Welcome to The Artist's Path

In the summer of 2009 Gail Mangham founded The Artist's Path with the support of  Prescott College and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott Arizona. Her years of acting, living abroad in the Middle East, and work with the many fine artists of the Prescott community inspired her to create an organization that would dedicate itself to artists, their old and new works, showcasing them in multiple venues. Moreover this venture will explore the role of the artist in society asking whether the artist can create substantive change and if so how it is effected.

Everyone is invited to ponder the following questions and if you wish to do so email your responses to gailm@theartistspath.org and she will post them to this blog.

• Do you believe that the artist can create change in an individual, in society both locally and globally? Describe how you came to believe that?
• Have you had a personal experience with an art form that you feel substantively changed you? If yes, would you please describe that experience?
• Have you thought about the function of the artist in society? Doctors heal; plumbers fix the toilet; teachers teach. What does the artist do? In a few words--given your experiences with art in its many forms-- what do you think is the function of the artist in society?
• If you are an artist looking at this, please describe Your Own Artist’s Path.