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Rust’s 1775 autobiography (Stadtarchiv Dessau-Roßlau) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/3aa50147-ddf2-4d77-bea8-04c28dba4753/PXL_20220615_184605284.MP.jpg Blog - Vol. 8: Inflection Point - Make it stand out Trinity College, Cambridge https://www.arlanvriens.com/blog-/vol-7-sketches monthly 0.5 2022-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/c6023dcd-edfb-4c20-bffd-b3fe4fd65602/PXL_20220530_081509741.MP.jpg Blog - Vol. 7: Sketches - Make it stand out The third movement from CzaR 81 (held at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel), derived from the Staatsbibliothek Gavotte sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/501be246-ee16-4760-9cff-523f99a50e59/PXL_20220517_095319101.MP.jpg Blog - Vol. 7: Sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/523d8770-7866-4aba-95a9-fd30b684ed54/PXL_20220530_081303621.MP.jpg Blog - Vol. 7: Sketches - Make it stand out A particularly vigorous correction by Rust in the manuscript of CzaR 80 (1795, held at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/f7cb9cab-d58d-4497-b7df-87a1ee1aada3/PXL_20220517_095216964.MP.jpg Blog - Vol. 7: Sketches - Make it stand out F.W. 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Unaccompanied violin has always been at the heart of my artistic practice; now it was a lifeline. I found solace in strange and wonderful new pieces - and in old works whose edges have been smoothed by years of attention. Sounds from a Shoebox is a coda to the lockdown; a florescence of creative cabin fever; a monument to days that might otherwise fade. — This project was made possible by funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Many thanks to artistic consultant Veronica Frank, and to my patient title-screen cat Pomelo, who hates violin above all else. https://www.arlanvriens.com/sounds-from-a-shoebox daily 0.75 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60adb127eb2b6241415df8e0/1629727659936-1ACA5UN3NVQVU5HIX80P/PXL_20210804_192920267.PORTRAIT.jpg Sounds From a Shoebox - Sounds from a Shoebox As the pandemic locked down the city of Toronto, I watched from the tiny artist’s live/work space I call home. 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