Some Kind of Blue Feeling: Neural Design, Art and Interconnectivity | Randi Renate | TEDxTupper Lake

Through their work, artists have the power to create spaces that stir our deepest emotions, fostering connection and unity. This talk invites you to explore how engagement with art and design aligns us as humans, reminding us of our shared humanity and connections to each other and the natural world. Randi Renate was born ‘en caul,’ intact inside the amniotic sac, in San Antonio, TX. Her artwork choreographs bodies within a sculptural framework to investigate how the ‘micro’ of the individual weaves into the ‘macro’ of the collective whole. Randi received her BFA Studio Art and BA Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. She is a 2020 MFA graduate of the Sculpture Department at the Yale School of Art. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships including Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, NY, Lighthouse Works on Fishers Island, NY, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM, and Sculpture Space in Utica, NY. Her 2021 permanent public sculpture, “blue is the atmospheric refraction I see you through,” was made in part by a NYS Council of the Arts Grant and featured in Interior Design Magazine, while her 2022 Socrates Sculpture Park commission was featured in Sculpture Magazine. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx