by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 23, 2024 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Inspiration |Thoughts, Online art classes, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
Creativity involves a pause This post is directed to all visual artists who are transitioning from imitating (mimesis) to fearlessly expressing their true selves (poeitesis) through their art. During our art workshops in Italy and France, this is a question we...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 6, 2023 | art classes Italy France, Art workshops, General, Ideas, Painting, Philosophy
The “Color” of Humanity Currently in Italy giving our twice-a-year Studio Italia painting workshop. Everyone is painting hard and… playing hard. I am always fascinated by the seriousness of each participant. However, the subject of this post is the color...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 10, 2023 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Art workshops, Ideas, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting, Painting | plein air
Walk the Arts beats AI We knew at Walk the Arts that we had to prepare for the current upheaval of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on visual arts education. For the last quarter of a century, we have stuck to our niche and instead of offering demonstrations, we...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 12, 2023 | Art | Religion | Theory, art classes Italy France, Art History, art retreat, Ideas
NFTs are here to stay! “I think the reason […] I’ve chosen the career that I have is because artists are always the seers or the truth tellers. They show us the way forward”. Nora Burnett Abrams, The Story of NFTs, Artists, Technology, and Democracy....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 11, 2023 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, painting workshops Italy France
Let’s embrace it! Last summer in Florence, during Studio Italia, I was skeptical when I bought my ticket for the exhibition Let’s Get Digital NFTs and Innovation in Digital Art. I had to know if NFT art is and will be a fad or not. In Canada’s national capital...
