JoAnn Giordano

After work today, I dashed over to the InTown Club (a private invitational ladies' luncheon club that meets for relaxation, fellowship, and enjoyment of the arts) to see my friend JoAnn's show. It was a treat to see a retrospective of her work. We are interested in similar themes and she has a vast knowledge of different ways to manipulate fabric. Congratulations JoAnn!!

Environmental art pioneer Betsy Damon

Damon is the founder of Keepers of the Water, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combining art, science and community involvement to restore, preserve and remediate water resources.

Her first project, “The Living Water Garden” (1998) in Chengdu, China, won several international design awards and was undertaken to clean the water in the Fu and Nan rivers.

Using sculptural flow forms that move oscillating waters through a series of pools, the installation cleans water and provides a place for children to play before the purified water is returned to the rivers. link to full article

Can artists save the world?

The environment is this year's big theme across the arts. Here's how Britain's greenest cultural avengers plan to save the world.

There's a lot going on. The question is: can any of this art do any good? When an actor or a musician lectures us about global warming, our first instinct is cynicism: after all, is it possible to maintain both a private jet and a green conscience? The satirical website The Onion neatly nailed this contradiction, with the headline: "Alec Baldwin signs two-year deal to care about the environment."

Paul Arendt, The Guardian.

Waterloo Arts Fest

I had three pieces in the Waterloo7 Gallery for the arts fest. The show was about work that incorporates recycled or natural items - the Lake Erie driftwood frames fit in. Here is Sylvie under my drawings.
We met up with some good friends. Here is Miss Hary Melen in the record store:

Here is Sylvie with our pal Tom. The Arts Fest was a big success, we'll be sure to go next year, too!

party carnage

after work and Sylvie's DR.'s appt, I had to rush home to meet with yard-scapers, then it was off to Waterloo7 gallery in Collinwood - i made it round trip in one hour and three minutes! in my haste, i forgot to document the dropping off art work experience, so i thought i would post images of the pinata I made for Sylvie's 1st birthday party last Saturday.

here it is in action:



here is what's left: