New work and a busy busy week!

It's a good thing I had an inspirational week last week! I got a few paintings done, about 30 bracelets, a couple dozen pairs of earrings and some great little paper mache snowmen. All this in preparation for the upcoming Holiday on the Lakeshore. I am planning on a huge sale for this event with deals that I usually only give my wholesale accounts. Pendants will be just $5!!! and I will have $6 earrings and $12 bracelets. It is going to be a crazy good time so hope to see you at the Holiday Inn! You can shop Friday evening beginning at 4pm I believe and Saturday 10-4.

On Saturday at 4 when Holiday is done I have to quickly pack up and rush home to get ready for Chairs for Charity! I am so excited about this event this year. Heather Doucette the event chair and the whole committee did such an awesome job making this a fantastic event.
All in all we have 145 pieces to auction off on Saturday! That is incredible!

So get out this weekend and give and get. All proceeds from entry into Holiday on the Lakeshore go right back to the community and then at Chairs for Charity in the evening it is the same. What a perfect weekend to get all your Christmas shopping done and give to your community at the same time!

Spring Art Tour!!!

Come join us for a weekend of art and fun for the 2009 Spring Art Tour. The tour will be starting off with an open reception at We Are Art at Brenda Lynn Burtard Studios at 1006 Margaretha Street in Two Rivers. The reception will feature music by Pick and Squeeze, refreshments, and great art. There will also be a silent auction of original birdhouses created by members of Art and About. Prior to the event you can see the birdhouses on display at the Rahr West Museum. The proceeds for the birdhouse auction will be donated to Hayden's Hope. Hours for the opening reception are 6pm-9pm.

On Saturday you can tour 9 local galleries/studios. Take a peek into the environment where artists create their works! With demonstrations throughout the day you will get to see the techniques and materials used to create beautiful works of art that will also be available to purchase. For exact demonstration times and locations you can pick up your map and tour guide and any of the galleries/studios listed below! Here at Persimmons we will have guest artists Dani and Adam Morantez and illustrator Annette Wimmer. Come watch Dani and I make some mixed media art, listen to Adam sing and watch Annette sketch! Weather permitting much of the action will be in the backyard! Many of the participating galleries and studios will also have a giveaway for a chance to win art originals! It is a great FREE event that is very family friendly. Hours for the Saturday tour are 10am-4pm. Hope to see you there!

The Dolan Gallery....4910 Nicyssa Lane, Manitowoc

Petals Plus Gallery and Gifts....7014 Center Road, Manitowoc

Full Circle Products...1332 S 26th St., Manitowoc

Gallery East...930 S 7th St., Manitowoc

Best Western Lakefront Hotel Cafe...101 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc

Persimmons...314 N 8th St., ManitowocEvans Custome Jewelry...1119 N 12th St., ManitowocMartin Pottery Studio & Gallery, LLC...1304 Memorial Drive, Manitowoc

We Are Art...1006 Margaretha St., Two Rivers

Art exhibit this weekend!

I just whipped out this little mixed media piece for the Art and About Roncalli member exhibit going on this weekend. I of course cannot do anything before the week of so I made this and am hoping to get a painting done too. This piece is called "The bottom of dad's toolbox" because that is where I got most of this stuff. It is all the forgotten washers, nails and other little tidbits that end up buried in sawdust. I even included some of that. I had fun making it!

Roncalli High School Atrium
Friday night 6-9 reception with refreshments and live music by Greg Pagel
Saturday 10-4 come see artist demos and bring the kiddies to the craft section where they can learn origami, beading, recycling art and other fun crafts.
This is a totally FREE show so you have no excuses! See you there!

Happy New Year!!!

We finally decided to paint Molly's room like we promised her. It will take me a long time but this is the first part. She is slightly obsessed with mermaids right now so this is the most important part of the whole room. I drew the rest in chalk and will fill it in when I get a chance. It is so much fun painting on walls. I did work on a set for a play once but it was different this feels a little sassy. I could do this for a living...but won't.

We had a really good time at our Art and About new years bash at the lovely Heather's house. I have a lot of pictures but we take such sassy pictures this one was the most tame. Jo brought me a bunch of little silly things and for some reason we decided they would make nice nipple ornaments????!!!! Dorks. I love these people we have such goofy crazy fun together.

Chairs for Charity is almost here!!!!

So I got up bright and early this morning because I knew the article for our upcoming Chairs for Charity auction would be in the paper. So I stuck my hair in a ponytail and ran across the street to Kwik Trip to get the paper. Our picture is on the first page with a full page article on the cover of the lifestyle section. Here is the link to the well written article....

http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/MAN04/710210430/1398

I really hope there is a huge attendance to the auction and fall art tour. We have worked really hard on this for a long long time and I can't wait to see how it will all turn out!

The fun artful weekend next weekend will kick off with a Friday night reception at Persimmons from 6-9 where you can mingle with the artists and continue Saturday with a tour of 5 studios where you can see artist demonstrations and displays. Then at 6pm the doors will open at the Rahr West Museum with the oral auction starting at 7pm. There will be treats from Garnishes, Pine River Prepack, Stumpjack,and Van's Liquor. It will be a good good time with all the money going right back into the arts in our community. It has been a really fun project that would have never happened without the hard work and dedication of my good friend Heather Doucette and the other members of Art and About. Being the founding mother of the group just less than 2 years ago I am very impressed with the things we have accomplished in such a short time and look forward to the things to come! If anyone is interested in helping us showcase our area and all the talented artisans that call Manitowoc county home please contact me. See you at the auction!