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Project: Art for the Heart
Phase 4: The Art of Healthy Choices Those of us who have the ability to control the factors that go into our personal health and well-being, should be grateful for that freedom. We should take advantage of it, and make the best choices possible. Many of the artists of the Enrichment Center (EC), and others with disabilities, do not have that freedom or ability, relying on friends, family, and…
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October 2013 EC Snails: Out of the Kiln
500 snails were fired in the kiln. Here, the snails from the first shelf are escaping the kiln. This is a bit of fun from our Clay/Ceramic Arts instructor Kristine Hansen.
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Snails: An Artful Invasion
The EC artists are embarking on a new project—public art. The project was initially inspired by an image of J. Seward Johnson’s public art piece “Awakenings” depicting a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself as he wakes. The image inspired conversations about the differences between public art and “private” art. Who is the public art is for? What is its purpose? What do…
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Paint-Your-Own Pottery 2013
Our Art for the Heart workshops were so popular, with participants reporting so much enjoyment from the experience that we decided to start a new project: Paint-Your-Own Pottery workshops.30407_PYOP_flyer_dads_02 Unfinished pottery (bisque) on the shelf, waiting to be painted. Just in time for Mother’s Day! The Enrichment Center will be hosting two pottery painting workshops at the…
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Project: Art for the Heart
FINAL PHASE: Installation of Exhibit. Look at all of them! These were loaded and fired by our awesome Ceramic Instructor Kristine Hansen! She unloaded and boxed them to be ready for ribbon, storing, transporting and installing for the exhibit space. With the completed hearts out of the kiln, it was time to prepare for installation of the exhibit. Four steps were required to prepare: 1)…
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Project: Art for the Heart
Phase 3: “Glazing” is painting… Technically, you’re painting a coating of silica-based fluid (glaze), which, when fired in the kiln, will fuse to the surface of the clay heart… now you know why we just refer to it as glazing. From our first glazing workshop. Glazing is just painting. Harrison chose his heart, his colors, and his brushes. Photo by Melissa Kelly-Ortega When you spend as many…
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Project: Art for the Heart
PHASE 2: COLLABORATE! Putting the pieces together is difficult when your partnership doesn’t yet have partners. We knew we wanted to work with Mercy Medical Center, but we didn’t have any contacts there. Our good friends Monika Modest and Melissa Kelly-Ortega came to our rescue, providing awesome contacts. Now we’re collaborating! We wanted to work with American Heart Association, but they…
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Project: Art for the Heart
PHASE 1: Preparing Clay Hearts Artist Denise Saelee carefully smoothing clay hearts for the Enrichment Center’s collaborative project Art for the Heart. A collaboration with Monika Modest, a fundraiser inviting people to glaze a heart for $10.00, proceeds go to a local organization which promotes heart-health, and assists people with making healthy changes. December 2012. Artist Richard Chavez…
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Tech: Cyborg Artist
Neil Harbisson is a cyborg. Here, dressed in C-major, he talks about how using adaptive technology opened up his world, and allowed him to explore new paths of artistic expression. As we approach the 1-year mark of our exploration of new technology for artmaking, research, and interacting with amazing people, communities, and resources, via the world wide web, this TED talk seemed…
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In The Studio
What better way to cruise into a new week than working on projects in the studio. Yesterday was Monday– a studio day, when the EC artists are working on personal visual and performing arts projects.
Studio 1:
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EC artist Martha Rojas is working on a row of figures, with her completed sketch to her left.
EC artist Robert Garcia working on a drawing which can only be described as badass.
EC veteran James Brizendine working out a sketch from a photo of a local landmark, the Branding Iron restaurant.
From left to right, EC artists Bianca Cheatum, Yadira Prado, and Luiz Anaya Gomez are working out sketches.
Clockwise from top left, Sofia Mendez and Calixta Perez working on paper beads, Antonio Perez, Yesenia Vargas (out of the shot, but you can see her canvas), Jose Salgado working on a portrait, and at middle-left, you can see Marlen Hernandez’s sketch of a flower.
Studio 2:
Studio 2 is pretty big, making room for Jose Miguel Castaneda to work on his literary-turned-theatrical project with his leading lady Maria Chavez and Jim… while EC artists Sue Thao, Oscar Onsurez, and Ivan Hernandez work on music projects with Lulu
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While working on his one-act play, Jim asks Jose Miguel to sit on a bench so he can visualize and verbalize scene 1– the male character sitting on a bench at the bus stop, speaking to the female character (Maria Chavez, out of the shot).
Jose Miguel’s script, which is about 3 feet long.
Monday Funday In The Studio What better way to cruise into a new week than working on projects in the studio.
Thor in modern clothing, giving the hammer of justice as SJW..lol
Really cool-Eric
In The Studio: Yesenia At Work From our continuing series of "EC Artists At Work" videos... EC artist Yesenia Vargas at work in the studio (filmed April 2016) (video filmed and edited by EC Clay/Ceramic Arts Teacher Kristine Hansen... thank you Kristine!)
We went out to get pizza today at Little Oven Pizza here in Downtown Merced, we tried out all sorts of pizza! Pepperoni, Kale and even the Green Bee special!! With special appearances from our snails!! The customer service was fantastic and we had a great experience! Thank you Little Oven Pizza!
Yadira’s Dance Project In The Studio: Yadira Prado EC artist Yadira Prado has been with the Enrichment Center for over ten years.
The Right Way
Ask ten artists, trained or untrained, for input on a particular medium or technique, and you’ll get ten different suggestions about the right way. The ways may differ slightly or drastically. The artists may be hardcore insistent, defensively indignant, or “whatevs” ambivalent about their way. Get those ten artists together, and they’ll discuss and debate for an hour (which is great). At the…
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