Coming Home at SFSC

Last Thursday (Oct 17th) was the artist program for Coming Home 2: SFSC Alumni Exhibit. My sincere condolences to anyone who missed it. It was great to see my former classmates and their newest work. Everyone's presentations and art work were so different it made for a very engaging afternoon. Crystal Martinez and Chase Smith were two of my fellow alumnus. Crystal is working on Roy Lichtenstein inspired recreations from comic books and Chase explained the programming magic behind his video DNA. I represented printmaking and bookbinding with the Swinging Diptych linocut and the book Old Friends. I love going back to SFSC- I took my first printmaking class there with Mollie Doctrow!

If you are interested in seeing the exhibit, it will be up until October 31st.

SFSC Alumni Exhibit

 

Coming Home 2: SFSC Alumni Exhibit is currently showing at the Museum of Florida Art and Culture. My book Old Friends as well as my Swinging Diptych prints are on display. I also have a selection of wrapped prints for sale in the museum store.

This year features a ton of fantastic artists that graduated from South Florida State College (formerly South Florida Community College). The exhibit will be up until October 31st and there will be an Artist Program on Thursday, October 17th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. I will definitely be there and I'm hoping most of the other artists will as well- I'm really looking forward to catching up with some old classmates!

Preparing for MOFAC

Here's a picture I forgot to share. This was the day before I took all my art down to Avon Park. I laid everything out on the floor to make sure nothing made me want to sing "One of these things is not like the other,/ one of these things just doesn't belong..." You may be able to notice that I only had to reframe four prints; that's not too much craziness for the day before. Luckily I don't have a picture of the hurricane state that I left the rest of the apartment in as I tore everything out of their portfolios to decide if anything else needed to be framed and included. I didn't find anything else suitable, unfortunately. I had been looking forward to including at least some state of my Big Kitty print, but it is so big that it will continue looking too naked until I get it completely fleshed out.

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"....Can you find what thing is not like the other/ before I can finish this song?"

Artwork Drop Off at SFCC MOFAC

This past Friday I dropped off my artwork for the Coming Home: SFCC Alumni Exhibit. It was great to see my old professors. I just barely caught Cathy Futral as she was heading out and it was such a treat to work with Mollie Doctrow again. The new lobby for the SFCC Auditorium was amazing. It was the first time I've been able to see it since the renovations and it looks so prestigious that I can hardly believe my High School graduation was there.

I was also able to meet several of the Alumni artists and see their work. Max Gooding is a phenomenal draftsman and my husband made the comment that he would have to invite his dad, who is an architect, to the show to see his work. Suggesting that he wasn't going to invite him to see my art. I also met Caroline Colby and Laura Wolfe whose added talents will make this a must see show.

The show will be open from September 21st - October 27th. There will also be a Third Thursdays Program on October 20th where several of the artists (including me) will be giving a presentation on their art in the gallery. It also includes a reception which I'm pretty sure will have food and drink as is the custom of receptions.