In solitude, I rest in darknessEnclosed inside my hardened outer skin The cool earth surrounds me, protects me, gives me stabilityI feel its abundance all around meHolding me, feeding me Slowly I breathe inthe air piercing my shella breath of clarity, a moment of knowingand there is a change in my being I […]

Our theme for the blog this spring is Creative Growth. At Path with Art, we foster healing through arts engagement and community-building. Participants tell us that making art can help reduce feelings of isolation, can give purpose and meaning, allows for creative self-expression, foster confidence-building, and provides an outlet for processing emotions. […]

Last month, on February 17, 2003, Path With Art hosted a screening of the film, “Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts” at the SIFF Film Center. There was a full house for the one-hour-long film, followed by a robust  Q&A with the filmmaker Dru Holly, and three representatives from the […]

“Everyone who says you can’t do something,” she said, “is afraid that you will.” Patty Murray This was Patty Murray’s response to the resistance towards women of political power but can equally be applied to artists. Has someone told you that can’t art yet you preserved and proved them wrong?

How many times have you worried about “wasting” your art supplies? Have you ever been inspired but then stop dead before making a single mark on paper? I sure have! Especially if I have a really nice piece of watercolor paper or some cool papers that I want to cut […]

Read about this amazing woman at the Art Institute of Chicago site. aaronjhill

Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world,and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.All that you have within you, all that your heart desires,all that your Nature so specially fits you for – that or thecounterpart of it waits embedded in the great […]

“Every person matters.” This is the subject line of a message I received in my inbox. Every person matters. Never forget this. Every person matters. aaronjhill

This hit my inbox today, so I thought that I would share it with my art friends. I hope everyone is staying warm and safe during this ice storm. Perhaps we can arrange a field trip to the Bainbridge Island Art Museum when the weather is better. Enjoy the holidays. […]