AN INVITATION FOR SUNDAY, MAY 3

THIS IS AN INVITATION TO JOIN ME IN A COLLAGE CREATIVITY SESSION, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED, ON SUNDAY, MAY 3 FROM 1 - 3 PM AT PEACE ON FIFTH, 234 South Dutoit St, (behind Stivers). I will facilitate your collage experience. All supplies are provided, plus some delicious eats! Yum. 

The cost is $25, which is a real bargain for a three hour session with food and supplies.  Think of me as your creative spirit guide and go to Giftstudio.eventbrite.com to sign up. I would LOVE to see you there!

AND, I please feel free to forward this your friends, family and any other interested parties. The more the merrier!

I so hope to see you there!

MONTGOMERY COUNTY WORKS FOR ARTISTS!

One of my favorite art collectors approached me a couple of weeks ago and asked me: “Do you know that Montgomery County’s Office of Community and Economic Development has a special section for artists?  He showed me on his phone and by gosh, there it was!

Montgomery County, Ohio for many years has been a leader in supporting the arts, providing grants for artists in many disciplines. Due to budget issues, these grants are on hiatus, but this new app could be very helpful.

Take a look: http://www.businessfirstdaytonregion.com/. Go to Tools For Your Business-top left, then select on bottom right "See more" and you will see The Business of Art. 

Take a look, because, as my husband noted in this image he sent to me: 

Yes it is!

I’ve been an absentee blogger…

When I started writing this blog my intention was to write once a week and post on Monday. Now, I have to confess that I have not done so well with that, and any of you who read me already know this.  While I enjoy writing very much, when I am really consumed with art making the writing takes a back seat, and my writing pen has been languishing there since the second of February. Oops. Can’t keep to a schedule? Sometimes, I can’t. It’s not possible to do it all, all the time.

Since February’s posting I have hung a new exhibit of my work in the office of the Dayton mayor, participated in an evening of art in Centerville, hosted an art party, submitted several proposals, completed one very large tapestry collage and several other collages, tweaked my new studio, given a workshop, delighted in the newly revised Montgomery County Business of Art website (more about that in a later post), and begun the planning of an art trip to Belgium and the Netherlands, all this while continuing my usual teaching and studio work schedule. Odd, all of a sudden I am feeling slightly breathless….!

It’s been a satisfying and productive last two months. I have made new art and met new friends. I have been lucky to spend time with old friends. Life has been good.

I am planning now for the summer and fall, and scheduling work on several series of collages, in addition to working on some other new non-collage possibilities. I have lots of ideas; more ideas than hours in the day!

I also don’t like to write posts that are too long, so I am going to close now with some pictures. Keep it creative! 

Here is a (not great) photo I shot of one of my new tapestry collages from the Paper Lives series. This is the second one I have done and plans are under way for number three. The title is Sea Change.

My grand puppies, Olive on the left, Guyute on the right. They are good buddies.