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The Art of Creation: Honing in on the Ordinary

The Art of Creation: Honing in on the Ordinary

July 11, 2024 - What comes to the notice of Belgium-born artist Adele Renault is the ordinary—ordinary people, pigeons, plants. But her depiction of these very easily overlooked subjects is anything but ordinary. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Stepping Stones

The Art of Creation: Stepping Stones

July 4, 2024 - A pathway of 55 stepping stones at a rest area in Norway invites travelers to not just stop for minute on their way to somewhere else, but to take some time to really look and be in this particular place. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Bits and Pieces

The Art of Creation: Bits and Pieces

June 13, 2024 - Artisan Richard Haining turns old, discarded pieces of wood into new, treasured pieces of art in his "STACKED' collection. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Trees in the City

The Art of Creation: Trees in the City

May 30, 2024 - In 1982, Joseph Beuys heaped 7,000 stone markers in the middle of a German city to prompt the planting of that same number of trees around the city. Over 40 years later, the effects of that project continue. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Washed Ashore—Art to Save the Sea

The Art of Creation: Washed Ashore—Art to Save the Sea

May 16, 2024 - Guest writer Rev. Elaine Breckenridge shares a recent experience with an art exhibit that helped her see trash on the beach in entirely new ways. By Rev. Elaine Breckenridge

The Art of Creation: Collaborating with Bees

The Art of Creation: Collaborating with Bees

April 11, 2024 - Toronto, Canada-based artist Ava Roth works with tens of thousands of worker bees living within beehives which she places the creative work she has begun, expecting and hoping that they will complete the work. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Slowing Down, Part 2

The Art of Creation: Slowing Down, Part 2

April 4, 2024 - This second article on the work of Makoto Fujimura looks at how putting objects back together again can result in something more beautiful than the original object. By Louise Conner