Cedar Lane School Felting Residency

I am currently working on a Artist in Education residency through the Maryland State Arts Council. This residency is at Cedar Lane School in Howard County. This school is for developmentally disabled students. I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying my time there. The students are a population I have never worked with before, but they respond to the felting projects in such a unique way. I am lucky to be working with Gena Luoma the Art teacher at Cedar Lane, she is a true spirit. I am learning so much from all of the staff at Cedar lane. I will post more pictures as I get them.

The HANDMAKING at Abington Arts Center

This piece is titled "AQUATIC" It was crocheted using acrylic lace. It measures 12"x7"x10". It will be in a show called "The Handmaking" at Abington Arts center in Jenkintown, PA from April 14-July 29th 2007. This show looks to be a feast for the eyes. I will post pictures of the show once it is up and running.....stay tuned

GARDEN FRESH at Altered Aesthetics Gallery

This piece will be on display at the Altered Aesthetics Gallery in Minneapolis MInnesota during their "Art Reincarnated" show from April 5-April 26. 2007. Should be a great show with a lot of funky stuff. This piece was made using a garden hose and copper wire. It measures about 10" x6". This piece will be for sale.

TIDAL

This piece was created by crocheted ties. It measures 12"x8"x4". The ties were a collection of my Grandfathers' ties from a variety of decades. It was featured in the "Folk Art-Traditions and Innovations" show at Harmony Hall, Oxon Hill, Maryland. I won the Juror's choice award from Dr.Leslie King-Hammond and the MCNPPC solo show award during this show.

Gazette Article

The Gazette wrote a nice article about my work at the DCCA show. You can find it here: http://www.gazette.net/stories/020807/greenew191357_32322.shtml

SCALP in ROCKY MOUNT, NC

This piece was created using a lacing technique with cotton twine and hairpins. It measures about 7" in diameter and 2" high. It is currently on exhibit at "Handcrafted" at the Rocky Mount Arts Center in Rocky Mount, NC.(See current shows for more details) I haven't been able to get down to see the exhibit, but I hear that the new Rocky Mount Arts Center is a beautiful building. When I had first graduated from School of Design at NC State I was in a show called "You Floor Me" that was displayed in the old Arts Center. It was a pretty funky gallery created on the interior of an old water tank, I am not kidding. The walls were slightly rounded and it made the installing and viewing a bit...lets say different. Hurricane Fran took care of that building when devastating floods destroyed many buildings in Rocky Mount, including that one.

DCCA Annual Juried Members' Exhibit

I Love the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art! One of my professors from MICA told me that the DCCA was one of his favorite venues on the East Coast. I have to agree with him. It is a lovely place and the staff is so approachable and GOOD at what they do. It is a joy to work with them. (did I mention that they always have a community arts project at every opening? A Kid friendly gallery? why not?! Thank you, Holly) Anyway, Tonight was the members' evening and opening for the Juried Members'show. My favorites in the show? Jamey Grimes "Between Space" a lovely installation made from melted corregated plastic (he traveled all the way from Tuscaloosa, AL for the evening, by the way). I also enjoyed Jessie Lehsen's piece called "Lick" a grouping of Pulled and Blown sugar bubbles hanging in a corner. My daughter, who just learned how to blow bubbles, was pretty impressed by the piece. Another piece I liked was David Mayers work called "Detach" a surface of flour with imprints. The flour has cracked and formed cool patterns on the piece. Must be seen to really enjoy. Sorry no pictures of these pieces, the batteries in my camera went (you should go see it in person anyway). I do have pictures of my installation called "Digest" These are from the same series that were displayed recently at the Bethesda, Maryland "Art-o-Matic" exhibit at the Creative Partners Gallery. Unfortunately, the Art-o-Matic display at Creative Partners wasn't really the way I had envisioned the installation (Space issues, completely understandable) So, it was neat for me to see it the way I had imagined. Stephen Ruszkowski, Exhibit Designer at the DCCA did a great job installing my work and the show as a whole. It made me very proud to be a part of it.

Platelet

This piece is called "Platelet" It was created by weaving a rug on a floor loom, and, as I wove, I inserted the red rings as you would in a shag rug. Many people think I add the items to the fabric backing after it is woven, but, really they are part of the entire process. This piece measures 38" x 27".

Carni Basket

This basket was created using plastic rings and copper telephone wire. It measures 10"x6"x10". I think the rings were the ring toss kind from a carnival (thus, the name Carni). I bought a ton of them on ebay and made one wallpiece, and two other baskets. Fun stuff.

DiSLoCaTioNs at Anne Arundel Community College

These pictures are from the Dislocations opening at Anne Arundel Community College. The show will be up until February 23rd, 2007. It is a nice show, curated by Andrea Pollan with artists from all over the country. She did a very good job curating such a diverse number of works. Unfortunately, she was unable to come to the "jurors talk" so, four of the artists spoke about their work. The artists that spoke were; Sarah Buckius of Ann Arbor, Michgan; Susan Noyes of Fairfax, Va; Marcia Wolfson Ray of Baltimore; and myself. It is a shame more local artists didn't come to the talk or the opening. It was a lovely time. My favorites in the exhibit? I liked Leslie Holt's work. A series of small paintings depicting Hello Kitty on top of famous paintings. Pretty affordable too. Thinking of buying one. I also liked the strangely familiar "Snowball Carrier: Kitchen" by Tracy Featherstone and Krista Connerly. You must see it to believe. The pieces I have in the exhibit are: "Domestic Helmet", "Ovum" and "Bubbles Waiting 2 B Burst".