TRUE COLORS @ Judith Racht Gallery

This piece,"Suess Basket" will be on display during the TRUE COLORS exhibit at Judith Racht Gallery in Harbert, Michigan. I am displaying 20 vessels in this show. TRUE COLORS also includes the work of several other artists from through out the country. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 pm. The gallery address is 13707 Prairie Road, Harbert, MI; for more info 269-469-1080. I will be there along with several other Maryland and Michigan Morisette's.

Workshop @ Duke's

On Saturday, July 21st I ran a workshop at Duke's Shoe Repair. Duke donated shoelaces and neighborhood kids (and adults) made shoestring art. It was a nice day and afterwards, we had ice cream.

Tapestry workshop at Duke's Shoe Repair

On Saturday, July 21, I will run a free art workshop at Duke's Shoe repair, 2000 14th Street, Washington, DC. This workshop is part of SITEPROJECTS DC. SITEPROJECTS DC is a group of installations and art happenings on the 14th Street cooridor of Washington DC. The project was curated by Welmoed Laanstra for the wpa/c. I was chosen by her to participate by creating a piece for Duke's Shoe Repair. The piece I created is called "Shoe Tree". It is a 5' x 6 1/2' tapestry made of shoelaces and cotton webbing. While I was installing the piece, a woman came in and asked how to do it and if she could teach her kids the technique. She gave me the idea to do a workshop. I spoke with Duke about it and he was into the idea. He even donated some shoelaces for the workshop and the finished pieces will hang in the shoe repair shop alongside the "Shoe Tree" piece. Hope to see you there!

Ladybird Johnson, one of my inspirations

I was sad to read last week about the passing of Ladybird Johnson. She is very inspiring to me. Someone who appreciated that simple things like wildflowers could make people pause and appreciate beauty. When we first moved to Washington, DC we went the DC Environmental film festival. We saw a lovely film about Ladybird and her way of being polite, but still getting what she felt was right, done. The evidence is all over our country in highway right-of-ways and city parks.

Long live the spirit of ladybird in our hearts! Thank you for having a greater vision for us all.

New Vessels for "TRUE COLORS" exhibit

Here is a piece I have created for the "TRUE COLORS" exhibit I am in at the Judith Racht Gallery in Harbert, Michigan. This show will feature many of my vessels as well as work by Painter Timothy Vermeulen and Anderson Kenny's drawings and tiles. I am heading up for the opening on August 4th so, if you are in the area stop by!

DIGEST: Chapter 4 at Goucher College in "Accumulation"

This installation is the 4th incarnation of the "Digest" series. All 95 pieces in the series are displayed during the "Accumulation" exhibit at Goucher College from July 9th-30th. This show is part of the ARTSCAPE celebration held in Baltimore every July. The opening for this exhibit is on Saturday, July 14th from 12:00-2:00.

NOTHING NEW at the Textile Center of Minnesota

These baskets, called "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" baskets are in the NOTHING NEW: Fiber Art from Recycled Materials exhibit at the Textile Center of Minnesota. The show will be up until August 4, 2007. The center is a great space, they teach workshops and classes and have a gift shop with many treasures to be found.

Delaware Center for Contemporary Art MFA Biennial

This was a terrific show! I took a few pictures of my favorites. The first is Valerie Molnar with her painted relief "Number 13 2007". The next image is of Natasha Bowdain's "I am the Sun in the Morning, I am a Dog at Night" a multi-media piece that really jumps out at you. Another standout was Anthony Cloe. His beautiful placement of broken glass in "Anamorph Form" was lovely. Last, but not least,Sara Hubbs with "Ten Pounds of Semester" Her piece was very cool (pictured here at the bottom). It is a ball full of items from an entire semester tightly woven together and then cut in half. My favorite piece, I think her and I see the world in a similar way. If you are passing through Wilmington this Summer, stop by and check out this show. It runs until September 9th.