tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36247023255634983162024-02-07T19:08:18.273-06:00Artist Teresa Dirksartist blog and art newsArtist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-3712541544117232019-04-30T11:34:00.000-05:002019-04-30T11:36:24.186-05:00Photo blog from January's Capturing Bliss at the Vanessa Lacy Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Teresa Dirks
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com01600 Genessee St #161, Kansas City, MO 64102, USA39.094587 -94.60513500000001813.572552499999997 -135.91372900000002 64.6166215 -53.296541000000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-91599174950273761182019-03-31T13:15:00.000-05:002019-03-31T13:17:30.398-05:00Reintroduction: This woman artist's history.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hello! Thought I would reintroduce myself in honor of Women’s History Month. Yes, I am Teresa Dirks and I am an artist, poet, and painter . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Formerly, I was environmental educator and art educator, originally from rural SE Missouri 2 hours north of Memphis TN. Small town gal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Had some serious challenges early in life, tough but they gave my strength. BTW I didn’t have anyone around who was an artist. So <b>art</b> as a profession was a foreign concept to me. Somedays it still is honestly. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Luckily, I did have music along the way. Piano, percussion and guitar. And again, luckily I grew up around seamstresses, quilters, gardeners, and farmers, I learned to love nature, nurture, growing and making. This made me creative. Later as an adult, I found art and painting. Again lucky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One moment in particular as an adult, on a trip to the STL Museum, I saw my first Morris Louis. I fell in love with art. I can’t really put to words what I felt. The sensation was life altering. Monumental moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dave and I lived in a geodesic dome we built. We raised a beautiful family . . . for 30 plus years on a farm only 30 minutes from the Mississippi River. The delta and horizon helped to define my work along with other things. The horizon is something we all share. This joins us together. More about that later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As an adult and mother, I went back to school and studied English and Art. I have a BA in Creative Writing emphasis in Poetry and a Minor in Art. Later I went back for my Masters to teach Art. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In 2010, we had the opportunity to move close to KC and my first granddaughter. We jumped on it. We were in Warrensburg and this sparked opportunities. The prestigious MO50 and the MAC award. Things started to get easier. Five years ago, we moved to KC and two years ago I moved into my first “out of the home” studio. My work and life has grown because of the vibrant and giving artist community here in KC. I am so grateful! KC changed my experience entirely. Thank you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Now about my art and that process . . . </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No matter who you are or where you live, you have a horizon, a sunset, a connection to humanity that each individual has experienced. This is a string or connection that ties us together. My work is an abstraction of that concept and connection. We are all interwoven in humanity. Interconnected. I feel as we merge into this new realm of technology and political unrest it is vital to make those connections. It is a desire for unity and sense of community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As I said I fell in love with the Morris Louis’, Alpha Tau, and the colorfield movement. It profoundly directed my work. So why am I drawn to Louis’ work? As I mentioned, I am also a poet. I studied Walden and transcendentalism. I love the brevity and contemplation of modern poetry. The succinctness! This is what my art is about. It is at its simple core. I love the ability to break something down to its essence, whether that is a painting of a moment or a poem of a single experience. It is the essence! It is humanity. And I want to share that essence of unity with my audience.</span></div>
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My curatorial debut: ”Capturing Bliss" is a juried group art exhibition at the Vanessa Lacy Gallery in the historic Livestock Exchange Building. The show is about love, joy, beauty, intimacy and the surreal. The show will run from 2/8/19- 3/2/19. The opening reception is Feb 8. Music will be provided by . . .(TBD)</div>
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Like I mentioned, the theme of the show is "Capturing Bliss". The work is all centered and focused on finding bliss in the now. Bliss can be playful, intimate or e<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">phemeral. Each work that was chosen, possessed a blissful vibe and of course, bold color. </span></div>
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Vanessa and I started at 9 am with over 600 pieces of art and juried down to approximately 20 pieces by 5 pm. It was tremendously difficult to whittle down such great entries into such a small selection that would fit within the perimeters of the gallery space. </div>
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Along with the juried art, both of us will have some new work in the show. Currently I am working on a 120 inch long triptych representing what I feel is bliss. My palette selection is a departure from my normal work. I don’t want to say too much, but I am excited to show this new direction of my painting. </div>
