[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-artists-at-seldovia-summer-solstice-alaska":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The \u003Cb>Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival\u003C/b> has 'Plein Air' arts programme where they invite artists to talk about our work, lead workshops and go out with other artists sketching from the local landscape. This year I shared the Headline Artist slot with Anchorage-based artist \u003Ca href=\"https://jenjolliff.com/artist\">Jen Jolliff\u003C/a>. Here's a drawing I made of her during her talk: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/764765_original-ddaea1150a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/765115_original-6d90be58e0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nAs part of her workshop for grownups, she created a tile version of a larger picture and had everyone draw from a little square. This was great, lots of people who would never normally draw were happy to tackle copying a very simple abstract tile in pencil. Jen said we could add fun extra elements if we wanted, as long as we stayed within the tonal parameters of the original tile. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/766905_original-b1cf437b1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEveryone loved seeing them come together as a coherent picture: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/765286_original-7c1eaf4c0f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nJen does a lot of public art and work with schools, and it was fascinating to hear her talk about tackling some pretty large projects (including the backdrop for a concert hall), as well as making wood pieces like this one. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/765901_original-854aa5defd.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are the local artists who showed up to the harbor Pavilion for morning coffee and introductions. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/759090_original-5ea2a8e2fb.jpg\" alt=\"artist_group_lj.jpg\" title=\"artist_group_lj.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJulie Dale's sketchbook experiments, inspired by the front endpapers of my \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/grumpycorn/\">Grumpycorn\u003C/a>\u003C/i> picture book. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/766324_original-52754f9b7d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are some of the unicorn drawings from my workshop! Versions by Laurel Hilts (Public Relations/Marketing Director at Seldovia Village Tribe) and by my Aunt Joy: \\r\n \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/765605_original-d99be5015b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd some more all-ages unicorns:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/767010_original-14ea90fc98.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/767273_original-fcde55d0af.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to \u003Ca href=\"http://seldoviaartscouncil.net/aboutus/index.html\">Seldovia Arts Council's Vivian Rojas and Tania Spurkland\u003C/a> for inviting me out to the festival! And thank you for the lovely otter artwork you gave me and Jen, created by local superstar Valisa Higman! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/766071_original-7c6fe1d912.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/760727_original-a7aeafa9c4.jpg\" alt=\"Valisa_desk2_lj.jpg\" title=\"Valisa_desk2_lj.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMiss you already, Seldovia people! xoxo\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/766520_original-7495a42db5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/834059.html\">Click here to see some of the artwork I created in Seldovia\u003C/a>; \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/834956.html\">click here for a photo tour of Valisa Higman's art studio \u003C/a>(which inspired my Grumpycorn picture book!) and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/grumpycorn/\">click here for free Grumpycorn-themed activities\u003C/a>.","2019-07-16T20:00:00.000Z","artists-at-seldovia-summer-solstice-alaska",[],"artists at seldovia summer solstice, alaska",1776628730240]