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
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 …
Top 20 Countdown: What I did this summer…
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 …
ncma: art in bloom
I spent this past week at the Durham Arts Council teaching an intersession camp on the theme of Norse Mythology. After days of chalk pastels, paint & sharpie markers, running home to work on some of my own art, cooking, exercise, etc. etc. I was regretting having made plans for Friday. Part of me just wanted to go home and crash on the couch. …
travel: charleston, sc
Rainbow Row Charleston, February 2019 Lim had a three day weekend in February and we decided to take a spontaneous road trip to Charleston, SC. It was on the top of our list of cities to visit since we moved to Durham over two years ago, and I'm so glad we hopped in the car on that Friday morning. We chatted, made plans, clarified goals,... …
denver art museum: jeffrey gibson
Today I am highlighting new to me artist, Jeffrey Gibson. A Colorado born, Choctaw, Cherokee, artist who currently lives and teaches in Upstate New York. I am intrigued by his story and search for identity the same way I was intrigued when I first came across Kehinde Wiley's work on one of my visits to the Brooklyn Museum. I was headed to …