Working Alone | Breaking the Isolation that Can Surround the Pursuit of Art

Not long ago I experienced a conversation with an artist from Montana about overcoming the isolation that can appear with performing as an artist in a compact local community. As we corresponded I realized that artists living in a small community do not have a monopoly on isolation. Even artists living in the greatest towns in the world can feel alone as they pursue their craft in the solitary confines of the studio.

As a gallery proprietor, I get to shell out my days interacting with artists and collectors – it is effortless to neglect that most art is established in solitude. Creating is so distinctive from the pursuits of the rest of the environment, that even amongst friends and family you can truly feel on your own.

I would like to share the e mail I received from an additional artist, Helen in Montana, describing the groups she belongs

Bridgewater photographer paperwork seniors’ isolation amid COVID-19

BRIDGEWATER — When most nursing houses closed their doors to loved ones associates and other users of the general public all through the COVID-19 pandemic, photographer and social worker Melinda Reyes was able to get a search inside of. 

She documented residents’ encounters with isolation and observed the tireless do the job of nursing residence staff. Reyes claimed using shots helped her process what she witnessed, some of which was equivalent in her individual do the job as a social worker with senior customers. 

“There was these a heaviness,” she stated. “When you walked into a setting up, the heaviness was in contrast to anything you have ever witnessed.”

These shots became element of an show called “Within the Partitions” and is on display screen by means of the end of the thirty day period at the Flora T. Very little Gallery at the Bridgewater Community Library. 

Reyes said she