Emily on Art
During the years of my children's early life I dedicated myself to childhood. I've been running various programs in my community, from Mothers' Place to Nature Club family outings, to the Wild Art program. As an explorative learning facilitator I teach art and wilderness exploration in various settings, both to children and to adults as parenting courses and professional development workshops. Empowering others to reach out, express and explore has been my passion for over twenty years, and it's a wonderful feeling to know that my work is making a difference. But I've never only been teaching. I've been making art since I was too young to speak - it's the way I communicate, and increasingly the way I live in community. Every art installation I've done in my adult life has somehow been an effort to bring people in and give them space to engage. My Dad died this year, and I did the only thing I could do to work through the grief: I painted. And drew. And...