The document reflects on the career of Bryce LeVan Cushing, a performance artist. It describes his difficult childhood growing up in Montana with little family support. As a young adult, he pursued radical performance art in Philadelphia and New York City. However, he later experienced a long period of isolation and a near-death experience. The document outlines what Cushing would do differently in his career, including learning to slow down, not burning bridges, communicating kindly, listening to mentors, getting a college degree, and giving himself more self-care and credit.

1. Bryce LeVan Cushing
TWENTY YEARS IN THE ART WORLD: WHAT I WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY IF COULD

2. Early Years: Growing up in Montana
 Very Little Family Support
 Hostile Environment
 Mother Gone
 Very Much an Outsider (Budding Artist?)
 Began Singing and Performing 5th Grade
 Very Willful at a Young Age
 Began Working in 6th Grade 25 hrs wk
 Prep School in AZ for High School
 Came out Summer Before Junior Year
 Visionary? Or Unbalanced?
 No Concrete Plan, but believed in story.

3. Philadelphia/NYC and Beyond!
Radical Performance Artist, Ahead of His Time

4. Fall of an Artist – Long Period of Isolation –
Near Death Experience-Eventually
Finding Current Medium & Success?
You Can’t Recreate The
Past
http://www.brycelevancushing.
com
Diagnosis
http://www.brycelevancushing.
com/About.shtml
Watching the Success of
Colleagues
http://www.slideshare.net/bryc
elevancushing

5. What I would Do Differently
Can’t Go Back
 Learn to Slow Down
 Don’t Burn Bridges
 Communicate with
Kindness
 Listen to Mentors
 Intern with
Professional
 Earn Bachelors
degree or higher

6. Give Yourself Credit Where Credit is
deserved and lot’s of Self Care
Not my strong suit
 Not easy for me to accept
good things
 Addicted to Chaos
 Hard to Relax
 Allow for self reflection
Shown Coast to Coast in
U.S. and Europe
Announcing Show in
Santiago, Chile in
October 2014
http://artefridario.blogspot.com/2014/01
/mi-drap-art-2013.html

7. Aliens in the News – Current Events

8. Bryce LeVan Cushing Sculptor
In the Press