Let’s connect! You are the reason we create our interactive healing art. You motivate us year after year to design the next creative work to authentically connect with you. We spend long hours trying to figure out how to communicate hope to our broken world. We love to make art. But without you, our participatory…
Recently, a friend challenged me to rethink my ArtPrize Ten entry by introducing me to Marcel Duchamp’s work called, Fountain (1917): a porcelain urinal turned upside down and signed with a fake name: “R. Mutt.” While Duchamp’s contemporaries showcased their highly skilled work, which no one can remember anymore, Duchamp transformed a urinal into art.…
Me and that first ArtPrize now years ago? Let’s just say that when I began ArtPrize, I traveled a very steep learning curve. I didn’t know how to use a computer. I couldn’t remember ever attending a formal speech class. And I had very little training in writing. And all of these skills are essential…
The creative journey brings wonderful surprises as I meet other creative soul mates along the way. When some of these relationships turn into collaborative partnerships, I am especially excited. So, may I introduce my very special friend, Marijo Heemstra? Marijo has worked behind the scenes on our healing work with Broken Wings, Let Go, Color…
Several people have attested to the healing they experienced as they wrote their Let Go statements at ArtPrize. We challenged the audience to write a note and then to release the crumpled paper. As their notes symbolically became one with the painting—mixing with the waves and being carried out to sea, many experienced a new…
Today we remember the heroes of 9/11. Men and women who put their lives on the line for others. Like the firemen who tried to save lives or the Catholic priest who died while praying for and helping others at Ground Zero. This event was a time when our country pulled together. A time when…
Life’s ebb and flow eventually may bring us to a healing place. At times, we may feel like we’re drowning in the sea of despair, defeat, or disappointment. But transformation can occur if we are willing to accept change. ArtPrize visitors were invited to write a couple of words on the vellum paper to identify…