Ready to engage your creativity but aren’t sure where to start? Need feedback on some new work? Feeling a creative block? Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.
Creative Sparks Coffee House 1420 2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961 Thursday evenings 6:30 – 8:30 PM Fee $25 No reservation required. Join us when you can.
Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process at Coffee House 1420 Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.
STEAM Talk with Moon Music Saturday, March 1, 2025 6:00-7:00PM Hallstrom Planetarium 3209 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34981
Have you ever wondered how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math can inspire art? Of course you have! Come check out my STEAM talk at the Hallstrom Planetarium on the Ft. Pierce campus of Indian River State College. I’ll be sharing the creative process behind my artwork and music. I’ll be playing some of my plant music and debuting my Moon Music creating by using code to map the ages and diameters of craters on the moon to music!
Live Plant Music and Guided Meditation with Sound Artist Aric Attas
The Center for Spiritual Care 1550 24th Street Vero Beach, FL 32966 Thursday, February 27, 2025 Thursday, March 27, 2025 6:30-8:00PM
Suggested donation $15.
Space is limited. Please contact me or call the Center for Spiritual Care at 772-567-1233 to register.
Have you ever truly listened to the natural world?
Join us for a unique guided meditation experience where nature and sound come together to nurture your inner peace. During this session, you’ll be guided through calming visualizations, accompanied by ambient music created in collaboration with plants. Each note and texture is derived from the natural electrical vibrations of the plants themselves, harmonized through generative algorithms to create an organic, soothing soundscape.
Perfect for both beginners and seasoned meditators, this session offers a unique experience, where guided meditation and plant-based music merge to bring you to a place of serenity, balance, and reconnection with the natural world.
Symbiotic is a series of live generative music performances and recordings created in collaboration with plants. Through these collaborations I translate the electrical vibrations within plants into audible music creating compositions allowing us to hear the otherwise silent symphony of nature and experience our connection on an immersive level.
The music that emerges from this collaboration is deeply relaxing, well-suited for meditation, yoga, stress reduction, and creative activities. Unlike traditional recorded music, generative music exists only in the present moment, infinitely evolving through adaptive generative algorithms that respond in real-time to data received from live plants. There is no fast forward or rewind, only the present moment. What transpires is a deeper connection between ourselves and the natural world.
Ready to engage your creativity but aren’t sure where to start? Need feedback on some new work? Feeling a creative block? Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.
Creative Sparks Coffee House 1420 2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961 Wednesday evenings beginning January 15, 2025 6:30-8:30PM Fee $25 No reservation required. Join us when you can.
Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.
Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:00AM – 11:30AM RAW Space 1795 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32960 This event is free/by donation. We ask that you please register here.
Our next Soundwalk will be this Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 10-11:30AM. Come check it out. I bet you’ll be surprised at what you discover!
Have you ever truly listened to your surroundings? Join us for a unique exploration of the Edgewood neighborhood, where we’ll tune into the world in ways you may have never imagined. Inspired by Hildegard Westerkamp’s concept of the soundwalk—“any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment”—this experience is designed to open your ears and awaken your senses.”
Contact me with any questions regarding this truly unique sonic adventure!
Check out Sounds of Old Dixie post to hear sounds from our recent soundwalks in Vero Beach.
The new year is in full swing. Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.
Creative Sparks Coffee House 1420 2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961 Wednesday evenings beginning January 15, 2025 6:30-8:30PM Fee $25 No reservation required. Join us when you can.
Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.
Upcoming Soundwalks Saturday, January 11, 2025 at RAW Space Saturday, February 22, 2025 at RAW Space 10 – 11:30AM Free/By Donation
Visit my Soundwalk Experience post for more details and stay tuned for more soundwalk opportunities!
We recently had an amazing soundwalk as part of the (abstract)URGE exhibition at RAW Space. After a brief discussion about ways of listening we ventured out onto Old Dixie for a sonic adventure. Here are just a few of the sounds we heard. It’s amazing how the ordinary can reveal the extraordinary when you are still and listening.
I invite you into our experience. Headphones recommended to get the full stereo effect.
