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a silver lining… or three

a silver lining… or three

May 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

Three silver linings, in what would otherwise have been a MORE anxiety ridden and strange, quarantine time warp. This is Veronica in quarantine. First silver lining: Sis doesn't make flight back to NYC. March13, 2020 Veronica and I drive down to NC with the dogs. She was coming over to spend a long weekend with us and bring Charlie …

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artist date: ncma: frida, diego, ofrendas y el modernismo mexicano

artist date: ncma: frida, diego, ofrendas y el modernismo mexicano

November 1, 2019 Leave a Comment

I recently visited the North Carolina Museum of Art for their Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism exhibit. A solo art date that I'd like to share with you now. For me, the highlights of a museum trip are the unexpected things... Such a beauty new to me works by a familiar artist, rough sketches in a notebook, being …

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Halloween Fun: diy top hat and dollar store decor

Halloween Fun: diy top hat and dollar store decor

October 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Dollar store treasures! Halloween, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... Before... I love Halloween. I have since my days as a kid on a Brooklyn stoop. Makeshift costumes out of whatever scraps of fabric and clothes we had. Using my mom's sewing machines and running to Woolworths for some black, wet n wild eyeliner that had to be …

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artist’s dates: the scrap exchange

artist’s dates: the scrap exchange

October 8, 2019 2 Comments

Welcome to The Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC. A holy mecca for thrifting aficionados, do it yourselfers, and the very creative. Not sure who created these, but they are a perfect example of artsy recycling and reuse. Quite the appropriate setting for an artist date. I mean it is literally a creative treasure seeking, scavenger hunt. …

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travel & art: orly avineri in colorado

travel & art: orly avineri in colorado

October 3, 2019 1 Comment

Live workshop at Jeanne Oliver's home and studio, September 2019 Orly Avineri's passport journals. Incredibly powerful work. Piecing it together... Bundles beginning their transformations... A sacred circle of creative, female energy... My lucky bundle. Transformation Relics of our time together... The artist at …

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Top 20 Countdown: What I did this summer…

Top 20 Countdown: What I did this summer…

September 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

Greetings from Durham. I don't know if it was me, but this was one of the longest summers I can remember. I worked on and off for most of it and I just wanted to pause, reflect and share a few highlights from summer 2020. Reading picture books, one of the greatest perks of teaching! Teaching & Learning 1. So like I said I spent lots …

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