CANCELED - Artist Talk with Patricia Zalisko

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 | 11:00am - 12:00pm

In this artist talk, Patricia Zalisko will discuss how she stumbled upon her process for creating art, a method that largely explains how she thinks. Influenced by a profession in her earlier life, in which words were both a weapon and a tool, Zalisko engages the power of the written word to create her own visual language that eludes precise definition in words. Like working on a mini-crossword, Zalisko writes haiku while painting, puzzling out topics as beautiful as nature and as grim as war.

“The written word has always been a powerful prompt for me… The process 'worked' to get me into my own creative practice: it marries the analytical with the creative part of my brain nicely.”

This practice will be explored as Zalisko describes how she conjures up her art.

This talk is free of charge, but registration is requested. The talk will last approximately one hour.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born and raised in New York City, Zalisko was encouraged by her parents to pursue a career and practiced law in the northeast after graduating from Fordham University School of Law until moving to Florida in 2004. Zalisko remained immersed in NYC’s rich visual and performing arts, studying art whenever possible at several NYC and Florida universities, and in private study or workshops. She continues to enrich her artistic practice in university classes, travel, residencies and fellowships. Zalisko’s work is regularly included in exhibitions and private and public collections in the US and abroad.