Things are busy ’round these parts…I don’t even know where to begin!  My new round of Children’s art classes started at the HBAC and I am getting more and more signs up every session!  It’s amazing.  It’s amazing to work with kids too.  My job hazards include kids falling out of their chairs (art can be really exciting), and the occasional cry because we miss mom (an hour is really long sometimes).  I’ve never heard my name called so many times in a single hour (this is the only time in life it’s ok to have 17 kids). All these things are the things I absolutely love about working with kids. All the comedians in the world should study children.

All week I’ve been getting things together for a group show at South Pasadena Arts Center that opens November 14, and tomorrow I am going to drop off some work at the Riverside Art Museum’s annual fundraiser “Off the Wall”.  Then at night is our annual Haunted House house where we get to scare the lights out of anyone who dare wants candy.  

Then, this Sunday is the Sweeney Art Gallery’s First Sunday workshop event that I and fellow Grad student Ashley Landrum will conduct.  This weekend we are going to make Endangered Animal Masks and its free and open to all ages if any families live in the area!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!

Just trying to add some of my recent work to the gallery of images really quick before I head off to the annual Halloween Slumber Party Massacre that my BF and I throw every year for two of our friends.  Yes, on the playlist are a battery of bad and cheesy horror movies, pizza and salads (I’ll take the antipasto thank you), way too many snacks and a floor covered in sleeping bags, blankets and pillows.  When picking out candy, one of the concerns is how it looks on….because for some reason, it’s more popular to throw candy, than eat it.  Anyways, butterfingers bring out my eyes.

I will be putting some prints and originals in a group show at SPACE in South Pasadena.  There will be an open house/reception Saturday, November 14, 5-7 p.m.

SPACE
South Pasadena Arts Center
1506 Mission Street, South Pasadena
http://spaceartscenter.com/

Here is some of the recent work I installed at the Phyllis Gill Gallery at UC Riverside.  I have more images, but I am off to school again.  I will edit more when I get a chance.  I hope everyone is enjoying this chillier weather–I know I am!  Hello heater!

Well my cat is still wearing her Elizabethan collar (a.k.a. bumping into things), and we have to wait til Tuesday to take out the last suture at the Vet.  But she’s almost back to normal.  Besides that, I am very much enjoying the post-show state of cleaning my house and sewing and ironing.  And making videos and taking lots of pictures of my poor (pretty) coned cat.