For the current call-for-entry exhibition I am conducting at the gallery I curate, I challenged artists with two constraints relative to artwork they could submit for the selection process: the format had to be a diptych and the subject matter…
The Gallery Clay, stains 15” x 9” x 9” C. Ascher I am in the final stages of the process, a yearly event, of visiting artists’ studios following their submitting dossiers and exhibition proposals. I am looking for artists to…
As I approach the end of another year, I consider the issues and solutions that have been the focus of my work as an artist who is also a gallery curator and an educator. In those roles, my greatest pleasures…
Look photo collage C. Ascher The white or silver haired, some limping or with uneven tread, some pushing walkers, wander in, focused at first on the ground. When they look up, they are surprised. They see art on the walls,…
Defiant coloured pencil 44”x30” Claudine Ascher I have learned over many years of teaching art that it’s a fine line we walk as educators, whether we teach in ‘the system’ or in so-called ‘alternative’ venues. Too many times, when we…
I am Molly. I was a rescue. I came to my new home at 5 years of age with a serious case of periodontal disease caused by the neglect of my former family. It has resulted in my developing chronic…
L’Art Chez Soi – Art at HomeExhibition Fairview Pointe Claire April 8 to 28, 2017 Life as an artist has never been easy. It is particularly difficult at a time when the culture moves towards a purely profit-based retail mentality. This…
The Art LessonCay, high relief C. Ascher University art education programs, at least the programs about which I am aware, seem to limit their training of teachers for elementary and secondary levels without requiring them to have proven artistic practices. This means…
The RussianColoured pencil on paper 42″x36″C. Ascher How come when I don’t post anything for awhile on my Blog, there is suddenly a large number of ‘audience’ from Russia in my statistics listing who don’t actually seem to be reading my posts?…
Head Spaces: BonzaiClay, glazesClaudine Ascher I had dolls as a child. Of course I played with them, mostly by taking them on imaginary journeys, introducing them to magical and monstrous creatures of all kinds and telling them all kinds of stories.…
Blowing in the Windcolour pencil on Stonehenge30” x 44”C. Ascher It’s the big buzz these days: Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature this year. Imagine that! Speculation and controversy have of course resulted – imagine, popular culture getting…
If They Can Do Itclay, underglazes, glazesapprox 14” circumferenceC. Ascher I have returned to the clay studio after nearly seven and some months off from a shoulder break. My right arm still doesn’t work well, but I can’t wait any…
Proudcolour pencil on paper44”x30”C. Ascher I had this faith, see. As a kid, I believed that artists were people with exceptional courage, creativity, passion, compassion and the kind of focus nature has, a focus fuelled by purpose. This is because they…
The Professorlow-fire clay8″x12″x4″C. Ascher Here we go again. Every year it’s the same story. It’s certainly a proud moment when a student completes an assigned work or an amateur puts the finishing touches on a copy or borrowed composition. A…
Bambi’s Dream acrylic on pannel 12″x16″x1.5″ I lost my darling Bambi today. The sweetheart was at the end of her energy – she’d not eaten much the last couple of weeks and nothing since yesterday. She lost a good six…
Looking colour pencil on paper 30”x22” C.Ascher What keeps many artists motivated? A strong connection to feeling and emotion that drives their creative process. I teach adults to make objects with art-making media. That’s the simple description of what goes…
Starring Rolecolour pencil on paper relief C. Ascher For a number of years, I agreed as a special favour to an artist friend and fellow teacher to be a guest speaker in her class. Besides teaching at the art centre where I…
Empty Promisesphoto collage c.ascher How many parents have reacted with restrained horror upon hearing their child announce “I want to be an artist”? You, reader, might well be one of them. Perhaps you stood there, or maybe you will soon…
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