Artist Date 6: Visit an Art Museum

  Here’s Artist Date Idea #6 I love having a world-class art museum in our small city. Without the Holter Museum of Art, there would be a huge hole in the community. Whenever I can, I make a point of visiting, or drop by for a few minutes on my way to work. It’s the… Continue reading Artist Date 6: Visit an Art Museum

Artist Date 5: Sound Painting

Play like a child, but be nice to the piano!

Make a Sound Painting. You don’t need paints or brushes or canvas to do this! Feel the sounds you make as if they were shapes and colors and smells and wind or breeze or snow or rain or sunlight. Wassily Kandinsky saw colors and forms when he listened to music. He had an unusual but pretty cool “hidden sense” called synesthesia. Make that happen inside you.

Artist Date 3: Archie Bray Art Walk

Artist date idea #3 … visit the Archie Bray Foundation and enjoy the artwork located all around the grounds. Explore the resident studios. Take your camera. If you don’t live in Helena Montana explore a local sculpture garden, coop artist studio facility or art school. Check back weekly for more ideas. Add your own, too!