Drawing Club

Just spent a week here in Boston with Thierry Bogliolo, of Findhorn Press, the publisher of my book, The Confident Creative.  Thierry lives in the south of France and I think we might have had warmer weather if we’d met there! (Wouldn’t that be nice?!) As it turned out, there were massive snowstorms in the [...]

Back in the Studio

Back in the studio after a few weeks designing websites—my new art site—www.catbennettart.com and a new site for my book (The Confident Creative / Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind)—www.theconfidentcreative.com.  It has made my head spin a bit, have to say. But now they’re up, still works in progress, of course, but you can [...]

New Project—Floppity Flop

At the end of last year I discovered gelatin printmaking through the good graces of wondrous print-maker, Julia Talcott, who gave a relief printmaking class just down the hall from my studio at the art center. I absolutely love the medium. It’s quick and expressive and easy. Well, that’s what I thought.  Last night I [...]

Doing the New

Ah, the artist’s life—so many challenges and uncertainties!  I had a wonderful chat this morning with two artist friends about just that.  We work away and art always presents us with the brilliant challenge of going where no one else has gone. That’s thrilling but we never know what will happen later. Will we sell [...]

Bell Tower Artist Talks

The art show at Bell Tower Place in Watertown was great fun.  Wonderful new connections were made between artists and art patrons and we got to show our work in the beautiful condo spaces created by Karnig Ostayan and his team in the old church at the corner of Mt Auburn Street and School Street.  [...]

Bell Tower Art Show

Two weeks ago I had no idea that I was organizing a huge art show but—here we are!  Somehow we’ve gathered 12 wonderful artists together and mounted a show in 2 giant condos that have been carved out of an old church. The opening is tonight!  The way it all came about is that [...]

Thank You, Leonard Cohen

Last night Leonard Cohen played to a packed house at the beautiful old Wang Center in Boston and we were so very blessed to be there.  It’s hard to put into words the ways in which his very artfully constructed concert and presence brought tears to our eyes.  The music was brilliant—every single musician absolutely [...]

Who Does She Think She Is?

I went to see Who Does She Think She Is? at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square last night with my daughter. It follows several women artists, all of whom have children, and shows both the power of their work and the powerful struggles we face as women artists whether we’re mothers or not.  The [...]

Happy Day to the Artist Mother

At the Saturday morning drawing class Maggie, mother of four boys, presented me with this beautiful hand-stitched broach, a portrait of me she made from a blind contour drawing.  I’m so very touched by this gift and think I’ll frame it so I can see it every day  as it’s so full of life and [...]

May The Blues Be With You

We went to a concert to benefit breast cancer research on Saturday night in honor of our friend Mai Cramer who died five years ago.  Mai hosted a radio show on WGBH on Friday and Saturday nights called Blues After Hours and the photo here is of her interviewing a musician I can’t quite identify.  [...]