Monday Thoughts: The Joy of Sharing
Since I started One River, I have become enamored with what I call “The Joy of Sharing”. It’s that moment when a student proudly shows you what they completed and it is a really important one. Whenever we create something, whether it is a painting, a writing or a music composition,…
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Alan Prazniak’s World and the Worlds He Paints
This past fall, I started to see Alan Prazniak’s paintings in many of the Instagram feeds that I follow and I couldn’t help but notice how much substance was packed into these small paintings. The works, all of which are oil on linen, are densely packed with color and imagery…
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Monday Thoughts: The Role of Creativity in Your Career
The thing that got me into this business in the first place was my curiosity. When I worked in big companies, I didn’t always find the culture supported my interests in exploring new ideas and strategies. The truth is, the larger a company gets, the more hard wired their processes…
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Careers In The Arts
Why are we drawn to a career in the arts? Is it the mission OR purpose? Is it the avoidance of “corporate America”? Is it the notion of doing something that makes us feel better about ourselves? In some respects, my path was not traditional because the first twenty years…
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Monday Thoughts: Welcome to Art Savvy
Art Savvy provides us with the chance to advocate on a worldwide level by writing thoughtful posts about artists and sharing fun art lessons online. We are also using this platform to talk about the health & wellness benefits of doing creative things. Additionally, we will be sharing cool stories…
Read MoreMonday Thoughts: Noise
The other day I was staring at the word “unwire,” and I began to fantasize about what that meant. The notion of rest and relaxation seems so different today and with my Dick Tracy device in my palm all the time, I literally feel like there is a wire plugged…
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Monday Thoughts: Winter
Are you done with it yet? No matter what happens, every year at this time I start to take a deep breath and prepare myself for the final push through February’s doldrums. But, this year I have some new tools that are helping me deal with these gray, cold days.…
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Entrepreneurship = Art-Making?
We have become enamored with entrepreneurship in America in a way in which I have not seen in my lifetime. Twenty-somethings and baby boomers are sharing the same spirit… the will and motivation to create something unique and to turn it into a profit generating entity. Last night, I was reading the Rhode…
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Art Effect
One of the most special aspects of One River School is the fact that we really focus on teaching art AND making it fun to learn here. As part of that philosophy, we are just as excited about the students who want to come here once a week for a…
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