new beginnings
June 20, 2009
So, our wedding is over, and I just returned this morning from my vacation in Chicago with my "new" husband. Everything feels normal again.
Of course the excitement of the wedding was unmatched, and the fun of wining and dining in our favorite city without any cares or responsibilities was exhausting (when will that happen again?), but I have anticipated this moment for awhile. Being able to be regular Nicole again-- not the "bride", not the person with all the answers about how things will be for just one day-- that can get really stressful.
I'm going to be assisting Margaret with one of her intermediate printmaking classes this summer, working on two portfolio exchanges, and taking Sandra Murchison's "Printed, Sewn, Collaged, and Hand-Bound Boxes" at SSAC. I've got a lot of stuff to organize and write for my grad school applications, as well.
Finally, back to routine.
doing something creative every day
April 20, 2009
Travis's iPod needed some dressin' up, so I gave him the Chicago skyline in honor of our upcoming honeymoon.
I'm trying to stretch my drawing muscles and keep "doing something creative" every day, especially because I spend my workweek at a desk, during my peak time of the day for idea-making. Mornings have become my new 10pm-coffee-chugging college-era hunting sessions of yore.
new work, new shows - it must be spring
April 15, 2009
Tomorrow night is the opening of Southwest School's All School Exhibition, juried this year by the department chairs. I have a recent print in the show, and am hoping to sell it, baby!
I'm sending work off for the upcoming Mid America Members Salon at the Morgan Conservatory in Akron, Ohio. It runs from May 1 through June 27 and sounds like a perfect opportunity to get work out into the ether.
I must also say, I really dig MAPC's new site. Navigation tabs that are backward-reading typeface but flip like a print when you hover over them are an excellent concept for a printmaking site!
sgc was a dream
April 13, 2009
I'm still in love with this city.
The portfolio exchange was great, the panels were really stimulating, and meeting people, as always, was fabulous. The only thing new to me this time was the wait to get into demos. Since I wasn't able to make last year's conference, I'm not sure how new this is... I didn't have a problem in Kansas City, as I recall. For me, it's all a game based on the timing. In sum, this conference has given me a lot to stimulate productivity, namely a portfolio next year and hopefully my participation in a demo in Philadelphia next year.
marching on...
March 19, 2009
This month has almost completely vanished!
Before I know it, April will be here, and another countdown will begin anew to making another round of work, and to the wedding. I have to say that although deadlines have a connotation of doom and inherent anxiety, I am often most productive when given a goal or target date by which to accomplish something. My wedding is like the ultimate deadline.
