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Artist: Lisa Clark
4/13/08 $52.00
4/9/08 $50.00
4/3/08
No Bid
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Description
The Navajo Lesson is a beautifully crafted
art piece. It is deep in meaning and provides such a place to start a story for children of all ages. The artist
took such care to add so much detail to this beautiful symbol of days gone by. It is a visual pleasure to look at and
would go beautifully in a library, a school library or reading area, in a natural museum, or be a public art piece in a village
hall or your home den.
Click on the pictures to make them larger.
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Artist Statement:
A school desk is about learning. Sometimes people learn things incorrectly. Art
is not about doing it perfectly...it is about letting you experience the process of creating. It is about
transforming a material into what if or what could be. Using materials in expected and unexpected ways. Not
thinking if it is right or wrong...it just is.
When I volunteered for art projects at Eastview Elementary School I was often saddened by children who would tell me
that they couldn’t complete a project because they weren’t “artistic.” One simple
session was pouring paint into a glass Christmas bulb and swirling the globe. More than a couple of children
said they couldn’t do it because it “wouldn’t look good,”
The Navajo Indians could teach these children a lesson. To a Navajo,
finishing the project could stifle the creative spirit. Whether it was a basket, a song, or a story they
always left a flaw or an unfinished edge. This would help the creative spirit soar to its next place. I
love that!
So the next time you’re
thinking of swirling a stick in a mud puddle or doodling on a napkin at dinner...Relax...Enjoy...It’s good for your
spirit.
About the Artist
Lisa Clark grew up with artists all around me. My Mexican grandmother had
me and my cousins line her basement doing paper-mache. My father painted, carved and photographed.
My sister and I would teach art classes during the summer months.
While raising three children in the Fox Valley I have taught many other children art classes out of my home.
Also I have volunteered for and organized craft shows, and taught art/relaxation techniques at a behavioral health
center. Currently I am in the home design business...just like the Navajo I drift from one career project
to another. I am so inspired by this project because I love art with a function, hence I may leave the
chair/seat in its original form.
Sponsor
State Senator Michael Noland
To learn more about the Senator click on his picture.
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