{"id":16658,"date":"2023-07-25T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=16658"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:27:11","slug":"metabolism-a-happening-brings-artists-students-faculty-together-to-examine-creative-process-in-making-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/25\/metabolism-a-happening-brings-artists-students-faculty-together-to-examine-creative-process-in-making-art\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Metabolism, A Happening’ Brings Artists, Students, Faculty Together To Examine Creative Process In Making Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A recent collaborative art-making experience at the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> explored the energy that drives the creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMetabolism, A Happening,\u201d<\/a> brought together faculty, students and community members in June for a weeklong workshop. The event included visiting artist Meredith Tromble<\/a> from the University of California, Davis; Dr. Laura Hyunjhee Kim<\/a> and Dr. Charissa Terranova<\/a>, both from the University of Texas at Dallas. The objectives: share inspiration, collaborate and examine how art is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMetabolism is this very primal, creative thing that our bodies do where they change one thing into another thing,\u201d Tromble said. \u201cIt\u2019s a reality, but it\u2019s also a metaphor for the process that people experience when something happens and their world transforms. Something changes a little bit, and that’s all a movement of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each day began with a morning discussion led by the guest artists. These sessions evolved into interactive lectures in which students created art on a long roll of paper based on what the artist was presenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was very different from a class where you’re trying to teach people a particular thing,\u201d Tromble said. \u201cThis was more like we laid the structure for something to happen, and then it just caught fire. You’re not really controlling it. You’re just kind of moving with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n