18 months later

by Danielle on February 7, 2010

Eighteen survivor-universal-logoglorious months ago I left the corporate world to head for happier shores. Gone are the long holidays, the bonus, the big paychecks, the fancy title. Gone are the people who try to do your job, who are bullies, who swear at you, who take credit. Gone is my super-skinny self – the result of a particularly viscous time. Gone is the hardest and the most miserable time (and a few of the most miserable people) in my life.

And now I’m free. I write, design, edit, connect, communicate, consult, advise, volunteer, create, analyze, talk, listen, look, learn. My job is in academia with smart doctors and smart staff. I never need to explain myself twice because my colleagues listen. They are smart and respect the expertise of others.

My career journey through corporate was like the TV show Survivor. I won, though. I got off the island.

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Sculpture game

by Danielle on February 6, 2010

My Picasso-head post was popular so here’s another game.

There are three sculptors. Two have recent, local connections to Toronto. What are they?

http://www.artsology.com/sculpture_find.php

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My heart belongs to Art

February 3, 2010

My other half, the tall man with the spiky sense of humour, pretends he’s jealous of Art. He calls Art my other boyfriend. Lately I’ve been neglecting Art for Spiky but here’s something I saw on Longboat Key at an art fair.
I cannot share the pleasure of Robbie Robins’ work here, on my site, because [...]

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Building self through art

December 6, 2009

“This is not about how to make things, it’s about creating people who are imaginative and creative, with hearts that are full and happy … who take opportunities to reach their goals.”, says Setsuko Morinoue in an article from a Hawaii newspaper.
The article is titled Building self through art and profiles a couple who a [...]

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Ugly art

November 7, 2009

I’m against ugly art. Home Sense and other big box stores sell ugly art. So does a certain vanity gallery in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Horrendous animal paintings – uggggllly. Ugly art is the lowest common denominator of what’s acceptable to hang in your home – it’s what everyone else has – a washed down beige version of [...]

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Pop of Good

October 14, 2009

http://www.minadelacruz.com/gallery-still.php
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ratsdeville is Montreal art cool

October 13, 2009

Meet a nice art guy:
I e-met Eric Bolduc this summer when I worked at the Oakville Galleries. He runs
the visual arts’ diversity webzine: ratsdeville.
We met because my job was to undertake the annual necessary evil of communications: updating the media list. (This is when you call and check contact info for a couple hundred arts [...]

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Pop of good

October 7, 2009

This is a new Art Gander feature. On Wednesday afternoon I will post an image with a link to an artist’s website.
Visit: Makoto Fujimura
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Pop of good

September 30, 2009

This is a new Art Gander feature. On Wednesday afternoon I will post an image with a link to the artist’s website. Visit http://www.jeanieriddle.com/about.html

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Mr. Picassohead

September 24, 2009

If abstract art could talk it would probably say it is sick and tired of hearing viewers say, “I could do that”. The fact is, you didn’t do that, viewer. So it is, refer to earlier post, again part of the artistic process is the idea that creates the art. In my view, Kandinsky, Picasso, [...]

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