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31 Days of Playing with the Arts












Welcome! During the Month of October, we will be taking a leisurely look at the arts. We will entertain thoughts on how each of us, no matter how busy or unacquainted with the arts, can play, participate, and find joy in them. You might be surprised what you discover and cultivate.

Some first thoughts on creation and creating are recorded here in a post I wrote as a Schole Sisters post.

Each post will explore an idea related to the arts, the act of creating, or a particular art in a bit size piece each day. We are privileged to have found some incredible people to learn from, who love their art and are willing to share their experiences with you. As you read through this series, I encourage you to be thinking about what act of creating brings you joy, what inspires you, and what do you love? It will be in the answer to this question that you find where you may most easily begin to play with the arts. I pray these posts serve as inspiration in answering your question as well as practical help in resolving the tensions that keep us from doing the creating many of us long to do.

Make sure to sign up for our email list to receive every single ’31 Days of Playing with Arts’ post in your inbox at the end of each week. In addition, as each post is written and published, a link for each will be added below. The links will make it easy to always find the post you are looking for, all you need to do is bookmark this page. Thank you for joining me for 31 Days of Playing with the Arts.

 

 

 

Preparing

Day 1- What is Art?

Day 2- Art & Paideia 
Day 3- Hidden Art and the Amateur
Day 4- The Art of Process by Lisa Amer
Day 5- The Act of Creating
Creating
Day 6- Painting: traditional by Katerina Kern
Day 7- Painting: watercolor by Lynn Seddon
Day 8- Painting: Mixed Media
Day 9- Drawing
Day 10- Interior Design
Day 11- Reading & Books
Day 12– Hand Lettering/Calligraphy  
Day 13- The Fabric Arts
Day 14- Gardening by Dara Weaver
Day 15- Flower Arrangements
Day 16- Woodworking
Day 17- Fashion
Day 18- Poetry by Dara Weaver
Day 19- The Art of Rhetoric
Day 20- Drama & Theater
Day 21- The Digital Arts:Photography
Day 22- The Art of Environment 
Day 23- Food as ‘Medicine’ by Lisa Lubanovic
Day 24- Playing with Cooking 
Day 25- Music: An interview with John Hodges 
Projects

Day 26- Project 1: Slow Down & See

Day 27- Project 2: Drawing, A few first-steps
Day 28- Project 3: A Simple Watercolor Painting
Day 29- Project 4: A Flavor Party
Day 30- Project 5: Set the Table
Day 31- Project 6: Choose This Day

Expanding wisdom, extending grace,
Jen

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  1. Sarah M says

    October 1, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    I’m looking forward to following your series!
    Sarah M

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    • Jennifer Dow says

      October 1, 2014 at 9:43 pm

      Thank you for joining us Sarah. I am excited about it! P.S. I loved your post about ‘Home is where God is.’

      Reply

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