Tuesday 31 December 2019

Celebrating Textiles - Art Exhibition


Celebrating Textiles Exhibition, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados

The Exhibition has been curated by Janice Whittle and her team at the Queens Park Gallery, bringing together a group of artists who love working with fabric and textiles in one form or another.

Check out the video



Amanda Trought - Celebrating Textiles Exhibition, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados
Mixed Media Art - Amanda Trought

Here is one of my pieces for the exhibition with was inspired by the Boro Japanese style of stitching and I have incorporated hand painted fabric, wood from the Moringa and Cotton tree, which makes use of plants that I grow in my garden.

With Artist Katrina Braithwaite (Middle) and another talented young artist beside her

It was great to meet up with the other artists who had work on display and family and friends who had come to the opening to appreciate the work

Amanda Trought - Celebrating Textiles Exhibition, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados
Two of the 6 pieces in the Celebrating Textiles Exhibition

The other piece that I have on display is one that has elements of fabric slashing and incorporates beads, wood and painted fabric, it was great to be able to use all the materials and elements I like using in my work.

Amanda Trought with Artist Heather Dawn Scott - Celebrating Textiles Exhibition, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados
with artist Heather Dawn Scott

As artist you can spend so much time focusing on your work and completing, that it is always a pleasure meeting up with fellow artists and talking about what inspires and motivates us.



Artists Exhibiting: Irene Banfield, Heidi Berger, Katrina Brathwaite, Ayissa Burnett, Nefertari Caddle, Sylvester Clarke, Lois Crawford, Joyce Daniel, Maria Elias, Margaret Herbert, Zhane Padmore, Ann Rudder, Wolette Selassie, Heather-Dawn Scott, Margaret Trotman, Amanda Trought, Roslyn Watson, Deborah Younglao

Artists Exhibiting: Irene Banfield, Heidi Berger, Katrina Brathwaite, Ayissa Burnett, Nefertari Caddle, Sylvester Clarke, Lois Crawford, Joyce Daniel, Maria Elias, Margaret Herbert, Zhane Padmore, Ann Rudder, Wolette Selassie, Heather-Dawn Scott, Margaret Trotman, Amanda Trought, Roslyn Watson, Deborah Younglao,
We all appreciate the opportunity to showcase our work in the Queens Park Gallery, which is such a lovely space to exhibit in.Artist Amanda Trought, Curator Janice Whittle
With Curator Janice Whittle



Artist Amanda Trought, Curator Janice Whittle, Artist Ann Rudder
With Curator Janice Whittle and Artist Ann Rudder

The exhibition continues until 18th January at the Queens Park Gallery, Barbados, we hope you can make it and see some of the amazing techniques used in the artwork on display.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Monday 30 December 2019

Creating in Faith - Sentiments - Episode 177



Listen to the Recording

There are certain things that we can hold on to because it reminds us of another time, or brings back memories of when we used to, could do and that warm fuzzy feeling as you go down memory lane recalling the incident.  There are those memories that you also maybe don't want to bring back into the present day.



How often do you think of something you have done and remembered some of the amazing things that you have done to get you to the exact point that you are now.  You are amazing and It brings a smile to my face when I remember those times you used to do those amazing things all those years ago.


You remember, you could and did light up the room with your energy and laughter, your fantastic sense of humor and you would make everyone feel so special, though you didn't realise it.


It is easy to remember the times other people impacted on our lives, now think about the impact you have on other peoples lives, think about your gifts and talents, and how you have made use of them.


As you go about your day be reminded of how special you are and when people think about you they hold you in high regard!  So from time to time, begin to think about yourself in the same way.  

Have a blessed New Year - I hope that you have been working on your focus for 2020.

************************************************

Creating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.

If you would like to see some behind the scenes, images and additional tips HERE

You will find the 2 art journal videos available to consume at your leisure - the Making of the art journal for the month and an art journal page process - Check these out HERE
_____________________
There are so many FREE ways in which you can support the podcast and the work that I do on some of the other channels and it is always a blessing when you connect -
  • listening each week and leave a comment,
  • Subscribe to any or all of my channels, visit the
  • YouTube channel (remember to hit the notification bell)
  • Let me know how the content impacted you and if you were inspired to make changes/additions to your work or life.
Check out some encouraging boards on Pinterest

Artwork available from the title image HERE

I also have an Arts and Health NHS Network for information on activities and organisations working in the field. You are welcome to join, it is a FREE resource and if you have any activities or want to talk about your work you are welcome to send me the information and I will see that it gets uploaded. You can create your own profile on the network and connect with others who are passionate about the arts in health too.

