Surreptitious
Why not? Good-deeding doesn’t need to be recognized… really… just done. The reward is how you feel after you’ve done it. That warm, cozy feeling in your heart that you’ve done the world some good… priceless.
Why not? Good-deeding doesn’t need to be recognized… really… just done. The reward is how you feel after you’ve done it. That warm, cozy feeling in your heart that you’ve done the world some good… priceless.
Poor Enid. I think she is talking to an empty room.
…or maybe third graders.
I’d really like to see the art mentoring… on the sly… under the cover of darkness.
Joe… I know this third grade teacher… We’ll compare notes. Hee hee. Sometimes you just need to find the right angle to make a situation fun… I think Randie is more in tune with Enid’s ideas if they were done “in Randie.”
CoshM… Um… I’d call it something else… but it’s not that kind of a strip.
The trouble with public art, official or otherwise, is that everyone has different ideas about what is art, and what is GOOD art. Not everybody appreciates guerilla art. Most, in fact, do not seem to.
I remember with great fondness a summer arts program at a local community center where I learned my first techniques since finger painting in kindergarten. I was no prodigy, but what I created that summer was hugely enjoyable and satisfying to myself. If life hadn’t intervened…
Anyway, my hat’s off to those volunteers who introduced hands-on training to a handful of rowdy kids and hopefully started at least a few on new paths of expression or even new career tracks. Mentoring young artists, or even those who had never considered trying it, seems like the most worthy of do-gooding.
Amen to that, Brig!
I think the more guerrilla art people see, the more their opinions might change. Because if you just tell someone what it is, they’re probably thinking “Oh great, more graffiti,” but if they see the different types of art they’ll get it.
And major props to people who mentor young artists! A few years ago I was in a teen writing workshop at the library, some of the best times of my life, I really learned a lot and I was re-introduced to an old school mate who is now my best friend. Excellent!
And I say they should have capes :)!
Brig,
One idea I have for an art project is based on the old telephone game. Have one artist paint the object/subject. Each remaining artist would paint their interpretation of the painting of each artist before them. It would be along the lines of “Serial” art instead of “Parallel” art where you have several artists draw or paint one object/subject.
Oh, wow. My high school art teacher actually taught a class about guerilla art. It was amazing. I sincerely hope you continue this storyline even further.
Does anybody remember “The Gorilla Girls”? Elle (welcome), did your instructor mention them?
Art mentoring is a truly wonderful thing… helping others find ways to express. I think as artists we take for granted that we can vent through our art… that we can address our feelings, hopes, desires and disappointments thru paint or any other media. If one is un-artistic… they channel these things elsewhere… drugs or alcohol… bad behaviors… etc.
Joe: Ah… that sounds like fun… You start. Perhaps you can post a digital pic and get something goin’? ART-O-RAMA, baby!