Tag: material driven art

Selected for our Faces exhibition, Michele Rogers works with repurposed barn wood, scrap metal, and unpredictable materials she refuses to control. Instead of erasing their history, she lets every scratch and dent remain, building sculptures that honor survival, surrender, and the quiet necessity of making.

According to a 2025 industry report, 52% of creative firms now use AI tools as part of their core workflows, and 80% of creative industry leaders see AI augmenting human creativity rather than replacing it. That alone reveals how much creative practice is shifting right now. Trends don’t emerge randomly, they emerge when significant numbers of people across different cultures and disciplines begin making similar choices, whether that’s in color, composition, technology, or storytelling. Winter has historically been a fertile season for creative recalibration. Shorter days, a slowdown in commercial release…