{"id":799,"date":"2019-05-23T23:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shut-bells.flywheelsites.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2019-05-30T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:31:50","slug":"idahoans-sue-latta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/idahoans-sue-latta\/","title":{"rendered":"IDAHOANS: Sue Latta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boise artist, Sue Latta has been making art for as long as she can remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that I was born with it. I made things when I was a kid, but I wasn\u2019t your stereotypical drawer or painter kid, so it never seemed like it was art,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, until she went to college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOne of my professors said, \u2018This is a photographer\u2019s photograph\u2019. That was kind of the moment when I realized I can be an artist and an artist is kind of the thing that I am.\u201d Latta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, Sue began creating. And when that happens, the feeling is hard to describe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s the moment when I\u2019m not hot, I\u2019m not cold, I\u2019m not hungry, I\u2019m not tired, I\u2019m not sick. I\u2019m not in pain. All that is taken away and I\u2019m just in it,\u201d Latta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for her, that\u2019s one of the best parts of making art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s, I think, a joy in it. It really is that thing that I can\u2019t not do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latta uses a variety of materials to make her art including steel, wood, cast materials and plastics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy favorite thing to do is to combine all those things to make things that are interesting to me,\u201d Latta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latta hopes to use her passion for art to inspires others as well. She teaches art classes including welding and gets a thrill out of watching her students create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally what I give people, what I hope to give people, is confidence and the belief that they can do this,\u201d Latta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that in turn will hopefully spread another lesson Latta wholeheartedly believes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally, as a society, we need to reframe what we think of as being creative because everybody is creative, it\u2019s the thing that makes us human,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue Latta works at The Sculpture Studio in Downtown Boise. For more information about her artwork and offerings, you can check out her website: https:\/\/suelatta.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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