Author Archives: Starry Night
How To Know When to Quit Working on A Piece of Art
“When is my work of art complete?” This is perhaps the most important question for any artist, of any medium! I once started a sketch that was my best ever. Then I changed the eyes of the subject to be farther apart. Next, I changed them to be closer together. That action affected the nose and made it look […]
Nesting Your Creativity at Starry Night
Come build your nest with us at the Starry Night Residency When new residents come to Starry Night, they are given their own space in our studio. Locations and landscapes are important for everyone, sure, but each artist needs to create a sense of their own space. A haven, an attic, a hiding place, a tree fort? Maybe that too! […]
Where Good Ideas Come From: How To Make the Most of Them
Where Ideas Come From- by Steven Johnson Have you ever found yourself coming up with an idea and having deja vu about it? The little hunch of a feeling that makes your authentic idea seem like an echo of something that you haven’t seen/ heard before, but may have thought of? Yes, that’s one of those epiphany-oriented moments that makes […]
Get The Most Out Of Life After Graduation: A Letter To My Younger Self
Dear Younger Self, You’re about to graduate and you look around as if you were pinned to one place and the whole world started to dance around you. It’s bit like the times when you were a little kid in kindergarden and everyone made you feel special on your birthday by singing around you. But now it’s different. You may […]
Cooling Down at Starry Night Retreat
Enjoy a cool nights sleep, or even your own climate-controlled private work area, in your residency suite at Starry Night Artist in Residence Program! Your studio space is also air conditioned to keep the environment a productive one for all who choose to apply for our program.
This Is What Life Is All About
Do you know who Miranda July is? It’s cool, I didn’t either until I heard about how she refused to answer any questions about the meaning of her work. Why does she do what she does? What is the point of it? How does she aim to make a difference from her work? Who is she trying to be? Well, […]
Simple Stories of Success
We just love seeing our artists make strides in their career, making smart moves with getting their art work and their name out there. Such is the case with one of our Exposure artists, Anastas Konstantinov. He exhibited with the Exposure Program at Select Fair Miami and Select Fair NYC, both of which were huge successes, not to mention a […]
