Answer the Question:  "If you had a place of your own, what would it be?
Plan to answer with an art piece, a literary work or performance.

  I. Ways to access your intuition.
    Write The LIST
1. List your beliefs, rules, regulations and traditions you live by.  Include the good, bad and
   the ugly. (E.g. My house must be clean and orderly, I am responsible for my partner's
           happiness
2. Place names next to every one of those beliefs.  Family, society, friends, media, etc.
           Whose voice is it?
3. Circle beliefs that you aspire to.
4. Focus your beliefs down to three of the most important.

    Stream of Consciousness
        1.You are in your ideal place. Do you know what this place is? Is it real or a dream?
           What is familiar? What do you see, hear, smell, feel, or taste? What surprises you? 

  II. Gather and Ponder
     What is inside your  PLACE? (Materials)

         1. Magazines, photos, internet images, color papers/copies, newspapers, paints, fabric, 
             candy wrappers, written word, sheet music, dirt, shells, pieces of string, bottle caps, etc.
         2. Resources: SCRAP, East Bay depot for Creative Re-use, SF Hobby Co., Flax, Blick

  III. Foundation/Structure
       Decide on a structure, form or medium for creating your place. It can be any size. 2-D,
       3-D,written or performed.

         1. Suggestions for Boxes: Match Box, Bank Check Box, Shoe Box,  Moving box, a room
             or closet in your house, the garage, an outdoor area.
         2. Your place can be one or many colors, print, plain, smooth, textured. Nothing needs to
              be to scale.  What are your 3 favorite colors?  Perhaps, it is a psychological place you
              visit.

  IV. Show and Tell: Share your foundation and materials
        Share your ideas and materials with a friend or two
        
            1. What did you collect and why? What do you want to portray and how?

   V. Ponder Layout

          1. Play with your materials. Consider at least three possible layouts.
          2. Step back from your structure.
          3. Ask yourself: How does it look? Does it work? What makes it yours? What would it
              sound, smell, look, feel like? What would it mean in your life?
          4. Consider it from all angles.
          5. Give and get feedback from others.

Your project is not only about a finished work of art, but a journey through your thought process, emotional discoveries and revelations. If you had A Place of Your Own what would it contain?
Are the most important things to you represented.

    VI. Making It Stick
          All of manner of adhesives available with instruction including: Mod Podge, Golden Soft
          Gel Medium or Liquitex gloss varnish, a hot glue gun or “5 min 2 part epoxy”, Elmer's glue,
          a needle and thread, safety pins, clothespins and bulldog clips, a hammer, nails and
          screws.

How To Arrive At

A PLACE OF
YOUR OWN

"If you had a place of your own, what would it be?"

A PLACE OF HER OWN
Whether it’s workshops, artistic endeavors, lectures, panel discussions, online or one on one, we have seen A Place of Her Own inspire critical thinking, about your life, your choices, your process.  This project provides the tools to define your place in this life, invites discussion and builds community.
Elizabeth Travelslight in progress
Photo Nicole C. Roldan
Vivian Truong Photo AAWAA
Karen Llagas in progress
photo Cynthia Tom
Irene Wibawa in  progress
Photo Markus Storzer Photography
Irene Wibawa in  progress
Photo Artist
Cynthia Tom in  progress
Photo Artist