FINALLY!

Some good news!!!

After getting two show rejectinos (I misspelled that the first time, but figured it's more fun to say it that way), the Craft Alliance in St. Louis contacted me to do a workshop this summer or fall. Which is awesome, since I wanted to teach there, and with moving to a new abode (with a great studio space, btw), I'm freaked about entering the brave new world of paying once again a realistic rent.

Also, I will be writing an article for Arts Across Kentucky on our upcoming summer show, the 2008 Bluegrass Biennial.

And, finally, it's looking like there's a glimmer of hope re: my intensive MSU summer class (the last two weeks in May) making - it's on Textile Materials and Techniques. That would be terrific if it did. Here's hoping!!!

Workshops and Exhibitions Upcoming

This spring/summer is bringing in more exhibitions/workshops than I expected, which is great news in the experiences/finances arena!

The workshop at the Society of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh PA went very well, thanks in a large part to their Education Programs Manager, Laura Rundell. There's talk of bringing me in Spring 2009 to do a weekend workshop. The trip was also a ton of fun due to the company - Courtney Kessel and her lovely 3 yr old daughter Chloe accompanied me up there. Pittsburgh is a fabulous town!

A hardworking student @ SCC.


Tonight from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Morehead Conference Center, I'll be presenting along with another female artists on behalf of the Kentucky Foundation for Women (this was scheduled last week, but was postponed due to weather).

I nearly never go to receptions associated with the exhibitions I participate in because of logistics, but I will be going to the opening of the OH+5 Exhibition @ the Dairy Barn Arts Center on Friday, February 29th in the evening.

On Friday, March 14th from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., I'll be teaching a (very truncated!) workshop on non-traditional quilting and textile embellishment as part of programming offered through the Rowan County Quilt Show to be held at the Morehead Conference Center.

The Byzantium Bead workshop in Columbus OH is still on the books for Saturday, May 17th.

And, for the first time ever, I'm proposing a 2 week intensive class (for college credit) @ dear old MSU called Explorations in Textile Materials and Techniques to be held the third and fourth week of May. I'm hopeful it will make!