Art saved me. I was suddenly floundering through a nearly empty nest, menopause, and mental health struggles. I found new purpose in art.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
Three dimensional mixed media sculpture.
Where do you find inspiration?The extremes that life brings are my inspiration. The extreme joy, the pain, the confusing emotions of old trauma that crop up unexpectedly, my physical health struggles, my love for my family and the communication struggles that we go through because of generational trauma, and even current events.
What would you do with $25,000?I would continue my education. At 50 I found art, but I had limited lifetime grants and loans left available to me from a degree I earned before I had children. I want to go on to work on my bachelor's degree, but for now that is not possible. I have so much skill building still to do. I want to have the knowledge to create anything my heart dreams up.
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