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Vanessa and I both believe one major role for art is to fill homes and public places with inspiration, color, and joy. It reminds us to be alive! To not except the mundane and to challenge ourselves to find a place where our hearts and our souls are happy. </div>
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This was such an intellectual challenge, but also so gratifying . . . and such a teaching experience. It gave me a greater appreciation for the curatorial skills that are vital to a cohesive show. </div>
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Furthermore, it presented me with my new direction for new body of artwork. Can’t wait to show you. Xoxox!</div>
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Sincerely,<br />
Teresa Dirks</div>
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Acrylic, pastel, and graphite on raw canvas<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The theme of the show is "Capturing Bliss". We hope to find and display artwork about finding bliss in the now and living life to the fullest. Art that gives off the most blissful of vibes will be accepted into the show. We believe one major role for art is to fill homes and public places with inspiration, color, and joy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">Join us and find your little jewel. Join us for February First Friday 2/2/18 in the Crossroads! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">This is an excellent opportunity to invest in an intimate original Teresa Dirks. Fine art makes a unforgettable gift for Valentine's Day. A variety of new small intimate works and price points are being offered. Add to your collection or wow someone with a truly spectacular gift.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Come get acquainted with me, hear about my inspiration and my process, and visit with my family and friends in a welcoming environment. Come share the love. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">If you haven't discovered my work yet, February First Friday is the perfect time. We are upstairs above the Leedy Voulkos Gallery at Studio Above with several other artists. See you soon!</span></div>
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-16209989301006792412017-08-17T10:40:00.001-05:002017-08-17T10:40:48.523-05:00Good Morning!Good Morning!<br />
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Back in the studio this week painting smalls for a trip to California. Just so you know, I have started having private art shows again in homes and what I like to call "Art House." It has been several years since I have done this, but it is always a good time.<br />
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1. We set a date that works for you and I come look at your home to decide what art will work for your space.<br />
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2. You invite your friends. We plan for our cocktails and music. I clean your toilet, joking, you have to clean your toilet! :)<br />
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3. The day of, I show up early and hang.<br />
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4.Your friends show up, pour a cold one and the rest of the day is a party. What a better way to spend the day?<br />
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BTW, this is my first flying trip, so I am working out details on how best to travel with art. Do you have any suggestions or best practices when traveling with art? Please do tell.<br />
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In the meantime, share your love and a smile with a stranger. Let love win! Cheers to love!<br />
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My best,<br />
Teresa<br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">In my work, I investigate relationships and envision a world where we are all giving and given respect. This show is a perfect fit for my work. My work is about harmony. My work is about lines and those intersections or parallels in life and art . . . those intersections are where good things happen. We cross each others lives and make the world bett<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">er. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">(*Yes, I am obsessed with lines and I can explain more in person or here at a later date.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Please join us tonight, July 7, 6-9 <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=409068776138926&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/2016MainGallery/?fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">2016 MAIN Gallery</a>. Artist intros begin at 7.</span></div>
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Local Art has always been part of Cafe Trio and we’re always thankful to have the opportunity to share and enjoy some of the area’s very best artists.</div>
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For the current show we have works from 4 fabulous ladies; Teresa Dirks, Nina Irwin, Elisabeth Sauer & Karen Steen. Please stop in and enjoy the current show and as always everything on display in the main dining room is for sale <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Cafe Trio does not mark-up or charge a fee for any of the art we display – all funds go directly to the artist)</em>.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teresa Dirks</strong></h3>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nina Irwin</strong><br /><a href="http://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-4142" style="border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4 Women, 4 Viewpoints - Art at Cafe Trio"><img alt="IMG_1294" class="wp-image-4142 alignleft" height="282" sizes="(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px" src="https://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="http://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294-150x150.jpg 150w, http://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294-300x300.jpg 300w, http://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294-768x768.jpg 768w, http://www.cafetriokc.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_1294-1024x1024.jpg 1024w" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="282" /></a></h3>
