RIVER BRACELETS

This project was part of the Greenbelt Girl Scout's Thinking Day Program. Thinking Day is a worldwide program in which Girl Scout troops study a different country and then do a performance having to do with the culture of the country and make an ethnic dish from the country to share. In addition, this year we also spoke bout water resources and availability to the girls in our country.

Thus, the 'river bracelets' I asked the girls about their countries and the prime bodies of water in the country. Then they made bracelets from wool to represent their countries water resources. Each girl made a beautiful bracelet out of a variety or blue wool roving from Leighton Farms (I have found them to be the best place to get beautiful, clean, natural wool roving).

My troop. Brownie Troop 2871 studied Brazil. We went downtown and visited theWilson Institute, that has a great photo exhibit about Brazil, specifically the Amazon region of Brazil. friend of mine from Brazil provided Brazilian cheese bread and candy from Brazil. The kids had a great time and learned a lot.

ART FOR OBAMA III

This piece, BALL BASKET will be for sale as part of "Art for Obama" at Heineman Myers Gallery. Stop by and buy some art for Barack.

Art For Obama III Reception Feb. 26

Join Hosts Bruce McBarnette, Zoe Heineman Myers, Camilla McBarnette, and other Obama Supporters.

View and purchase contemporary art from a variety of artists at Heineman Myers Contemporary Art Gallery.

Help Obama get into the White House!

Artists will donate a portion of their sales proceeds to Obama for America.

The Gallery is 4728 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814, one block south of the Bethesda Metro on the Red Line.

Work Attire.

$5 minimum donation for Obama at the door.

AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW @ Baltimore

I checked out the American Craft show this weekend at the Baltimore Convention Center. My Graduate School pal, Rachel Robinson and I perused the stalls and even bought a few things!! Here are a few crafters who stood out.

The first is Lacey Jane Roberts she had this cool neon pink installation on display at the very front of the show. This installation, called "WE COULDN'T GET IN. WE COULDN'T GET OUT" was pretty cool and really unlike most of the fiber work to be found INSIDE the show. Hooray for her and for the American Craft Council for emphasizing new, edgy work by emerging artists!!

The second artist who cought my eye was Cindy Luna. This artist travels to Baltimore all the way from Hawaii with her beautiful, simple stainless steel baskets. These pieces are not only affordable, but they really have a peaceful presence about them, just like thier creator. Rachel bought one, and I have one from a previous yeaar.

The third picture is of ceramacist Lois Arnow. She make beautiful porcelain work with white and black glazes that are stunning. Here is a picture of me purchasing a lovely sugar bowl for my kitchen.

The last picture is work by Recycled artist Elizabeth Delehaunty. Her line of clothing, called ELIZABETHAN is created using entirely recycled fabrics. I so believe in this sort of thing. There was way to little of this type of work at the fair, next year I hope to see more emphasis on recycled items. This year they gave the recycled craftspeople a GreenCraft logo, which is definately a start.

Why do I buy things at the ACC? I feel very strongly that, as artists we should support one another. I try to keep the good art Karma going. Whenever I sell a work, I purchase another work from someone else. It makes their day, and I get something that reminds me of how lucky I am to live the life I live.

PEACE NOW!! @ The Warehouse

This piece, HORNET's NEST,will be in PEACE NOW! at the Warehouse Gallery.The opening Friday night February 22 6-9pm

Warehouse Gallery
presents PeaceNow!
The 6th and final peace show at Warehouse on 7th Street
40 artists show painting, installation, photography, sculpture, video
Feb 22 - April 6, 2008
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm
And by appt

Art exhibit in observance of the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the 19 March 2008 "March for Peace" in Washington DC and other cities across the country; featuring sculpture, painting, installation, photography, audio art, video and more.

Includes artwork by 40 artists including: Matt Achhammer, JS Adams, Sondra N. Arkin, Beth Baldwin, Joan Belmar, BLK w/ BEAR, M.P. Brown, F. Lennox Campello, Travis Childers, Michele Colburn, James L. Cypher aka Joey Daytona, Richard L. Dana, Anna U Davis, Tom Drymon, John De Fabbio, Dana Ellyn, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Elizabeth Featherstone Hoff, Dara Friel, John Carlton Hagerhorst, Matt Hollis, Jackie Hoysted, Joseph Jones, Joroko, Mariah Josephy, Jenufa H. Kent, Lauren Kotkin, Heather Levy, Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette, Isabel Manalo, Anne Marchand, Carolina Mayorga, Patricia E. Ortman, Igor Pasternak, Jane Pettit, Mark Planisek, Sajeela Ramsey, Marina Reiter, Ann Ruppert, Julie Seiwell, Matt Sesow, Alexandra Silverthorne, Ira Tattelman, Gabriel Thy, Karen Joan Topping, Ruth Trevarrow, Jessica van Brakle, Mary Walker, Ruth Ward, Ellyn Weiss, Angela White, Andrew Wodzianski and Peter Wood.

Earlier Peace shows at Warehouse:
* Faces of Iraq 2003
* Propaganda of War 2003
* War or Peace 2004
* Where's the Peace 2005
* Shock and Awe 2006

1021 7th Street NW
www.warehousetheater.com

New Work

Here are a few photos of some new work. This piece is called HOMOGENIZED it is a wallhanging made of milk caps. Created using Grape Drink Caps I got at a cool Antique store near York, Pennsylvania. This piece will be in “Stimulating Consumption” at Heineman Myers Gallery in April.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This piece,titled "Heart Rhythm" was a commission for a couple for Valentine's Day. Their initials are S & D. Can you find them in the heart? This piece was made using more than 1400 yards of ribbon and a lot of glue!

Sculptures take shape at Lucy Barnesley

This week was my last week at Lucy Barnesley. I will go back for installation of the final pieces, which are still in process. The students are going to paint the final ieces brilliant Dr. Suessy colors and then we will assemble them and hang them. Here are some pictures of the final strides of the sculptures.

Paper Relief Projects with the 2nd Grade

Here are a few pictures of the paper relief sculptures the 2nd Graders did during my residency at Lucy Barnesley. The studenst took book pages and made them into 'paper sticks'. Then they glued the sticks onto a piec of Bristol board. They also watercolored some of the sticks to get a bit of color. I think they turned out really nice.

Flat Stanley Visits Washington DC

My nephew sent us his Flat Stanley project to take around Washington DC. If you aren't familiar with the project, it is based onthebook "Flat Stanley" by Pete Seeger. In the book, a smallboy, Stanley Lambchop gets flattened by his bulletin board. He then has an assortment of adventures, including being mailed to California to visit his cousins. That is where this project comes in. Students create small, flat versions of themselves and send them to friends and relatives who document Stanley's adventures and send him back to his owners. We had alot of fun. The best part was taking Stanley to see the Steven Colbert portrait at the portrait gallery!