Lisa Daria Kennedy artist talk & painting demonstration
When:
Saturday, Dec 02, 2017 1:00p -
3:00p
Saturday, Dec 02, 2017 1:00p -
3:00p
Where:
South Street Gallery
149 South St
Hingham, MA 02043
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Date Idea, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
www.southstreetgallery.com
Lisa Daria Kennedy will talk about her style of painting and about the daily painting project she’s been doing for over 3000 days. She will perform a painting demonstration in acrylics for public from 1 to 3pm. Public is encouraged to stop by any time, watch her paint, ask questions, listen, talk, and view the display of her paintings on the Gallery Artist Wall. Lisa is one of the Twelve Gallery Artists who get featured for a month throughout the year. Don’t hesitate to stop by, light refreshments will be served.
The month of December 2017 features paintings by Lisa Daria Kennedy. Lisa grew up along the northeast edge of the Hockomock Swamp in Massachusetts. Since 2009, she has committed to an on-going daily painting project. Lisa received a BA from Roger Williams University, and a BFA and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Currently she is the Design Editor for the literary publication Mount Hope, and an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA.
"I’ve been making one small painting every single day for the last 3100 days. After eight years I've no intention of stopping. Having cancer as a young adult, I discovered living is not just surviving.
At age 29, I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. After six rounds of chemotherapy, one month of radiation, and now, years of monitoring to make sure I’m still cancer free, my perspective has changed. Young and faced with an existential crisis, I questioned, who am I? What does it all mean? Psychologically, existentially, transcendentally - what can a life amount to?
I was acutely aware of all the time I’d wasted and the things I put off - like painting. But, like a lot of artists, I had trouble working up momentum. After all I had been through, the idea of starting an artistic project and failing was terrifying. I had a moment of clarity and pared the creative process down to this one idea - show up for the job. In 2009, I resolved without excuse to wake up every day at five and I paint. The small, intimate paintings of everyday subjects seek to give a voice to the fiber of the everyday."
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