{"id":6,"date":"2009-07-27T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=6"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:15:52","slug":"its-not-about-the-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/artmusicentertainment\/its-not-about-the-art","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not About the Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span>SpiritWorks Studio, located at 608-A, Glenwood Avenue<\/span><\/span>Donna Belt, the founder of SpiritWorks<\/a> art studio on Glenwood South swears she can’t draw a straight line without blindfolding herself first.<\/p>\n

Whether she’s working with individuals or groups, the goal is the same and it’s not about the art, she claims. So what is it?<\/p>\n

An interfaith minister, Donna encourages visitors to her studio to participate in what she calls a left brain vacation. What they find when they shut down their inner critic is the voice of healing, the power of the \"\"<\/span>Using pastels, this artist drew while looking at her subject upside down.<\/span><\/span>present moment, and the just plain fun of being a kid again.<\/p>\n

So, why downtown? Donna finds her studio space (in a greenblue clapboard bungalow off Glenwood Avenue)<\/p>\n

has just the right feel – kind of like wandering in your grandmother’s attic. Plus it’s only a few doors away from her condo at 510 Glenwood, so it acts as overflow space for doing her own art work.<\/p>\n

Having lived many years in cities (from Tokyo, to London and Philly), Donna loves\"\"<\/a><\/span>This artist drew without looking at her paper. Later she used watercolor pencils to color in the forms she found, like a child finding shapes in the clouds.<\/span><\/span> being part of the diversity in Raleigh’s downtown development. Commenting on all the new construction, she sees herself as being in the middle of an urban stage set.<\/p>\n

Tell us about others who are making Raleigh a unique stage for people to gather and explore… <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>This is an example of Intuitive Painting, done simply by allowing drum music to come through the paint brush.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Donna Belt, the founder of SpiritWorks<\/a> art studio on Glenwood South swears she can’t draw a straight line without blindfolding herself first.<\/p>\n

Whether she’s working with individuals or groups, the goal is the same and it’s not about the art, she claims. So what is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}