It’s been a great summer, bizarre weather notwithstanding. Some of you I’ve been able to see in person, which is a true treat for me. I keep forgetting that people change and grow, especially those under 20. It’s a wake-up call. Must keep learning and exploring to keep up with all of you!

Paper Sculpture left in Nat'l Library of Scotland

For those of you in the Twin Cities, I have learned something new through my library contacts that you may not have seen yet. Hennepin County Library System now has a way to access the art that’s being exhibited in its library branches!

“View art located in Hennepin County libraries at www.hclib.org/art. You can search by location, artist and category, and view pictures of public art photographed by Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) students. Photography was supported with Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Funds.”

Last year I reported on libraries featuring the art of Rita Kirsch Dungey: Viewing and Buying Art, Karen Searle and Lucy Rose Fisher: The Art of Aging and by Bette Globus Goodman and Jody Stadler: The Art of Aging II. With this system in place, even friends in other states could see examples of the art we’re enjoying here in the metro. It’s an exciting time for artists. If you have time, check it out.

Apparently, fresh art is happening in the libraries in Scotland as well. It all started in the Scottish Poetry Library last March with a mysterious paper creation left anonymously on a table. Then another was found in a second library and then a third, by which time people started spreading the word.

The image above is the second in the series. Go to the blog Central Station to see the entire post, filled with multiple pictures of the sculptures and a timeline of the appearances. It’s a wonderful article about someone (an individual? a group?) who so loves libraries that they’ve dedicated hours of creativity not only in each art piece, but in the accompanying tags that hint of their broader purpose.

Paper Dragon & Egg found in Scottish Storytelling Center

Here’s a second image from that article, of a lovely piece found in a window. I highly encourage you to check out the Central Station Blog as the authors did an incredible job of getting all the photos and tracking the story. It happened all this year, with new art discovered as recently as August.

Isn’t the world a fantastic place?

Hope you’re all observing the art we have around us, whether it’s a blue sky and outrageous clouds, trees bedecking themselves in glorious color or the art of a full library. Enjoy! —Chris

I’ve taught a few more clay classes since I last posted. The students are doing a great job, as usual. I thought it might be interesting for you to see my process. Then you can teach your own clay class!

I start by making a prototype and photographing the process. I make several of these, so that groups of four can have one to look at while they work. Here are the four I made for the last class on birds:

Then I make a how-to sheet, with lots of pictures for the students to follow. I put them in a sheet protector to make them last longer.

The next step is to divide the clay. I’ve found it works best if each student has their own small kit. When making the prototypes, I weigh the clay I use for each step, so I know how much I will need for the entire class.

I didn’t think to put a quarter on the clay, to give you a sense of size, but one would fit width-wise on the larger portions of clay. These are wrapped in cellophane, to keep them clean during transport. The orange is for the birds’ beaks and feet/legs. The smaller clay packet is for the wings, tail and behind the eyeball.

These are the foil armatures I made prior to the class. I set out a sheet of waxed paper for each student to work on (and to help define their space) along with a foil armature and the clay. To give the kids some input into their end-product, I held back the larger packet of clay until after the kids had chosen a spot. Then I let them tell me which color they wanted to go with the color I had given them. It worked remarkably well. (Color is important and kids know this instinctively. They will fight to work with materials they appreciate.)

Fancy tools are unnecessary. I give them a key card, a plastic knife and a toothpick and they make amazing things happen.

When the project is about three-quarters’ done, I hand out a packet of eyes to each group. These are slices from a simple bulls’ eye cane I make ahead of time. Once they add the eyes, the project really comes to life.

Here are three birds made during this clay class. Remember, classes are at most 45 minutes long and I think this one was less than 40 minutes. Several found time to create nests. I didn’t suggest that, but the idea spread like wildfire.

I love the beaks on these! The one reminds me of a platypus. The middle bird is by a very young student (age range is from 5 to 10) and yet it shows great confidence.

The bird on the left has a worm, of course, to bring to its nest. Not sure what the orange pieces are, on the right. I wish I had asked…

The blue/green bird has feet that are flattened to the body, which seems to be a very creative way to indicate a bird in flight.