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Nina Irwin’s work, predominantly landscapes, suggest the subjects of spirituality and the search for truth and beauty. They are conceived from memories of her exotic travels combined with ancient places she has studied in art history. These places are pure and quiet– the stillness broken only by the silent dialogue between place (painting) and the viewer. “I strive to convey, through my paintings and sculptures, the actual <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">feeling</em> of a place–much more than its physical characteristics. Here, the painting suggests a place and feeling – which is expanded through texture and color. I want to transport the viewer to another place and time.”</div>
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Nina Irwin works from her painting and ceramics studio in the historic stockyards of Kansas City. She received her B.A. in Studio Art from UMKC and is currently working on her M.A. in Art History. In addition to her studio work, Nina teaches art and art history classes at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. She is represented in collections regionally, nationally, and globally.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elisabeth Sauer</strong></h3>
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Elisabeth Sauer is a Kansas artist who has lived in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. Her work reflects her passion for the expansive nature of the landscape and the sweeping skies of the Midwest and the West. The subjects of many of her paintings are the permanent features of the Midwestern and Western landscapes – their prairies, rivers, fields, rock formations, and skies. She sees man-made structures, such as silos and grain elevators, as integral parts of the landscapes as well.</div>
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Sauer finds inspiration in the brilliant and ever-changing colors found in nature. The intensity of the color in her paintings conveys nature’s raw power and evokes the sense of awe one feels seeing a beautiful sunset or a glorious blue sky stretching far to the horizon.</div>
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She paints landscapes outside directly from nature [en plein air], as well as in the studio. Places where she has painted en plein air include Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, California and Italy.</div>
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Sauer is primarily self taught but has studied art in Italy, at the Kansas City Art Institute, and at various plein air workshops. Collectors from all over the United States own her work and she has exhibited widely. Her paintings have won awards including First Place in the Raytown Arts Invitational [2008], and the State Street Bank Purchase Prize at the Northeast Cultural Commission, “Cultures Without Borders”, juried exhibit [2007].</div>
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My art is a celebration of nature’s web, its diverse life forms and interconnected systems. Humans are tearing at the web, damaging the balance. My work offers a perspective on the intricate network of life — one I hope might contribute to a shift in our relationship with the natural world. Images of plants, insects, microscopic life, zoology and human anatomy inspire my drawings and the shapes I incorporate into my collages and wall sculptures.</div>
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As a child, I loved poking around tide pools. Peering down into small worlds filled with life delighted me. I searched through seashore guidebooks to identify shells, anemones, and urchins.</div>
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So began my fascination with biology, now the subject of my art. Experimentation with materials is essential in my art practice. Through it I search for ways to portray the qualities of the biological world: diversity, repetition, intricacy, rhythm, balance, interconnectedness. I began my art career as an illustrator. Many assignments were for magazine articles about health and medicine. Now, I combine the technical and conceptual skills I learned as an illustrator with the intuitive approach of a fine artist.</div>
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My recent solo exhibition <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Networks in Nature</em> showed at Cottonwood Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs and the Kansas City Artists Coalition. I won first place in the 2015 group exhibition, HEAT, at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City. I have completed commission works for Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Kaiser Permanente’s Largo Medical Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. My work has appeared in solo and group shows in the mid-Atlantic, Southern California and Kansas City regions.</div>
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-50214426672269035012017-02-03T13:27:00.002-06:002017-02-03T13:27:34.369-06:00First Friday Events in Kansas City, MO<div style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 1em;">
