On a trip to Boston, I visited the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (BMFA) by myself. I usually visit museums with others, even if we view art at our own pace. Before Arting, I only went alone when traveling, mostly to pass the time. Yes, I was traveling and went to the museum to pass…
Author: Shari Garmise
Arting as Therapy
Art therapy uses creative processes to promote healing, with a wide definition of healing. Arting has taught me the therapeutic value of being with and around art. I know people who have experienced similar healing effects by visiting museums or galleries or artist studios. Recently, in need of a bit of healing myself, I visited…
Looking Into Infinity
I was in Boston with time on my hands so I wandered over to WNDR, an art tech museum. Little did I know at the time that it held the work of Yayoi Kusama including her Infinity Rooms -Lets Survive Forever 2017. Once I found it, I got very excited. It’s a unique opportunity, and…
Painting Judith: Caravaggio vs Gentileschi
Artemesia Gentileschi is a recently rediscovered Italian Baroque artist. In our Arting pursuits, Ruth and I used her work quite often. Because we loved it and because there are so few female artists from that time period, at least that we are aware of. We kicked off our interest in her work with this direct…
Finding Your Inner Curator
We talk a lot about Arting As Conversation, as a way of using art to connect to ourselves, to each other and to the world around us. And this is one of the reasons we knew we had to share our experiences with it. The process of Arting, of looking for art and putting pieces…
It’s All About Perspective
There is no question that society is in a state of turmoil. Whatever you think about social media and the fracturing of our media infrastructure, it has elevated the truth that perspective matters. Where you stand, how you see and hear, the history you bring to an issue, the way your body processes senses, the…
Learning to See
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. Henry David Thoreau Before Ruth and I started Arting, art was an event – a museum to visit, a gallery to drink wine at, a master or trend to check off the bucket list. I enjoyed art but I filed it away in…