Music Is An Important Part Of My Livelihood
Pete’s Story Music isn’t my career, but it’s always been an important part of my livelihood and well-being.
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Light, Transparency, Color & Paper Is My Livelihood
The Ancient Ones Cody’s Story These words best describe my mixed media collage artwork. A majority of the pieces I have been working on for this art show look different depending on the light. If a light is shown through the paintings it changes the image and new images or colors appear. The rest of the pieces have transparent qualities that show multiple layers.
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I Am My Livelihood
Craig’s Story Okay, I get that is an arrogant statement. However, when I sat down to write this it never felt correct saying what I do is my livelihood. While I could have said design or web coding or branding is what pays my bills, they do not. What does pay them? I do.
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Gathering Together Is My Livelihood
Sake Bottle. 2012. 5″x5″. ceramic Peter’s Story The act of gathering and eating is what compels the art I make. Through functional pottery I am able to convey a sacred idea; that we should gather, make food and eat together. The sculpture I create extends my thoughts beyond the table, using symbolic schema and historically […]
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Performance Art Is My Livelihood
Photography by Lindsey French Sarah’s Story I am an interdisciplinary artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Nebraska Wesleyan University. I enjoy the rhythm of the academic schedule as it dovetails with my art practice. During the summers and winter break I attend artist residencies and have exhibitions.
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Smiling Turtle Art Spot is My Livelihood
Dori’s Story I’ve made my livelihood in a variety of settings, from jewelry store manager to sign language interpreter, software test engineer to artist. Along the way I’ve found that what I most enjoy is helping people find something inside of them that ignites their passion, makes their eyes light up, or an aha! sound […]
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Clay and Fun Are My Livelihood
Enjoy this reblog of: Clay And Fun Are My Livelihood by Iggy Sumnik, this month’s featured artist in the Fred Simon Gallery at the Nebraska Arts Council. Iggy’s Story It started in Detroit as a kid when I took a class in ceramics. I was attracted to fire and heat and the fact that you […]
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