wood/metal/glass
If spending a day in a TX coastal town, checking out an art opening sounds like a good time to you, you're in luck! This Saturday from 5-7 pm is the opening for wood/metal/glass at the
Rockport Center for the Arts. I am one of thirteen artists participating. Come by, see the work and meet the artists.

Also, last night was the fundraising event/gala, Dia de los Muertos, at the Lawndale Art Center. My partner, Sarah Sudhoff and I participated with our first collaborative piece. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend, but Sarah was able to. I was glad to hear that someone bid and collected our piece...hope it goes well with the wall color! On top of that she ran into the owners of Design Works, Steve and Elisabeth, the hosting gallery for my first solo exhibition, originally to be held next May. Their gallery, located in Galveston, survived hurricane Ike, including eight feet of water, however they lost a lot of personal items, including great library collections. Just when you think you're life is hard right now...however, they are rebuilding and they plan to have a re-opening event, celebrating their survival . Good for you!!

location: body
And finally, tomorrow morning Sarah and I are installing our two-person exhibition, location: body, hosted by Diverse Arts, here in Austin, TX. At some point we are going to have a reception/event to meet the artists, but those dates are TBA, yet. Stay tuned!

Howdy for Austin! I've got a few announcements for exhibitions I will be participating in the month October.

First, October 18th is the opening reception for Content in Contemporary Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, hosted by the Texas Tech School of Art, in Lubbock, TX. Rob Glover is the head of the Metal/Jewelry Program there and responsible for organizing all of the exhibition's participants. There will be a symposium starting at 10am and ending at 3:30pm. Lecturing artists include, Keith Lewis, Marjorie Schick, Patricia Nelson, and Lisa Gralnick. There are a lot of other great individuals participating in this exhibition, including two friends of mine, Natalya Pinchuk and Arthur Hash.

The second exhibition is a another group exhibition, wood/metal/glass, being hosted at the Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX. Fellow metalsmith/jeweler Jan Harrell is also participating. She lives in Houston and teaches at the Glassell School of Art, teaching enameling. The exhibition was put together by the art director, John Aasp. In addition to his experience as the art director, John is also an exhibiting artist, working mostly with video. He has a solo exhibition at the Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY, Jan 17 - Mar 6, 2009.

And lastly, not an exhibition announcement, but I thought Sarah and I should share about our newest little friend. It has been hanging out on and above our door for the past week now. When the porch light is on at night....mmmmmmmmmm...dinner time!