Happy February 29th! I’m making some (quiet) leaps, and I hope you are too. (There’s no reason for this photo except that it is decidedly a February image.) As you can see in the side panel, a 2012 class at the Morgan Conservatory is now also open for registration…and many other exciting classes as well. [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Leap day.
Posted in Blethering, Melissa Jay Craig classes 2012, Summer on 2012/02/29 | Leave a Comment »
Quintessence
Posted in freedom of expression, my artwork, politics on 2012/02/26 | 4 Comments »
Google alerts brought this in a couple days ago, by someone I don’t know. I thought, “aww, that’s sweet (thank you)” – and then I laughed out loud. The author inadvertently and succinctly exposes the heart of certain matters and attitudes I’ve struggled mightily to understand. Yes, sweet.
Stretch
Posted in Shifting on 2012/02/23 | 3 Comments »
Gearing up for a Massive Restructuring: online, in the physical realm and probably (inevitably) in other ways. The online portion involves shiny new tools to keep me interested in this box, and the real live studio is ready and loaded for sanity breaks. This will all be lengthy. As it begins, I’m not feeling much [...]
Before and Again.
Posted in exhibitions, hearing loss, Iowa, my artmaking process, teaching on 2012/02/17 | 2 Comments »
I’m working on / dealing with a variety of things, and don’t have much to say, so today’s Blahg features visual and verbal recaps. The visuals show the general layout of the Sensing Language show at St. Ambrose University, shot by Jay Strickland; the accompanying class photos are by Heather Lovewell, Catich Gallery curator extraordinaire. [...]
Work and Wealth
Posted in exhibitions, friends, hand papermaking, my artmaking process, prairie, Ragdale on 2012/02/09 | 7 Comments »
The pictures show how it’s going around here; I’m very happy. I found a stash of old winter milkweed and stripped it, leaving the grey bark and black spots to be included in the paper. It’s cooked and ready to be hand beaten as needed. The afternoon sun (sun!) makes the bronze beauty glow. There [...]
Necessities
Posted in exhibitions, friends, healing, Studio, Winter on 2012/02/04 | 1 Comment »
Ahhh. The anticipated quiet February is here, and Chicago has been weirdly warm and snow-free (knock on wood). I’ve been busily at work on a postponed-by-surgery project with that project’s fun and lovely partner, somewhat frustrated by budget limitations but still quite excited about how wonderfully things are shaping up within the necessary parameters. I [...]
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