Creative Encourager - If you want to talk about creativity and the direction you are going and need a listening ear, sign up for a FREE 30 minute call http://bit.ly/Encoura

Stay blessed and be a blessing.





Wednesday 25 December 2019

Wishing you a Creative Happy Christmas



Wishing you a Fantastic Christmas, as you spend time with family and friends my you be inspired to be your best self, may you achieve those things that you set out to do for 2019 and go on to make courageous steps into 2020.

Spare a thought to those who may be on their own, and check in on them.


As the year comes to a close I have been thinking a lot about the things that I would like to achieve for 2020, lots of creative pursuits ahead - Exhibitions, Studio Tours, Talks Travel, Social Media and I would love to have you come along for the journey so make sure that you have subscribed to the mailing list or my YouTube Channel, pack your creative supplies and prepare for an adventure.  

Think about things that you want to achieve and what is needed for those things to be realize and know that you can create your own reality so step up, value yourself and what you bring and 'lets do this'!

If you would like to know how to created the images check out Paperless Post and see some of the designs that they have available.  I just dropped my art into their template and edited it is a fantastic way of showing your work in different formats.

I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with so remember to share and if you want to talk about things that you want to put in place you can schedule a free 30 minute call to talk about things that you would like to do or are working through.


Creative Encourager Sessions

So are you ready for the adventure?

Stay blessed and be a blessing.




Tuesday 24 December 2019

Restoration - Episode 174 - Creating in Faith - You can create







Welcome to Season 2 of Creating in Faith
Welcome to Episode 174 - Today's word is Restoration
Creating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.

When was the last time you gave yourself a make over and really pampered and treated yourself.  if you haven't done anything in the last month then you could be heading for trouble.



We have to make our care a regular practice for our who bod, mentally, physically and spiritually and it means that you have got to  care about how you feel how you've felt and what you are currently feeling.

The idea of restoration for me means bringing back into balance taking note of how I am treating my body, and overall health.  Am I getting enough rest, doing the things that make me feel good.  You might have to plan these things into your schedule and show up for 'you' each and every time.  It can be easy to say that you don't have time today and leave it to tomorrow, but as the saying goes 'tomorrow never comes' and you are telling yourself that you don't matter.




Make a list of the things that you like to do that makes you laugh, makes you feel special, it could be taking 5 minutes just for you.  What I sometimes do especially if i have spent a lot of focused time on the computer is set my timer on my phone for 10 minutes and have a power nap, when the alarm goes off it plays disco music that I have to jump up and dance to it works for me, I am rested, refreshed and ready to go.  You can have large and several small things on your list that you put in place and will help you maintain balance in your life - You are worth it!!

Stay blessed and be a blessing

******************************************************

Creating in Faith




If you would like to see some behind the scenes, images and additional tips HERE
You will find the 2 art journal videos available to consume at your leisure - the Making of the art journal for the month and an art journal page process - Check these out HERE
_____________________
There are so many FREE ways in which you can support the podcast and the work that I do on some of the other channels and it is always a blessing when you connect -
  • listening each week and leave a comment,
  • Subscribe to any or all of my channels, visit the
  • YouTube channel (remember to hit the notification bell)
  • Let me know how the content impacted you and if you were inspired to make changes/additions to your work or life.
Check out some encouraging boards on Pinterest

Artwork available from the title image HERE

I also have an Arts and Health NHS Network for information on activities and organisations working in the field. You are welcome to join, it is a FREE resource and if you have any activities or want to talk about your work you are welcome to send me the information and I will see that it gets uploaded. You can create your own profile on the network and connect with others who are passionate about the arts in health too.
Creative Encourager - If you want to talk about creativity and the direction you are going and need a listening ear, sign up for a FREE 30 minute call http://bit.ly/Encoura


Wednesday 11 December 2019

Arts and Wellness Wednesday - Nurturing



In Today's Arts and Wellness Podcast I talk about the need to nurture and make sure that you prepare yourself for the Christmas Season - for some it can be a lonely time.  Were possible see if you have anyone who may need that extra support, welcome them to your homes and family gatherings and be part of a wider community that cares for the individuals who may have a hard time at this time of the year



We can often forget to take care of ourselves as we are rushing around caring for others, and so it is important to take stock every now and then to make sure your not running on empty.


