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Creative Time and Space: Making Room for Making Art [Paperback]

Rice Freeman-Zachery , Tonia Davenport
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Book Description

October 14, 2009

How do you make room for making art?

Do you long to uncover secrets to sneaking more creative time into your day, or to making your studio the perfect place to unleash your artistic potential? Have you often wondered how successful creative types seem to manage both with ease?

In her inspiring follow-up to Living the Creative Life, author Rice Freeman-Zachery has gathered together a talented new group of artists to share their time-finding tricks and studio-savvy tips, to help you find your own Creative Time and Space. Whether you're looking to clear more space in your head for creative thinking, or to make the most of the time you do manage to sneak into your studio, the help you need is all right here.

  • Discover ways to keep the creative part of your brain engaged even during activities such as shopping or doing business work" on the computer.
  • Learn how to budget your time by spending less of it surfing the internet and more time sketching out your next creative project.
  • Pull yourself out of a creative rut with ideas from reorganizing your studio to remembering that mistakes can be fun to forcing yourself to try a new color palette.
  • Obtain an insider look into the studios of several successful artists and get a glimpse of where they get to go to work every day and the rituals they use to get the juices flowing.
  • Try out jump-starting exercises for your brain and unleash an entirely new creative direction.
Creative Time and Space is just the friendly push you need to work more of what you love (making art) into your life and to love whatever space you create it in.

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About the Author

Rice Freeman-Zachery is an artist and writer whose clothes, dolls and jewelry have been featured in shops and galleries in New Orleans, Taos, Albuquerque, Tacoma and Seattle, and whose art has been featured in Lynne Perrella's Artists' Journals & Sketchbooks and Terry Taylor's Altered Art. She writes artist profiles for Art Doll Quarterly, Belle Armoire, Legacy, Somerset Life and Somerset Studio, and her two books, Stamp Artistry (Quarry, Nov. '03) and New Techniques for Wearable Art (Quarry, Sept. '04), feature her own art and that of other mixed-media artists.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: North Light Books (October 14, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1600613225
  • ISBN-13: 978-1600613227
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ricë writes. She has written everything from a collection of poetry for her master's thesis to newspaper articles to grouchy letters to the editor of the local newspaper and everything you can think of in between: the occasional artist bio, blog rants, how-to instructions. The current fabulous gigs include writing artist profiles for "Art Doll Quarterly," "Art Journaling," "Art Quilting Studio," "Belle Armoire," "Belle Armoire Jewelry," and "Somerset Studio"--which allows her to indulge in one of her other passions: asking nosy questions--and five books, including her newest, "Destination: Creativity, The Life-Altering Journey of the Art Retreat" and her other two most recent titles, "Creative Time and Space" and the best-selling "Living the Creative Life," all by North Light Books.

(She also taught college English, so not being able to create italics for those titles makes her a little nuts.)

She blogs at her own blog, "Notes from the Voodoo Cafe," and at "The Creative Life," her blog on her publisher's website, CreateMixedMedia.com, where you can find a new post every MWF. Her own website is voodooandzen.com, and there you can find links to interviews, talks about creativity, and a whole bunch of other amazing and fascinating stuff, including a video answering Frequently Asked Questions.

Ricë interviews artists of all kinds for podcasts at "Notes from the Voodoo Lounge," available on her blog, at CreateMixedMedia.com, and through iTunes.

Whew.

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
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4.8 out of 5 stars
I read the book a chapter at a time and go back and read bits and pieces when I want new ideas. Carin Wallace  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
I have read this wonderful book cover to cover and know I will refer back to it often. Terry D. Garrett  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A book on creativity that lives up to its title! October 3, 2009
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Rice Freeman-Zachery has managed to write a book that manages to be very entertaining and warm while still delivering the goods on what it takes to make time and space in one's life for making art. I think that a lot of us who work traditional non-art related jobs have a tendency to believe that if we just had the right tools, or the right space, or enough time that we could be artists or creatives also. This book puts that tired excuse to bed. Not all of these artists have ideal working situations and not all of them are working on their art full-time or have always worked on their art full-time. Some of them are also juggling families as well as their careers. Managing time is very much as difficult for them as it is for the rest of us. Rice and the artists interviewed helped to explain what they gave up to make the most of their time and the things that they knew that they could not give up because it would make their lives impoverished from their standpoints and these lists varied from artist to artist.

