Artist Strong Blog
Enjoy interviews and articles about creative process and our inherent creative spirit.
Creative Spirit Gary Doi
Gary Doi served as Superintendent of Schools for eighteen years in three school districts in British Columbia. Previous to that, he was a teacher, consultant, school administrator and university lecturer. Since retiring, Gary has pursued his interests in writing,...
Why Do the Arts Matter? By Guest Catherine Abbott
Today on Artist Strong we highlight another voice to help articulate Why Do the Arts Matter? We welcome Catherine Abbott, who has worked in a variety of arts organisations and institutions in Ireland, UAE and Oman. She is currently director of Jamann Arts Consulting...
Creative Spirit Katarina Wong and MADE
Katarina Wong is a NYC-based artist, curator, and the founder of MADE, a new art consulting business that makes art collecting more social. Katarina shows her work nationally and internationally, including at El Museo del Barrio and the Bronx Museum in NYC, the Fowler...
When is an Artwork Finished?
Margaret was dying for a chance to showcase her quilts. Deep down she knew they were some of her best work, but she kept finding a whole bunch of nothing when she looked for art competitions. Textile competitions seemed to be on the wane. On a day when she almost had...
Creative Spirit Col Mitchell
From the heart of Muskoka, award winning Contemporary Paper Artist Col Mitchell works with pen and ink and sculpted papers on canvas or panel, capturing the impression of magical nature experiences through an original technique that resolves itself into works as...
Mind Mapping as a Goal Setting Tool for Creatives
I originally wrote this for a guest post... but it's been collecting dust in my Scrivener files 🙂 so today on Artist Strong I want to showcase to you HOW I use mind-mapping for my business and creativity. I use it to brainstorm ideas, but more importantly, I use...
Creative Spirit Calvin Correli
Calvin is a multipassionate creative and entrepreneur. He runs a company called Simplero, a service for people running online courses in addition to being a comedian, singer, speaker, photographer, programmer, and cook who is also learning bartending. 🙂 It is because...
How to Make Your Own Mandala
In last week's post I discovered some of the first suggested creative therapy offered by psychologists was from and by Carl Jung. He encouraged his patients to create their own mandalas as a form of stress release. So today, I'm going to show you how to draw...
Creative Spirit Matt Fussell: The Virtual Instructor
Matt is an artist, educator, and founder of TheVirtualInstructor.com. Â He uses his expertise in a variety of art media and his 12 years of experience in art education to share with students from around the world. Â His goal is to provide the highest quality of art...