Stay tuned for First Friday Events in Kansas City, MO scheduled for April 7&8 (Open Studio at the Historical Livestock Exchange Building) and May 5 in the fabulous Crossroads Arts District. Details to come.</div>
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Seven alumni and one faculty member will receive Merit Awards presented by the Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association Nov. 4 at the Copper Dome Society/Merit Recognition Dinner during the University’s Homecoming celebration. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Show Me Center.</div>
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Alumni Merit Awards have been presented annually since 1958 to Southeast alumni who have brought distinction to themselves and the University.</div>
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This year’s alumni recipients are: Teresa Mosley Dirks, ’98, of Kansas City, Missouri, award winning artist in the Kansas City area; Dr. Jerry D. Durham, ’68, of Waterloo, Iowa, chancellor of Allen College; Janet Perez Eckles, ’75, of Orlando, Florida, inspirational speaker and author; William T. (Bill) Gamewell, ’72, of Ballwin, Missouri, senior vice president with Commerce Bank in St. Louis, Missouri; Pamela Macke Johnson, ’77 and ’00, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, criminalist supervisor and forensic scientist with the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E Crime Laboratory in Cape Girardeau; Pamela McClune, ’72, of Denver, Colorado, retired compliance manager with the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority and retired attorney and U.S. Navy captain with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve; and Dr. Pernell Witherspoon of St. Louis, Missouri, and Huntington Beach, California, associate professor of criminal justice at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.</div>
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Receiving the Faculty Merit Award will be Dr. Julie Ray, professor and chair of the Department of Elementary, Early and Special Education at Southeast. The Faculty Merit Award is presented for excellence in teaching.</div>
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Dirks, an artist, painter and former educator, graduated summa cum laude from Southeast in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in art. In 2005, she earned a master’s degree in education from William Woods University.</div>
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Born in Kennett, Missouri, and raised in Malden, Missouri, Dirks spent most of her life in southeast Missouri, absorbing the essence of rural, farm life and the relationship between life and nature, a theme she has captured in her photographs, poetry and paintings.</div>
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She taught environmental education and then art education in public schools for several years, but her passion for painting inspired her lifelong career.</div>
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When creating her artwork, Dirks’ aim is to reconstruct those experiences from her life and environment, and to share that connection with others. She strives to recreate a conceptual experience whether it is the complexity of urban decay, the intensity of the sky, or the linear connection to cultivation, nature and the horizon. The proportions and structure she portrays within her works come from her subconscious need to create with some sense of balance, and also with a tension that is derived from the power of her experiences, and the sense of her being a part of something bigger.</div>
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Over the years, her work has developed texturally and organically by using the visual elements and principles of color, line, texture, movement and pattern. The resulting variants and contrasts reflect the complexities and tension of her experiences. Her art has come to symbolize her inner strength and connection with her environment and the years spent watching the brilliance of the world around her.</div>
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Dirks is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2011 Missouri Arts Council Poster Award. Her work was featured in the 2012 MAC publications. Her work is held by private and corporate entities.</div>
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She has served on the Art in Public Places Committee in Warrensburg, Missouri; organized Paint with Your Girls, a fundraiser for breast cancer research; and served on the advisory boards of Southeast Missouri State University-Malden and the Bootheel Youth Museum where she was also a volunteer programmer. Dirks lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, Dave. They have two sons and four grandchildren.</div>
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I look forward to sharing more info soon. Additionally, in the future I will be scheduling studio visits. In the meantime, please message me if you are interested.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Teresa Dirks
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-39372246590819981452016-01-14T14:16:00.002-06:002016-01-14T14:16:58.267-06:00Best of Houzz 2016!Pretty excited about this!<br />
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We're writing to let you know that you've been voted by the Houzz community as a winner of our Best of Houzz 2016 award! <a href="http://mkto-n0114.com/a0300h0f4J0V00eJALiEmen" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Best of Houzz 2016"><span style="color: #3d8901; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">You can read the full press release here</span></a>.<br />
