{"id":795,"date":"2020-09-30T21:24:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T04:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/?page_id=795"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T19:05:10","slug":"unit-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/unit-5\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIT 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-795\" data-postid=\"795\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-795 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_yi2m920 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_pvsl921 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_bd3o124 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Unit 5            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    Creative Community            <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_6pc8985 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_diys994 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_gcpn995\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_2xsc995 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_middle tb_col_count_2 tb_qjtx996\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_bsgn996 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_b7zj996 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h3><strong>Unit Overview:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read &#8220;Cultivating Community&#8221; section (5 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Identify a form of community you want to pursue this week and take the first step (30 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/process\/#MiniProcessProjects\">Process Part II: 5 more Mini Process Projects <\/a>(6+ hours)<\/li>\n<li>Find a way to collaborate with your learning partner on one of your mini projects this week<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_la3x996 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_p4j877 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  light-purple\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Operating manual for not quitting: Make friends with others who make art, and share your in-progress work with each other frequently&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">-Bayles and orland<\/h4><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_1i4t402\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col2-1 tb_a1lm403 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col2-1 tb_ezft403 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_h2gd569\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_gd8j571 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lx7c988   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>Cultivating Community: My Journey<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_b7lx985 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_hrrq999 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9201999   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative practice is something that we can&#8217;t do alone! We are always going to come up short on ideas, skills, confidence, connections etc. We need one another&#8217;s support to make creative practice sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve really had to take community seriously in my move back to Vancouver. In Alberta I had a well established community, so it was discouraging to start again from scratch when I arrived back in Vancouver after six years away. Here are some of the steps I took in connecting with the arts community when I returned to Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>I found a studio.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I knew that working around other artists was essential to maintaining my practice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I applied for local things.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One of the first projects I applied for upon returning to Vancouver was a performance series called <a href=\"https:\/\/shootinggalleryperformance.wordpress.com\/\">Shooting Gallery<\/a>. This performance art event connected me with other artists in the performance community who I still run into at events and volunteer with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I got a job at an arts organization.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I worked at the Vancouver Art Gallery for a year. This was an incredible experience because all of my colleagues were artists or people who cared deeply about art. And my job was to learn about art! Through this job I got to meet lots of important curators and artists including Takashi Murakami!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I reconnected with art alumni from undergrad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I tracked down people I had gone to school with and other alum who had graduated since to get connected with the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I started a crit group.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Along with another friend I started a group that met to talk about art, give critiques, share rejection letters and drink whisky!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I joined a collective.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I was invited to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/openbookartcollective.com\/\">Open Book Arts Collective<\/a> to create work for one of their exhibitions \u201cAway.\u201d The regular meetings and the goal of having an exhibition kept me working through a busy time when my creative work could\u2019ve fallen to the wayside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>I got involved in collaborations.<\/b> I\u2019ve worked on a film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/351477594\">Summertime<\/a>\u201d with a filmmaker and dancer, an exhibition with Russell Leng, and a research-creation project with Josh and Erica. These collaborations challenge me to think in new ways and allow me to get inside someone else\u2019s practice.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_0gu7722 last\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_g43o772 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h5>Choose one of the forms of community in the purple box below to pursue this week. Contact me if you need help connecting with artists or alumni.<\/h5><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n<!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_swja999 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  purple\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative community can be:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting to know famous or dead creatives (get to &#8220;know&#8221; them through videos, writings, podcasts)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connecting with your peers: text, write letters, eat together (in a Covid-safe way, send pictures of your work)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding a mentor<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Volunteering for an art\/design organization: museum, gallery, design organization<\/li>\n<li>Sharing space: join a studio or co-working space<\/li>\n<li>Starting a critique group<\/li>\n<li>Working for an art\/design collective<\/li>\n<li>Connecting with a church that values the arts and attracts artists<\/li>\n<li>Connecting with TWU Alumni working in the field<\/li>\n<li>Joining a board<\/li>\n<li>Applying for an exhibition<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit 5Creative Community Unit Overview: Read &#8220;Cultivating Community&#8221; section (5 mins) Identify a form of community you want to pursue this week and take the first step (30 mins) Complete Process Part II: 5 more Mini Process Projects (6+ hours) Find a way to collaborate with your learning partner on one of your mini projects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-795","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/795\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seniorstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}