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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT: GUY KINNEAR at LINNEA’S CAFE

March 31, 2023 By Guy Kinnear Leave a Comment

Exhibiting at Linnea's Cafe is like going back home. Linnea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo has been a Creative's dream haunt for decades. Local writers, …

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GOLEM: MINOR OPUS

March 21, 2023 By Guy Kinnear Leave a Comment

Opus: A musical term for a separate composition or set of compositions by a particular composer, usually ordered by date of publication, or any …

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From the Porch: Group Pop-Up Exhibit on November 4th!

October 20, 2022 By Guy Kinnear Leave a Comment

Hello Friends! This is going to be fast, so I hope you are ready! For one night only (ok, and maybe the day before and after) seven amazing San …

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I'm heading to an artist talk with the Cal Poly st I'm heading to an artist talk with the Cal Poly student Art club. These two have been my favorite models for years, and they used to travel with me back and forth from Creston to my job down in LA. They've been homebodies for a couple years, but now they get to go back on the road.

I so enjoy working with young artists. Such a wonderful opportunity for exchanging ideas and sharing a creative fire.

#artistmodel #artisttalk #artistlife #golem #android #offthegridliving #offthegrid #homunculus #manequin #arttalk
This Thursday I'm doing an interactive sculpture s This Thursday I'm doing an interactive sculpture storytelling event at a local school. I've got a basic skeletal structure to start the story, and then playing fabric will be used to flesh out the figures while the kids introduce narrative elements.

These events make me think, feel, and dace quickly. A full being event. Whatever happens, happens in front of an audience, and the participants by very nature change the results.

8 hours of clay sculpture and storytelling! I'll be sure to share the results with yall'

#skeleton #armature #sculpture #performanceart #claysculpture #figurativesculpture #wip #lovebravely #storytelling #interactiveartinstallation #interactiveart #creativelife #artevent
I'm getting ready for a 7-hour interactive storyte I'm getting ready for a 7-hour interactive storytelling and sculpture demo at a local school this Thursday.

Which means I got a lot of clay to mix up. It's going to be two 3 ft human figures. And the kiddos are going to be adding narrative elements to the sculpture. This is going to be fun!

#clay #claysculpture #clayfigure #creativelife #artevent #wip
What a weekend! ✨ Thank you to everyone for com What a weekend! ✨

Thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting our brilliant dancers.  Ballet Unbound was a beautiful success and we are so incredibly proud. It’s been a wonderful experience working on Together Alone with @guy_kinnear and @slomacmama and Season’s End with @slomac_daddy 

Thank you @cuestacpac for all of your exceptional assistance and sharing your beautiful theatre with us.

Let’s keep dancing!💫
Reposted from @slomovementarts

#dance #choriography #puppet #puppetry #lifesizedpuppetry #golem
I'm a sucker for do-it-yourself. If I'm going to m I'm a sucker for do-it-yourself. If I'm going to make my own art I might as well make my own sketchbooks too.

Close to finishing a major collaborative project, I need to look to what's going to keep me in the studio once this is done. If I'm lucky I can bypass some of the post event blues.

Thinking this lovely self-made, handmade sketchbook might just do the job.

#diy #bookbinding #offthegrid #offthegridliving #sketchbook #repurposed #gogreen #makeityourself #artistlife #creativelife
The whole time I've been working on this Golem. It The whole time I've been working on this Golem. It's been a white figure in a white dance studio, or against a blue sky. And all I could really see was the black hardware that gave him life.

Today we started staging, and for the first time I was able to see his figure moving in voided space like I always imagined him.

It was truly a magic moment!

He'll be performing for one weekend only, in collaboration with SLO MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER @movementartscollectivecompany. 

April 22 & 23, 2023
Harold J. Miossi
CPAC
Cuesta College,
San Luis Obispo CA

More information at @slomovementarts
You can purchase your tickets now at
cuesta.universitytickets.com

#collaboration #contemporarydance #dance #choriography #ballet #puppetry #lifesizepuppet #puppet #golem #createanyway #setdesign #allyouneedislove #performance #slomovementarts
HE'S IN THERE! The Golem has arrived! Wrapped up HE'S IN THERE!

The Golem has arrived! Wrapped up in paper and ready for his grand performance!

This will be the culmination of a nine-month colla SLO MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER @movementartscollectivecompany.  The result will be an eye-popping and heart-filling performance!

April 22 & 23, 2023
Harold J. Miossi
CPAC
Cuesta College,
San Luis Obispo CA

More information at @slomovementarts
You can purchase your tickets now at
cuesta.universitytickets.com

#collaboration #contemporarydance #dance #choriography #ballet #puppetry #lifesizepuppet #puppet #golem #createanyway #setdesign #allyouneedislove #performance #slomovementarts
Meet the artist, Guy Kinnear. When starting the p Meet the artist, Guy Kinnear.

