Four months into my relocation to Seattle, I started the what’s next dialogue with myself. I was getting itchy for my personal 2.0. Life as I knew it had drastically changed and I was not quite recovered, but healing, from my losses in 2020. Like all of us. But it was...
Verbal Map studio visit artist Jennifer Vanderpool As in-the-flesh studio visits are a tad hampered at the moment, I reached out to artist Jennifer Vanderpool for a virtual visit. The Lovely Ms. Vanderpool Jennifer is a multi-disciplinary artist and community arts...
I won’t get any argument that this year has sucked. The universe really pulled the rug out from under us. Humans are hardwired to lean into a sense of hope, and this year has really tested us. We’re also social animals and we’ve been dealt a doozy regarding that...
Having to play host to out-of-town relatives this Holiday season? In-laws descending on your door? Fear not! There are some cool lights shows for you and yours. (I admit that I am a total dork when it comes to light shows. They take me to a happy place.) The...
I had the recent fortune of contributing to an article on Artsy.net, “Financial Advice for Artists from Four Experts”. I traditionally find interviews as exciting as potentially nerve-racking, my having endured a fair share of wild misquotes. I found the results of...
Towards the end of last year, I gave a business of art lecture at Surel’s Place in Boise, ID, sponsored by the Idaho Arts Commission and American’s for the Arts’ National Arts Marketing Project. I’d never been to Boise and knew little about the city or state for that...
