How does AUTHENTICITY show up in your work? For some it might be in a craft tradition passed down through their heritage. For others it might be in "truth to materials," using materials in a way each one is best suited to. Some might be driven by politics to speak their truth. Some photographers rail against altering images. There are lots of ways it can show up in your practice. For some, it might not show up at all, but I doubt it.
I want to know IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT? Why or why not? What are the ways you can commit more fully to something, or relax a kind of authenticity that is no longer important? Is there an opposite of authenticity?
Writers, poets, musicians, chefs, dancers, please join us! I think this topic bridges a lot of different creative practices, and we may have things to learn from one another.
FIRST TUESDAYS at Todd's is a free monthly event series at 6:00 pm on the first Tuesday of each month, at LONG GRAIN FURNITURE, which is the studio of artist and furniture maker Todd McCollister. Each event is different; past events have seen guest speakers, panel discussions, round-table discussions, or no format at all. The main idea is to share our experiences and grow a stronger artist community, so before and after the more formal part, we'll have some time for mixing and mingling. All events are FREE and OPEN to the public. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
I'm LOCATED inside a campus that used to be a US Army supply depot. My address is 2230 Quartermaster Ct., 68108. Find your way to the corner of 21st St. and Woolworth Ave. Enter the campus through the white gate. Make your way across the campus to the farthest building. On the way, you'll pass through a gap in a chain link fence and a large parking lot with some trailers, buses, and limousines. Look for my boxy little white van and a red dumpster. If the weather is nice, my garage doors might be open.
Support for the series, so we can defray some costs, is provided by folks like you, through PATREON. If you can, please consider becoming a patron, at
https://www.patreon.com/FinalFridaysAtTodds
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