The examples of how the artists managed their time and whether they kept calendars and were strictly scheduled or were more fluid in their scheduling varied greatly. It was interesting to see how each made time work for them. I also enjoyed reading about artists' rituals for getting ready to do their work each day. I also loved the sneak peaks that we got into the artists' studios. The examples of the artists' work throughout the book gave life and color to the text as well. I enjoyed the tips and techniques boxes and found a lot of useful information in them.

I enjoyed Rice's first book on creativity but if you made me choose, I'd say that this one is even better! If you haven't already bought this book, drop what you're doing and order it NOW! Buy some for gifts. Your friends and family will thank you. I am not related to Rice nor am I a participant in the book. I just love the book--a lot!
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific follow-up to Living the Creative Life October 19, 2009
By Beth
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Get ready for another interactive, entertaining, and useful book on creativity by Ricë Freeman-Zachery. Unlike other books that just give us studio envy, she goes far beyond the pretty pictures and gets into the reality of creative self-management. Creative Time and Space isn't a list of recipes: it won't tell you exactly how you should manage your time or how to build the perfect studio, and that is precisely what I like about it. Instead the book is packed full of suggestions and techniques used by fourteen very different artists to show that there is not just one way to go about managing your creative life.

Her storytelling style makes the book complete: it is funny, down to earth, and respectful of her contributing artists as well as her readers. I enjoyed every page and will return to it often for guidance and inspiration.
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ricë ROCKS.. and so do her books... October 19, 2009
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Ricë ROCKS.. and so do her books...
So BUY IT already. Seriously.
Worth every penny.

This comes from artist who is not so impressed by most of the "art-inspiration", project-oriented books out there.
"Face your Fears", Silence Your Inner Critic", " Find Inspiration"... they all say the same.exact.thing.
All very helpful information, but what about those of us who are past all of that?
and have been for years?

Who KNOW what they want to do, and how much they NEED to create and are constantly battling time, life's obligations(and mental)demons?
Who do not need project guidance, but just a voice from those who are walking our path, only just a bit ahead of us?

Ricë is filling a niche for us, and there are many of us out here.
So MORE MORE MORE, Ricë !

Reenie Hanlin
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
has a lot of ideas and suggestion for "creating" creative time. Love the chapter on rethinking time and space!!! Love the inserts by the Artists!
Published 21 days ago by Rosetta L Elliott
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice pictures
Inspiring, but I was looking for some techniques to do some mix media projects. I like the stories shared and great pictures.
Published 2 months ago by Martha Acosta
3.0 out of 5 stars For the beginner
I think I was expecting more practical tips and ideas. Buy it if you are starting out fresh and have no idea where to begin.
Published 3 months ago by Mark Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful for artists
I'm a clutter consultant and help people with time and space issues all the time. This book is such a great blend of practical and artistic. Read more
Published 6 months ago by clutterclearer
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you for a beautiful book
This book is helping me in many ways: it's entertaining and just beautiful to read. And it's helping me to start thinking of myself as an artist, not just a bead hobbyist. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mar Payton
5.0 out of 5 stars totally worth it
I really liked the way the author has approached all the themes inside the book and how she was always bringing one previous "subject" to the current one.
Published 22 months ago by Thais
5.0 out of 5 stars A book originally bought for a friend and now I can't let it go
I saw this book and purchased it for a friend with the idea that I would read it first, make some cute notes in it, and then send it her way. Read more
Published on May 15, 2011 by Kellijean Press
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring book
I received this book recently and started reading it, found out that here was quiet a few great ideas shared by other artist on how to bring importance to making your art and... Read more
Published on December 8, 2010 by Laura
4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, practical, useful information for artists just starting out
This is a fabulous book for either artists who are just starting out or people who want to incorporate a daily creative practice into their every day routine. Read more
Published on September 26, 2010 by Chel Micheline
5.0 out of 5 stars Mind space for art, physical space for the finances of art.
Draw icons for a grocery list, organize all art tools within arm's length of your work chair, make space for the business of art (banking, shipping, email) separate from art-making... Read more
Published on June 24, 2010 by Sakuteiki
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