SandBlast Art Festival 08'
So, I have been helping to organize this little art festival on the small town of Duvall, Washington for over eight years. I got involved with it one year when they did not have enough volunteers to organize it and were considering not having it at all. It is the coolest little festival with continuous live music, art booths and local food and it is located in a little grassy park on the shore o…
Book Illustration
I am going to do illustrations for a new book by Naturalist/Author Lyanda Haupt. Her book, Crow Planet, is a collection of personal stories about the urbanization of crows and how they, and we, have adapted to each other’s presence. The linoleum print medium is well suited for crow related imagery. I will be doing ten linoleum print illustrations that will be featured at the beginning of e…
T shirt design
After a day of rest I will be doing a linoleum t-shirt design for the little lake side community where I live. They will be sold to locals as a fund a raising effort for maintenance and upkeep of the lake and beaches. They will be sold at our annual July 4 Summer Festival. I will get two shirts as “payment” so it is basically a donation that I am happy to do for the benefit of my co…
My Journal
Well, I already submitted my first entry so this is actually my second entry but I will now explain what my journal will be about. It is generally going to be a historical record of everything I am doing as a working artist. For instance, as has already been mentioned I submitted an application for some grant funding. However, earlier this week I installed a totem project at an elementary scho…
Fellowship Grant Application...Done!
I got my Fellowship Grant App done and in the mail with seconds to spare. It needed to be postmarked by 6:00pm yesterday. It is for $6500 unrestricted funding for “generative artists” who have shown at least ten years of producing art professionally. It is offered to visual artists every other year so it had to be done. It is good for an artist to try and take advantage of all opp…