I just finished my residency with Mentoring Artists women’s art. It was an amazing experience, makes me question if I should move to Winnipeg. I wanted to do this residency to get away from current life and just re-focus on my practice. I was able to sketch again, I feel like I haven’t been able to for a few years and that has opened a creative well for me. As well I found some new avenue’s to explore with my practice. I am looking at how Sci fi, folklore and utopia’s relate to my identity as an artist. Now I can work towards re-structuring how I think about my artwork. I saw really cool artsy films with the Dave Barber cinematheque, saw some amazing art at the WAG, Plug in and Blinkers Blinkers. Got to meet up with old peers and friends and I took an intro into Blender course with Videopool. Very fun and productive time, and I have to thank all the volunteers and staff at MAWA and to Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) for giving me a grant to fund everything.
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