Category Archives: Studio Snapshots

Farmers’ Market report (June 23)

Farmers’ Market last Saturday was a little rainy but full of surprises and wonderful conversations. Quite a few people turned out and it was exciting to make a lot of new connections for KHOI Community Radio, and for people interested … Continue reading

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All the World’s now at an outdoor stage

The BookMarks statue “All the World’s a Stage” has moved again, to a theater, appropriately! It’s now backstage at the Riverside Theatre Festival Stage in Iowa City’s Lower City Park, where Riverside Theatre in the Park offers outdoor performances of … Continue reading

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Finished product

Here’s one of the finished birthday-party-project chairs – this one says, “Home is where you make it.” Not only chair legs but some people legs (and hands) were painted!

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Farmers’ Market report (June 9)

We had beautiful weather (in the shade!) for the Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market on June 9. In this picture I’m talking with Andi Smith (a fellow volunteer for KHOI Radio), and a volunteer with the Farmers’ Market. I talked … Continue reading

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ArtWalk report 2012

Chocolaterie Stam was packed last Friday for the downtown Ames ArtWalk – as Pam McKenna put it, “I think the whole town of Ames was downtown!” Besides the artwork exhibits, face painting was available, and three different wineries represented at … Continue reading

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Birthday party project

I’m repurposing five of these chairs by spraying them white and adding decorative shapes, and taking them to my granddaughter’s birthday party where about twenty 14-year-olds will decorate them with paint and then donate to a local shelter (I’ve put … Continue reading

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All the World’s a Stage

(Update, June 12: All the World’s a Stage has now moved to an outdoor theater.) When I was visiting Iowa City recently I ran across one of two BookMarks statues I created, inside the Iowa City Public Library! Last year … Continue reading

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Finished sculpture at Sacred Heart School

Pictured here is one of the five slumped-acrylic sculptures we created at Sacred Heart School in April (I took pictures outside so there’s a lot of glare). Students of all ages from kindergarten through 8th grade worked on creating the … Continue reading

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Setting up in Fairfield

I took some of my work to Fairfield, Iowa last week for an exhibit (“Painting on Paper and Beyond”) at the Fairfield Art Association’s Main Gallery, in the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. The exhibit runs through June 29, 2012 … Continue reading

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Dragon blanket hanger

Celebrating a baptism for Baby Jolie. She was born in the year of the dragon, so I made her a baby blanket hanger for her new room, designed as a dragon (note Jolie inside!).

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