Cars Passing ByAngry Car HornDoor Slam + LockRestaurant Window WashingMotorcycle Drive ByWalking On Dried Palm FrondsWalking On Gravel
Not looking for good sounds or bad sounds, just listening and noticing what you perceive. Notice how some sounds might attract you while others repel you.
Suggestions for Further Exploration Sam Green, 32 Sounds John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings Kay Larson, Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice, Quantum Listening R. Murray Shafer, The Soundscape, The Tuning of the World Hildegard Westerkamp’s 1989 Kits Beach Soundwalk, https://youtu.be/hg96nU6ltLk Bernie Krause, The Great Animal Orchestra, Notes from the Wild: The Nature Recording Expeditions of Bernie Krause
Join the artists of (abstract)URGE for the first First Friday Art Stroll of 2025 on Friday, January 5, 2025
(abstract)URGE exhibition at RAW Space Friday, January 5, 2025 5:30-7:30PM 1795 Old Dixie Hwy, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Free and open to the public
Come listen to my new music created with plants (Symbiotic) while being immersed in beautiful abstract art by Shotsi Lajoie, Barry Shapiro, Xaque Gruber, Christina Bates, Gabriela Hernandez and Leslie Stokes.
There also will be a short documentary on the creative process by Reardin Creative highlighting all of the artists in the exhibition.
This is a wonderful show you won’t want to miss.
Stay tuned for updates. There will be multiple events, performances and talks exploring abstraction and the creative process throughout January and February.
I’m thrilled to part of this international exhibition hosted by the Vero Beach Museum of Art this Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024. The event will take place from 6:00-8:00PM and is FREE and open to the public. Food and beverages will be available.
From the Vero Beach Museum of Art website… “Immerse yourself in this celebration of digital art in its many possibilities—motion graphics, experimental film, and animation—as works by more than a dozen new media artists from around the globe are projected onto the Museum’s iconic white walls.”
The works in the exhibition, selected by the Museum and Brett Phares, lead curator of Art After Dark, provide attendees with new perspectives and experiences. The international roster includes:
Alex Purcell (United Kingdom), Creation, 2023. Experimental Cinema, Animation
Matiry Rao (United Kingdom), Anywhere but here, 2021. Animation
Anna Katalin Lovrity (Hungary), Volcano Island, 2019. Animation
Thisisnotdesign (Canada), Loraine Ipsum (D20+1), 2021. Experimental Cinema, Generative/Algorithmic
Susi Sie (Germany), Chrysopoeia, 2023. Experimental Cinema
Boris Seewald (Germany), Sway –Video Projection #2, 2024. Projection Mapping and Animation
Aric Attas (United States), A Glimpse of Infinity No. 274, 2023. Generative/Algorithmic
This exhibition is organized by the Art After Dark Curator Brett Phares and the Vero Beach Museum of Art and generously supported by these sponsors: The Yela “Peter” and Derek Fowler Endowment for Acquisitions and Exhibitions, Patricia M. Patten Endowment, Estate of Glee and Robert Ries Endowment, Florida Power & Light, Friends of the VBMA Endowment, and UBS Private Wealth Management—The Shantz Mantione Group. Media support from TreasureCoast.com.
Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.
(abstract)URGE Roundtable Discussion RAW Space 1795 Old Dixie Highway Thursday, December 12, 2024 Doors open at 6:30, Event begins at 7:00PM Free/By Donation
Come in and experience the URGE at RAW Space! At 7PM the artists in (abstract)URGE will be presenting an artist roundtable discussion exploring abstraction and the creative process.
Art After Dark Vero Beach Museum of Art 3001 Riverside Park Drive Friday, December 13 + Saturday, December 14, 2024 6:00-8:00PM Free
I’m thrilled to part of this international exhibition hosted by the Vero Beach Museum of Art this Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024. The event will take place from 6:00-8:00PM and is FREE and open to the public. Food and beverages will be available.
From the Vero Beach Museum of Art website… “Immerse yourself in this celebration of digital art in its many possibilities—motion graphics, experimental film, and animation—as works by more than a dozen new media artists from around the globe are projected onto the Museum’s iconic white walls.”
Photo by Reardin Creative
Photo by Reardin Creative
Photo by Reardin Creative
