy
This experience will only stick around until early next year, so put this on your must see list!
Sunday
Pondering Social Change and Activism...
This past week I attended a very poignant evening at the Hirshhorn. A new exhibition opened called Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980's. I was delighted to listen to Guerilla Girl, who has taken the name Kathe Kollwitz, and Krysztof Wodiczko recall their personal stories and experiences that lead them to make art to bring attention to and inspire change on the political front and begin to unpack the new rapidly changing technologies and commerce of the time.
Topics such as AIDS, gender disparity, economics, gun control....It is amazing sitting there and listening, I was reminded that as much as things change they stay the same. These artists are still as madly relevant as the dilemmas they ponder.
This show is masterfully curated and immediately takes you back to the 80's. And if you questioned the relevance to today's challenges...
Ironically, this exhibition opened the day before the massacre in Florida at Parkland High School whipping us back to the reality that is now. The Hirshhorn made the decision to postpone Wodiczko's projection aptly titled: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, 1988-2000. Artforum magazine has called out the institution for missing an opportunity to bring attention to our nations gun problem by postponing the projection. This is commentary that I support. Now is the time to rise and raise hell for the sake of our school communities!
Personally, I am overwhelmed by the continued tragedy in our nation. As a teacher there is not a day that goes by that it does not cross my mind that something violent and terrible could happen. There is a lack of interest in preserving human life when it comes to gun control. Where is the value on human life? I am so proud of the young people in Florida that know they can use their voice, their social media and their strength in numbers to bring change. We have just witnessed the birth of a renewed outraged activism with this generation. Articulate passionate youth! RISE.
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| Gianni Jetzer, Curator at Large in conversation with GG:Kathe Kollwitz & Krysztof Wodiczko 02/13/2018 |
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| Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, 1988-2000 |
This show is masterfully curated and immediately takes you back to the 80's. And if you questioned the relevance to today's challenges...
Ironically, this exhibition opened the day before the massacre in Florida at Parkland High School whipping us back to the reality that is now. The Hirshhorn made the decision to postpone Wodiczko's projection aptly titled: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, 1988-2000. Artforum magazine has called out the institution for missing an opportunity to bring attention to our nations gun problem by postponing the projection. This is commentary that I support. Now is the time to rise and raise hell for the sake of our school communities!
Personally, I am overwhelmed by the continued tragedy in our nation. As a teacher there is not a day that goes by that it does not cross my mind that something violent and terrible could happen. There is a lack of interest in preserving human life when it comes to gun control. Where is the value on human life? I am so proud of the young people in Florida that know they can use their voice, their social media and their strength in numbers to bring change. We have just witnessed the birth of a renewed outraged activism with this generation. Articulate passionate youth! RISE.
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