[SEPT 11] IVOH LOCAL CONVERSATION SAN FRANCISCO: THE ARTS

IVOH Local Conversation

Novato, CA

September 10, 10am - 3:00pm

On Saturday, April 23rd, Images and Voices of Hope hosted a conversation among artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Twenty tree people participated - singers, conductors, photographers, painters, designers, and many others.

The theme for this conversation was "Making Art in a Changing World". The focus of the morning's discussion was looking inward - what are our earliest memories of making art? Who are the people whose influence has shaped our art? What events in the outside world shaped our path? In the discussion that followed, many of us were surprised and delighted to remember how early our creative urges first showed themselves; and how we found ways to create whether or not our environment supported us.

After a wonderful lunch, we focused more on looking outward. How has our art had an effect on the world around us? What kind of good do we now want to bring into being through our art? If we can imagine ourselves at the end of our life, fully at peace and complete, genuinely knowing that we have given to the world all we were meant to give as an artist -- what is it that we have created/given, and how has that affected the world around us?

Wonderfully positive, generous, deeply personal and compelling conversation flowed all day long! We're looking forward to meeting again in the fall to continue our conversation and our friendship.

This was the third Bay Area IVOH gathering. Previous conversations were held in December of 2009 and March of 2010. Please save the date for our next Conversation: Saturday, September 10, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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