Urban Sanctuaries Topic: Nature as the Beloved Sub topics: how has nature helped you ( or saved your life) One sentence goal: Engage teens and adults in seeking an increased connection to nature in our urban environment through photography, outdoor exploration, art making, and story telling. Details of our discussion: We talked about the desire […]
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Social Practice Workshop
Social Practice Art WARM Forum and Workshop http://www.thewarm.org/calendar/events-exhibits/ October 3, 2015 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Location: Walker Library 2880 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408 (612) 543-8400 http://www.hclib.org/about/locations/walker. WARM Members are free, non members $10 each . Members can bring a friend for $5. Credit Card Preferred. Please register at drb@bridgescreate.com Attendees will review a range of […]
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Bemidji State University PEDL GoodBye
After a three day dash back to Minnesota from Maine, I arrived at Anoka Ramsey to start my last academic semester at Bemidji State University. The PEDL team has built the program back up to 250+ and a dozen professors. When we all come together at the Face to Face three times a year it […]
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Nosotros (US)
The Power of Collaborative Creating: Social Practice Art Many is More 2015 IN PROGRESS. Andrews BRONZE FIGURES IN PROCESS 12” H X 24” W X 10 “ D Mixed Media – Found objects contributed by 12 collaborators. Barbara Rogers Bridges –assemblage artist Barbara Bridges seeks to empower all people to embrace the creative process. She […]
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Haystack in Maine Summer 2015
Haystack is a world renowned arts retreat located on Deer Isle, Maine. Bemidji State University enabled me to attend a creativity conference which featured several original thinkers and at least one TedTalking genius. The following people changed my world and contributed to the collaborative art work Nos-Otros which will be headed for Guatemala next week. Handshouse […]
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More on the connection between chemical imbalance and Addiction
Sweet Sixteen, 1973-74. Paint on canvas, Collection of Lolli Thurn Outsider Art = mentally Ill? Week One A Teacher’s Introduction to Mood Disorders. Why does that kid act like that????? DESCRIPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESSES MOOD DISORDERS Mood disorders are persistent changes in mood caused by biochemical imbalances in the brain. Major depressive disorder and […]
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More Fun in Maine
Attending a memorial in Milo, Maine provided me with the opportunity to drive by my first home in Atkinson, Maine. We purchased the Maple School House and an acre of land for $500. We also built a two story building out of railroad ties on the property. We poured the foundation by hand with a […]
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Chowda’ Party
Making an authentic Maine Chowda’ is a very time intensive activity. First you start with a Maine Seafood feast. You buy the lobsters (contrary to mythology- we Mainers do not pick those arachnids up free on the beach) and clams and steam them- saving the broth. A real Maine chowda’ has no WATER added. […]
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Maine Adventures June 2015
The first family for Summer 2015 was installed in Chateau Mer on Friday. Yikes…I am getting a little old for this kind of maintenance duty. Bree’s Field http://bridgescreate.com/brees-field-wildflowergrape-arborfruit/ is looking great thanks to the Jamaicans who have been coming to work at Young’s Lobster Pound http://youngslobsterpound.webs.com/for the last decade and came up here on their […]
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Road Trip to Maine: Summer 2015
My friend and neighbor on Maine’s Penobscot Bay , Brenda Mercer, offered to fly to Detroit and drive to Maine with me this year. Now THAT is a friend! Our first stop was Montreal where we had quite the experience in a very expensive hotel , Le Crystal, which had too many problems to share. Then I […]
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