Yesterday I was reminded why I quit the lecture circuit. I really enjoyed speaking to guilds and groups for the years I did it; until I didn’t. I remember exactly what group I spoke to when I decided to stop. I told people I was no longer giving lectures because of the wear & tear […]
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getting caught up…
The past month has been a whirlwind! I finished, sold and installed the two Vineyard pieces with a new collector. And I designed two other small pieces including Keeping Up Appearances #6 which is a donation to the annual Arts Guild of Sonoma REPO fundraiser. The requirement is all artwork must be made of 75% recycled […]
on jury process…
Yesterday I had the privilege of being a juror for “Out of the Comfort Zone: New Directions in Quilting” which will exhibit March 2-July 29, 2012 at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, CA. It was a wonderful process, a lot of fun and an interesting observation of my own artistic process. Much of the […]
time management again…
One of the things on my pre-surgery list has been to flesh out two of my five lectures. With one finished I am hard at work on the other. All five lectures have been given numerous times so it is indeed time to freshen. Initially I was scheduled to deliver one in mid-November but when […]
5 enlightening days in denver…
I am back from Denver where I taught a seminar on juried exhibits (4 times in 2 days) at the annual SAQA conference. It was great fun, insightful, enlightening and exhausting all rolled up in one tidy 5 day package. Last spring SAQA put out a call for teaching proposals at their 2011 conference to be […]
back on the hamster wheel…
Years ago a favorite yoga teacher said it takes as long as an event to recover from said event. At the time it applied to my physical recovery from being primary caregiver to a dying friend for 20 months. Of course months passed and eventually I felt like myself again. And then I forgot about […]
