Plowing through the monthly listings of artist's calls for entry, grants, etc., I came across one for an artist residency on Skopelos, an island off the coast of Greece. It calls to me. I keep thinking about it even though I added up all the costs and it would be about $3,000, which is more expensive than any vacation I've ever taken. In spite of that, I'm obsessed with thinking up reasons why I should do a residency in Skopelos, Greece. I actually have a solid project in mind that would be perfect for the place and the culture and everything. But I just don't think I can afford it.
I'm thinking of brilliant sun, water and rocks. Mornings in the studio making sculpture, afternoons baking on the beach, evenings full of music and laugher. What I can do is have my own private Greek island residency in Wisconsin in April next year. My studio there is unheated and uninsulated, so there's always a lull before I can start back to work full-time with clay in the studio. I could work on my Greek project in the house for the 3 or 4 weeks until it's warm enough to work in the studio. In the mornings, I can work in clay; in the afternoon, I can do Mediterranean stuff: buy a bottle of ouzo, eat a lot of Greek salads and listen to CD's of Greek folk music. And go to the beach; even though it will be only about 50 degrees, I can always work on my tan. And then I will have a whole new body of work for my next solo show.
Uh, oh! I just found out about a residency in Nepal. Going to be hard to do an imaginary Nepalese residency in WI. No yaks. Maybe I need to actually go there and make some bronzes in Patan. And, of course there's the one in Chapala, Mexico that I can't do this year because of my solo show, but maybe next year. I need to think of something small and ceramic to do in Mexico...
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