HIGH TECH | HIGH TOUCH ART
So much about art involves touch.
The artist relies on touch to create art. The feel of clay, the heft of a brush in the hand, the texture of paint; a pen in the hand or a keyboard on which to compose a poem or a song; the keys of a piano, the strings of a guitar; what it’s like to, quite literally, blow life into a flute or a globe of molten glass.
But not all touch is literal.
Making art touches the heart, mind, spirit, and soul of the artist, just as the art itself touches its audience in ways that are figurative but no less real.
Likewise, technology lets us touch art and connect with each other in a metaphysical sense.
For some artists, technology has been a blessing for decades. Some writers, for instance, tell their stories on computers, send them to readers in the blink of an eye, even publish them thanks to modern technology. Photographers and other digital artists and designers have been blessed with an ever-expanding tech-toolbox that lets them stretch their imagination, technique, and reach. Digital galleries, classes, readings, concerts, demos … all of these and more let artists communicate with the world in extraordinary ways and allow the world to see, listen and touch in return.
Yet creativity often depends upon voluntary isolation. Distance that has nothing to do with pandemics. It depends upon an artist being immersed in the process, sequestered from the rest of the world in order to focus. In order to be devoted to the work.
And a similar focus can help others to experience that art. To shut out all distractions and commit to the moment when art pierces the shell and lets in light, sound, color, understanding.
Our aim is therefore to use technology, now and in the future, to balance that isolation with access. Help us to both keep our distance and close the distance between us.
Touch and be touched.
Lauren E. Wolk
Author, Poet, Artist, Arts Administrator
A CURB SIDE PICK UP FEAST
May 19
CHEF JOE GOES TO POLAND
Zoom with Joe from 4-4:45 pm
Curbside pick-up at 5:30 pm
This May would have been Karol Wojtyla’s (St. Pope John Paul II) 100th birthday. To celebrate, join Joe in the kitchen as we take you on a culinary tour of his hometown, Wadowice, Poland.
Menu:
- Boletus soup
- Pestkas roast duck with lingonberries
- Galicjanka’s Polish Papal Crema Cake
$35 Members / $40 Non-Members