The center bird is made from marbling two colors together. She asked for permission to switch part of her clay with another student in order to do this. I am still impressed by the ingenuity and willingness to think outside the box in these fast-paced classes. It bodes well for the future of art and of problem-solving in the real-world.

Well, that’s it: a crash course in teaching a clay class. Something to consider the next time you have children visiting you that need entertainment. You might find it the most memorable time you spend together.

Keep creating! —Chris

My after-school clay students outdid themselves with creativity and imagination on April 6th. I gave them two prototypes to work from: a Pointy-headed Alien and an Octo-Monster. As you’ll see, most went beyond my rather tame ideas.

Here are the prototypes I made for this class. Two pointy-headed aliens, one with a definite softer side, and two octo-monsters. Well, I suppose quadro-monsters would be more accurate. I tried to add some features that the students could adapt in their own unique ways. I provided sheets of varying kinds of eyes and some slices of clay in several designs.

Got pink!? The way I set up this particular project was to let them choose the colors they wanted. These are some of the younger artists and boy, did they gravitate to bright colors! The little gal who made the alien on the right came up to me specifically to tell me how she didn’t put a mouth on it. I love it.

I’m really proud of the gal who made the pink creature on the left. She has a heck of a time trying to meet her own artistic vision and has been very frustrated in these classes. What you can’t see is that this little creation has a beautiful blue two-part fin in back. He’s also wearing a hat and has sunglasses by its side. As far as I can tell, it was a perfect execution of an idea.

The blue starship has an equal amount of detailing underneath. It was hard to choose which side to show. The tall, leaning alien is colorful and squid-like and the octo-monster on the right is boldly different. It doesn’t hurt to remember they’re creating these objects while sharing tools and bumping elbows. There’s no quiet contemplation available in these sessions.

Aren’t these wild? The sweetly weird alien on the left reminds me of a Russian stacking doll while the blue octo-monster looks like something that could have come from a toy store. The engaging purple dragon was made with the same aluminum foil center as the pointy aliens, but the rest was entirely the artist’s personal vision. I’m very fond of the teeth on the green guy, as well as the little box with tongue. (No idea; better not to ask?) And the monster with the crown on the far right has two limbs in back that are detached and pools of green “blood” at the base. Yep. Imagination at its heady best.

Hope each of you are playing at something creative today and maybe pushing a boundary or two. We don’t want the kids to have all the fun.

Happy finger-painting! —Chris

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Cats! Dogs! Everyone knows what they look like but how many people have ever tried to draw them? If you have, you’ll know that they are difficult precisely because they’re so firmly ensconced in our heads. Everyone knows that a cat has pointy ears, whiskers and a long tail (Manx and specialty breeds excepted) but what we find as we start to copy them is that cats are very hard to capture on paper.

They’re equally troublesome in sculpture.

With that said, below are the fully engaging first time efforts of kids ages 5 to 10.

Aren’t they sweet? These were made in less than 45 minutes by children who are used to using really big crayons and pencils, not plastic knives, toothpicks and second-hand gift cards as tools. It was only after the fact that I noticed the cat on the right has eyeballs that have been reshaped from the original cartoon-style and a brown patch (fur? hair?) between the ears. Both feature wrap-around tails, which is pretty wonderful.

I hope they like them! It’s hard to create these little friends in a hurry, hand them off and then not see them for a week. The very young student who made the dog on the far right missed the other two clay classes, so he had no knowledge of this process. He really did not want to leave his creation and kept going back to try to take it with him. He was not overly impressed by my argument about the need for baking.

Again, I think you can tell which children are younger and which have had some experience. The dog in front, for example, has been hugely modified from the prototypes I provided. He sports streamlined eyes, a totally different pose and ears that seem to be shading his face from the sun. This student is very quiet in class; I’m always surprised by his creations.

Dogs aplenty! I should have repositioned my shot of the dog on the far left. That’s his paw in front. He’s begging! The dog second from the right is also begging, but his paw is sagging a bit, probably with the heat of the oven. I wish I had propped it up. I love that the middle dog has a cat’s eye as its nose! Isn’t that a hoot? That’s another very inventive student.

