Comments on: Conversation at the Table http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/ Fine Porcelain by Mary Anne Davis Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erica http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-434 Erica Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:05:39 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-434 How was dinner? What did you come up with? You have me thinking about the youth I have met, supported, learned from, and been inspired by over my last eight years at the YWCA and 6 years in my North Minneapolis neighborhood. So many of them are artists in so many ways, but there are overwhelming barriers for them. So, the first question that comes to my mind is one that I ask as a mother, youth worker, and community member: How do we (artists, educators, parents, community members) engage, nurture, and empower young artists to actualize the creativity within? How was dinner? What did you come up with? You have me thinking about the youth I have met, supported, learned from, and been inspired by over my last eight years at the YWCA and 6 years in my North Minneapolis neighborhood. So many of them are artists in so many ways, but there are overwhelming barriers for them.

So, the first question that comes to my mind is one that I ask as a mother, youth worker, and community member:

How do we (artists, educators, parents, community members) engage, nurture, and empower young artists to actualize the creativity within?

]]> By: Carol F. Davis http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-408 Carol F. Davis Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:15:13 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-408 Most people work to live. Artists live to work. Their work discipline is a life rhythem that sustains them year in & year out. Most of them share this belief & recognize their mutual commitment to work is a fundamental bond, joining the craft community in a strong sense of their own identity. I paraphrase from Julie Hall's comments in Tradition and Change. This is not a question, and I leave it to you to turn it into one. I can't think of anything I'd enjoy more than eating dinner with friends on your dishes, asking these kinds of questions with folks who would be interested in the answers, and simple being in an atmosphere where these kinds of considerations were important. Good luck in Canada. Most people work to live. Artists live to work. Their work discipline is a life rhythem that sustains them year in & year out. Most of them share this belief & recognize their mutual commitment to work is a fundamental bond, joining the craft community in a strong sense of their own identity.
I paraphrase from Julie Hall’s comments in Tradition and Change. This is not a question, and I leave it to you to turn it into one. I can’t think of anything I’d enjoy more than eating dinner with friends on your dishes, asking these kinds of questions with folks who would be interested in the answers, and simple being in an atmosphere where these kinds of considerations were important. Good luck in Canada.

]]> By: Mary Anne Davis http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-406 Mary Anne Davis Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:04:49 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-406 Hi Daniel- I like it. Will put into the mix. Thank you! Hi Daniel-
I like it. Will put into the mix. Thank you!

]]> By: Mary Anne Davis http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-405 Mary Anne Davis Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:04:18 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-405 Yay, Jane! Simple food enhanced by handmade dishes... That works! Yay, Jane! Simple food enhanced by handmade dishes… That works!

]]> By: Jane Hudson http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-404 Jane Hudson Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:14:19 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-404 How about asking how simple food can be enhanced by the dinnerware. Fun with plates! How about asking how simple food can be enhanced by the dinnerware. Fun with plates!

]]> By: Daniel Edlen http://www.davistudio.com/2009/04/23/conversation-at-the-table-2/#comment-403 Daniel Edlen Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:46:46 +0000 http://www.davistudio.com/?p=416#comment-403 How 'bout: How do we make art accessible both financially and physically without a perceived devaluation of its marketability? Peace. How ’bout:

How do we make art accessible both financially and physically without a perceived devaluation of its marketability?

Peace.

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