by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
I keep thinking back to artists who inspire me and even inspire a bit of jealousy. What is it about them that stokes my passion and interest in the arts? Without fail innovative use of material impresses me. I think of Jennifer Stark, El Anatsui, or Ran Hwang and I am...
by Carrie Brummer | How to be An Artist
Artist Strong welcomes Claire McQuerry for today’s Creative Spirit Interview. Claire teaches writing at the University of Missouri, where she also serves as an editor for The Missouri Review. Her collection of poetry, Lacemakers, won the Crab Orchard First Book...
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 Brummer | How to be An Artist
Today Artist Strong is pleased to interview Creative Spirit Matthew Brennan, an author and freelance writer/editor. Matthew Brennan earned his MFA in fiction from Arizona State University. He is a novelist, translator, short-fictionist, screenwriter, and freelance...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
This weekend I’m chaperoning students in a Fine Arts Festival. The goal is for students to experience a mini workshop, which is a loosely structured art-making experience. It is evident to me the two women who conducted this activity have spent an enormous...
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