When starting the process of creating her ballet, Alone Together, Together Alone, Maartje Hermans knew that she wanted to collaborate with a visual artist, and the drawings and creations of Guy Kinnear caught her eye. The powerful, spiritual, and heartwarming work Kinnear did with “Golems” stood out.

The “Golem,” a character from Jewish folklore is a being brought to life by a human creator. Its purpose is to become a protecting figure, gifting knowledge and support to the community which wills it into existence.
Kinnear has created a “Golem” specifically for this piece. It is manipulated by three of the dancers, but becomes a character of its own. Through this collaboration Hermans hopes that the people who see the show can be aided by the work, much like a “Golem” in seeing that, as she says, “we can break through barriers and be brave and sensitive, remembering that we are all connected by invisible heart strings. That we all are one.”

Come see Kinnear’s “Golem” come to life in Alone Together, Together Alone on April 22 & 23rd.

#ballet #dance #puppet #puppetry #sanluisobispo #lifesizepuppet

Ticket link in profile.
Reposted from @movementartscollectivecompany
BALLET UNBOUND performes in ONE WEEK! Might go h BALLET UNBOUND performes in ONE WEEK! 

Might go home will be in the piece titled TOGETHER ALLONE. Here's some lovely snippets working with the performers in dance rehearsal.

Did I mention he also flies? 

This will be the culmination of a nine-month colla SLO MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER @movementartscollectivecompany.  The result will be an eye-popping and heart-filling performance!

April 22 & 23, 2023
Harold J. Miossi
CPAC
Cuesta College,
San Luis Obispo CA

More information at @slomovementarts
You can purchase your tickets now at
cuesta.universitytickets.com

#collaboration #contemporarydance #dance #choriography #ballet #puppetry #lifesizepuppet #puppet #golem #createanyway #setdesign #allyouneedislove #performance #slomovementarts
REPOST FROM @linnaeascafe Honored to be displayi REPOST FROM @linnaeascafe 

Honored to be displaying the works of @guy_kinnear for the month of April. Come by the cafe tonight 6pm-8pm for Art After Dark, meet the artist, and enjoy music by Cuesta Jazz.

A quote from the artist:
“Some years ago, my family and I left the city to live off-the-grid in a lovely place where even GPS gets lost. 
There, we produce electricity, pump water, process trash, grow food and raise animals. Intending to reduce our carbon footprint and reconnect with earth, we discovered just how synthetic we really were after decades of urban living.
Being artists, we have processed our re-engagement with the land by creating these Golems. The Golem, comes from Jewish folklore, it is a creature of earth animated by humans by living in tune with the Cosmos & Creator. We stage our Golems on the land to inspire my classically rendered works of Magic Realism.
Our new life on the land has now expanded my understanding of the other, including humans, animals, plants, land, weather, earth and water as creaturely interdependent entities in a Cosmos under the Creator. No divisions, diverse others in relation feeding and supporting each other.
Proceeds from our art help to support our homesteading endeavor.
You can support us through following us online, and purchasing our original works or ordering custom reproductions through our print-on-demand shop.”
Reposted from @linnaeascafe
"He made darkness his covering" Psalm 18 #goodfri "He made darkness his covering"
Psalm 18

#goodfriday
The world premiere of “Alone Together” is almo The world premiere of “Alone Together” is almost here. 

After experiencing the concept of feeling alone together, and together alone in this times society, Maartje Hermans knew this would once be the inspiration for a new dance creation. She believes that deep down everyone remembers that we are all one and connected, we just seem to have build confinements and blockages in our society and within ourselves, to sometimes not be able to feel and experience anymore.

When starting the process Maartje knew right away she wanted to collaborate with a visual artist, and the drawings and creations of @guy_kinnear had already caught her eye. The powerful, spiritual and heartwarming work Kinnear did with Golems, stood out to her. 
The golem, brought into being by a human creator, becomes a helper, a companion, or a rescuer of an imperiled Jewish community. 

And Hermans felt this golem, who now has become a friend of our dancers, was created to show our dancers and guest that you can break through barriers, be brave and be sensitive in remembering that we are all connected by invisible heart strings and all are one.

We are LOVE.
Spread it.

Come see this exciting, unexpected mix of modern and contemporary dance and art on April 22nd and 23rd at the Harold J. Miossi Cuesta College Performing Arts Center.

Tickets on sale at cuesta.universitytickets.com
Reposted from @movementartscollectivecompany
A unique collaboration between visual and performi A unique collaboration between visual and performing arts.
 
When starting the process of creating her ballet, Alone Together, Together Alone, Maartje Hermans knew that she wanted to collaborate with a visual artist, and the drawings and creations of Guy Kinnear caught her eye. The powerful, spiritual, and heartwarming work Kinnear did with "Golems" stood out.
 
