The chaos of planning an art show
and the joy of seeing it in person!
Many thanks to Rachael Hanel, Areca Roe, Edson Rosas, and the all awesome students and faculty members I met at MNSU! Spending time with creative and thoughtful people gives me hope when the world seems to be turning upside down. Which I’ll have more to say about soon.
I talk about my visual storytelling journey on a podcast too
In my last post, I mentioned that my graphic memoir The Keeper about growing up in girls sports in the early years of Title IX (blah blah DEI blah blah) was selected for a Choose to Read Ohio Book for 2025 (woot!). And now my podcast interview with the Ohio Center for the book is live. Here’s a one-minute clip of me rambling talking about my shift into visual storytelling and developing a habit of art:
Thanks for reading The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick, a Substack Featured Publication (twice!). I love writing and drawing these posts and am grateful to everyone who follows along. I’m a writer and professor in Indiana. If you like this newsletter, you might like my graphic memoir, The Keeper, which was featured in the New York Times Book Review’s Holiday Gift Guide. I co-edited a book on making comics and visual stories, which you can find here: The Field Guide to Graphic Literature. I have other books too!
Thanks for again for being here!
-Kelcey
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You are SO awesome!!! You are such a bright light shining a path for others with your messages, your art, and sharing the messy PrOceSS! I appreciate YOU! I wish I could travel up to your show to see all of this gorgeousness in person. You create a story of your stories. Thanks for sharing this.
So incredible! Thanks for sharing your process - this probably qualifies you as SuperWoman.