Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Personal Stories for Encouraging Artistic Genius - Softcover

Dunnewold, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440344957 ISBN 13: 9781440344954

Publisher: North Light Books, 2016

Synopsis

Discover a Deeper Connection to Your Artist Self!

Artists and athletes alike benefit from strength training. Building creative stamina takes encouragement, mentoring, and regular practice. In Creative Strength Training, you'll discover powerful strategies that combine writing and hands-on art-making to overcome creative stumbling blocks, develop a unique voice and make creating art a regular habit.

• Overcome resistance while dismantling "the Committee" (that group of inner critics).
• Explore 10 exercises for making art that stands apart as uniquely yours.
• Receive support and inspiration from contributing artists who share how each chapter has improved their practice and helped them evolve.

Begin a fresh approach to your creative practice. Begin building stamina today with Creative Strength Training!

About this title

About the Author

Jane teaches and lectures internationally, and has mounted numerous one-person exhibitions of her artwork around the world.

The former President of the Surface Design Association, she has authored numerous books on textile patterning and surface design. Her most recent book, Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Inspire Artistic Genius (North Light Books 2016) delves into the importance of engaging creative process in an artist's studio, but the concepts are equally valid in business boardrooms. 

Jane lectures and consults from her home base in San Antonio, Texas.

She can be contacted at dunnewoldj@janedunnewold.com.

From the Back Cover

Into a world of bookshelves lined with self-help guides to overhauling ourselves, Jane Dunnewold gives us, instead, a way to discover ourselves. Creative Strength Training is a gift to the artist just starting out, and a powerful resource for those of us who feel like we may have grown stale. In that wise and gentle voice I've heard her use so often with me, Jane replaces our fears -- that we are not really creative, not really good enough - with the happy confidence that, in fact, we are creative. We are more than good enough.

Mary Fisher, Artist and AIDS Activist

Jane Dunnewold outlines a step by step strategy for overcoming artistic inertia. Her approach will resonate with anyone who has ever been stymied in their attempt to be original and creative. She guides the reader on a journey of self-discovery by encouraging journaling of past experiences including an individual's work process and personal passions. In essence, Dunnewold helps reveal the core of her reader's creative spirit. This newfound self-awareness and confidence is sure to unleash brand new avenues of creativity for those who read this important new work.

Maureen Hendricks, owner of Gateway Canyons Resort, home of Alegre Quilt Retreat

Jane Dunnewold's approach to the creative process is as refreshing as it is realistic - building stamina means making your art a priority. This method feels at once personal and prolific - a must-have for anyone looking to push their boundaries and further their practice.

Joe Pitcher, founder textile artist.org

From the Inside Flap

There are some books you must read, and then there are some books you must read and own. 'Creative Strength Training' falls in the latter category. The chapter titles and their content reek of passion & compassion, along with loads of encouragement - all with a direction and purpose - to give voice to your creative spirit. Jane is there to ensure you'll use it so as not to lose it! After you've read and practiced the exercises, you can dip back into this book for inspiration and motivation whenever you doubt yourself in the future. Hence it's a book you must read and moreover, own!- Marie-Therese Wisniowski, Director and Founder of Art Quill Studio, NSW, Australia. Former Co-Editor, 'Textile Fibre Forum' art magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440344957
• ISBN 13: 9781440344954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144