9 Urban Legends About Artists
What do you think of when you think "artist"? Is your mind already made up?
9 Tips for Artists to Reduce the Time Spent On Social Media
If you're like most artists I know who have done well at engaging in social media, you're asking yourself the question, "How do I limit the time I spend there, and get back into the studio where I belong?" Here are 9 steps that I use to maximize my time at the easel and not on the computer.
Lessons From The Farm – Part 1 of 4: “Know Your Shit”
There is only one thing you need to know to be an artist, and they all come from lessons my grandfather taught me from the farm. Know your shit. Bullshit, Horseshit, Cowshit, Chickenshit. In this no-shit article, Tanton comes out, all barrels blasting at inferior work and skills in artists masquerading behind quick-fix techniques, mediocrity and entitlement.
Top 7 Things I Learned from the Calgary Arts Champion Congress & Ben Cameron
Last week, in the middle of a pivotal residency in my career, I took a day off to venture into Calgary to attend the Calgary Arts Champion Congress, connect with fellow artists in all disciplines and to hear keynote speaker Ben Cameron. (Ben heads the Doris Duke Foundation in the US and gave a very inspirational TEDx talk at YYC). What a cool opportunity!
TEDxCalgary – Janice Tanton :: The Language of the Creator
Janice Tanton's 2011 TEDxCalgary Talk on The Language of The Creator. Focused on meaningful personal, family, community and organizational building through creative language of the arts, this heartfelt, personal artist's talk seeks to inspire you to consider human ways of being together.
Press Release: TEDxCalgary – Breaking Through: Exploring the frontiers of ideas and action
We are pleased to announce that Janice will be one of the speakers on June 4, 2011 for TEDxCalgary at the Glenbow Museum Theatre. The theme of TEDxCalgary 2011 is "Breaking Through: Exploring the frontiers of ideas and actions." "I hope to inspire, educate and entertain and am humbly honoured (not to mention a bit nervous!) to share what I have discovered with the TEDxCalgary participants." - Janice Tanton
Loving the Studio Facelift! – Before & After Photos.
Janice Tanton's studio gets a facelift and re-organization. These before and after pics show useful ways to store and organize a creative space.
The Politics of Creativity (& Education)…Part One
Take up a voice in championing the arts in education at the K-12 levels, or the arts funding cuts will continue to occur. In the end, our society will suffer because we have failed to impart critical thinking skills necessary to solve the complex problems of our society or to provide alternative education methods. Our systems have let us down. At the end of the day, it falls upon wise parents to impart not only art skills to the best of their ability, but most importantly, the critical thinking processes involved when creating in the arts: brain skills that everyone requires.
Four Simple Steps To Define Your Art (and Life) Vision
Four simple steps we took as we set out to define our vision for the year, and set our goals in art, as a couple and as a family.
