Begin at your Beginning

Student exhibition: Connecting with Lissa Hunter

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
— Plato

"When I graduated from college with a degree in art, I stopped making art. The problem was although good at following others’ assignments, I was not good at giving one to myself. Now, as we neared the end of our course together, I asked the students in Finding (renamed Connecting) to give themselves an assignment, a beginning, the most important part of the work.

Relying on the three elements we worked with continually, each student was asked to choose one – a material, a technique or an idea – as a beginning in conceiving and creating an object, allowing that first choice to guide the other two.  No rules but their own, no requirements except to work with skill and intention.  That’s what artists do.

As you can see in the work here, each student started in a different place and followed a path to an individual, artful conclusion.  The variety and quality truly reflect the students’ commitment to their own artistic voices.

I couldn’t be more proud or delighted."

– Lissa Hunter

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Wall of Spoons

As part of this course, we've also had a little fun with spoons! Some might say we've 'caused a stir'... with The Wall of Spoons, a tribute inspired by Lissa Hunter’s 2023 exhibition 'Intimate Objects of Suspect Utility'. The Wall of Spoons is a growing, collaborative celebration of creativity, sparked by Lissa’s beautiful course Connecting (formerly Finding). Whether you're in the course or just curious, we think you’ll love it.