Lyn Bishop : Sharing Secrets

This week I found several cool art related websites (thanks to my Twitter Friends) and a request from artist colleague Lori Lejeune that I wanted to share:

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Last week I wrote about inspiration. It’s always there, and finding it takes looking around at our surroundings with fresh eyes. Whether it be the urban grit of a city, the organic forms of nature, or whatever it may be that catches your fancy, it’s there for us to tap into at any given time.

I’m always on the lookout for the simple, unsophisticated details of life. I am often drawn to the elements that most people will overlook. I collect them through photographic documentation or by physically gathering any interesting objects I find.

I’m in the studio this week, sorting through these found treasures and scanning them for future use. Each object is attached with a memory, the place it was found, the weather on the day I collected it, the people I was with, etc. Each discarded scrap that I saved holds the hidden story of it’s past life now tied together with my new relationship to it.

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The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art held the Monotype Marathon over the weekend. This intensive printmaking event is a successful annual fundraiser for the ICA.

Artists are encouraged to invite a sponsor to underwrite their participation in the event and are able to print at selected studios within the Bay Area. Sponsors donate $300 to the ICA and in return are given the opportunity to use their donation as an opening bid for prints during the silent auction held after the exhibition. This years exhibition runs July 1-19 and the silent auction takes place on the last Saturday of the exhibit.

The Marathon is a collaborative effort between the ICA and several facets that make up the arts community in the Bay Area. (more…)