The "Golem," a character from Jewish folklore is a being brought to life by a human creator. Its purpose is to become a protecting figure, gifting knowledge and support to the community which wills it into existence.
 
Kinnear has created a "Golem" specifically for this piece. It is manipulated by three of the dancers, but becomes a character of its own. Through this collaboration Hermans hopes that the people who see the show can be aided by the work, much like a "Golem" in seeing that, as she says, "we can break through barriers and be brave and sensitive, remembering that we are all connected by invisible heart strings. That we all are one.

Join us in experiencing this world premiere of dance and art together.

April 22nd & 23rd 
Harold J. Miossi Cuesta College Performing Arts Center

Tickets can be purchased now at cuesta.universitytickets.com
Reposted from @slomacmama
Tomorrow night is going to be a magic evening of A Tomorrow night is going to be a magic evening of Art, Music, Food, and lovely people. I hope y’all are able to make it!

#artafterdarksanluisobispo #art #magicrealismart #environmentalart #offthegrid #artexhibition #artwalk #sanluisobispo #linneasafe @linnaeascafe @slocounty_arts
Part 2: BALLET UNBOUND is coming up sooo soon! Th Part 2: BALLET UNBOUND is coming up sooo soon!

This will be the culmination of a nine-month collaboration with SLO MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER @movementartscollectivecompany. The result will be an eye-popping and heart-filling performance!

My life-sized golem will be performing with the dancers on 
April 22 & 23, 2023
Harold J. Miossi
CPAC
Cuesta College,
San Luis Obispo CA

More information at @slomovementarts
You can purchase your tickets now at
cuesta.universitytickets.com

#collaboration #contemporarydance #dance #choriography #ballet #puppetry #lifesizepuppet #puppet #sculpture #golem #createanyway #setdesign #allyouneedislove #performance #slomovementarts
BALLET UNBOUND is coming up sooo soon! This will BALLET UNBOUND is coming up sooo soon!

This will be the culmination of a nine-month collaboration with SLO MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER @movementartscollectivecompany. The result will be an eye-popping and heart-filling performance!

My life-sized golem will be performing with the dancers on 
April 22 & 23, 2023
Harold J. Miossi
CPAC
Cuesta College,
San Luis Obispo CA

More information at @slomovementarts
You can purchase your tickets now at
cuesta.universitytickets.com

#collaboration #contemporarydance #dance #choriography #ballet #puppetry #lifesizepuppet #puppet #sculpture #golem #createanyway #setdesign #allyouneedislove #performance #slomovementarts
Exhibiting at Linnea’s Cafe is like going back h Exhibiting at Linnea’s Cafe is like going back home.

Linnea’s Cafe in San Luis Obispo has been a Creative’s dream haunt for decades. Local writers, musicians, artists, and other magic folk gather there. I spent most of my early college years sitting in their garden, filling their public composition books with poetry, prose, drawings, and dreams of living as an artist. And now my artwork is going to be on their walls for the month of April!

Hope y'all can join me on April 7th for Art, Cofee, and Music!

Linnaea's Cafe, 1110 Garden St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

We will be part of the San Luis Obispo Art After Dark, and the Cuesta Jazz Band will be performing!

@linnaeascafe @slocounty_arts #artist #artexhibition #painting #drawing #artafterdark #sanluisobispo
Crutches bent back man-cursed with no future Crutches
  bent back
  man-cursed with no future

But those hands built a holy Tabernacle
 
After all, the fire of God burned in his bones

And the man-curse turned to ashes in His beautiful fingers

#illustration #digitalillustration #humanfigure #humanbody #oholiab #craftsman #blacksmith #maker #cursebreaker #makebeautiful #beauty #crutches #inspiration #disability #prosthetic #creatanyway #differentisbeautiful #human #figurativeart #meditation #mystic #mysticism #christianmysticism #visionaryart #expressiveart #surrealism #art #drawing
TEST DRIVE! I’m learning the ways of time-lapse TEST DRIVE!  I’m learning the ways of time-lapse with my new Nikon D7500… It was a bit distracting hearing the “clackety-clack” of the camera over my shoulder, but it was fun. I’m gonna do this some more!

And drawing inspiration from the incomparable poses of @sanparrafit (thanks again!)

#timelapse #gesturedrawing #gesturesketch #humanfigure #artistmodel #figuredrawing #yogaposes #yoga #conte #pastel
I, the sensible adult, see boredom The child sees I, the sensible adult, see boredom
The child sees wonder

I, the responsible adult, see tasks
The child sees play

I, the realistic adult, see a wall
The child sees an adventure

"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

Matthew 18:3-6

#illustration #digitalillustration #children #toddlers #babies #fatherhood #learningfrommychildren #human #figurativeart #meditation #devotional #mystic #mysticism #christianmysticism #visionaryart #expressiveart #surrealism #art #drawing
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