I'm Back At It!

Hi Becca!

Thanks for all the drawings and photos of you trip! I love them all!!!! I'm so jealous! Sorry I haven't been posting for a while - I've been busy with other things, but am back at it again. I will post more drawing in a day or two. I have a (secret) art related project I'm working on right now which I need to focus on. I will tell you about it in a couple of weeks.

There have been a couple fun art-related events I've been involved with in the last couple of weeks. The first one is 'Fish Gone Wild.' The Spicer Beautification Committee is having 20 artist decorate and paint fish to set out in Spicer next summer. My name was drawn to paint a fish. It should be fun. I am going to change the shape of the fish and do something funky to it. Here is a picture:

They had a kick-off celebration to hand out the fish. They also had minnows swimming in glass vases and fish shaped cookies. You can check out more photos from this event at the new Willmar Area Arts Blog.

I went to Marshall on a day trip with some of the other WAAC board members. We checked their gallery and visited with the Marshall Art Center board members. We had a fun day. Here are some pictures. You can see more pictures from that event at our blog too.

We also visited Greta at the SMAHC office.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Hi Becca, David and I went to the Foot in the Door 4 reception last night. It was fun to see all the artwork. It was easier then I thought it would be to find our work. We went early before a lot of people got there. Kim, Hannah and Emily went later and said that it took them a half hour to find a parking place and they had to stand in line for 20 minutes to get in. She said the people watching was good - like looking at artwork! Here are some pictures I took:

Minneapolis Skyline

Foot in the Door 4 Art Show

Walls of Artwork!!!

Becca Johnson's Painting

Laurel Iverson's Necklace

My Tiger and Kim Wendlandt's Angel

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Hi, I took our artwork to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on Saturday. There were a lot of people in a line that wound back and forth and back and forth. I thought I would have to stand in line for hours, but it only took an hour. The line moved along well the entire time. I visited with the lady ahead of me in line - she is a psychologist. Her background is in art and she has done art therapy. She said she has to use it just as a tool in her practice because in Minnesota they don't have insurance that covers art therapy counseling. She said that you should check that out.

Are You Homesick Yet Becca???

Thought these photos that I took out of my porch windows this morning might make you homesick! The kids are off school today for a snow day.

Snapshots from Melvin's Art and Wine Event 2010

Sorry, I wasn't able to get photos of everyone at this event - bad weather sent some artists home early.

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