Art Horse

In this walking episode: A shining moment of full creative expression Baking and cooking as a life preserver for sanity A surprising mindset shift: away from wishing I was somewhere else and towards making the most of this thing I mention Hidden Brain podcast episodes: Designing a Life that Matters and Radical Acceptance (thanks Morgan!) How to Live a Meaningful Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett...

The eternal question! Lots of letting go in this episode: the dance, the studio, the piano, some nasty shredded dog toys, and "wanting". Prioritizing family while they still have the health to make memories (oof) The missing piece of my creative practice (ideas! and how to find them) Out: selling tickets and trying to give others what I want. In: giving it to myself instead. I mention: N...

In this episode we explore how everything going wrong (SO FUN) might be taking you exactly where you need to go:  I throw a party and no one comes, again An absolute gauntlet of unreasonable requests What if you don’t have to fix your hump (or anything) before you can have what you want?

I say it in my head and I'm finally saying it out loud 🤣. Although, I looked it up and it said "a merciless, destructive, and unstoppable force" which... I could probably get behind 🤣 In this episode: Sending a gallery-showdown-concluding email Facing the fear of raising the price for Dancing in the Dark Submitting tickets to my own complaint department Trying to do more of what&a...

In this episode A gallery showdown and corresponding revelations A Very Important Conversation with Teresa Learnings from recent events: public band practice, fiddle jam, and a first-ever pop-up choir A Dancing in the Dark reckoning

Just trying to document this as it's happening: I'm slowly finding a way around some fears that have been holding me back for a long time. I have been blocking the flow of creativity with fear - 'they'll never put my event on the marquee', 'I'll offend the dance teacher by negotiating me not putting on this event for free' I didn't realize how much this...

Wait, I can do whatever I want at the studio! Including record episodes. Which is good because if I'm not at the studio I'm not alone and can't record lol What if you invest in FUN (instead of blowing $1000 on stage lights) An illuminating lesson on fiddle and designing for community A previously unknown artist career path - but the catch is you have to dabble and explore everything...

A walking episode from an imperfect member of the human group. Never say never: a polka do-over Dress, saved by the belt "T he worst thing that could happen would be that I waste my life thinking about it, but never actually take a bite out of it because it feels like too much work" yikes How to survive when someone breaks up with your creative project (no, I'm asking) I mention: Pa...

An update: calling dances, forming a band, and accumulating dings from the universe. I mention the book Art & Fear by David Bayles

A walking around the yard in range of the baby monitor episode! Accidentally manifesting four barn dance gigs in one week (too many?) Plus: coming full circle and calling on stage at the dance that originally inspired me Revisiting Folk Schools and nonprofits You COULD do anything. So what is it that you will do? I mention: Arts on the Fly Boot Scootin' Boogie Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure L...

In this episode: HOW DID THE FUNDRAISER GO? I hate when people take video at The Function (takes video at The Function) What if you just learned easier songs and could actually play them? If you miss dancing with your friends so much, why don't you just teach 'em how??? We're all hurtling by on the conveyor belt of time and will eventually be in The Past just like everybody else (sh...

Andrea Holmes (of A. Holmes Art Studio) is mural painter, art mentor, fellow "bird lady", and now AUTHOR! based in McKinney, Texas. Andrea recently wrote a book with her friend Beth Fields called "Art Makes Magic", a guide for emerging artists around career, mediums, and mentorship. She's also got a thrilling, audacious goal: 100 bird murals around the world. 4 down, inclu...

In this episode: Updates: the kiln works! the boat works! the yard... works! Gnarled, magical gardens all start somewhere, right? Women's fair: if I get to decide how I want to feel, I'll spend 10 hours with my back to the audience Surviving (thriving?) square dance practice I mention  Paul Silveria's "Old Time Dance Party": https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time...

In this episode: Easy come, very difficult go: de-stashing in a small town Pocket welt revelations Want to be more musical? Just paint a shuffle on it (what!?) I mention: Fibremood Marcia Jacket: https://www.fibremood.com/en/product/845-marcia-jacket-pod Darol Anger's shuffle fiddle tip: https://youtu.be/K_1jJ_kHPro

A post-skunk solo walk. Maybe you can't make something (community) from nothing (no community) Spirited and joyful fiddle energy, plus the opposite (hunch-backed and wide-eyed) Finally, we're learning to call barn dances. By signing up to call a barn dance. I mention: Contra Calling: A Basic Text by Tony Parkes Old Time Dance Party by Paul Silveria 13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug...

In this walking episode we're clearing a log jam: rage-sewing tackling kryptonite tasks finishing big audacious art projects I mention Daily Painting by Carol Marine 13 Ways to Kill your Community Twig and Tale Salt Spring National Art Prize

A walking episode: Man was I ever burnt out just now Refilling the creative well with classes and books A childhood home remembered, a map made Letting kids use the Good Paint Taking another crack at that damn quilt I mention A GREAT MANY THINGS in this episode: Fluent Forever pronunciation trainers Anki, the flashcard app The Good Ship Illustration Picturebook Course Martin Salisbury, author of 1...

A walking episode: January in review!! In which we did 5 events in 10 days (wtf?), including Life Drawing and Still Life painting. In this episode Apparently nobody comes to anything in January, even if they did in December Sell your early work, QUICK before you become a different person How do you teach someone to love something? Becoming a gym girlie in your thirties (maybe) I mention: Syllabus...

A walking episode with *GASP* a microphone! Thanks Greg! Lots of old stuff comes back around in this episode. Getting a baby-size sweater pattern by scaling down and hitting "Print" "Color Notes" and painting colours not things Confidence and competence over time, with practice? WHAT!? I mention: Didi pullover by Fibre Mood: https://www.fibremood.com/en/patterns/707-didi-pullov...

A walking in the yard episode, just a little update where I talk about Art Class and Dancing in the Dark and feel hopeful. Also: quilting colour woes, a mama sew-in, and other blue-sky ideas. I mention Modern Improv Quilting by Laura Veenema

Kristen Egan is a mixed media artist – primarily gourds, wood, and paper clay – based somewhere in the woods of Pennsylvania. Her folkloric and characterful masks drip with personality and take illustration 3 dimensional. See her work on Instagram at kristeneganart . You can hear more from Kristen in episode 126 and 130! This episode is so good! And also there's a little bit of background fuz...

And here we are within it. In this walking episode, some successes and their accompanying fears. What if you could get paid to just show up and be yourself?? well then I wouldn't have time for anything else like another kid or taking my stuff to the dump so I'd better not Maybe have a snack and give yourself a little break from the intensity of hating your own work Some ideas for visual...

In this walking episode: That oil painting class emboldened me Polka disaster I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band? A revelation: what if life after social media just keeps getting bigger? and better??? I mention: Paul Silveria (square/folk dancing): https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-dance-party-full-album-and-booklet Coffee Coffee Cake from "Dessert Person&quo...

Gabrielle is a learning and development coordinator in a small town in BC - and she got married this summer! In this episode we talk about planning the wedding she never let herself dream about, planning events to match your values, and reclaiming girlhood. You can do what you WANT ..... and how do you know do you want? A "full reset" isn't real It's never too late to learn to...

A walking episode with a dog and a very chatty baby. In this episode: Just thread the machine and walk away Showing Up is a superpower that you can just choose to have Letting things sit and developing your taste and knowledge in the meantime I mention: Start with Hello by Shannan Martin