Art Horse

Gabi Kingsley is a dabbler in many fine things. You can see her found poetry on Instagram @thistlequiff, textile/quilting play @gabrielle.kingsley, and emotiblobs for the #100dayproject @glisteningcarcass. If you want to hear more about Gabi, listen to episode 88!

In this episode:

• The surprise and delight of finally finding something that sticks ✨
• The quilt show of quilt shows (WOW)
• Submitting (framed!) artwork to a far-away gallery and an interior design shop!
• What do you get to discover by circling back to past artwork?

We mention:

• The Daylight Artist Collective in Westerville: https://www.instagram.com/daylightartistcollective/
• Andy J. Pizza: https://www.andyjpizza.com
• The Threadhouse: https://www.instagram.com/thethreadhouse/
• Janine Crum: https://www.instagram.com/janine.crum/
• "Stutz" on Netflix
• Devon Walz's course UNIQUE, and her podcast Art + Magic: https://www.devonwalz.com/
• The International Quilt Festival (in Houston):  https://www.instagram.com/quiltfestival

What happens when you take a creative leap and totally miss? And there were witnesses and it's embarrassing and you maybe never want to try again?

This episode is three conversations strung together on a common thread: what comes after a creative risk?

We last heard from Rikka in episode 85! She's a writer, sewist, and Asian ball-jointed doll enthusiast. You can find her on Instagram @crimsonchimera.

This is what's up since then:

• A life changing writers retreat
• Old job might give way to new options???
• Also, Jess throws caution and instructions to the wind on a pair of pants

We mention:

• NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/
• Authors Maggie Stiefvater, Anna Bright, and Sarah Batista-Pereira

Find Art Horse:

• on Instagram @arthorsepod
• at [email protected]
• Support the show and come chat with us on Discord!:  https://www.patreon.com/arthorsepod

A quick update on what's been up lately!

In this episode I mention The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, by Priya Parker.

What's changed (for Jess) since the first episode of Art Horse?

Gone up:

• confidence in identity and potential
• the types of opportunities I feel like I can aim for
• the amount of (good idea) projects on the go

Gone down:

•  sewing machine fears
• relatedly, crotchless pants

And what's up next? Teaching in the community, maybe an art show?, and finding a space in which to make it all happen.

Thank you so much for listening. Here's to many more! 🍻

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Maria Bowler is a writer and creative coach whose work explores our relationships with ourselves around creative productivity.

• If I don't force myself, will I just not do it? What happens if I don't do it?
• How do you not abandon the parts of you that wanted to make the other choice?
• Good ideas: I HAVE to do it now vs. WOW I have so much energy and love for this THING
• What's your relationship with yourself when it comes to creative productivity?

Find Maria:

• On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariaevbowler/
• On her website: https://www.mariabowler.com/

We mention:

• Landscapes by Mitchell Albala, again.

: Is it a productivity problem? Or an invitation?
Trusting yourself and not forcing it: building a better relationship with your creativity.
Honouring and tending to all parts of you, scared, angry.

This conversation is about Sarah's transformative trip to the Arctic, incubating your creative work, and what it means when you put a bike in your painting.

You can find Sarah Nelson:

• on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_ann_nelson
• on her website: https://sarahnelson.art/
• on Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/user/sarahannnelson
• by email: [email protected]
• in episodes 74 and 75!

 Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod. Find us on instagram @arthorsepod.

We mention: 

• The Arctic Circle Residency (you should apply!!): https://thearcticcircle.org
• Micro Plastics in Arctic from Nat Geo: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/remote-arctic-contains-more-plastic-than-most-places-on-earth
• Climate Action Venn diagram: https://www.ayanaelizabeth.com/climatevenn
• Tree with light coming through it:  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437131
• Watercolour wash stand: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/857908
• Watercolour book case: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/857915
• Sarah's Auslandish works: https://sarahnelson.art/#/auslandish/ 
• Bri Custer's little paintings: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfY3QnUucq8/ 
• Charlotte Dworshak's batch paintings: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ci0pj57D9di/
• The start of Sarah's Arctic diary: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfozanelVj9/

A post-summer update! On starting to feel like a Real Painter, making your own clothes hitting the spot as art supply collection, and carving out space in community.

Jess mentions:

• The Scrooge movie, "A Christmas Carol"
• A book, "Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice" by Mitchell Albala, damn. Look for it at your local library.
• Mel Gausden at the Bau-Xi gallery, listing studies and sketches alongside finished pieces: https://bau-xi.com/collections/mel-gausden (and when I say "affordable" I mean..... more affordable haha 😅)
• "Stabilized Sheer Tricot" or "Sheer Cup Lining"
• "As much as we pay respect to our initial inspiration, and try to capture a particular moment of light, the color within the painting ultimately answers only to itself, not the world that inspired it."  - Mitchell Albala

Made u a snack, it's the Art Horse Zine!!

The zine is a collection of listener-submitted artwork, and the theme is Food, Drink, and Mythical Creatures. It's JUICY

You can get a digital copy for pay what you want (including free!) or pre-order a paper copy for $15 CAD.

Order your copy here before August 12, 2022: https://arthorsepod.com/zine

Art Horse is taking a summer break for July and August - I'll be back with new episodes in September!

The zine will be available for pre-order in the next couple weeks (I've just ordered the proof copy!) - I'll put an announcement here and on Instagram when it's ready for you.

You can stay in touch over the summer by joining the Patreon, where there's some extra episodes and we do a monthly hang and we chat about art and life in the Discord: https://www.patreon.com/arthorsepod

Thank you so much for listening!