Me with my paintings
Feng Jin with his sculpture
3x3: 3 Artists - 3 Visions
Glen Rogers, Donna Orme, Feng Jin
June 11 – August 7
Reception: Sunday June 14, 1-4pm
The
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408.354.2646
Open Wednesday – Sunday, Noon – 4pm
Monotype in Mazatlan Workshops
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Los Gatos Museum of Art Exhibition
Me with my paintingsFeng Jin with his sculpture
Mosaic Project for Marco Polo Park, Mazatlan
Marco Polo Park is a park and play area specifically for children with disabilities designed by Recrea, a group of architects in Mazatlan. Fanciful swings and slides, interactive walls, walkways of colored glass are designed and waiting to be constructed with the help of the Rotary Club of Mazatlan.
Leticia Alvarado Fuentes heads the project and has the enthusiasm to see it happen.
Because of my past community based public art in the San Francisco Bay Area, I offered to design an element to involve the community. The mosaic project - Circles of Nature - was a way to offer the neighbors of the park, as well as the users and families of the nearby Educational Center, a way to get involved in the Marco Polo Park project. The Rotary Club used it as a kick-off project for their community work day which also featured tree-plantings, lunch and presentations.
Circles of Nature consists of 2 sizes, 9" and 6" circles, all with a nature theme. We brought buckets of broken tiles and various leaves and flowers for inspiration from the area. Everyone - kids, adults and whole families - were invited to create the colorful circles. They will be installed in benches and walls around the park.
Childhood Girlfriends Reunite for a Workshop in Mazatlan
What an honor to have my childhood girlfriends from Louisville, Mississippi visit me in Mazatlan and take a workshop May 21 thru 25. Yes, we were all in Brownie Scouts together! During the week they were here, we shared memories dating back to kindergarten (Mrs Dodd's) all the way thru highschool and into college. What a trip down memory lane. Gia, a recent Mazatlecan, joined the class as well and got a kick out of our group with all of our stories. We laughed, giggled, told tales and shared our present lives and how we got to where we are today.
Everyone embraced the monotype process - even the skeptical non-artists of the bunch. There was plenty of time to watch the beautiful Mazatlan sunsets, hit the beach at Stone Island, dance to the Beatles at Puerto Viejo, and enjoy wonderful meals together. What a blast! Thank you Beth, Dinah, May-May, Pam, & Ellen! I hope you will visit again!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
International Print Day in May
Saturday May 2 was an International Print Day organized by the Monterey (CA) Print Club.
I invited those who have taken my workshops in the past for a free print day.
We worked together in my Mazatlan studio creating monotypes from 12 to 4pm.
Lucila Santiago, Kathi McCaw, Ann Hankel, Tracey Rickman and Paul Pattee joined me in the studio. That's Ann at the press. Check out the blog: http://printdayinmay.wordpress.com There you will find printmakers from Hawaii, Australia, and California all working in sync.
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