Jocelyn Vache

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Newer-Bigger-Better-Faster vs. Enough Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! Yes, I sell the art I make, but I hope no one buys any of it on Black Friday. There are conflicting reports about how this infamous day after Thanksgiving got its name. Its alternate name, Buy Nothing Day, was coined by artist Ted Dave. I learned about it from Adbusters in college in the 90's. The magazine raises...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Thrifting•Weaving•Artmaking•Mending Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! I wholeheartedly believe that the world responds to each of our individual and collective acts, both concrete and abstract. The more good we emit, the larger the net positive and fewer negative impacts for us all. This goes for the smile you offer to the stranger you pass on the sidewalk, as well as the fossil fuel we...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Laying Down a Message Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! Sometimes I want to look at art that moves me to action and sometimes I want to gaze at a work of art that is just pure beauty. You know what I mean? My chalk drawings at street painting festivals tend to make more of a direct visual statement than my more obscure soy paintings. One’s assigned square of pavement at a festival is...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth The Power of Sharing One’s Lens Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! As meteorological summer drifts to its end, my cup is full. I hope that you were able to spend time in nature, with friends and family, creating, and doing whatever you love. Mine was packed with art events and as a result, I have connected with so many creative souls. One day last week, I dropped off donation pieces for...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Enjoying the Pace of Summer Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! I love the pace of summer. I get up with the sun, sit and read for a couple hours, tend to the garden and/or go for a run, plot out my daily to-do list, and then focus. Last year for several weeks, I had the luxury of skipping the planning, saving the mental energy that it takes. There was only one item on the list – paint the...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Finding hope in art and humanity Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! This past week gave me hope for the future. I participated in my school’s graduation ceremony, which sent off our creative, smart, empathetic young adults out into the world. I drove by five No Kings protests, seeing seas of nonviolent citizen engagement. I attended my art opening at the Attleboro Arts Museum, with my piece...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Watching creativity unfold is pure joy. Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! Alongside my own creative journey, I am lucky to have been in the passenger seat for hundreds of others. I’ve entered my 25th year of teaching and although I’ve taught French, English as a Second Language, and computer science, my favorite subject to teach is visual art. For the past several years, I have been...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth Art Exhibition in May Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! This week I dropped off a piece at the Tiernan Hallway Gallery for The Art League of RI’s juried exhibition “Symphony in Fiber: Harmony in Color and Texture”. The show explores how music can be expressed through fiber art. It runs from May 3-May 31. I’m really excited to see all the other pieces in the exhibition and how other artists...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth A Meditative and Healing Practice Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! March is coming to a close. I have half written a few different versions of a newsletter installment for this month. I’m coming up short on anything meaningful as my mind has been caught up in the current media cycle. Doodling helps. Neurographic art is a meditative practice that anyone can do. It helps to process thoughts...

Jocelyn Vache | art + earth The Joy of Sharing Abundance Hello Kindred Spirit! Thank you again for having subscribed to my monthly newsletter. It’s so nice to connect! Much of my art, both the physical material I use to create it and the subject matter in the images, are based on things in my garden. In addition to organic herbs, fruit, veggies, nuts, beans, and seeds, we grow flowers and plants that foster pollinators and generate interesting seed pods. I also enjoy supplying my own dye...