Southern Oregon Fine Art Students (SOFAS)
Annual Student Art Show
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Tyrras Warren, Excerpts from ‘Process,’ an ongoing body of work involving daily, arbitrary creative production. 2010-present
7:20Approximately 3 years ago, I began an ongoing experiment with my upper level digital drawing students in which I challenged them to produce one drawing every day. I did this for several reasons: 1) I find that we are all afraid of making a mark, lest it be imperfect. Letting that fear inhibit our artistic production is often what washes out many beginning artists. You must learn to be less than perfect, and to live in peace with your inner critic (not silence it). 2) I believe that truly great work only comes through a process of creating a tremendous amount of substantially terrible or, worse than that, mediocre work. I liken it to trying to find nuggets of gold in a flowing river. It takes a tremendous amount of work, and even then an element of luck is involved.
I discovered that these qualities also applied to me, and due to my own health issues that were derailing some larger bodies of works and exhibitions at the time, I decided to commit to this process with my students. Other than 1 day for major abdominal surgery, and the death of my father, I have not missed a day in three years.
What you see on the screens in this room are selected drawings from myself and certain students during this process. We have all agreed to select less finished, experimental works that represent commitment to artistic practice on a daily basis.
It is my intention to continue this project indefinitely. You may follow my updates on tyrras.tumblr.com
- Projector 2
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Amanda Newell. Selected daily drawings from 2012-1013
Zachary Eastwood. Selected daily drawings from 2012-1013
13:40 - Amanda Newell, on Process.
By forcing myself to work every day I have started to free myself of the self doubt that often cripples spur-of-the-moment drawings. I learned to push through "bad drawings" and experiment, and I let go of the need for everything I produced to be perfect. Indeed, when I spent more time with them many of the drawings that I would have abandoned as terrible flourished into viable ideas, either right there on the page or for later development. I have come so far and yet I am right back where I started. I have learned to honor and develop my natural impulses on shape, content, and form. My inner censor is getting quieter. My hands are getting steadier and more confident.
- Zach Eastwood, on Process.
As an aspiring artist I have always been told how important the creative process is, but I never fully understood this until I met Ty. She, by now, has drilled into my brain the importance of creating every single day through her practice of daily drawings. Not all of the drawing have to be winners and you have to be ok with producing really awful stuff, in my experience for about every five or so crap drawing I get one that I really love and want to peruse further. As an artist you need to be able to play with your work and the only way to truly accomplish this is to be creating every single day.
- Projector 3
- Nic Adenau, on Process.
Make it or lose it.
- Nico Toll, on Process.
As an artist the process of creating does not begin with the actual production of a piece. My process begins with the unpredictable journey of idea development. Ideas come from ideas and through a daily drawing practice, my ideas, no matter how obscure, are encouraged to build upon themselves, take shape, and grow into something beyond myself. This is the artistic process, the stew of uncontrollable thought.
- Sam Perrin, on Process
Anything is possible! When you have to draw something every day, you don't have time to say no to any idea that pops into your head. While this is challenging, it is also delightful to be able to just follow your muse wherever it leads you. Chase your dreams, catch them, and put them on paper!
Nic Adenau. Selected daily drawings from 2012-1013
Nico Toll. Selected daily drawings from 2012-1013
Sam Perrin. Selected daily drawings from 2012-1013
6:30
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Hours for Spring 2013
| DIGITAL VIDEO | M – Th | 9 AM to 4 PM ; 6 PM to 9 PM |
| F | 9 AM to 4 PM | |
| Sat | 11 AM - 4 PM | |
| Sun | 1 PM – 4 PM; 6 PM - 9 PM | |
| NEWS | M – Th | 4 PM – 6 PM |
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