Category Archives: Studio Snapshots

Summer 2012 newsletter

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

Click the link below to view or download: The Left Bank Studio Summer 2012 Newsletter (3-page PDF, approx. 975 KB) In this edition: Bank for sale / repurposing Jo Attention snowbirds Tablecloth made of memories Bodies in the vault Upside-down … Continue reading →

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Garden Art Fair 2012

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The weather was wonderful for last Sunday’s Garden Art Fair at Reiman Gardens. Sara Merritt and I shared a booth – you can visit Sara’s website at saramerritt.com. Pictured: I’m repurposing long coats I painted and dyed 25 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Drawing tools

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

The first lesson we did in Drawing and Composition class was to draw the tools we’d be using! I’ll show you some more of our exercises (including upside-down drawing) in an upcoming newsletter. The class will have a display of … Continue reading →

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Farmers’ Market report (June 23)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

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

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Jo Myers-Walker

(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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