{"id":51058,"date":"2025-01-27T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/entertainment\/art\/expert-advice-on-articulating-your-art-practice\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:26:26","slug":"expert-advice-on-articulating-your-art-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=51058","title":{"rendered":"Expert Advice on Articulating Your Art Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Articulating the themes in your art practice is a very useful tool \u2013 both for your own development and for communication with others. We\u2019re going to explore the ways to identify the themes in your art, how to build a Library of Conversation<\/em>, describe your art in different contexts, plus I\u2019ll share tips on how to practice speaking and writing your Artist Statement.<\/p>\n\n

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Claudia Kennaugh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Expert Advice on Articulating Your Art Practice<\/h2>\n

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Identifying Your Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The work you create will be so instinctive that you often don\u2019t think about how to describe your art practice. But embodying the subjects, people, places, and ideas that you keep coming back to is hugely affirming. All you need to do is research your own work. I find an effective way to do this is to take yourself on a walk and record yourself answering various questions. Walking oxygenates the brain, freeing up thought. Talking can be more liberating than writing, where the words can feel very \u2018final\u2019. Though if you feel more comfortable writing then you can adjust this exercise to suit you.<\/p>\n

Here are some questions to ask. You can record yourself using the voice note app on your phone.<\/p>\n