Join us on Wednesday, January 21st for an Artist Demo with Alicia Ethridge, whose is featured in Concord Art’s curated exhibition, Motherhood as Muse.
Ethridge’s demo will introduce you to her approach to painting through a guided contemplative art practice. The session offers an opportunity to witness and/or create together while exploring attention, intuition, and embodied response as entry points into image-making.
Ethridge draws inspiration from Lectio Divina, a traditional contemplative practice that has evolved over time to include both spiritual and secular texts and imagery. You will be invited to slow down, enter into an image through imagination and sensory awareness, and allow meaning or insight to emerge organically. The emphasis is on process rather than product, and no prior experience with contemplative practice is necessary.
Ethridge will provide a selection of images for inspiration, though participants are welcome to bring their own—an image that evokes a strong emotional or physical response. Participants are encouraged to notice what draws their attention and how it resonates in the body. Participants are invited to bring something to draw with and something to draw on: perhaps a pen, journal, or sketchbook.
Image: Alicia Ines Ethridge, Mothership, 2020, oil on canvas, 43 x 66 inches, courtesy of the artist