"I grew up in Indiana and my earlier memories were of living on a farm. We lived on my grandfather’s farm in Indiana and actually, it’s interesting, that location was called Sand Hill Farm. My grandfather was Amish and his property was just adjacent to his parents’. So, they had lots of land so they were farmers and that’s where I started. When I was about six years old, I remember some friends of my parents gave my mother and I Christmas presents, and they gave my mother colored pencils and they gave me perfume, and to this day I think they must have gotten it mixed up because I was terribly insulted, I thought, you know, “I’m the artist, I should have gotten the colored pencils!” So, at a very early age, somehow, even though I was living on a farm and had really no idea what it meant to be an artist, I considered myself to be a creative person."
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What childhood factors contributed to you becoming an artist. Do you remember any specific experiences?.
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Connie Zehr
Connie Zehr (January 17, 1938 – April 4, 2025) was an American installation artist whose work involved sand, clay, glass, and sculpture. Zehr was a key artist in the Los Angeles Light and Space Movement and was most notable for her mounded sand installations. One of Zehr's sand installations was exhibited at the 1975 Whitney Biennial. An extensive collection of Zehr's work is included in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian.
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