State of the Art Presence April 2023 – by Paula Bandy
April at Art Presence Art Center celebrates the meaning of sense of place through art, word, and the vine. Filled with timeless experiences, memories, and community distinctiveness, a sense of place is what draws people […]
State of the Art Presence March 2023 – by Paula Bandy
In February I hung out my colorful teapots flag. It’s early this year. Usually not till March. But, I needed color out my kitchen window. Yet it always happens when I hang this flag that […]
State of the Art Presence February 2023 – by Paula Bandy
February begins the season of sap. As the earth begins to feel a shift that can often go unnoticed in the still wintery landscape, below, deep in the land, a stirring in the roots begins. […]
State of the Art Presence December 2022 January 2023 – by Hannah West
Lao Tzu says, “It is the empty space which makes a bowl useful.” A bowl is symbolic of holding, giving, offering, receiving, filling, and gifting. A bowl is open: open for possibility. A bowl can […]
State of the Art Presence November 2022 – by Hannah West
Autumn is the traditional season of bounty, but it can also be a time to reflect on the coming season of transitional change. As artists and writers, we often find this a golden time for […]
State of the Art Presence October 2022 – by Hannah West
The influence that artists exert on each other is like a physical force, the pull of gravity of attraction or repulsion. An artist may be influenced by another artist’s technique, choice of materials, or subject […]
State of the Art Presence September 2022 – by Hannah West
The first and most important thing of all for an artist is to have a real love of the visible world. The feelings which this evokes are the main motivation for putting brush to paper, […]
Paula Bandy to Lead Art Presence
Anne Brooke, founder and director of Art Presence, announced the artists’ group has hired Paula Bandy as its Executive Director. “It’s not only comforting to know, it is imperative to know, that we have the […]
State of the Art Presence August 2022 – by Hannah West
I have a good friend who has a PhD in Color Theory. This seemed impossible to me, thinking there just couldn’t be that much to absorb, until I studied with him and learned that color […]
State of the Art Presence July 2022 – by Hannah West
It is clear that there are similarities between the worlds of the writer and the artist. Painters exercise some of the qualities essential to good writing—the incredible power of the visual imagination, creating images—while writers […]