Susie Monday

Artist, maker, teacher, author, head cook and bottlewasher.

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The art I make is the result of a life-long love of pattern, texture and color. How I teach is a skill honed by experience (I started teaching creative arts to younger kids when I was 12). After earning a B.A. in Studio Arts from Trinity University, I helped lead an internationally recognized educational foundation, designed curriculum exhibits for schools and other institutions, wrote and edited for a major daily newspaper, opened the San Antonio Children's Museum and then, a dozen years ago, took the scary but essential (for me) leap to become a fulltime artist and art teacher.

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    Wednesday
    Mar062013

    Hoping for the Chance to Say THIS

    DateWednesday, March 6, 2013 at 10:51AM

     

    Last month I submitted a piece for Lesley Riley's upcoming book of illustrated quotes. I was actually assigned a quotation from Lesley. That made it difficult to slack off and forget the assignment, let me tell you...

    I ended up making two versions of my quote and sent them in. Sometime soon, we submittees will know the results, and sometime a little later, you'll have the opportunity to purchase the book, filled with ideas on how to use words of wisdom to inspire pictures worth those few words.

    I've often said that my creative genius (P.S. that's NOT ME, see the TED TALK  below for what I mean) walks the tightrope between words and pictures. Both inform each other, and I'm not completely happy unless I am somehow honoring both in my creative life (waiting for said genius to blow through).

    Lesley's newsletter is a great inspiration to my work, so if  you're not a subscriber, read this issue and see what you think!

    And for more from TED on ideas, see this PLAY LIST at http://www.ted.com/playlists/20/where_do_ideas_come_from.html

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    Susie - thank you SO much for that (unsolicited) praise. I am blown away to be mentioned in the same post as Elizabeth Gilbert. I too feel my creative ?genius? walks between text and image. Perhaps that's why we're in this mutual admiration society together.
    March 7, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterLesley Riley
    Lesley's newsletter is a great inspiration! I submitted a couple of pieces too. Maybe we will end up in the same book together. Either way I am looking forward to her book because I just love illustrated quotes. I'm sure the book will be beautiful!
    March 7, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterLisa Chin

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