Artivistic Montreal Artists' Conference

Participated in a pleasant little chat at the Artivistic Art and Activism Conference. Chris Hand of Zeke's Gallery chaired a session on artists and blogs. I, and Karen D'Amico, an American living in London were the guests. Very unpretentious. A small, but warm and interested group. I had a good time. The conference took place in a space above the Eva B. used fashion store (it's much more hip than just a friperie) on Saint Laurence Blvd, just above Ontario. A pleasant space with old theatre seats and barber chairs to sit in, if that takes your fancy.

We explained a little about what are blogs are. My blog isn't really a fine arts blog, but I gave my best accounting of it, as a place for some of my thoughts and sketches.

Karen had a good point that blogs give you a look into an artist's processes, where you once had to be satisfied with looking at the work on a gallery wall, and reading a statement that was often opaque at best. There also seems to be an increasing number of blogs by artists and sketch blogs. So hooray for artist's blogs, and thanks to Artivistic, which ends Saturday the 24.

Actually, there are two more art blogging panels with different guests this time, today and tomorrow (Saturday) at about 2 pm. So why not go to 2013 St. Laurence Blvd, if you're in Montreal, and check it out?