Artsy Mondays: Fine Art Photos in Group Show + Below the Moon E-Book Sale

Artsy Mondays

Welcome to a new week and welcome to my blog!! Thanks for reading!

A little update on my artwork: While I spend a lot of time curating the art of others, I am fed and inspired as a human, on a deep and meaningful level, when I am getting messy in my own studio, creating my own art. I have begun a new series that I am over-the-moon about. It involves body art, painting, connecting with people, and more painting. I have been going back and forth about whether to share this new work publicly, and I feel like I am not quite there yet. This artwork is keeping me up at night, dreaming, planning and visualizing it coming together. I look forward to sharing it with you when I’m ready…

Reflections & Social Change

This question of being ‘ready’ makes me reflect on our culture’s obsession with posting on social media. From selfies to behind-the-scenes to the important and the frivolous updates… I catch myself thinking more critically about why I am posting – and why I have the urge to post even when I don’t actually want to.

I feel our culture has an overshadowing notion that our worth (personally and professionally) are gaged by what we share publicly, and the ensuing likes, shares, engagement we receive. This is common knowledge and also very subversive and subconscious.

In reaction, I want to be a conscious poster on social media. I strive to separate my personal self-worth, and my value as a professional artist-writer-filmmaker-curator, from what can only be experienced on social platforms.

I believe we all are worthy and valuable people, wholly independent of what we post online.

This brings me full circle to my urge to post my art-in-progress. This urge is external. Right now, my creative process with this new project is very personal, internal, experimental, intimate, in its infancy, and fragile. I feel a motherly desire to protect it and keep it safe while it is still so fresh and new. I know in my heart that this is right, while, at the same time, the external world is clamoring for a peek – or maybe I just feel like it is, feel the tug to stay visible and relevant… As if me not posting makes me invisible and irrelevant. It is like a tug-of-war between the two… but, thankfully, I am at a place where I can slow down and recognize this internal battle. I have thought about the two sides of the argument, and can make a conscious decision. It is an intentional choice.

While I’m fairly certain social media is here to stay, I do hope that we all (young and old alike) can reclaim our conscious awareness over our interactions with it. This is something I hope to teach and model to my children, that I hope we can teach the next generation as a whole.

On that note, read-on to see some things I am ready to share! Lol

Perspectives From Within Art Exhibit

Photos of the Exhibit

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

Photo by Alexis Marie Chute

The juried exhibition Perceptions from Within (Art and Mental Wellness Juried Exhibition) opens to the public on Thursday October 8. will be on view for the months of October, November and December. This exhibition is a partnership between OBAD (Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders) and CARFAC Alberta and was coordinated by Dick Averns. The artists featured in this exhibition are:

Alexis Marie Chute
Christian Peres Gibaut
Natalie Lauchlan
Riisa Gundesen
Father Douglas
Zana Wensel
Maren Kathleen Elliot
Krista Acheson
Wes Bell

CARFAC Alberta will be open to the public (capacity of 3) three days per week (Thursdays to Saturdays) between 11am and 3pm. The CARFAC Alberta Project Space • 3rd Floor, 10215 112 St. Edmonton.
780.421.1731 • carfacalberta.com

See all my photos in “The Quiet Rebuild” portrait series by clicking here.

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OCTOBER 16 – 26, 2020

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Archie, searching for his missing son, accidentally transports his family—and a cruise ship full of people—to a magical planet. There, they uncover the truth: all worlds are dying. Yet hope is not lost. A way to restore all that will soon be destroyed is revealed, along with the realization that Ella will play a role no one could have imagined—especially not her.

On the mysterious island of Jarr-Wya, many races of creatures battle for dominion and magic lurks around every corner. When the world falls dark, that is when bravery must shine the brightest, and the Wellsleys will reveal the strength they never knew they possessed—as well as the power of love to save the day.

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Call for Submissions

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“INFOCUS PHOTO EXHIBIT 2021: BRAVE NEW WORLD”

Submission Deadline: November 16, 2020

Submission Fee: $48 CAN per submission

How to Submit: Complete the submission form on www.infocusphoto.ca/infocus-submission

Acceptance Notification: November 20, 2020

Artwork Received by Curator: January 25, 2021

Artwork Instillation: January 31, 2021

Exhibit Dates: February 1—April 9, 2021

Virtual Exhibition Premier: TBD

Artist Feature Premiers: TBD

Artwork Striking: April 10, 2021

Exhibit Description:

Borrowing the title of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, this photographic exhibition captures the world we are living in today. InFocus 2021 photographers present their take on major world issues, how life in Canada is impacted, the good and the bad, the tragic and the hopeful. Does modern life fit a dystopian model, or are we on the brink of a new, more peaceful, healthy, happy age? What is our place in the world and how do we make sense of self amidst our rapidly changing ways of life? From COVID-19 to politics to social and environmental issues, “InFocus Photo Exhibit: Brave New World” is a 2021 must-see Canadian exhibition.

More information about InFocus Photo Exhibit & Awards please click here.

THE THEME OF INFOCUS 2021 IS “BRAVE NEW WORLD.”

The photographers selected for InFocus 2021 will display photographs that speak to these ideas:

1. Is modern life a dystopian reality, or are we on the brink of a new, more peaceful, healthy, happy age?

2. What is our place in the world and how do we make sense of self amidst our rapidly changing ways of life?

3. What does the world—specifically Canada—look like in the light of a global pandemic, race issues, and environmental change?

4. How has photography developed as a creative and documentary medium in our times?

5. How can one person make a difference? How do many come together for change?

“BRAVE NEW WORLD” is a theme that speaks to a broad spectrum of subject matters and styles, including fine art, portraiture, nature, urban landscapes, editorial, commercial, conceptual, documentary, journalistic, social commentary, travel, multi-medium, three dimensional, and beyond.

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