Jerry Fresia

I grew up in western Massachusetts, in a working class neighborhood. All my grandparents were from Italy. I was the first in my family to go to college where I earned a degree in engineering. But that was definitely not me. It was the late 60s, the counter culture was in full force but I was on the outside looking in. I decided to go to grad...

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The Art Class

06/13/2011 - 1:24pm

This blog is about what it means to be a creative person, particularly as it relates to painting. But much of what I have to say can be generalized. All human beings are innately creative, even the most uncurious psychopaths. In fact, I would argue...

You Were Born To Create

04/01/2010 - 7:21pm

You Were Born To CreateWe are born as creative, daring creatures. All of us. We possess all the natural gifts that we tend to assume are the province of only a talented few.

Artists Taking Steps Toward PARECON

07/04/2009 - 3:55pm

Artists Taking Steps Toward PARECON Artists create not just a thing of value, we create the thing of value. And yet, we live on the margins and accept our status as "starving." Part of the problem is that we also accept our situation as is,...

Don’t Be a Bybee

05/26/2009 - 10:54pm

Greetings everyone. I have been invited to write a little for SoCiArts and I have decided to call my column "The Frame" because I wish to explore how creativity is constrained and framed by our political and economic institutions.

Don’t Be a Bybee

05/12/2009 - 4:30am

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