Artist/Educator Statement
I really enjoyed this project. I feel like I've never been in a group project with members who worked so seamlessly and effortlessly together. As soon as we decided on the self-care idea, we latched onto it, and ideas stemmed from there. We all had different ideas that contributed to it, and the piece came together bit by bit, which was really wonderful to see. I loved how one person contributed the idea of the pictures, and then plants became a huge part of our theme. I also loved how the project was set up. In past experiences with devising, my teacher has often given us very little to work with, simply saying, Go devise! I loved how we worked on the project in chunks, taking it up bit by bit, so that we could build on the piece as it went along and consistently make it better. Early in our conversations Allison suggested using my story as the center focus of the piece, which was flattering because I hadn't thought it was anything special. To me that taught me that my story w...