Remember to check out the Art Journal page creations in Mondays Creating in faith as a way of you taking stock of how far you have come and the direction in which you are heading.  Taking one step and one day at a time you are able to make sure you are always prepared for the events that may crop up and your perspective is one that is coming from abundance rather than lack.

I look forward to the journey with you, do let me know how you are getting on in your pursuits.

Stay blessed and be a blessing.




Creating in Faith - Compassionate


The word for today is Compassionate, think about what the word means to you in relation to you.  How would you express an example of it to someone else, and what does it look like when you show it to yourself, how does it make you feel?

Listen to the podcast episode below and check out the Art Journal page and examples of how you can work on your page.






Here is the video of my page creation, have a look


I hope it has given you ways in which you can work on your art journal page, but more importantly treat yourself with compassion.

Here are some of the other links that you can connect with on social media.

Creating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.
If you would like to see some behind the scenes, images and additional tips HERE
You will find the  art journal videos available to consume at your leisure - the Making of the art journal for the month and an art journal page process - Check these out HERE
_____________________
There are so many FREE ways in which you can support the podcast and the work that I do on some of the other channels and it is always a blessing when you connect -
  • listening each week and leave a comment,
  • Subscribe to any or all of my channels, visit the
  • YouTube channel (remember to hit the notification bell)
  • Let me know how the content impacted you and if you were inspired to make changes/additions to your work or life.

Check out some encouraging boards on Pinterest 
Artwork available from the title image HERE
I also have an Arts and Health NHS Network for information on activities and organisations working in the field. You are welcome to join, it is a FREE resource and if you have any activities or want to talk about your work you are welcome to send me the information and I will see that it gets uploaded. You can create your own profile on the network and connect with others who are passionate about the arts in health too.
Creative Encourager - If you want to talk about creativity and the direction you are going and need a listening ear, sign up for a FREE 30 minute call http://bit.ly/Encoura

Stay blessed and be a blessing.

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Arts and Wellness Wednesday - Episode 166




In today's show I take a look at the work that I have been doing, working with fabrics and stitching, in preparation for an exhibition that will be taking place in a couple of weeks.  Also the idea of planning and how not to be drawn into overwhelm.  The stitching to me is a very therapeutic activity and it is great to be able to pull the work together a combination of stitching, fabric manipulation and embroidery techniques.

Social Media

I have also been considering changing up my approach with social media, and look at the need for us to share our work and be more strategic in the content that we are going to share.  I am in the early stages of my planning but it is coming together  We all have something to share and we just have to get out of our own way and get on with it, we have a mission to get done.

I also wanted to share with you some events that are taking place this week and into the new year in regards to the Arts and Health events, and I have provided links below for you to take a look at:

Photography, Mental Health and Creative Expression, Arts SIG Conference – 11 December 2019
Join artists Daniel Regan and Antonia Attwood to learn about their creative arts practices in mental health and their work in social prescribing, and participate in two workshops on mindful making.

Dementia & Imagination: Art as Inspiration, Artists as Researchers, Derby – 17 December 2019
The University of Derby's Arts-based Research in Dementia cluster invite you to attend a seminar in their series of arts-based and creative approaches to dementia care

Early Stage Dementia Awareness training, Arts4Dementia – 24 January 2020

Training session designed to give arts facilitators greater understanding, increased skills and confidence in communicating and working creatively with people experiencing the early stages of dementia and their carers

The Art of Ageing Artfully, Midlands Art Centre – 5 February 2020

This event, produced by Midlands Arts Centre on behalf of The Baring Foundation and Arts Council England, will explore the role of creativity, arts and cultural change in the experiences of growing older and ask if a medical model of old age can address the creative and cultural realities of our lives

A Culture of Care: Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance national conference, Derby Museum – 19-20 March 2020

The theme of the event will be care: care for one another (participants, practitioners, commissioners); care for the environment; and caring economies
If you have been able to attend any of the events do let me know how you get on.  Stay blessed and be a blessing


Creating an Art Journal - December Journal

Art Journal Creating for December - with Amanda Trought

I decided to step it up a bit and create more Art Journals.  I love creating them and have so much paper, and other materials that it makes sense to bring them together and start using them for the work that I want to do in them. 


