Show closing: Leaving the "Motherland"
This is it, folks: the last weekend you can visit the “Motherland.” Last flight out leaves Saturday.
You have two options left to you: join the artists, collectors and other art lovers at the closing reception…
Credit: CoCA Seattle
… or get your hands on a catalog of all the art exhibited.
This might be your best option if you’re committed to holiday-related events that overlap the closing reception. Bonus: The catalog cost also helps support future CoCA exhibits and events.
This is your engraved invitation — go!
Snow news is good news
I get a little twitchy when it snows this hard, but studio time and good news are helping me forget the worst of Snowmageddon 2019.
Just found out I made the cut for the upcoming group exhibit at CoCA Seattle! Artists submitted more than 1300 works for the “Motherland” show; juror Amanda Manitach winnowed it down to 121 pieces. So next month, “St. Felicia, Slayer of Fools” will hang in CoCA’s gallery space.
I’m especially pleased about that last bit. Some pieces in the “Motherland” exhibit will be viewable online only. I think sculpture in general — and assemblage in particular — makes more sense visually when you can see it in person.
You know that Twyla Tharp quote about running away without actually leaving home? Yeah, that was me, holing up in the studio during my kids’ seemingly-endless snow days. The result: a new collage that’s been nudging me for the past couple months.
I was going to call it “A Friend in Me” but I may change the title to “Friendship, Served Blue-Rare.” (More on that in another post.) And despite the slippery roads, I made it through the snow to deliver work to Ghost Gallery for this month’s “Art of Tarot III” exhibit.
Apparently it all worked out in the end, but don’t worry; this hasn’t changed me. I will continue to complain loudly about the snow no matter how much it benefits my art practice.
Available art: sometimes you *can* take it with you
Usually when you visit a museum, you have to leave the art on the walls. Not this time.
When You're Not From Around Here, Are You? closes in April, I expect most of these pieces to go home with someone else. Like you... yes, you, the art lover.
"St. Felicia, Patron Saint of Farewells (Defender of Personal Space)" is already spoken for: she'll be shipped to a collector in Atlanta. Two other collectors are interested in the St. Felicia devotional candles as well. (One or two candles are still available.)
And in case you were wondering, these art patrons asked to buy the pieces on an installment payment plan. I'm also able to take payment for some items through my online shop. If you're interested in these artworks, please contact me here. You really can take it with you! And if you can't, you can always support me as an artist by sharing this post with another art collector.