Two days into a weeklong stay at St. Norbert Arts Centre, my computer crashed and pushed me into the pre-digital world of manual creation & record-keeping, slow observation and solitude. Not a bad thing because I accomplished (most of) what I had set out to do and learned a lot in the process. For now, […]
Tag: janet bright
abstract. what now?
I’ve run up against a wall today because my current painting theories are being challenged by a painting that’s still under the brush. My Twitter post this morning said, “after so much talk about the need for ‘recognition of reality’ in art, this painting = abstract …” Until now I’ve been safely cocooned in the […]
Highspeed Painting Video / Nuit Plein / acrylic on canvas
Painting a painting from start to finish. nuit plein / 48″ x 48″ / 2010 -janet bright
glacer / 30″ x 30″
glacer / 30″ x 30″ / acrylic on canvas
support or stifling? / creativity at school
Is there support for creativity in today’s schools or is it stifled and labeled as self indulgent activity lacking in focus? Undoubtedly, both supporting and stifling of creativity are in action in today’s schools. The elementary environments I’ve encountered recently appear to have the task of applying rules and rating systems (in an attempt to […]