Your work won in the <strong>Design</strong> category, as your portfolio includes some of the most popular images on Houzz in 2015. We have already placed a "Best of Houzz 2016" winner badge on your Houzz profile page; visit your profile page (<a href="http://www.houzz.com/pro/teresadirksart" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.houzz.com/pro/<wbr></wbr>teresadirksart</a>) to see it.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Teresa Dirks
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-88475059430584363492016-01-13T14:40:00.003-06:002016-01-13T14:40:56.550-06:00From the Huffington Post: Art Isn't Just Good For The Mind, It's Good For The Body Too<header class="entry-header" data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"headline"}}" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: NotoNashkArabic, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="headline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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And the two are more interconnected than you think.</h2>
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<span class="timestamp__date--published" style="box-sizing: inherit;">01/04/2016 08:29 am ET</span> | <span class="timestamp__date--modified" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Updated</strong> Jan 06, 2016</span></div>
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My dad was the one who had just had brain surgery, but I also needed to heal.</div>
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While he recovered in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center I found myself roaming the halls which, luckily for me, were adorned with a museum-quality art collection, including the work of Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Rauschenberg.</div>
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I was particularly glued to a corridor lined with Ellsworth Kelly drawings, simple black-and-white lined depictions of plants. They floated in the white space ever so lightly, like pressed flowers whose insides had faded away. In a time characterized by fatigue, chronic nausea and depression, those fragile black shapes provided me space to breathe. The hospital smells and sounds faded away in their presence as if by magic. </div>
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I was not the sick one, but was nonetheless overwhelmed with gratitude for those humble monochromatic forms, and in awe of their power. To members of the art therapy community, this ostensible miracle is more like science. The effects of art viewing are not just emotional, but physical as well. </div>
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"I have shown art reproductions to very ill patients, even in intensive care," art therapist Irene David, director of therapeutic arts at Bellevue Hospital Center, told The Huffington Post, "and observed calmer states and pleasure elicited -- a kind of life-enhancing lift to neutralize the clinical experience and ambiance of hospitalization."</div>
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I reached out to David after reading about <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":0}}" href="http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/emo0000033" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">a February 2015 study in which researchers from UC Berkeley </a>determined that experiencing wonder during activities like viewing powerful art may lower the levels of certain chemicals, particularly those that cause inflammation and can eventually lead to diabetes, heart attacks and other illnesses. </div>
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In the experiment, 200 young adults detailed how much they experienced wonder and amazement in a given day. Researchers then obtained samples of gum and cheek tissue (oral mucosal transudate), finding that those who claimed to have experienced greater levels of wonder and amazement had the lowest levels of cytokine interleukin 6 -- a marker of inflammation. Cytokine is necessary to the body for fighting infection, but in large quantities, it can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and even Alzheimer's.</div>
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How much wonder a person experiences in a given day isn't exactly a measurable quota (and art isn't the only way to experience such an emotion -- being in nature is also cited in the report). But the findings roughly demonstrate that <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":1}}" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11403404/Art-does-heal-scientists-say-appreciating-creative-works-can-fight-off-disease.html?fb_ref=Default" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">"positive emotions are associated with the markers of good health,</a>" Dr. Jennifer Stellar, of University of Toronto, explained. </div>
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"<a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":2}}" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/04/natural-anti-inflammatori_n_6613754.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">Rather than seeing a walk through the park or a trip to the museum as an indulgence</a>, we hope people will view these kind of experiences as important ways to promote a healthy body in addition to a healthy mind," Stellar continued. "Folding these kinds of positive experiences into your daily routine may be more important for health than we previously realized."</div>
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Donna Betts, president of the American Art Therapy Association, was far from shocked by the findings.</div>