Well tomorrow is the monsters/aliens clay play class. I hope more of them are able to cut loose and imagine something wild and unusual. I feel for the girl who can’t get her hands to create what her mind envisions. That’s hard for artists of any age. I think I need to let them know I’ve been playing with clay on and off for over 45 years. That’s a lot longer than a few brief class sessions.

If you’re bored this week, I invite you to get out a pen or pencil and paper and doodle a cat or two. It’s an interesting experiment. I was sincerely surprised at the level of difficulty, even when I had good references. I think cats are as difficult as drawing hands and feet. Who knew?

Here’s to beginners of all ages who continue to learn and grow… —Chris

They’re done! In less than an hour this after-school class managed to create seven sweet turtles, one lively frog and four very unique lizards.

Here are four of the turtles:

Aren’t they fun? Some of the little guys look like they’re about to duck back into their shells. The kids had slices from some spiral (jelly roll) clay canes to use as decorations. One little gal didn’t want to give up her new green friend, even to have it baked, which I thought was a sure sign of success.

Here are some of the other creations. The lizards came out very differently from each other, even though their artists were all at the same table. I love the addition of the red tongues. That’s purely their idea. Only one chose to make a frog. I think it’s caught something on the end of its sticky tongue. Very inventive!

Next week is spring break, but the following week the class will be You Can Make a Cat or Dog from Clay and the one after that is Make a Clay Monster Today! I’m very excited about the latter class. The trick is to make the prototypes varied enough so they get more ideas, but not so much that it spoils their creativity. I’m hoping for wild colors, multiple eyes and wacky appendages.

What are you hoping for?

Happy Spring Equinox everyone! Enjoy!
—Chris

Last Wednesday, at 3:30 pm, I spent time with 10 kids in an after-school program, making miniature food. It was amazing. I’ve never seen time fly by quite so fast before.

Some Kids' Foods, before "toasting"

I’ll be doing five after-school classes with these kids, on various Wednesdays. The first one was an opportunity to make hotdogs, hamburgers or pizzas. I made prototypes, created kits of clay using sandwich bags and premade sausage, tomato, onion, pickle and green olive slices, which I divvied up into the bags. It was pretty wonderful. Not enough time, as we only got 45 min together, but loaded with activity. (I’ve blanked out their names, for privacy.)

Prototypes

The kids were awesome! I had an age-range of 5 to 10 and no way of knowing which was which. Thank heaven they gave me an assistant. She ended up with three fairly quiet little girls (I suspect one was the five-year-old) and gave them lots of steady attention. I spent my time running between the tables answering questions.

Lots of pieces to touch and explore

To make it easier for the kids, I also made the foods separately, so they could see what a slice of cheese might look like on its own, what the sauce looked like before it was added to the crust or how the bun looked before it got “toasted” with chalk.

I really want these kids to feel successful, to take pride in what they’ve made. It’s hard, when you haven’t had a chance to play with polymer clay before being thrown into a whirlwind class, but they managed to make the best of it. Some frustration, but hopefully they could see how amazing their pieces are, with so little instruction.

This coming Wednesday is Leaping Lizard Clay Play, in which the kids can choose to make a lizard, frog or turtle. (Turtles are easiest and fun to decorate!)

Hope you’re all doing well and surviving this winter.

Blessings! —Chris

It’s definitely cold here in Minnesota, but some artists seem inspired to keep producing, which is lovely for the rest of us as it gives us a much needed distraction during these chilly, snowy days.

"Remnant 1," by Rita Kirsch Dungey

Rita Kirsch Dungey heats things up nicely with her work currently on exhibit at the Penn Lake Library in Bloomington (88th St & Penn Av) through the end of December. This is one of her pieces from her “Remnant” series. In this image you should be able to see the rough, frayed threads and get a sense of the stiffness of the canvas. It’s mixed media, primarily acrylic, I believe.

"Remnant 2," by Rita Kirsch Dungey

This is a fun piece just for symbolism. The shapes could be said to represent a mountain at night (with a comet?), a face with a yellow-orange nose or two people sleeping in a cave. I wish you could see it in person, as the colors seem noticeably off in this jpeg. That’s a continuing problem with reproducing art.

