The Prelude to Open Studios show was a lot of fun. I heard we had 575 people come through the door!

I talked to a lot of people about my pottery and look forward to seeing a lot of them in two weeks. Oh, and I sold my piece! Pretty exciting.

In other news, several of us spent the day working at Zizziba House, cleaning up the landscaping. We pulled weeds, trimmed trees, planted flowers and did a bunch of construction cleanup. We’ll do it again tomorrow. Things are shaping up, it’s exciting!

As a reminder - I’ll be showing my work at stop #21, the address is 2320 East Route 66.

This is the piece I’m entering in the Prelude to Open Studios show. This show allows Open Studios participating artists to show one piece each at the Coconino Center for the Arts.

The opening reception is Saturday, August 13, I believe 6-9 p.m. I’m working the show that night. The show runs August 16 through September 10, Tues-Sat, 11-5.

Details on the piece - it’s a stoneware platter, made from a creamy-colored high fired stoneware clay. It measures about 13″ in diameter and stands about 2″ high from rim to tabletop. The center of the platter, inside the rim, is about an inch deep.

I’m not wigging out about the show or Open Studios. Nope, nuh-uh, not me. I’m feeling perfectly normal… see?

Here’s the article that came out in the August 2011 issue of The Noise.

Clicky-click for a readable version!

Note: The info on my education isn’t quite correct - I graduated high school in 1985 and got my bachelor’s degree in Organizational Studies in 2010… so actually was pursuing creative and academic ventures at the same time. Doesn’t really matter but enough people listened to me complain about school while working full-time and being an artist, I thought I’d clarfiy!

Flagstaff Open Studios is a month away! Yikes, that is right around the corner!

The brochure can be found here. I am stop #21.

I’m working on a postcard to send out to folks and to post here. Also, I am going to be the August featured artist in two local publications - The Noise and the ACF Newsletter. Exciting! (I shall post links to both articles once they’re published!)

As for the studio, well - check it out! It has new siding and is ready for its new rolling door! It is getting wired in a week and after that I’ll be having the door installed and moving into it. I’m so excited I could squeal.

New floor, new door (opening)!

I am writing this from a hotel room in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I’m taking on yet another venture - that of becoming a certified Jazzercise instructor. Fun!

We’ve been busy at the gallery and studio. The gallery now has a new hardwood floor - I’ll post pictures of that work soon (didn’t I promise to have them up by now? things have been too crazy!). Transformation of the studio has begun, starting with digging out around the footings to see exactly what’s going on down there. Here it is, lots of work will be done over the next couple of months. I’ll update here as things move along!

Studio - footings exposed