by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Over the years people can accumulate lots of things. The longer we plant our feet the more stuff we seem to collect. And now that I’ve been in Dubai for 5-6 years, I can say I have a lot of crap here. And the area in my life that I am the worst culprit of...
by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
My ideas always come to me when I least expect them. Just before bed I often have a litany of ideas and list them manically, as if they are all brilliant and worth starting. Then I wake and I think a bit less of them, but I save the list just in case. I have woken...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
The Deeper Thread Connecting My Artwork Over Time I’ve been sitting with a strange kind of nervousness lately. Not because I’m making completely different work. But because I’m starting to realize I don’t want to talk about it the way I used to. For a long time, I...
by Carrie | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Your Art Practice Has Seasons (And That’s Normal!) A lot of us quietly carry with us a specific version of being an artist. The one where we show up consistently, make meaningful work every week, build momentum, and move steadily toward our goals. And then there’s...
by Carrie | Why do the Arts Matter?
What Käthe Kollwitz, Jacob Lawrence, and Francisco Goya Teach Us About Making Meaningful Art Today Many artists quietly carry the belief that their work is “small.” That it’s personal, private, maybe even indulgent. That real change happens elsewhere: through...
