A 25 foot accordian book, a story without words, a different perspective of Home.

I’m working on an installation that will show at Shift Collaborative Studio in Seattle through the month of July–a 25 foot accordion book, a story without words, a different perspective of Home.

Here are a few sneak previews:

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ART BREAK for UW staff

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University of Washington staff, faculty and affiliates are invited to join s for FREE 30-munite guided tours of the Henry’s exhibitions. Gather your colleagues and meet at the Henry for an engaging tour. New art will be explored each month. Make it a date! Stay for lunch in our café and keep the conversation going.

Wednesday, May30 12:00 – 12:30 PM FREE

Interested? RSVP HERE.

This is one of those total attention grabbing shows in an ADD society, but still!! It looks so GREAT!
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Glenn Adamson Quote: “Of course, big corporations are just as adept…”

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“Of course, big corporations are just as adept at manipulating the rhetoric of sustainability as young makers. But craft does have a special advantage. In the effort to promote more self-aware ways of living, the simple act of making by hand signifies direct engagement with an object, and therefore a degree of personal responsibility. Certainly, not every craft object is made sustainably; we have to get real about that.

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Sustainable art making--reuse, recycle, rethink, recreate. Very nice post from OCAC Library blog.
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Beneath the Burqa

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Layers of the Hijab has started! It is a project inspired by 10 years of working with East African girls in the Seattle Public Schools. We are thrilled to have received a group arts project grant from 4 Culture to support the workshop through the sponsorship of The East African Arts and Cultural Association (the brainchild of my friend and artist/teacher…

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The drawing is reason to stop and look, the content is worth staying a while...
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Just curious…

Hi yall.  I always find it interesting what people do with regard to influences and/or inspiration.  There are those who share their influences aplenty and find the whole topic interesting and worthy; others who do so obliquely, mentioning a painting or school of art or period; still others who never mention anyone, who guard their secret stash of influences like gold.  Maybe they’re right, I just never know.

Do You?

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Thinking about squirrels and crows

I am so in love with these guys. They are pretty much all named Sandy, but there really was an original Sandy.

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Couple more pics from past weekend’s workshop…

Sketchbook bound and wicked good fun:

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