The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission will present three
public programs as part of, “Breaking The Block,” an exhibit that explores the
process and tools artists use to overcome creative blocks. All events
take place at the Community Gallery, 201 West Marcy Street, inside the Santa Fe
Community Convention Center and are FREE and open to the public. For more
information call, 505-955-6705 or email rdlambert@santafenm.gov.
Portals of Departure: Opening to
the Creative New
Wednesday, January 18th, 5-7 pm in the Community
Gallery
This conversation is an opportunity for artists to listen to
their creative voices and embrace the new path awaiting them. Join a
roundtable conversation with gallery owner Karla Winterowd. Engage in
discussions on navigating through artistic change (inner and outer) from a
gallery owner perspective.
Karla Winterowd, owner of Winterowd Fine Art, is an
advisor to both artists and collectors, drawing upon her significant experience
as gallery director and art aficionado, with a special interest in contemporary
art. Winterowd’s knowledge and life-long passion for art and the creative
process began early, with degrees in studio art and art history, and studies
abroad.
It's Never Too Late: Becoming an Artist in Mid-Life
Wednesday, February 8, 5-7 pm in the Community Gallery
Bruce Warren Davis and Jami Porter Lara will discuss how
many people find a second career in the arts after a successful career in
another, sometimes unrelated field. Warren Davis and Porter Lara will
challenge the notion that artistic talent is something you must be "born
with," and will discuss why age and experience may be your greatest assets
to becoming an artist later in life.
Bruce Warren Davis is an artist and architect whose
work is rooted in the basic matter of physical structures and spaces. As
an architect he has completed hundreds of projects across the Southwest.
In 2012 he turned his attention to art, working both with discrete objects and
more diffuse installations, sometimes collaborating with other artists.
He has shown at 516 Arts, South Broadway Cultural Center and Richard Levy
Gallery, all in Albuquerque.
Jami Porter Lara is a conceptual artist whose
approach to making remains deeply tied to her concern with cultural
inheritances, ethics, and citizenship in the natural world. Her work is widely
collected and has been featured in CFile, American Art Collector,
Hyperallergic, and on PBS. Recent exhibitions include the New Mexico Museum of
Art, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, and the Museum of Contemporary
Art in Los Angeles. In 2017 her solo exhibition Border Crossing will be
presented at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. She
is represented by Central Features Contemporary Art in Albuquerque, Peters
Projects in Santa Fe, and Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts in San Francisco.
The Silent Conversation: Methods for Artists to
Overcome the Creative Block
Saturday, February 11, 1-3 pm in the Community Gallery
Ariana Lombardi’s workshop aims to create a space and a
dialogue that allows participants to produce a work of art from silent
discourse. It is dialogue wherein participants communicate without speaking.
They are asked to write down answers to questions and thoughts and work to
develop a text from what is written. This encourages artists to discover how
poetry (or art) can be made through divergence and then collection of a stream
of thought. Through this process artists are deprived of traditional communication
methods, creating a deeper, more meaningful internal exchange that can inform
their creative process.
Ariana Lombardi is a writer, artist and teacher. Her
website, Home is a Lonely Hunter (homeisalonelyhunter.com)
is a virtual think-space wherein she houses her artistic endeavors, ideas of
home, collaborations, and of course, her writing. Lombardi produces, The
Salon, and is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of KNACK Magazine. She
is a member of Strangers Collective, based in Santa Fe, NM. Her written works
have been published in That’s PRD, The Laurel Review, Pasatiempo, and The
Essential Guide. She currently lives in Guangzhou, China.
All events take place at the Community Gallery, 201 West
Marcy Street, inside the Santa Fe Community Convention Center and are free and
open to the public. For more information call, 505-955-6705 or email rdlambert@santafenm.gov.
The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission (SFAC), an agency
within the municipal government of the City of Santa Fe, provides leadership by
and for City government in supporting arts and cultural affairs. The SFAC
also recommends programs and policies that develop, sustain and promote
artistic excellence in the community. For more information contact the
SFAC at 505-955-6707, email artscommission@santafenm.gov,
or by fax 505-955-6671.
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