In the art vein, Saturday evening artist Pacia Sallomi will take to the canvass during live musical performance by the Wisconsin Wind Orchestra at Carroll University. The resultant paintings will be auctioned off as a fundraiser.
It's an interesting idea, to fuse different media at one time in one place, confronting multiple senses and theoretically engaging more of the mind and heart through the attempt. Not unlike theater.
Probably the paintings will be abstract.
Pacia is also a creative writer, though I haven't read her creative work in years.
http://www.paciasallomi.com/
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Art of Guzzetta
I met the creative and talented Andrea Guzzetta at one of our Who Killed the Ghost of Christmas Past? murder mystery shows at Alchemist Theatre.
She and her boyfriend won the top prize that night, which means they're good at sleuthing.
She's an artist by trade and we got to talking about graphic novels after the show and the possibility of some kind of collaboration.
I've been impressed by her imagination and vision. The kinds of questions she's asked about character and story have helped me work through my own creative writing.
Have a look at Andrea's site and her artwork thus far. There's a playfulness sometimes coupled with a somber sadness--and a shared desire to tell, or "show," stories that compel us at a mythical level. Her career is young and bright.
http://www.aguzze.com
She and her boyfriend won the top prize that night, which means they're good at sleuthing.
She's an artist by trade and we got to talking about graphic novels after the show and the possibility of some kind of collaboration.
I've been impressed by her imagination and vision. The kinds of questions she's asked about character and story have helped me work through my own creative writing.
Have a look at Andrea's site and her artwork thus far. There's a playfulness sometimes coupled with a somber sadness--and a shared desire to tell, or "show," stories that compel us at a mythical level. Her career is young and bright.
http://www.aguzze.com
New Bay View artist
Talented artist Jenie Gao recently moved into some Bay View studio space.
I came upon her work in the course of writing a story on the storefronts of Howell Avenue for the February 2012 issue of the Bay View Compass.
Her prints, drawings, and paintings reflect an active mind, pure heart, and sure hand. Gao's artist statements, as posted at her website, draw meaningful syntheses.
She's going to be offering a woodcutting workshop in February.
Check out her work:
http://www.sunnyapplesilk.com/
Info on the course:
http://dabble.co/classes/woodcut-workshop/s/1521-20120225
I came upon her work in the course of writing a story on the storefronts of Howell Avenue for the February 2012 issue of the Bay View Compass.
Her prints, drawings, and paintings reflect an active mind, pure heart, and sure hand. Gao's artist statements, as posted at her website, draw meaningful syntheses.
She's going to be offering a woodcutting workshop in February.
Check out her work:
http://www.sunnyapplesilk.com/
Info on the course:
http://dabble.co/classes/woodcut-workshop/s/1521-20120225
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Novel progress
Today: 843 words. Special thanks to the Milwaukee County Transit System. I wrote most of these words on the bus. Thanks to Ruth for suggesting I write on the bus.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Novel progress
Eight hundred sixty-seven more words today. Thanks to Kristine and Carrie for support.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Novel progress
Wrote 2,024 words today of a scene that I didn't know how it was going to turn out but turned out to have quite a bit of raw, unexpected emotion.
Pretty dang good result for a just few hours' work.
Thanks to Kristine and Ruth for the encouragement.
Pretty dang good result for a just few hours' work.
Thanks to Kristine and Ruth for the encouragement.
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