The plan for 2022
[dusts off laptop] Hey! Didja miss me?
I missed you… but I had some serious thinking to do about my blog. Not everyone needs a weekly update, so I’m gonna do a few things differently in 2022.
A crowd adds travel stickers to a paper-mache giraffe at the “Walk the Block” fundraiser in October 2021.
You’ll still hear about the big art news: If you follow me on social media, you know I stayed busy with speaking engagements, commissions and media interviews, in the midst of making new work. I’ll keep updating you as things come up.
But not every week: I’m just going to post about said events and shows as they happen, or are scheduled. So you might hear from me on a Wednesday and a Friday, or maybe just on Tuesday. The best way to get details: sign up for newsletter posts on my home page.
When I work with friends and partners: During the first half of 2022, I get to collaborate on a public art project with old and new friends! I’m also leading collage art workshops at the Kirkland Arts Center, as well as North Seattle College in the spring.
A budding collagist adds glue to her piece during Lisa Myers Bulmash’s 2018 collage workshop
First up is my “Collage, Off AND On the Wall” class. Ask me for details: I’m send them directly to your inbox in the next post. Looking forward to 2022 with you!
The "One" reason to visit Ellensburg in April
What’s worth the drive over the hill and through the woods to Ellensburg? I’ll give you a hint…
Gallery One is hosting my upcoming solo art exhibit! “Never the Same Book Twice” will open on April 3rd, in tandem with the group book arts show, “Between the Fold.” Altered books also take precedence in my exhibit — both new and existing work — debuting in the mezzanine gallery.
Seems like everyone has visited Ellensburg except me… so I’ll need a few friends to show me around. Any suggestions of restaurants that would welcome a rampaging pack of art nerds? Let me know here, on Facebook or on Instagram!
"Black Lives Matter" in Seattle: the road thus far
I'm a little in awe at the momentum of the "Black Lives Matter: Humanity Not Negotiable" exhibit. The opening reception was PACKED...
... and I'm pleased to say one of my two pieces sold that very evening.
But it didn't end there: the show has continued to receive attention from local media. The South Seattle Emerald ran a Q&A with curator/journalist Naomi Ishisaka. Our local NBC station KING-TV interviewed artist Aramis Hamer as well.
Credit: king5.com
And Real Change News contacted me for a story on the exhibit as well. It's encouraging to see how art can extend and deepen a discussion of an ongoing issue like racialized violence.