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Category Archives: Activist Art

Reflective Drawings / Responsive Poems:  Almost a Year of the Drawing A Day for Good Project.


Written on November 15, 2024 at 12:11 am, by

I am delighted to have an exhibition of twenty watercolor and ink drawing from my Drawing a Day for Goodproject on display at the UWM at Waukesha library in collaboration  Continue Reading »

Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, art based activism, Artist Resources, Exhibition, On-Line sales, Watercolor, Watercolor activism

A Drawing A Day For Good


Written on January 1, 2024 at 6:43 pm, by

Lately I have been drawing almost every day as a visual meditation aimed at inducing a sense of ‘flow’. I have found its a lot of fun to draw into  Continue Reading »

Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, Artist Resources, Charity, Creative Play, Creativity, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Watercolor

Full Spirals Podcast Interview


Written on April 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm, by

Hope and healing through the arts. Full Spirals Podcast interview with Stacy Parish.

Categories: Ability, Activist Art, art and technology, Artist Resources, arts leadership, Biographical, Creative Play, Creativity, Creativity Coaching

Celebrate Sharing Art: An Exhibition and Upcoming Workshops


Written on May 17, 2019 at 10:48 am, by

I am experiencing pre-event nervousness as I plan to head off tonight, to the reception for the exhibition ‘Uprooted:  Plants in a Changing Climate  (5:00-9:00 pm, artist panel at 5:30).”  Continue Reading »

Categories: Activist Art, art based activism, climate change, Creative Play, Creativity, environmental art, Exhibition, Watercolor, Watercolor activism, Workshops and Classes

Drawing on Nature and Circumstance ~ Two Exhibitions


Written on September 11, 2017 at 10:02 pm, by

Drawing on Nature:  Watercolors on Canvas by Helen Klebesadel Drawing on Circumstances: Contemporary Approaches to Water-media Exhibit Run:  September 19-29, 2017                      Reception:  Sunday, September 24, 2017, 12:00-4:00 Common Wealth Gallery,  Continue Reading »

Categories: Activist Art, art based activism, art collaboration, Art Techniques, art-science collaboration, arts based environmentalism, Beauty, Charity, climate change, Creativity, environmental art, Exhibition, Fabulous Artists, Inspiration, Watercolor, Watercolor techniques, Workshops and Classes

Penokee Impact Statement: an art exhibition


Written on August 22, 2014 at 10:15 pm, by

  “An Environmental Impact Statement is a tool for decision making, describing the positive and negative environments effects of a proposed action.  Projects like the proposed Penokee open pit mine  Continue Reading »

Categories: Activist Art, art collaboration, art-science collaboration, Beauty, environmental art, Fabulous Artists, Inspiration, Political Art, Wisconsin Arts

Art-Science Collaboration: My Artist-in-Residency at the Trout Lake Research Station


Written on July 6, 2014 at 7:41 pm, by

I have just returned from a splendid ten days of non-stop plein air painting (and skitter swatting) in the lake country around Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.  It was my extreme pleasure  Continue Reading »

Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, art and technology, art collaboration, Art Residencies, Art Techniques, art-science collaboration, Artist Resources, environmental art, Plein air Painting, Watercolor

Join in the Women’s Caucus for Art Conference in Chicago


Written on January 4, 2014 at 2:27 pm, by

I just registered for ‘Balance’ the Women’s Caucus for Art national conference in Chicago this February 12-15, 2014.  Early bird registration for the conference ends this Monday, January 6th, but  Continue Reading »

Categories: Ability, Activist Art, arts leadership, Biographical, Career Development, Diversity, Fabulous Artists, Feminist art, Fundraising, Political Art, Social networking, This and That, Women Artists