Part 1 of the Art Journal Process

Creating an Art Journal page is something I do as part of my morning routine and I wondered if others did the same.  I decided to use up the materials and try not to purchase them as you can customize them to your own suiting and use the Art Journals you want to use.  You might be one of those people who want to purchase them but I guarantee that once you have really got into making your own journals, choosing your paper, binding them in a particular way then you won't be the same.

The video this month is far longer than I had anticipated but it gives you over two hours of tutorial that you can watch at your leisure, see what tips you can get from the videos and pull them together in the Art Journal of your own creating.  You can use all the tips or just a few, the main thing is that you have fun along the way.  Let me know how you get on, if you need additional information do not hesitate to let me know.


Part 2 of the Art Journal Process

Each month you will get to see a new art journal in the making.  I use simple techniques and have fun in the process.  You can also join me on my Patreon Blog where I give a few behind the scene tips to my process.

Tuesday 3 December 2019

Season 2 - Creating in Faith - Happy


Happy



What would you say your general mood is from day to day?  Sometimes there are external things that can allow to have an impact on our overall mood and we then respond to things in a negative way.  Does that mean that we scan not be happy despite what is going on around us?  Can you have an argument about something and still be in a happy frame of mind?  Listen to the Podcast


Going through an electrical and water outage at the same time over a period of 8 hours really helped me put things into perspective.  It isn’t until these things are gone do you really appreciate what you could do when you had them, how much you depend on them and what impact not being able to do the things that you took for granted would have..  All of our appliance ran out of charge and we were then faced with reading, writing and having a conversation rather than all having our heads in a screen of varying size – which despite no lights I appreciated the pause.

I was reminded that I love writing and it is something that I have kept up, but I was also able to get on with some writing that I really needed to focus on but never found the time.  We just had to find a way to make it work for us, without getting annoyed that the lights went off, as that wouldn’t have solved anything and we would still be without light and water.
It brought back memories of being a child and the lights going out and our big sister would make it fun, - back then you did more things together as a family, without the distractions of the computer screen and the tv (which only had 4 channels)!  We were always able to look at things from a different perspective which didn’t have stress attached to it.  We knew the lights would come back eventually so we did something else until it did.

Is happy your constant state of being, happy within yourself, your state of mind, not looking at what you think things should be, knowing who you are and what you stand for.  Things don’t always have to go the way that we expect -and we know that we are the creators of our own reality. Don’t expect others to ‘make’ you happy or feel that it is your duty to ‘make’ someone else ‘Happy’ – it is not your responsibility to make others happy. 

Take a moment and consider how you are feeling at the moment, think about whether you are in a happy state of being, check out the Art Journal page video, and the monthly Journal that you can join me in making and see if you are further inspired in your journey.

********************************************************************
Realityarts Podcast - Creating in Faith - Happy
Creating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.

You can get additional information by showing up on my blog, you can see the show notes HERE

If you would like to see some behind the scenes, images and additional tips HERE

You will find the 2 art journal videos available to consume at your leisure - the Making of the art journal for the month and an art journal page process - Check these out HERE 
**************************************************************
There are so many FREE ways in which you can support the podcast and the work that I do on some of the other channels and it is always a blessing when you connect -
  • listening each week and leave a comment
  • Subscribe to any or all of my channels, visit the
  • YouTube channel (remember to hit the notification bell)
  • Let me know how the content impacted you and if you were inspired to make changes/additions to your work or life.
Check out some encouraging boards on Pinterest
Artwork available from the title image HERE
*********************************************************
I also have an Arts and Health NHS Network for information on activities and organisations working in the field. You are welcome to join, it is a FREE resource and if you have any activities or want to talk about your work you are welcome to send me the information and I will see that it gets uploaded. You can create your own profile on the network and connect with others who are passionate about the arts in health too.

****************************************************************
Creative Encourager - If you want to talk about creativity and the direction you are going and need a listening ear, sign up for a FREE 30 minute call http://bit.ly/Encoura

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...