by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Today is a new beginning on Artist Strong. There is so much talk right now in the Education world about the importance of the arts. But where is the practice? We can talk all we want, but if we don’t put money where our mouths are, we are still saying the arts are...
by Carrie Brummer | Build Your Skill, Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
Art is a skill, not just a talent. This is a topic I’ve been passionate about for years, and the idea that art is solely about talent drives me up the wall. In schools parents use the art as talent justification to argue their kids deserve higher grades if they...
by Carrie Brummer | Develop Your Unique Artist Voice
I’ve always been a DIY person… mostly out of necessity. (My first job barely paid the bills out of college.) I remember it becoming a joke amongst my colleagues that generally one or two days a week they could see me under the hood of my Blazer after work...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Wow. I knew making art felt good, but this is a whole other level of endorphins. Yesterday my buddy B and I committed to our first Studio Art Date. We are both artists and every time we hang out we talk about art. We share our ideas and discuss the progression we have...
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...
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