i really don’t have to hurry, but i can’t shake the feeling so… nausea again worked on the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Art on Tap painting today about to cut the day short so that I can pack and head to Bristol and then Tazewell for an evening of storytelling but before we go I [...] Continue Reading »
a list of sentences, because i feel like i have to hurry
0snowing outside, angel baby at home, mama working right beside
0Today starts my week of bringing in the bacon. It’s the last week of March and I’m at 8% of my goal. It’s going to be a busy week. I hope to reach it sooner rather than later because I also have to put together an Easter fit for Addair Kentucky (I’m thinking of making [...] Continue Reading »
bout to head home
2It will feel good to be home but me oh my do I dread the ride. Let’s not think about it now. Spring time is lovely. Yesterday I spent the day sitting outside embroidering. It was perfect. I’m thinking of having my next workshop be on encaustic painting. I’ve got an [...] Continue Reading »
catch up
0My goodness, its been a long while since I’ve sat down to write a blog of any length. Here I am, on my Friday workday in Madisonville, Kentucky. I only brought some embroidery so I’m spending my time on other creative pursuits. And so, hello No Room for Hipsters, online housekeeping, and workshop brainstorming. I [...] Continue Reading »
gettin folks together
2“Everything about color has to do with relationships, and the questions you need to ask in order to understand color are all about relationships.” –Betty Edwards, Color I am able to devote only a small slice of daily time to paint, but I am finding other ways to consider color in this infant-rearing season. For [...] Continue Reading »
an address to my trapezius muscles
4[ from a. addair who is listening to Joey English (Joey English) ] Lately, anxiety has gotten the best of me. I feel like I’m carrying a halo of tension around my neck and a heavy cape of doubt on my shoulders. I can understand why this is so. We are, after all, in a season [...] Continue Reading »
creativity workshop coming up
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Brian Eno and David Byrne (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today) ] Constructing Visual Metaphors with Found Objects: happening Thursday, September 15 6:30pm at The Mason Jar creating space and opportunity for inventive play and art making I’ve been learning about the inclusion of found objects [...] Continue Reading »
pictures i like: because a party is a party no matter how small
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Television (Marquee Moon) ]
next art workshop: a Gee’s Bend approach to collage making
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Ellie Holcomb (Magnolia EP) ] At the Mason Jar November 15. See flyer for details: art workshop flyer-gee’s bend collage
updates
2We just wanted to give an update of everything going on around the Mason Jar and with Ashley and I. Ashley is having her art workshop tomorrow night, 6:00 PM and you can click the tab to see this month’s theme. She’ll be at the Knoxville Farmers market this Saturday. I’ll be busking there [...] Continue Reading »