Fall is coming and it's time for Warm Wax Collage!

My next workshop, Warm Wax Collage, is coming up on September 7! I will be teaching this creative workshop at the Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington. It's a one-day class that is very popular. If you are interested in encaustic art or collage, and want to know about the basics of working with warm beeswax, this is the class for you! You may find aout more about the class, and register here:

http://schack.org

or call 425-259-5050. I'll see you in class!

"DOORS" exhibition at Fraker/Scott Gallery opens in Seattle this week...

"Sacred Door", one of my  mixed media pieces with collage, acrylic and assemblage, will be showing in downtown Seattle at Fraker/Scott Gallery during the month of August. This group exhibition, featuring intriguing door-inspired artwork, will include some innovative, new assemblage works as well. Don't miss it! Come on down to First Thursday Art Walk this Thursday, August 4 (5-8 p.m.), and find out from the artists–in person–what inspires them!

Fraker/Scott Gallery is located at 121 Prefontaine Place So., in the historical neighborhood of Pioneer Square in Seattle, Washington. For more information about hours and events, please visit:

http://www.frakerscottgallery.com

See you at Art Walk!

Whoa! Three weeks since my last post!? Some amazing student work...

I wanted to share these wonderful pieces done by my students in the "Artful Altered Photos" class at the Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington. What fun we had! I am sure my mom would not  have minded that she her image from 1955 became fodder for some fabulous artwork!

The NEXT class starts this Friday, June 15, at the Schack Art Center. There is still time to register! Please visit www.schack.org or call 425-259-5050!

ARTISTS GARAGE SALE THIS SATURDAY!!

I will be there BRIGHT AND EARLY selling lots of old, new and downright "funky" artwork. The "early bird" always gets the worm...this is THE BEST event of the year! (in downtown Everett, Washington)

The auction to benefit Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots starts TODAY, June 5!

IT'S OFFICIAL! LET THE SHRINE-ING BEGIN! The online auction to benefit Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots has begun! Buy art, help children. It's a win-win situation!!! The auction runs through June 12.

Here is the link:
http://recuerda-mi-corazon.com/

This post has been a long time coming...

I apologize that I have not posted for quite some time! April and May were "whirlwind months" full of art workshops, a NEW job, a major computer "crash", and family activities. To begin with, ArtFest 2011, held in Port Townsend Washington, was FABULOUS! I took three wonderful mixed classes from Lynne Perrella, Michael deMeng (see my "female power" assemblage below) and Lisa Bebi. The weather was pretty darn nice and the views of the Puget Sound were gorgeous. I met so many wonderful and inspiring people, which is what ArtFest is all about.

My biggest news is that I am now gainfully employed by a wonderful organization called The Schack Art Center (formerly Arts Council of Snohomish County). The organization's building is a beautiful new 6 million dollar art center that just opened in Everett, Washington. It is complete with a hot  shop (for glass-blowing), kiln and flamework studios (for glass), multi-purpose classrooms and lovely gallery space. I was hired intially to work in the gallery shop as a sales associate, then quickly moved into the art class coordinator position. I am so proud and excited to be working with these wonderful people that I have known since the mid 1990's. They are very dedicated to promoting the visual arts (and artists) of Snohomish County. I am now working on steadily building up a schedule of art classes for fall 2011, and it's so exciting!

In the midst of all of this, my daughter transferred to Western Washington University, and has declared her major for fall, Graphic Design. I could not be more proud of her. She is looking forward to her fall line-up of classes, and in the meantime, will probably be working at Yosemite National Park in California for the summer. Way to go girl!

David and I (and Chai the Bishon) were able to "sneak" away to Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island in April (pictured above). What a gorgeous, rugged place that is...complete with bald eagles, para-gliders, wind. rain, sunsets, sweeping views of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. We enjoyed lots of gin rummy and good eats, too.

AND, I am thrilled to announce that the online auction to benefit the Street Children of Oaxaca is ABOUT TO BEGIN. Check back here on June 1 to get the link to PREVIEW a wonderful line-up of artful, contemporary shrines that will be auctioned off for a great cause. That's all for now...