I am super excited to announce that the Broad Ripple Art Fair decided to take me off the wait list and add me to the invited list! All that work and preparation, putting my booth up outside on the coldest day of the year so we could take a photo of it- it was all worth it after all, because I got in! I’m totally doing the happy dance. I have applied to that show four times in the last six years, and up to now have not been able to get my foot in the door.
It might have to do with the fact that I am now jurying in with mixed media instead of jewelry. It’s just as competitive, but there are fewer entrants in the category of mixed media, thus increasing my chances for getting in. Not that I believe in chance, but the percentages were more in my favor. Anyway, I got in, and I am so jazzed!
This is the time of year for artists like me who participate in juried art shows to apply. Check out my show schedule here.
Fourteen months. That’s how long I have been working toward this show. Fourteen months of immersing myself in the studio and coming up with a cohesive body of work. Deciding color palettes, materials to collage, drawing, designing, painting. Getting them finished, signed, photographed and framed. Re-vamping the booth. Going in the studio and walking right past my jewelry table even though it’s calling my name.
Preparing for and then being accepted into this one show has put me in production made. It’s not the only show for the 2020 season, but it’s the first one in which I am showing mixed media. Believingly it’s the first of several shows in the category of mixed media. But yes, I will still be doing other shows with jewelry. And that’s also exciting.
Did I mention that I am super jazzed? I am.
The last fourteen months have also been a time to have students in the studio. Having students in our studio has added a whole new flavour to my art and life. There’s nothing comparable to teaching. Having to put into words and demonstrating the processes and techniques of art- that has been such a learning for me as well as my students!
It might have to do with the fact that I am now jurying in with mixed media instead of jewelry. It’s just as competitive, but there are fewer entrants in the category of mixed media, thus increasing my chances for getting in. Not that I believe in chance, but the percentages were more in my favor. Anyway, I got in, and I am so jazzed!
This is the time of year for artists like me who participate in juried art shows to apply. Check out my show schedule here.
Fourteen months. That’s how long I have been working toward this show. Fourteen months of immersing myself in the studio and coming up with a cohesive body of work. Deciding color palettes, materials to collage, drawing, designing, painting. Getting them finished, signed, photographed and framed. Re-vamping the booth. Going in the studio and walking right past my jewelry table even though it’s calling my name. 
Preparing for and then being accepted into this one show has put me in production made. It’s not the only show for the 2020 season, but it’s the first one in which I am showing mixed media. Believingly it’s the first of several shows in the category of mixed media. But yes, I will still be doing other shows with jewelry. And that’s also exciting.
Did I mention that I am super jazzed? I am.
The last fourteen months have also been a time to have students in the studio. Having students in our studio has added a whole new flavour to my art and life. There’s nothing comparable to teaching. Having to put into words and demonstrating the processes and techniques of art- that has been such a learning for me as well as my students!
If you are interested in classes or workshops, check it out here
I was talking to a friend recently, telling her about the last fourteen months of work. She listened, and then said, “Wow, that sounds fun!” Okay, don’t get me wrong. It IS fun. Yes, it’s work. Artwork clearly is art with the emphasis of WORK. But. Not for one minute do I mean to sound like I’m complaining, because, trust me, I’m not. There is absolutely nothing I would rather be doing. So yes, it’s fun, and it’s work!
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