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Creativity Revealed: Exploring Not My Circus, Not My Monkees with Artist Pam Kravetz

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Artist Pam Kravxxxx's work will be at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts Aug. 25 - Oct. 7.
Artist Pam Kravetz’s work will be at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts Aug. 25 – Oct. 7.

The Saugatuck Center for the Arts will be hosting a Creativity Revealed featuring Pam Kravetz, the artist and creator of the “Not My Circus, Not My Monkees.” She will be discussing her inspiration and creative process in creating the whimsical exhibit. The event will be held Wednesday, Aug. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and is free to the public. More information can be found at sc4a.org or by phone at 269-857–2399.

Kravetz is a working artist and professional educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. She uses vibrant colors and whimsical subjects to create a silly mood with a bold statement.

Kravetz says she gains inspiration everyday. “My creativity and art is inspired by the beauty and the chaos of the everyday. From a conversation with a friend, to a cupcake I received on the way to a road trip, to a shade of MAC lipstick. Nothing is too big or too small for me to explore using my art.”

“It’s always a pleasure to see an artist’s journey,” said Kristin Armstrong, Saugatuck Center for the Arts Executive Director. “It’s a special chance to glimpse inside of someone’s thoughts and then see the final project in front of you.”

The exhibit, “Not My Monkees, Not My Circus,” is a site specific art installation which comes to life when the viewer steps inside the gallery. Featuring marionette puppets, pulley systems, and narrative quilts, the exhibit is highly interactive. It will be featured in the SCA exhibition room Aug. 25 through Oct. 7.

Creativity Revealed: Exploring the #SofiaDrawsEveryDay Project

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Saugatuck Center for the Arts Artist in Residence Sofia Ramirez Hernandez is the featured artist in the Creativity Revealed program this month.
Saugatuck Center for the Arts Artist in Residence Sofia Ramirez Hernandez is the featured artist in the Creativity Revealed program being offered this month.

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The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street, will host a Creativity Revealed program featuring 2016 Artist in Residence Sofia Ramirez Hernandez on July 18 from 7 – 8:30 p.m.  Hernandez will share the process behind her ambitious project, #SofiaDrawsEveryDay. The event is free to the public with RSVP at www.sc4a.org or 269-857-2399.

 

The #SofiaDrawsEveryDay project was what Hernandez terms “a non-negotiable daily practice” drawing project begun in 2013. During the project, Hernandez drew more than 900 pieces, of which 300 are on display throughout the summer at the SCA in its “Corridor Series.”

 

Hernandez embarked on the drawing project when violence and self-destruction were affecting personal relationships and her mental stability. She felt she needed something that would lead to self-accountability, daily productivity, and rediscovering her own self-worth. “On the days I felt totally out of control, sometimes even evil, I could find a gram of pride in sticking to the drawings,” Hernandez says.

 

Through self-portraits and handwritten confessions, these hand-drawn diaries document her relapses into abuse, her will to fight her own tendencies, struggles with responsibility, the trials of treatment, and the good times, too.

 

“This is more than a simple exhibition, it’s a personal journey,” said Kristin Armstrong, executive director at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. “We are very fortunate that Sofia is willing to share this intimate experience with our community. We’re especially eager for young people to see her drawing and be inspired by Sophia’s creativity and tenacity.”

 

During the Creativity Revealed program Hernandez will discuss her work as a West Michigan-based Mexican female artist creating works that contemplate language, duality, environment and sisterhood. She’ll also talk about her involvement with the SCA’s Growing Young Artists program with migrant students.  And, she’ll perform some of her prose poetry and encourage the audience to write short pieces of their own.

 

Follow Hernandez on Instagram at @SofiaDrawsEveryDay or on her Tumblr page, using #sofiadrawseveryday.

Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ ‘Creative Revealed’ features artists from Ox-Bow School of Art

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Artist Surabhi Ghosh is part of the “Creativity Revealed: Ox-Bow Edition” program set for July 14.

The Saugatuck Center for the Arts is hosting two “Creativity Revealed: Ox-Bow Edition” programs in July featuring faculty members from Saugatuck’s Ox-Bow School of Art. The first program takes place on at 7 p.m. on July 14 and features Ox-Bow faculty member and artist Surabhi Ghosh. The second program takes place at 7 p.m. on July 28 and features faculty member and artist Claire Ashley. Both events are free with RSVP at www.sc4a.org or 269-857-2399.

 

“We’re excited to be partnering with Ox-Bow for the second summer,” said SCA Executive Director Kristin Armstrong. “The ‘Creativity Revealed: Ox-Bow Edition’ programs give the public opportunities to meet and learn from some wonderful, award winning visiting faculty members. If you’re interested in design, three-dimensional art, drawing, fiber or simply meeting inspirational, creative people you will love these programs!”

 

Ghosh, who is featured in the July 14 ‘Creativity Revealed,’ works with drawing, installation, and textiles inspired by ongoing research into patterning, abstraction, and cultural narratives. She will discuss her drawing, installation and textile works and give a hands-on demonstration on repetition and pattern, using print.

 

Artist Claire Ashley is part of the "Creativity Revealed: Ox-Bow Edition" program set for July 28.
Artist Claire Ashley is part of the “Creativity Revealed: Ox-Bow Edition” program set for July 28.

The July 28 program will feature Claire Ashley. Ashley is from Edinburgh, Scotland, and currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work investigates inflatables as painting, sculpture, installation and performance costume. Ashley will discuss her inspiration and creative process and give a hands-on demonstration on color, sculpture, and clay.

 

Discover more about Surabhi Ghosh at: http://surabhighosh.com/.  Claire Ashley’s work is featured on: http://claireashley.com/home.html

 

Founded in 1914, Ox-Bow offers a wide range of opportunities for artists at all stages in their career.  Through its affiliation with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow offers one and two-week courses for credit and non-credit for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. Ox-Bow’s faculty come from across the nation and world to teach during the summer program.

 

The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a more vibrant lakeshore community in West Michigan and beyond. For more information about the SCA and upcoming events, visit www.sc4a.orgor call 269.857.2399.