Spring is officially here, and we are wrapping up our studio challenge just in time. Now for the fun part. Since we finished de-cluttering and cleaning, it’s time to re-create our space. A few years back I did a major overhaul of my studio, but it can still use some tweaking. Mine is a multi-use […]
Clean Studio Challenge
Studio Challenge – Week 3
Joshua Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus from The Minimalists blog, posit that organizing is well-planned hoarding. It’s just organized hoarding. If we don’t do the work to ask questions about whether we truly need and use something, and about what it means to us to have it in terms of preserving illusions about ourselves, etc., we […]
Week 2 – Studio Challenge – your art materials
This week we’ll focus on raw materials and tools. Art supplies! The phrase can send shivers down our spines and give us goosebumps. Who doesn’t love to get new materials? It can be stimulating when you’re in a slump. It can feel like a win to get a lot of something you need on […]
Studio Challenge Week 1 – Where is your art?
One of the biggest obstacles to decluttering, cleaning and staying organized is knowing who we are at any given time. You are not the same artist you were in your 20s or 30s and yet you may have artwork, materials, and ideas that you’ve hung on to since then. Our subjects, materials, and processes change. […]