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"Stellar and her team’s results do not surprise me in the least," she wrote to HuffPost. "I’m thrilled to learn of some good research on the benefits of viewing artwork. I would love to see some robust research on the benefits of art making and art therapy in increasing immune system functioning."</div>
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While Betts was unfamiliar with other studies involving levels of cytokine interleukin, she mentioned an ongoing study with Drexel University's <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":4}}" href="http://drexel.edu/cnhp/faculty/profiles/KaimalGirija/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">Girija Kaimal</a> researching the effects of art-making classes on family caregivers of patients with cancer. Specifically, Kaimal is looking at art's ability to lower cortisol levels, which are associated with stress and anxiety. </div>
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Through my previous <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":5}}" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/art-therapy-is-more-than-just-making-nice-pictures_5609be20e4b0af3706dd8e26" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">conversations</a> with <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":6}}" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/07/art-therapy-children_n_7113324.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e7061;" target="_blank">art therapists</a>, I'd been made aware of art's ability to bolster mental and emotional health. But the physical aspect was new to me. Betts referenced a slew of studies chronicling art's ability to reduce pain, counter fatigue and promote general physical wellness. </div>
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Most of all, Betts stressed the fluidity of the boundary separating the physical from mental. "There is increasing awareness on a global scale of the mind-body connection and the implications for psychological and physical health," she said. "It’s the idea that the mind and the body are interconnected, the health of one affecting the other."</div>
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David also commented on the ability of physical health to bleed into mental health, and vice versa. "Physical illness invariably brings a host of emotion -- typically anxiety and/or depression. Hence, there is particular therapeutic gain in externalizing or dissipating these states through artistic expression. Ultimately, this externalization can help people cope with prognoses, treatment and overall adaption."</div>
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Both David and Betts also agreed that, while viewing art is beneficial, the effects of making art are even stronger. As David put it: "I think there is a particular sensation in the actual creation of art, especially the tactile use of materials -- using one’s hands and implements in relation to inner thoughts, feelings and perceptions brings forth all at once a spectrum of reward. Even in the case of disability necessitating adaptive items, there is [a] direct and immediate giving of oneself. Making art is giving <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">to </em>oneself in both the process and the validating product."<u style="box-sizing: inherit;"></u></div>
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Whether or not you're an aspiring artist, this kind of encouragement is vital. If you have a day off, why not head to a museum, where a motionless image made in another time and place could in some way speak to you, make you smile or gasp? Why not test out the way clay feels expanding inside your grip? According to art therapy, seeing art isn't just a luxury, a social outing or fodder for your next Instagram upload. It's medicine for the eyes, the mind, the heart and possibly even the body. And it's so much more pleasurable than swallowing a pill. </div>
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-36726611562630842802016-01-07T10:16:00.001-06:002016-01-07T10:16:08.914-06:00Happy New Year!<div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1452182585207_11378" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Gotham SSm A', 'Gotham SSm B', 'Proxima Nova', 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 22px; word-wrap: break-word;">
Happy New Year! No resolutions here, but wishes for a new year filled with more love, more understanding, more peace, more joy and more kindness. </div>
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For the past year, I have spent many nights awake, wondering how I can make my art and my world correspond and create a better world a better place for us all. With that said aloud, I have not figured that out yet, but I will. I encourage you to share if you have ideas. I would love to collaborate and make a difference. </div>
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In the meantime, keep thinking those good thoughts!</div>
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Sending my best,</div>
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http://teresadirks.blogspot.com/</div>Artist Teresa Dirkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16083302519956880535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3624702325563498316.post-69082403831986288072015-10-28T10:24:00.004-05:002015-10-30T08:44:46.064-05:00Featured Artist for KCAC Artist Lifestyle Project on Instagram<div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1446045136481_12468" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Gotham SSm A', 'Gotham SSm B', 'Gotham SSm', Gotham, 'Proxima Nova', 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 22px; word-wrap: break-word;">
