Em Allyn will be discussing the designation "artist" and how it challenges us. For example, when or in what context do we call ourselves artists as opposed to waiting for others to recognize us as such. Further the question of whether, once you either choose or are given the title or role of "artist" then everything you do becomes somehow a part of or enmeshed in your art? Further I'd like to examine and discuss how interest/aptitude in one field of art so often corresponds to an interest in and aptitude for other areas of expression.