Judith Ferrara Visual Artist and Writer

Judy's Journal Index

2010
March	Dreams: 2D/3D - An Upcoming Exhibition
February	A Bit of a Challenge
January	Beginning at the Beginning

2009
December	The Right Conditions
November	Alphabet Soup
October	Report from the Field
September	Five Years and Counting
August	Translating Experience into Artwork
July	Mt. Everest - Beginning the Climb
June	Response to the Ice Storm: A Collaboration
May	Exploring a New Medium: Ceramics
April	Another April, Another National Poetry Month
March	The Artist Perceived As Salesperson
February	What Art Can Do for You
January	Ethics and the Purchasing of Art

2008
December	A New Tool for Reflecting on Artmaking
November	Circling Back to a Persistent Concern: Report from the Field
October	Four Years and Counting
September	One Long Satisfying Reading Adventure
August	Construction/Deconstruction: Landscape Mosaics
July	Finding the Right Pattern: Organizing a Poetry Manuscript
June	Afterglow: Barcelona and Madrid
May	Afterglow: Madrid and Barcelona
April	Choosing a Format - What Does It Mean?
March	New Work, Productivity and the Creative Process
February	Leaps, Flights, Tumbles in 2007
January	Foreign Policy: An Unintended Portrait.

2007
December	Painting a Poem
November	Reciprocity: An Artist's Book
October	Sound or Silence?
September	Thresholds I Have Crossed
August	Happiness Is a Finished Piece
July	Do You Work Alone or with Others? Discuss.
June	Planning Ahead in Writing and Art Making
May	An Artist and Poet's Identity: What's Alike, What's Different?
April	Making Both Art and Poetry: What's Alike, What's Different?
March	Selling Artwork on the Internet: A Cautionary Tale
February	A Tribute to Donald M. Murray
January	Is It Possible to Be "Arted-Out"?

2006
December	Four Origins: Poem/Painting Pairs
November	Getting Started on a Painting: Some Suggestions
October	Subjects and Themes in Poetry: Some Suggestions
September	Commitment to a Life of Making Art
August	When a Painting Initiates a Series
July	Writing and Ethics
June	Vindication
May	The Stories Behind Paintings
April	National Poetry Month in the U.S.
March	Jumping into the Poetry Pool
February	"What's It For? - A Look at the Difficulties Inherent in a Creative Life"
January	Influences, Inspiration and Role Models

2005
December	Three Weeks of Inspiration
November	Searching for a Subject Until It Finds You
October	One Hundred Years and Counting: Stanley Kunitz
September	Reflection: One Year of Judy's Journal
August	Group Exhibitions: Some Advice
July	Fourteen Tips on Selecting Artwork or Poetry for Submission
June	A Kinship with Rocks
May	Amsterdam Acrostic
April	Acceptance
March	Rejection and the Creative Process
February	Reciprocity Between Paintings and Poems: An Explanation
January	Museum Shoes

2004
December	Getting Rid of Elvis: Revision in Writing and Painting
November	Tribute to the Albright-Knox, Buffalo, New York
October	Why Keep a Journal?
September	Introduction