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
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 …
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. …