The Artist Guild Gallery of Greenville
I thought I’d give y’all a sneak peek at the newest art gallery in Greenville, South Carolina. It is the first of it’s kind in the area. An artist co-op is owned and operated by a group of artists. Modeled after similar operations in larger cities the [...]
Archive for the ‘Thoughts on Art’ Category
Posted in Art for Purchase, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on October 17, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Downtown Cola Town
Ben and I are excited to announce our official attendance as participating artists at EdVenture during EdCeptional Kids Month! Located in the historic mill area of Columbia, the facility is the “unofficial” children’s museum of South Carolina (the “official” museum is located in Myrtle Beach which in no way matches the exhibits [...]
Posted in About Ben, Advocacy, Masterpieces, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on July 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Picasso & Ben:Understanding Exceptional KidsConclusion
Just in case you need a refresher or are a new reader here are quick links to the first two parts.Part 1 & Part 2
You may wonder where I’m going with this. I’ve wondered myself occasionally but my premise was made clear one day late last week. Jessie had [...]
Posted in About Ben, Advocacy, Masterpieces, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Picasso & Ben:Understanding Exceptional KidsPart 2
Inevitably innocence is chiseled away by the understanding of more complicated issues. We are given tools through education to deal with problems that living in this world presents to us. Parents, teachers, clergy, and our peers do their best to simplify what our response should be toward any [...]
Posted in About Ben, Advocacy, Masterpieces, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on July 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Picasso & Ben:Understanding Exceptional KidsPart 1
As a parent of an exceptional child I’m most thankful for my art education . Honest to God I don’t think I could deal very well with our situation had I not spent all of those hours listening to lectures in class or studying hundreds of slides showing images [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on July 5, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Artists in Residence Part IIArt & Abilitation: “Abilitation” is not a word recognized by Webster though it is a word used quite often by therapists and caregivers of exceptional children. In my own journey I have found that the creative process leads to profound positive impact upon my son. The first 3 [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on July 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Ben & Bennie:Artists in Residence!
A little over a month ago we received an invitation to participate during the month of September at EdVenture Children’s Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. September serves at EdCeptional Kids Month at what is essentially the official children’s museum of our state. During September the museum will offer programs [...]
Posted in Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Loving Adobe Photoshop!
With the new printer I needed new software to handle the demands required for the larger prints. Although not the “grand daddy” of the Photoshop choices, Elements 5.0 has some great things about it. I’ve already mentioned how well the giclees are turning out. Today I spent the better part [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Jessie, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on April 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Some Cool Stuff
1. In the past two days Ben has painted with both nurses. He had a ball both times even though he ate accidentally ate paint on each occasion. Yesterday we heard him say “yellow.” Today he said “orange.” Of course he actually said a lot more [...]
Posted in Art Shows, Posts by Dad, Thoughts on Art on March 21, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Motivation
There’s nothing like the stress of a deadline to kick an artist’s creative ass into gear. I know very few artistic individuals that do not have at least a healthy dose of procrastination to their personality. In fact I’m sitting here trying to count exactly how many I can think of….let me get [...]