(If you ever get bored at a library, pick out two separate, full-color illustrated books on your favorite artist and locate the same masterwork in each. I did this with one of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings and was shocked by the way the colors skewed depending on the printing reproduction methods. It’s really a very interesting experiment for anyone who enjoys art.)

"Remnant 4," by Rita Kirsch Dungey

Ms Dungey has four other works in addition to this series at the Penn Lake Library which have a distinctly different feel to them. Though they are also abstract with a rich, bold color scheme, those pieces seem constrained by their frames. In the past I would have always preferred framed art, but seeing these pieces together made me question my habits. Once I saw the Remnant series on the brick wall of the library, I fell for the informal, rugged look.

"Remnant" Series at Penn Lake Library

These works are hung at eye-level on a tall, tall brick wall. They really look like they were designed for that space. Most of the pieces have an anchor of rich, moody red in them while several include a delicate stream of lavender blue that’s unexpected but delightful. The colors aren’t the same from piece to piece, but you can sense the interplay that the close hues encourage.

I’m so glad Ms Dungey gave me permission to show both the professionally photographed pieces (white background) against those of the informal library snapshot. Usually we only get to see artwork in one format or the other. This is a rare opportunity to compare what a work looks like out of context with that same work in an actual setting. In this case, I think her choice of hanging the pieces off the wall an inch or so, helps add to their dimensionality. Similarly, I believe a brick background provides a sense of permanency and reality to these abstracts, that a flat wall wouldn’t. The setting changes the way art is viewed and I think it’s necessary to be reminded of that from time to time, even if it’s as subtle as whether the piece is framed or unframed. It all influences the viewer.

Since we still have to get through winter and many of us have more shopping to do, I’d like to invite everyone to the Vine Arts Center Holiday Sale this Saturday and Sunday, from 10 to 5. I’ll be there on Saturday, 12 to 5, on the second floor, near the ART SWAP. If you’ve never been to one, you’re in for a real treat. You get to bring in art and swap it for other art! I was introduced to this last year at the Art Shanty Project on Medicine Lake. (Yep, it’s frozen. Yup, the ice houses are all built around art themes.) Click on Art Swap and Art Shanty Project to learn more.

I’ve been very lucky to have my ornaments for sale at Anne and Friends in the Wayzata Bay Center. It’s such a cool shop! It has paintings, sculpture and glass. (Check out the Facebook page for more pictures.) The advertisement, above, features my church ornaments. Isn’t that amazing? I was so danged proud when I saw the flyer. I still really can’t believe it!

Her shop is much larger than I expected. This picture doesn’t do it justice, but you can see some of the layout.

Did I mention Ms Dungey’s works are for sale? I was surprised at how affordable her prices are. If you’d like to contact her (or any of the artists I feature in my blog), use the comment feature. I’d be honored to make the connection.

My longest blog yet! I just get so excited about art. Come see me at the Vine Arts Center on Saturday and please, STAY WARM!

—Chris

Yep, you may be noticing a trend with my posts. I feature lots of women. I do happen to know some fine male artists and maybe I’ll highlight some of them in the future. In the meantime, I’m fascinated by the women here in the Twin Cities and the work they’re producing. They inspire me to keep pushing my own horizons a bit further, for which I’m grateful.

On Saturday I saw “Serendipity,” the current art show at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. They have a lovely gallery space with tall walls which the Fiber Artists Study Group was determined to fill. They made a pledge that they’d each create a piece that was 108 inches for this exhibit. For those of you without a calculator, that’s 9 ft high! A definite challenge.

I’ve known Joan Kloiber, of the Fiber Artists Study Group, for almost two years and have been very interested in the nature of their group because of its success. They manage to meet every week, which is almost unheard of these days, and each meeting lasts three hours! Most of the members have been participating for over a decade. Obviously they’re doing something right.

I met Ms Kloiber when several of the protegees of the WARM Mentor Program decided to extend the learning experience by meeting regularly. As a result, eight of us gather in each other’s homes every two weeks to talk about art, the process of creating it, our lives and goals. It’s been a stabilizing influence in my life, giving me something to look forward to when none of my projects seemed to go as planned. I was relieved last summer to find that the other seven wanted to continue meeting after our program ended.

