Manic Drawings and Wayward Surfaces

I had so much fun teaching with my friend Jesse Harrod.  We first taught together when she was a grad student at SAIC and she was the best TA ever for my intro classes.   Her work is a burst of smart theory and amazing color- riotous patterns and exploding flowers.  Best of all, she laughs at all my jokes and makes me laugh until I cry with her own crazy way.    We had eight great students from SAIC (and one from MSU).   Big big thanks to all of them  who were so much fun to be around for two weeks of drawing and making art in the woods. 

Back From the Woods

 I'm back from two weeks in the deep woods of Michigan.  Ox-Bow was amazing this time around.  I'll post more pictures from my class later this week (and you can go to Ox-Bow's facebook page to see more right here.)   It was weirdly warm for the first week and then- a blizzard.   The whole campus was covered in eight inches of snow.   On the last day there a plane flew over and I realized it was the first one I heard.  It was quiet and the snow made it even quieter.   Here's to more of that in 2012.

Grand Rapids Art Museum Reception

I am so pleased to be included in the 100 Years of Ox-Bow exhibition at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan.  I have taught at Ox-Bow for the last two summers- it's a really special place in that everything about Ox-Bow points to art making.  From the way the food is prepared, to the way that the life jackets are arranged near the dock, Ox-Bow is an inspiring place to be and to make work.  I was so honored when I was asked to be included in this exhibit celebrating 100 years of art making at Ox-Bow.  Here I am with my Grandma posing in front of my work at a reception on Friday.  Photographs are not allowed in the museum, but oweing to how she's my Grandma, we felt we could make one small exception.