My friend Wil's band Merit is going to be playing in Syracuse this weekend at Taste of Syracuse, a big festival with lots of food, drinks, and music. Merit is playing on Friday at 4pm and then again on Saturday at 9pm. If you're in the area you should check them out {and buy a cd}! By the way, Wil is the bad-ass in front.
I've been meaning to post some images from my mom's new greenhouse. She and my stepfather built this last fall and their plants are thriving now. They have a huge mix of vegetables {in the raised beds} and flowers {mostly annuals and gorgeous hanging baskets}. I love being inside and looking at all of the plants. I keep thinking that if I had a greenhouse, I'd finally have the perpetually-blooming garden I've been trying to grow! Mom said that they've planted even more in the outside beds since the last time I was home.
Some of the many varieties of leafy greens.
Here's my mom {and Scout} showing off some of the baskets.
Two of my favorite baskets, which also happened to be my grandma's favorites! She ended up with the purple one {right} and I got the blue basket {left}.
Annuals, including cone flowers, gerbera daisies, marigolds, and begonias.
A few hanging baskets and some broccoli in the background.
I just got an email from a friend about a summer teaching opportunity through the Cross Cultural Collaborative. It sounds like an incredible opportunity {some info below}. Please pass it along!
I got up early and went to the 75% off day at Fabrics and Findings this morning with a few thrifty friends. We got there early and still weren't the first people in line! I got these amazing fabric swatches {among other goodies} and felt slightly insane while I was organizing them by color in my sewing closet! Be on the lookout for new stuff made with these super-cute patterns {Etsy may be in the cards for me, too}. I'm going to the final auction tomorrow morning, but hopefully I won't have anything to post about, my wallet can't take many more deals.
My friend Carin Mincemoyer is currently artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center {where Andrew works}. I love Carin's work and I'm lucky enough to have one of her tiny landscapes! She'll be speaking for ArtTalk at the Bemis on June 7 at 7 p.m. If you're near Omaha you should check it out.
I've been swamped lately. Lots of grading, another wedding, working at the studio....arrg! I hate grading. It's one of the worst aspects of teaching, but I suppose it's a necessary evil. I had an amazing group of students this semester, which makes grading much easier. Here are a few pieces that my advanced drawing students made. The top image is a detail of a meticulous medical drawing. The bottom image is from an equally meticulous pop-up book.
I've been increasingly interested in abstracted landscapes the last few months. This "landscape" is by British artist Clare Woods and is enamel on wood. I love her separation of colors, which reminds me of screen-printing.
I just finished this four-color screen-print and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. It's for an exchange portfolio that had the theme "If, and, or..." Now I'm ready to work on the next print and {hopefully} finish all of my end-of-the-semester grading!
