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Assemblage Workshop Experience: “Some Assembly Required”

An Assemblage Workshop Experience: A Unique Opportunity My assemblage workshop experience, at “Some Assembly Required,” was a wonderful chance to exchange ideas with fellow artists. I’m excited about the creative connections forming within this supportive community through the assemblage workshop experience. Inspiration from Collaboration Although I came to teach, my assemblage workshop experience left me […]

An Intersection of Assemblage and Narrative

In “My Mother’s Scissors,” seemingly ordinary objects like vintage scissors and measuring tape become storytellers, each element weaving together the nuanced tale of a 1950s homemaker’s daily life. This blog delves into how these artifacts not only represent her routine but also echo her distinct personality and the era’s cultural dynamics.

Infant of Prague Spiritual Journey

Join me on a captivating journey through ‘Discovering the Divine in the Infant of Prague.’ This blog post delves into the spiritual and artistic significance of the ‘Infant of Prague’ statue, exploring how it inspires a deeper connection with faith and the divine, set against a backdrop of personal memories and the beauty of spiritual art.

Finding Solace in Creativity

To find solace in creativity, I crafted this funky box and filled it with a little light. This symbolic act of placing light inside something I created wasn’t just about art; it was a metaphor for the inner light of hope and resilience, faintly glowing within me. As I worked on this project, I found myself feeling more hopeful, sensing a gentle but steady resurgence of optimism and strength.

3D Journey: Expanding Creative Process

My recent journeys in 3D have been an adventure, but I am seeing that it’s an adventure that’s just getting started. The most important lesson I have learned from 3D Journey: Expanding Our Creative Process is “Keep pushing the boundaries of your creative process.” As I encourage you, I encourage myself in the act of never settling for what’s comfortable and familiar. We can try new processes and materials. We can explore new artistic disciplines. In these acts, we expand our experience, and we give the world a chance to see something new: something unique- that no one has ever seen or experienced before.

Making Upcycled Paper Flowers

With practice and patience, you can create beautiful paper flowers. The process involves creating delicate and intricate flowers out of paper, using various techniques such as folding, cutting, and gluing. As shown in the picture above, you can use embellishments to make your flowers look more fanciful and artistic.

Art and Climate Change

“Plastic Menagerie” is a depiction of a variety of plastics mixed with underwater life. These plastics are depicted as negative impacts on climate change and agents of harm on our ecosystems. Despite the dangers of these plastics on climate change, “Plastic Menagerie” is teeming with life. Danger looms, but the message is, “It’s not too late.” “Plastic Menagerie” points to reusable options to slow climate change.

Epiphany art at Christmas

I made this relief painting to capture my memories of past silent nights. This required a journey back to my childhood. It required me to remember where it all happened and to imagine how it looked, felt, and influenced me. The tree, the star, and the songs are worked into this piece because they were the strongest memories of the beauty of my past Christmases. I am so glad I took this journey to the past. I have returned with peace, joy, and a sense of gratitude. How lucky I was to experience such joy. How lucky I am to recreate that joy through my “Epiphany Art” at Christmas. It lets me bring that joy into the present moment.

Journey Outside the Box

I made a sculpture titled “Outside the Box,” and it started with a small, wooden box. The pieces of curled paper that are spilling out of the box have words on them: misfit, outlier, dissenter, and deviant. They are words that express thoughts I had when I first considered “the outside.” I could have kept the box closed, folded all the simmering thoughts away, and locked the box tight. Instead, I let it open, and I let myself take a turn on my journey. I tried life outside of it.

Dancing in the Doghouse

I see hope in my life story. I can see the hope because I have kept an account of it: on papers with a pencil, upon canvases with a paintbrush, using torn papers, pastels, glitter and ink. “Dancing in the Doghouse” is my story of hope shared so others might see the hope, too.

Painting the Journey in the New Unknown

This Painting is Titled “Portals to Peaceful, Quiet Spaces,” 2022
My paintings are my portals to peaceful, quiet spaces when I can’t even leave my home. I paint the water spigot and the door from under water in this endemic world. I once again recoil to my studio and manage my anxieties in this new liminal in-between.

The Time Has Come

I will not make traditional art on this blank canvas. The time has come for me to own my creative process. I will make something abstract and surreal. This journey on my canvas will likely lead to little approval, but at least I am satisfied.

Little Adventures on My Journey

Alisa E. Clark is excited to be part of the 8th Catholic Biennial at the Verostko Center for the Arts and the 2021 juried art exhibit with the International Society of Experimental Artist’s. Alisa was thrilled to share her work with other artists and have other artists share their work with her. These recent adventures have illuminated Alisa’s path because of the joy she experienced and the joyful people she journeyed with. Within the world of creative people exploring creative expression, Alisa finds meaning, value and power. She’s now excited about her next journey on canvas.

The Power of Creative Process: Artistic Expression and Spiritual Connection

Creative process is my greatest tool for processing everything that life throws my way. I share it with others because it might throw them a lifeline, too. This blog is a place to consider the power of artistic expression. If you are an art maker, I urge you to dive deeper into your process. If you are hesitant and holding back from creating, let this be an encouragement to begin making art or returning to a past form of art making. One friend of mine finds peace in coloring books. It’s her way of finding meaning, and spiritual connection. It’s not complicated. It need not be complicated for you, either. What can be your unique creative process? How can it help you find joy, understanding, and respite? This blog is encouragement to explore the answers to these questions.

A Place to Stop and Create on Your Journey

This blog is an invitation to revamp your art making space. It’s an encouragement to create a welcoming place to stop and create on your journey. It’s a challenge to consider your own solutions. What will work best for you? This is a challenge to rework your space. Make it someplace where you can make more art more often on your journey!