Over the course of several conversations with Ms Kloiber, she shared with me the unique challenge of female fiber artists. Because they work with fabric, they are continually evaluated, by the arts community as well as by the public, as crafts people, not artists.

"Atmospheric Invasion," by Joan Kloiber

I’m curious. Does this piece seem to you to be something you’d casually throw on top of your bed? It is fabric and stitching and applique. But I believe the similarity ends there. This image is from a postcard Ms Kloiber produced. On the back she states “When looking at this quilt I hope the viewer will think about the impact of the “invasion” of electronics into our various atmospheres: ecological, social, educational, etc.”

Most of the other pieces in “Serendipity,” are likewise making statements about the environment, women’s roles, cultures, families, and an appreciation of nature. The fact that they use fabric as their medium is secondary. The messages they are attempting to convey trumps the familiarity of cloth.

I’m surprised that this is still an issue that these women face every time they apply for a show. There are three-dimensional pieces in this exhibit that belie the fiber they’re constructed from. There are technical marvels that make you wish you could watch the piece during construction. There are flights of fancy unusual enough to make you forget you’re looking at anything related to fiber. Of the 59 works, 47 are of a smaller, less overwhelming size.

For the show, Elna Goodspeed created a haunting series about trees including “Sunset,” “Summer Solstice,” and “October.” Dawn Carlson Conn reinvented a rainbow for “Hidden Wholeness” and “The Liminal,” rich blues and greens, with the help of satin thread. Kathleen Smith added beads to wool felt and silk for “Beautiful Blues” and actual shells to “In the Crevice of the Waves.” Linda Davis called forth stunning colors and organic shapes in her series “Halfway Between Shibori and Jackson Pollack.” You can see most of these on the Fiber Artists Study Group website by clicking on this link. The images don’t capture much of the texture or dimensionality, but the colors are glorious!

Yet I haven’t mentioned Cyndi Kaye Meier, Dina O’Sullivan, Joan Parsons, Tricia Spitzmueller, Doris Staub Petrie, Susan Stein or Karen Wallach. There’s an amazing breadth of accomplishment in one room at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center right now (through the beginning of Jan). Click on Meet the Artists section on their website to learn more about each of them.

Art engages our emotions and our minds. People need art to make sense of their place in the scheme of things and in order to access lasting pleasure. It’s also an effective way to comment on the problems society sometimes produces. “Serendipity” is a visual interpretation of a tactile medium. It’s also a challenge successfully met.

Thanks for visiting! —Chris

I keep saying that over and over. I just saw a fabulous movie, for the second time, and all I want to do is see it again, with more women I know.

The movie is a 2008 documentary called “Who Does She Think She Is?,” by Pamela Tanner Boll. It features contemporary women, with families, who specialize in sculpture, music and painting. These women love their children and partners, but they also have a driving passion for their art.

The woman on the left has three young men who believe, really believe, in their mom’s abilities and her love for them. The woman in the middle (her hands are visible) is a mother of five, including toddlers, and involved in her church. The woman on the right is a radiant singer/performer, former pastor and mother of two young girls.

I thought the second time I saw this film, I’d be less moved. I thought I would observe it more dispassionately. I thought I wouldn’t cry. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I think I was more affected the second time, because I could take in more of the stories and more of the statistics. Plus, I was seeing it in an auditorium on the campus of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, with people who were viewing it for the first time. I could feel responses all around me.

These images are from the Who Does She Think She Is? Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook, check it out. The site features some of the artists from the movie as well as women artists from the past who are mentioned, like pastel artist Berthe Moriset (woman gazing at infant in bassinet), Georgia O’Keefe, Frida Kahlo, Poet Rainer Maria Rilke and dancers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham. There are also wonderful comments from fans as well as the makers of the movie. Even two years later, they’re still getting attention.

