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INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY

When we do an artwork, we start with an idea of what we are going to do. But then the material with which we work has its own ideas. The good artist is not the one who impresses one's ideas on the material, but the one who works with the material and lets the material have its say, too.

"This glaze is running down in completely unpredictable ways", and the artist knows, "Ah! This is good. This is good. I didn't anticipate that." And in the end when you look at the pot, it's a pot in which the artist really accomplished what he or she wanted, but the clay and the glaze also did what they wanted. That's the same with paint and the same with weaving and the same with drawing, and the same with any art, anything you make.

 
No matter what you are doing with your life, you experience this constant interplay between your own choices and the materials at hand, be they clay or flour or flowers or sounds or numbers or lives or ideas or anything else that can be named. To hold your own inspiration and yet be open to the influence of the moment, finding a poised give-and-take between the two (David Steindl-Rast).

EXPLORE OUR LAA MEMBER PERSONAL WEBSITES

Al Gallia            http://agallia.blog
Bobbie Gallia   http://agallia.blog
Christy Castille    tattingbychristy.com/
Ange    Riehl            http://angeriehl.com
Louise Guidry        whereyart.net/artist/louise-guidry/625
Dirk    Guidry            http://dirkguidry.com
Janice Granger        jmgrangerartgallery.com/
Katherine    Kiefer            http://encaustickiefer.com
Ginger Kelly                http://gingerkellyglass.com
Guy    Kilchrist            http://graceinarts.com
Jane    Chapman            http://Janechapmanart.com
Kevin J.    Ste. Marie            http://kaptography.com/
Madison    Dimarco            http://madisondimarcophotography.com
Arthur    McViccar            http://www.arthurmcviccar.com
Barry    Bohn            http://www.barry-bohn.artistwebsites.com
Bonnie    Camos            http://www.bonniecamos.com
Dianne    Ducote            http://www.ducotewilliams.com
Gerilyn    Roth            http://www.grothinteriordesign.com
John    Avant            http://www.johnavantartist.com
Kay    Richoux            http://www.kayrichoux.com
Katherine    Prejean            http://www.kpdesignshandcraftedjewelry.blogspot.com
Karen    Willingham            http://www.kreativegourds.com
Janet    Ullrich-Theriot            http://www.silversister.com
Celia    Soper            http://www.soperstudio.com
Patrick    Soper            http://www.soperstudio.com
Michael Stracener       www.mykemagyck.com/
Deondra Martin         www.deondramartinart.com/
James    McDowell            http://www.studiofiredance.com
Paula    McDowell            http://www.studiofiredance.com
Tiffany    Matt            https://tmattphotography.biz/

Dusty Reed                      https://cajunpicasso.com
The full membership roster can be found under the "About Us" tab or you can click here
 If you wish to have your website linked from this page, you can update your profile by logging in to the Member Portal and it will be added in the next update of this page. If you have any questions on how to do this you can use the "Contact Us" to email the LAA office for assistance.

Location

Lafayette Art Association & Gallery
1019 Auburn Avenue (behind Abacus)
Lafayette, LA  70503
337-269-0363
Hours:  Tuesday - Friday  10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday ​10:00am to 3:00 pm

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www.lafayetteart.org
email: info@lafayetteart.org
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  • Home
  • About LAA
    • LAA Charter and Bylaws
    • Current Membership
    • Officers & Board
    • Gallery Exhibits/Venues
    • Artists in Residence
    • Rules/ Competitions >
      • Submission Rules
      • Art Analysis/ Judging
      • Tutorials/ Art Criticism >
        • Visual Elements
        • Design Principles
        • Compositional Elements
        • Interpretive Theories
        • Sculpture
    • Gift Shop
  • News/Events
    • Newsletters
    • Membership Meetings
    • Main Gallery Events
    • Ongoing Classes
    • L'esprit du Métal
    • Watercolor Guild
  • Join
  • Member Portal
    • Member Login
    • Gallery Sitting Signup
  • Explorations
    • Member Websites
    • Gallery Exhibits >
      • Spring 2020 Exhibit
      • Eye of the Beholder 2020
      • 2020 Member Show
    • Member Art >
      • Theme "Red"
      • Theme "Circle"
      • Theme "Reflection"
      • Theme "Three"
      • Theme "Pattern"
      • Theme "Bugs"
      • Theme "Time"
      • Theme "SPACE"
      • Theme "PATRIOTIC"
      • Theme "PALS"
      • Theme "Self"
    • Web Links
    • Tutorials
  • Donate
  • LAABlog