Art at the Center

This week’s newsletter...
https://kathrynconeway.substack.com/p/walking-familiar-patterns-in-new

Finding a labyrinth in a new place is like finding an old friend, a conversation partner for my walking, a portal for pause and reflection. The patterns of the paths are similar but the surroundings are always new.

This week's newsletter...
https://kathrynconeway.substack.com/p/relationship-gratitude-and-joy

This week’s newsletter centers on imagination, relationships, and reality. See link in bio to read about imaginary friends, new beginnings and the gifts of being seen and heard.
Find me on substack: https://kathrynconeway.substack.com/p/imagination-relationships-and-Reality

This weeks newsletter focuses on attention and courting the wild…
https://kathrynconeway.substack.com/p/courting-the-wild

Today’s newsletter explores courting the beloved in romance, friendship and creative practice.
https://kathrynconeway.substack.com/p/courting-your-beloved

Solace, Centering and Summer Break - https://mailchi.mp/6446fb4a09cb/solace-centering-and-summer-break

Reflections on ways creativity accompanies us and offers active reflection...

Sanctuary at Home - https://mailchi.mp/d1468d2cead5/noticing-a-shift-11481114
Sanctuary at Home - Deepening Relationship with Neighbors - from today's newsletter and my linked guest blog post on the this week.

Courting Creativity - https://mailchi.mp/8e05acabfb85/courting-creativity
Courting Creativity - How might your creativity expand with a focus on relationship? Today's newsletter focuses on Spring and our relationship with creativity. I would also love to hear from you too. How would you characterize your relationship with creativity? What helps build and strengthen this relationship? What gets in the way of your relationship with your creativity? Link in bio to read more and subscribe.

Practice, Noticing, and New Beginnings - https://mailchi.mp/bfdd680f5db0/practice-noticing-and-new-beginnings
Practice allows us to experience our own transformation; we come to it new each time, held and mirrored by the routine and repetition of our actions.

Sharing and Connection - https://mailchi.mp/5114eeb37a0a/sharing-and-connection
My creations begin with practices which sustain me and I am honored when they find forms that resonate more broadly. Today's newsletter includes a code for savings in my etsy shop through December 14.

Small Business Saturday Gratitude and Savings - https://mailchi.mp/cd366f155401/small-business-saturday-gratitude-and-savings

Claiming Creativity with Wonder, Curiosity, and Ease - https://mailchi.mp/6ecd4f272174/claiming-creativity-with-wonder-curiosity-and-ease

Attention, Transitions, Transformation - https://mailchi.mp/825246796df2/attention-transitions-transformation
Entering the autumn season with appreciation for how times of transition draw our attention.
I share an invitation to creative practice around transitions inspired by my workshop at Goodwin House My exhibit continues there through the end of the month.

Reception Reminder for Friday - https://mailchi.mp/792b1d99076b/reception-reminder-for-friday Goodwin House Exhibit Reception Friday

Exhibition Announcement - https://mailchi.mp/274ac4efbf73/exhibition-announcement
Exhibition Announcement - Today's newsletter includes information for visitors and a link to a digital preview of artwork now on display at Goodwin House in Alexandria

Peer Support a for Creative Practice - https://mailchi.mp/6a28d7478c6e/reflecting-on-ways-our-practices-still-serve-8174737
Sharing reflections on ways peers are vital to supporting creative practice in life, in art, and in community.

Remembering, Honoring, Letting Go: Reflections on Creative Practices for Transitions and Endings - https://mailchi.mp/b00922bfa779/remembering-honoring-letting-go

Reflecting on Ways Our Practices Still Serve - https://mailchi.mp/7046e0b88875/reflecting-on-ways-our-practices-still-serve

Spring Cleaning Sale and Youth Art Month Offering - https://mailchi.mp/626f22b47079/light-color-seasons-and-cycles-an-invitation-to-creative-practice-7544393

I'm trying something new in February and invite you to join me...
Light, Color, Seasons and Cycles: An Invitation to Creative Practice - https://mailchi.mp/ab3bf2064648/light-color-seasons-and-cycles-an-invitation-to-creative-practice

Winter Solstice Reflections - *|URL|*
May we be amateurs always and beginners as often as possible...