This photograph is from C. Lewis Studio and shows Maye Torres, one of the featured artists, at work. I wish I had an image of Janis Wunderlich to show you, in her studio with the little girls also creating with clay, or surrounded by her kids, husband and the chaos of everyday life. Or an image of Mayumi Oda teaching adults how to live off the land in Hawaii. Or of Angela Williams moving audiences with her incredible voice and fierce passion for storytelling. Or of Camille Musser, starting the Caribbean Youlou Arts Foundation featuring the “Growing Young Artists” project in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

If you’re at all interested in this movie, check your local library to see if you can borrow it. Or you can order it directly from the source at Who Does She Think She Is? You can buy just the dvd or a “house kit,” with discussion guide, postcard invitations to your event and the movie poster. This is one of those movies that’s best seen with a friend or two, because there’s so much to talk about afterwards. It’s ripe for shared experiences (and popcorn!).

Art, passion and family. It makes for a rich life. I think it’s worth the enormous effort. Here’s to all of you who are making it a reality.

—Chris

I have been very lucky in my life. I grew up in an artistic family, with parents, grandparents and other relatives happily creating all around me. More recently, I found the Women’s Art Registry of MN (WARM) and discovered even more people who live lives full of art.

In case you didn’t know, a new cycle in the WARM Mentor Program will start in January. Maybe you’re one of the fortunate ones who has signed up to be a protegee? If you are in the Twin Cities and are ready to reach for the next level in art and life, click on the WARM website. Timing is important; the program only opens every two years.

Layl McDill & a peacock Silly Milly cane

This is my former mentor, Layl McDill of ClaySquared. She is constantly creating new work and then just as steadily, she sells it. Ms McDill teaches classes at her gallery. She’s fun to be around and extremely easy-going. And oh so patient.

Brenna Busse at the Powderhorn Art Festival

Brenna Busse is also a mentor. Two of my friends were her protegees during the last cycle and both felt like they had won the lottery with her. Ms Busse is intentionally spiritual and values-driven. She’s also a smart business woman. I like her because she’s positive and forward-thinking. Ms Busse would keep you on track, if she was your mentor; she’d help you see the big picture and stay true to your heart.

Delayne Hostetler, in character

Delayne Hostetler isn’t a mentor in WARM, though she easily could be. Instead, she’s been my role model for beau coup years. (I’m not even going to say how many years because I don’t want to embarrass either one of us. Let’s just say, a good loooong time.) She’s an amazingly warm and talented woman with a Wicked sense of humor and a delicious dark side.

Ms Hostetler is a Master/Mistress at the MN Renaissance Festival, producing art of the highest quality. She has her own shop there, called Mayfaire Cottage, selling framed and unframed prints, cards and other paper goods. Walking into her shop is like being transported to olde England. It’s delightful, with flowers and fairy touches where least expected.

Robin Hood, copyright Delayne Hostetler

Isn’t this fun? I love her cards because I get to share a bit of the magic with friends. I probably visited her shop during my first trip to the Renaissance Festival. Frankly, I was so overwhelmed that I’m not sure what I saw. I do remember spending a fair amount of time blushing, due to the comments of some of the strolling entertainers.

Ms Hostetler is not only an established artist, she’s also a thoughtful and generous friend. These are all gifts from her! I’m pretty sure the thimble is one-of-a-kind; it has a Christmas blessing on it. And the booklet is a delight because it’s made with all my favorite things collaged inside. There are two entire pages dedicated to tea and treats! I love it. A fabulous birthday surprise from many years ago.

Best Friends, copyright Delayne Hostetler

The large print, Best Friends, is available on Ms Hostetler’s website and yes, it too was a gift. I swear I didn’t badger her for it. The little booklet commemorates our friendship with personalized, colorful drawings.

I’ve had this sun and moon on my walls for many years. The sun has a sand texture and the moon is glossy. Again, I’m pretty sure they’re unique.

If you have an artist in your life, you may have art from them. Congratulations! You are probably an art supporter. In some way you have touched them and in return, more art is created. Artists create work as a response to life. Not to pay the bills. Not to fulfill a quota. We work because our hearts need the release art brings. That’s a wonderful feeling, but rarely does it pay the bills. Or if it does, it’s because somewhere, earlier, someone believed in us and helped get our business started.

There’s a wonderful 2008 documentary that will be shown on November 17, at 7 pm at MCAD in Minneapolis. It’s called “Who Does She Think She Is?” and is sponsored by WARM. No cost, but a donation is appreciated. Click on the title or go to TheWARM.org for details. Help support our artists!

Thanks for all you do. —Chris