Thank you for Stocking Up!

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Thank you to Every Nook & Cranny and to The Cellar Door for organizing a night of wine and art!

This time of year, we are bombarded with sales, coupons, discounts, emails, commercials and fliers encouraging us to shop, shop, shop.  I even saw one commercial that blatantly said, “We turn feelings into jewelry.”  I abhor obsessive consumerism and the commercialization of emotions and holidays.  In the USA, the Christmas Season is the epitome of all that garbage combined.

This year, I encourage you to step back and think about every purchase you make.  If you are going to spend money on a gift, think about where that money goes after it leaves you.  Does it stay in your community?  Does it go to an actual person or to a CEO?  Is that money going to further someone’s creative dreams or will it just become a statistic to please shareholders?

Shop small, shop local and support the artists in your community this holiday season!

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I am writer and artist with a degree in art history who loves to talk to people about art. I have spent the last seven years building up The Wandering Art Historian “brand” as a way to connect with people who want to learn more about art. I give lectures and presentations and teach classes and host book club discussions with a creative or artistic connection. I also write about local artists, events, museums, and exhibitions to promote the arts in Central Florida. In 2021, I had a creative crisis. I struggled with authenticity in the art making process. I decided to make myself vulnerable and find out what a real, genuine Adrienne H. Lee artwork would look like. The process was challenging and emotional and revelatory. I learned that if necessity is the mother of invention, then authenticity is the mother of reinvention. I reinvented myself and learned an entirely new medium. The resulting artwork surprised me, and it will surprise you, too. Some people wish for a fairytale ending. For me, the fairy tale is only the beginning.