Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art residency directors and artists Jeff McRobbie and Rachel Pearsey …
Maintaining an art practice in these times means ‘pivoting’ Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art …
Art Residency in Covid19 Lockdown What does it look like at Green Olive Arts? Quiet and empty with a hope-filled dose of waiting. Such is the status this global pandemic has forced upon the entire art residency world right now under Covid19. Many art residencies are really struggling to survive. It’s having a huge impact …
Happy Couscous Friday! Green Olive Arts is excited to introduce the first of a series of articles written by Roqaya El Guiri. From the Middle Atlas mountain city of Midelt, Roqaya has worked for GOA for the last 2+ years as a Residency Assistant, helping artists in their residency experiences. She has interests in the …
Convergence residency — artists in community If one thing has become clear over the past four years of Convergence residencies at Green Olive Arts, it is that artistic practice is strengthened within community. The word “community” itself is layered with meanings. There is the creative community found in a group of international artists sharing studios, …
Celebrating Five Years of Partnership with Tetouan In 2018, Green Olive Arts celebrated five years as an art residency in Tetouan, Morocco. We are amazed as we look back and see how this story has unfolded … and we want to share it with you! When Rachel Pearsey and I (Jeff McRobbie) began to brainstorm …
Check out the latest studio improvements at GOA With the successful conclusion of our first crowd funding campaign in the Spring, we were able to make some big studio improvements this Summer in how we serve artists in our Tetouan studios. We’re eager to share these studio improvements with YOU … and the rest of the …
It’s an honor to have Carrie Mixon at Green Olive Arts helping us to see and feel In this very personal entry, re-posted from her blog, Carrie seeks an anchor in the wind of sensory overload during her first week in Tetouan, Morocco. Here by Carrie Mixon So many small things strike with force: Here. Here. And here. Winds …
With 12+ creatives in the studios, and our first 2 exhibitions April was a busy month! We got an exciting glimpse of GOA’s potential … and learned a lot! It was even better than we had envisioned it a little over a year ago when Green Olive Arts finally opened its doors. Artists from 4 different …
Green Olive Arts by the Numbers since opening in March 2013 … As we come close to completing our first year as an art residency, we are not inclined to describe Green Olive Arts by mere statistics … but a few people have asked us specific questions, and we have found the numbers to be …