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Happy to announce that I will be the featured artist for KCAC Artist Lifestyle Project on Instagram. Please follow me starting October 29, 2015, for six days on Instagram @kcartistscoalition and see a week in the life of this KC artist. My hopes are to share some of my inspiration, along with a few works in progress and possibly the process of a commission in the works. If time allows, (it is Halloween you know,) you might even witness a painting marathon of sorts. Who knows what the week holds? </div>
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Also important, please join me @artist.teresadirks on Instagram and follow me everyday on my journey. Super excited be a part of Kansas City's Renaissance; It is a great time to be in KC, and so wonderful to have you along on the ride . . . </div>
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Here is a link to KCAC's blog. <a href="http://kansascityartistscoalition.org/artists/teresa-dirks/" target="_blank">http://kansascityartistscoalition.org/artists/teresa-dirks/</a><br />
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In the meantime, I am debating whether to use the blog included on the squarespace site. Honestly, this blog platform is so much more efficient. Here is a link to a recently post on my October First Friday in the KC, MO Crossroads Art District.<br />
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The Nelson Atkins Spencer Art Reference Library began an artists' file initiative in 2014 and through the Kansas City Artists' Coalition, I was preselected to join the official launch. According to the <a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/education/Library.cfm" target="_blank">Nelson Atkins Spencer Library Website</a>, "The artists’ file initiative documents the careers of artists who are part of Kansas City’s creative community. These files are as unique as the artists’ careers they document and may include artist statements, gallery announcements, resumes and exhibition checklists." </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">resume, list of exhibitions, exhibition cards and more. Not only does the Spencer ArtReference Library catalog your file, but they also submit the information to the WorldCa.org database, which is the world’s largest online catalog and available to anyone with access to the Web!</span></div>
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Teresa Dirks Artist File can now be found on worldcat.org. Here is a <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/teresa-dirks-artist-file-1996/oclc/895033416&referer=brief_results" target="_blank">link to my worldcat.org page with info on my career.</a> For those of you who have acquired my art in the past or if you are looking to acquire Teresa Dirks' art, (thank you!) You can now research and validate, just like in the movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" that I am a "bonafide" artist. </div>
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On a side note, I would love to thank the Nelson Atkins Spencer Library's Marilyn Carbonell and Amelia Nelson and the wonderful staff at the Kansas City Artist Coalition. Thank you, thank you!</div>
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Finishing up two pieces and my linear lines continue. To be honest, I am having a difficult time staying focused this month. June is such a favorite month for me. Gardening, swimming, family and cooking keep me distracted from painting and doing the work I need to do. One of my summer tasks is to revamp my website. Big chore. If anyone with the skills wants to barter art for design, let's do it soon! My garden beckons...<br />
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Packed my blue VW wagon with 60 plus pieces and delivered my art work this week to the Margaret Harwell Art Museum, or MHAM, in Poplar Bluff, MO. My car was jammed. Every inch was covered with art. Barely had room for my toothbrush, but not to worry I squeezed it in too. </div>
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Headed out from KC and I traveled down through the Ozark's, I could not believe the color of the huge trees and foliage. Hyper-green from all the rain this spring. Wish I could have stopped more and soaked up the vividness, but I had a mission and had to keep moving. Took a few shots from the road and I will share below. </div>
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After arriving in Poplar Bluff, I turned on to Main Street. It is still a brick paved road. The sound of the wheels on brick is always hypnotic. And loud! Pulled in front of the MHAM and its historical presence and realized, yes I am back home. Jumped out of the VW and then I got hugs from Tina at the MHAM. Had not seen her in close to 10 years. Too long. </div>
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Monday, I had traveled over 400 miles to drop off my art and then spend the evening with family. Yes, I was back home. Stayed up late laughing with my baby sis and her kiddos. Woke up and turned the empty wagon around and headed to my KC home. Another 400 miles down the Missouri road. . . </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Much of what I paint comes from back home. Growing up in the rural quasi-south, around seamstresses, quilters, gardeners, and farmers, I learned to love nature, nurture, growing and making. This made me. Creative. So now, when I create art, my aim is to reconstruct those experiences from my life and share the connection that I have.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I look forward to sharing it with you. Some of you will not be able to make it I know, but wanted you to know I appreciate our connection. </span><br />
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