All tagged photography
As we prepare to welcome you back through the doors of Arts Commons, we thought we’d check in with our staff artists, our Artists of Arts Commons, who practice art in their personal time – whether it’s an active hobby or even a secondary career. We’ve been excited to be able to share a wide range of artistic pursuits with you, from painting to dancing, to felting and script writing. In part six of this series, we introduce you to a photographer, a digital artist, and a sculptor.
On stage at Arts Commons there’s no doubt that you’ll see amazingly talented people. Whether they’re delivering a classic sonnet, challenging your perspectives with a new work, bringing the house down with an evening of soul-energizing music, or sharing their stories of exploration and discovery around the globe, Arts Commons is a building filled to the brim with talent. Few people think about the individuals behind the scenes that make it all happen.
There’s nothing quite like a live concert. The energy, the music, the power of a shared experience that only exists in that one moment in time. But after the concert is over, there is one person who can help us remember those amazing moments.
Photographer Will Young has been working with Arts Commons to capture these amazing moments for over ten years and has some tricks of the trade to share with aspiring shutterbugs.
Arts Commons Presents invites you to explore our new parent learning resource series: Notice. Wonder. Make. Join Arts Commons Education Associate, Jenny Peters, for this series of fun educational activities and projects aimed to help you cultivate curiosity and creativity in your children using arts-based learning. This series is inspired by the same learning techniques and activities used in the award-winning ConocoPhillips Hub for Inspired Learning program.
Bertie Gregory graced the Jack Singer Concert Hall stage with his amazing photographs of coastal wolves, humpback whales, and other Pacific Northwest fauna, and shared his hilarious stories in a 2017-18 presentation of National Geographic Live, presented by Arts Commons Presents. Meet him LIVE on Nat Geo Live: Backstage.
From photography projects you can do with your phone, to video tours of some of North America’s most interesting architecture, here’s a Top 5 List of things to keep you inspired by the arts – from the comfort of home.
