Waterfront by the Neuse River We are slowly starting to explore new places in North Carolina again. I've said this before, but one of the things I love about living in NC is the ease of road travel and the variety of places to see and visit. From coastal towns to mountain tops and all things in between... There's just enough of everything, to …
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a silver lining… or three
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 …
artist date: ncma: frida, diego, ofrendas y el modernismo mexicano
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 …
Halloween Fun: diy top hat and dollar store decor
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 …
artist’s dates: the scrap exchange
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. …
travel & art: orly avineri in colorado
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 …