{"id":1819,"date":"2011-04-26T12:45:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T22:25:19","slug":"raye-watts-wins-library-art-award-2011-for-alter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/raye-watts-wins-library-art-award-2011-for-alter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Raye Watts, Library Art Award Winner 2011 for "Altar 1""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Raye Watts is the 2011 recipient of the annual Library Art Award for her work “Altar I,” which will be on display in the library for one year.\u00a0 A double major in English Literature and Studio Art. Raye grew up in San Diego and admits that she \u201ccan neither surf nor develop a satisfactory tan.\u201d She was exposed to creativity, critical thinking, and language at an early age, which she attributes to her \u201cGrateful Dead, bear emblazoned\u201d Montessori teacher.\u00a0 Since moving to Tacoma, Raye has become a contributing member of the student art and craft market and vows to \u201cbuy one piece of art a month\u201d as way of engaging with the local creative community.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Raye!<\/p>\n

Artist\u2019s Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though I often feel unfit to purport to be an artist, art is the only endeavor that I will elect to work on until my fingers are bent and throbbing, it feels like my spine has truncated,\u00a0 and my face has gone slack; both obsession and devotion. I use found objects and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 because they are personal and unassuming\u2014 my very relationship with art. The use of repurposed detritus allows me to feel that I am elevating the inane into something visually stimulating. Using inconsequential recycled materials, I am able to relieve my\"\"<\/a> compulsion without the inhibition of technique, expectation, or convention. I am less constricted and self-aware while creating and able to delve more fully and sincerely into the artistic process. I gravitate toward tedious and overwhelming projects because it gives me the sense that I am truly committing myself to art and creating a work of devotion.<\/p>\n

I wanted to explore a religious theme in my project because I consider art a belief system that indoctrinates devotees with the promise of a purposeful and meaningful existence. Fruit, flowers, candles and photographs, are collected for both the altar and still-life. The personal altar, like a self-portrait, is individual. Both art, and religion have a reciprocal relationship with the individual. Skin tinted, lacerated, and burned, the artist is molded by the artistic process. While art is a means of elucidation and self-expression, it is also torment and relief, instigator and outlet. Art requires regular practice and observation. Art must be fueled and informed; as the artist develops, the art develops. Self-portraiture, like meditation, forces the artist to confront his or her psyche and soul.<\/p>\n

The communal studio space is not unlike a religious congregation. Brought together by a common source of personal fulfillment, this group of artists communicates ideas which affirm, develop and challenge the individual\u2019s relationship with art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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