A New Idea for Creative Contacts

Every artist has that pile in their house. The one of old paint brushes, scraps of paper, maybe some ink that you might use one day. And that pile sits there growing, like a junk pile in any other household times a hundred (or far more depending on the artist). The next meeting of the Creative Contacts series on August 27th is a way for artists to not only clean out that pile (or for the real packrats, just make it a little lighter) but help other artists in the process.

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For everyone who doesn't know, Creative Contacts is "a series of artist networking events that encourage collaboration, cooperation and sharing resources is "a series of artist networking events that encourage collaboration, cooperation and sharing resources." It gives artists a chance to meet other artists in their area, make contacts to help them proffesionally and creatively. For this meeting, in addition to artists getting a chance to network with other artists, there will also be an opportunity for artists to share old art supplies that they're never going to use but may be a treasure to someone else. Everything artists bring and take to the meeting is free.

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This is also an opportunity to get inspired by what others think of as junk, what might just sit in a closet or get thrown away. Maybe you make your masterpiece using someone else's collection of old shells or discarded pieces of fabric. Maybe that old instrument that stopped working thirty five years ago is exactly what you need to finish your sculpture, or that interesting piece of wood is enough to inspire your next poem.

For more information about this event, or to tell us that you're attending, click here or e-mail us at info@ocartscouncil.org.