Sustaining Craft - Episodes Tagged with “Exhibit”

Episode 31: Robert Bean, Part 3: Giving the Work Space

Elizabeth Silverstein — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:00:00 -0400

Robert Bean, a Little Rock visual storyteller, is back on the Sustaining Craft podcast for the third time to share what he's been up to, how to gain separation from your art in a healthy way and get feedback, along with how it's impossible to have expression without practice.

"Give the work space. I think part of the problem we have is that if you're stuck in a drawing; you're stuck in a piece you're making, you're often very involved in that peice and sometimes you're very emotionally invested in that piece, too. One of the things I think that helps is putting that piece away for awhile. That while may be a couple of days. That may be a couple of weeks. ... Put it away where you can't see it, so you stop thinking about it as much and it's not always there, consciously bothering you. After that, then pull it out, reasses it yourself, and then get someone to look at it. Because you've given yourself some space. There's a preciousness that comes with making. Right at the moment of making is when it's the most precious. ... If you can give it some space and distance, it doesn't have that kind of impact. It may not hit you as hard. The easiest thing is give it a little bit of breathing room and then come back to it." - Robert Bean

Robert Bean Episode 1: https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/15
Robert Bean Article 1: https://hewandweld.com/robert-bean/
Robert Bean Episode 2: https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/27
Robert Bean Article 2: https://hewandweld.com/robert-bean-parttwo/

Find out more about Robert:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rbfineart/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPBean
Classes - https://www.rbfineart.com/classes
Newsletter - https://www.rbfineart.com/contact-us

Brandy Mimm's Listen with Your Eyes Dance Troupe - Resurgence Tickets for April 22, 2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/listen-with-your-eyes-dance-troupe-resurgence-tickets-509749684027?mibextid=Zxz2cZ.

Sustaining Craft provides storytelling resources and shares the tales of those pursuing their art or craft. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
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Special Guest: Robert Bean.

Episode 27: Robert Bean, Part 2: Investigating People Through Visual Arts

Elizabeth Silverstein — Fri, 01 May 2020 13:00:00 -0400

Robert Bean has noticed how the rest of the world has realized how much they need the arts. “All of a sudden, they’re starting to draw, play music,” Robert said. “I’ve seen the stuff that says, ‘You don’t support the arts? What are you doing right now? You’re reading books. You’re coloring. You’re doing all of these things.’ And I’m 100% behind that. We should be funding and supporting the arts, not letting them go or devaluing them.”

Creatives haven’t been stopped by the limitations of social distancing, either, like Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, which used Zoom, a business tool, to create a music video for their song, Phenom, by pivoting in a matter of weeks. “To me, that’s the power of the arts and the creative brain,” Rober shared. “‘Okay, we get hit with this setback, but what do we do instead?’ It doesn’t just grind to a halt. They just go, ‘Okay. I’m gonna roll up my sleeves and I’m gonna figure out a different way to do this.’ And they get in there and do it. And I think that would benefit everyone so much more if we would fund and teach that kind of thing to everybody.”

Read the rest at: https://hewandweld.com/news/

Find out more about Robert:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rbfineart/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPBean
Classes - https://www.arkansasartscenter.org/how-to-register

Sustaining Craft is a passion project of Hew & Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
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Special Guest: Robert Bean.

Episode 26: Chris Swasta: Hearing in 3D

Elizabeth Silverstein — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:00:00 -0400

In 2016, when he came back to Little Rock, he found a job at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. “My old high school teacher was working with me and she was like, ‘Hey, I’ve been following you throughout your college years. I know you started doing pottery. Have you heard about the art center?’ And I was like, ‘No, what is that?’ And so I went there the next day.”

He signed up for classes with Kelly Edwards. “I walked into her class, and I wasn’t going to leave,” Chris shared. “I was going to make something before I left. That’s how it started, and I’ve been there ever since.”

Now, Chris teaches an afterschool program for students ranging in age from 10 to 18, and he’s a part of the work-study program at the center. And after hearing a Radiohead song, he made 6,000 pieces over the past six months, crediting his creative drive to synthesia. “Anything see, anything I hear, I visually relate it to a 3D form,” Chris explained. “This installation is inspired by a song.”

Read the rest at: https://hewandweld.com/news/

Find out more about Chris:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rollinghillspottery/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rollinghillspottery/

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Special Guest: Chris Swasta.

Episode 24: Hannah Genevieve Lawrence: Weaving Functional Art

Elizabeth Silverstein — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0400

And then COVID-19 hit the United States. “A few weeks beforehand, my boss was telling me, ‘No one’s gonna, with all the stuff going on, no one’s gonna go to your show,’” Hannah said. “I was like, ‘It’s not gonna be a big deal. It’s gonna be fine.’”

Ultimately, the exhibition was postponed until February 2021. “Then it just all gets taken away,” Hannah said. “I taught a lot of extra classes to have money to buy art supplies. I missed out on things with friends to stay home and make stuff. One of my friends recently moved away, and one of the last dinners they had before they left, I didn’t go to because I was like, ‘I really need to stay home and make stuff. I’ve already been out too much this week.’ It makes me a little bit sad that I missed stuff like that.”

Read the rest at: https://hewandweld.com/news/

Find out more about Hannah:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hannah.genevieve/

Find more from Hew & Weld:
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Special Guest: Hannah Genevieve Lawrence.