Welcome to the world of Linus Parr, he has earned the following degrees: Bachelors in Fine Arts in Advertising Design/Art Direction and an LQ95 Visual Arts Teacher’s Certification from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. His Associates in Applied Science in Visual Communications from Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI. Linus works in various mediums/medias and considers himself a process-based artist. For him, it is not always the end product that matters but how he gets there.
"A major part of my philosophy is to not "Think Outside the Box" because the box is usually still in a room or "Box." But instead, "Think Outside the Building" where space is wide open and the possibilities are endless! I have a love and zest for life, everything it has to offer, and a belief that this outlook makes it easier to include life experiences into my daily lessons. For these reasons and many more, I do my best allow that to flow into the other areas enhancing those around me. Being an artist is a gift and one that I enjoy giving back. My goal is to share my love for Art from the making of it to teaching it, to how it expands our minds all while helping us to reach our Atman (According to Hinduism: The Essence of Breath). For me, the art is how it connects to all of us. I feel it’s not the destination, but how we get there. My journey has provided me opportunities to learn both fine art as well as the digital side of art. It is The Design Thinking Skills Process that I feel enables us to create new solutions that otherwise might not have been imagined. When it comes to creative ability, this is where I feel the “Design Thinking Process” allows the either myself or my students artistic and inventive decisions to come forth. Through artistic perception–we learn the essential vocabulary of the Visual Arts and gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary to communicate in the realm of the Visual Arts. Taking the journey through the steps of the process, one becomes aware of what needs to be resolved and possible obstacles. Through brainstorming and ideation, we/you learn to seek responses that help refine the idea. It is then that I feel as a designer/artist we begin to understand great traditions and the critical judgment that comes from considering our work along with that of our predecessors and contemporaries. I believe that it is important for everyone to understand how to criticize justly, to value a work aesthetically, by applying knowledge of the other components the process to the work being contemplated. The process of art is an exploration from beginning to end. Turning mistakes into newfound opportunities to help us understand, it’s not just the making of art but, how we got there.” |
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