Winter Solstice Reflections - https://mailchi.mp/9c075c942c71/winter-solstice-reflections
May we be amateurs always and beginners as often as possible...

Thank you for being a part of my community this year. - https://mailchi.mp/e7252753b913/thank-you-for-being-a-part-of-my-community-this-year

Small Business Saturday Shop Update and Calendar Offer - https://mailchi.mp/853b8db6e510/practice-that-is-embodied-experiential-and-intergenerational-7142613

Today's newsletter...
Practice that is Embodied, Experiential and Intergenerational - https://mailchi.mp/df26004db94e/practice-that-is-embodied-experiential-and-intergenerational

Returning to What Feels Essential about Practice - https://mailchi.mp/7e8ce334b86e/returning-to-what-feels-essential-about-practice
Reflections on the importance of showing up, expanding our sense of belonging, and connecting with others through creative practice.
My newsletter is an essential way I feel a connection with a larger creative community.

An Invitation to Creative Practice in Community - https://mailchi.mp/ab45cd04c1fc/an-invitation-to-creative-practice-in-community
New work and shop updates as well as a chance to gather for creative practice in community.

Creative Practice and the Gift of Presence - https://mailchi.mp/39ba44b14fe3/creative-practice-and-the-gift-of-presence
As we continue in this time of uncertainty, reflecting on ways we can offer presence to nurture calm and connection.

Experiences of Touch as We Maintain Distance - https://mailchi.mp/a7b15f434d23/experiences-of-touch-as-we-maintain-distance
Reflecting ways I feel connected through art and writing and beginning to explore what shared creative practice might look like in this time.

Centering Down and Growing Edges - https://mailchi.mp/b7ebee73cf2b/centering-down-and-growing-edges
Sharing voices and images that speak to me in this time of both centering and looking toward our growing edges.

As we move toward summer, amid continued uncertainty and change, it can help to reflect on what we hold dear, to create symbols of attention and hope.Touchstones and Moments of Pause - https://mailchi.mp/0a2e73ecb820/touchstones-and-moments-of-pause

Sharing the Stories of Our Creations - https://mailchi.mp/ef124dd1f6c2/sharing-the-stories-of-our-creations
Sharing more of the story behind my front yard art installation as well as a chance to purchase prayer flags and mini-zines of the images in this series.

Thanks to Susan Mulligan Fleischman for the opportunity to share more of the process and story behind my front yard art installation. She features some great photos of the process from the original paper cuts to making the silk screens too.

Local Artist Transforms Her Exhibit Work into Street Art - The Zebra The framed paper cuts are delicate two-dimensional works with verse and image hand-cut from paper, which is then mounted on a colored background. The verses include quotes by women artists and writers, adorned with scenes of families and nature lovers in the forest or walking along a path. Of season...

Earth Day, Arbor Day, Every Day - https://mailchi.mp/a5e0c3303067/earth-day-arbor-day-every-day
Celebrating Earth and trees with practices close to home.

Creative Connection - https://mailchi.mp/af2d5fa4c4ad/creative-connection
Creativity allows us to connect with others across time and space - some reflections on how we can imagine new possibilities in this time at home.

Daily Moments of Wonder - https://mailchi.mp/de66dda37d16/daily-moments-of-wonder
As I stay closer to home, I am noticing more about the natural world right around me: the plants in my yard and my neighbors' yards, the folliage coming out on trees and the lengthening days as we move into spring.

Handmade with what we Have on Hand - https://mailchi.mp/97206ab41367/handmade-with-what-we-have-on-hand
In this time of staying home, I am thankful for the chance to share things I am making with this community. I'd love to hear what you are making too.
This image is a color wheel made of plants found in my yard today...