Nice People I Saw in NYC FEB. 2010

Michael Andre and the office of Unmuzzled Ox
Karen and Bill Evertson
Arthouse Coop guys
The Mayor of Strawberry Fields
Steven Salzman
Bill Wilson
Paul Hasegawa Overacker

NYC was wonderful

I think i managed to do too much... but what to do? Perhaps next time make more sitting and sketching time or sitting and sipping hot chocolate time. Add in some people watching time... although I did watch a lot of people this time around--I just can't help it. So tonight I'll post some of my favorite pics... that have no story to go with them... make up your own I guess. Of course every picture really does have a story...

recent drawings

Funny thing about art...it doesn't matter at all. What matters is that I'm a good mom, a good wife... sister, daughter... and friend. That's what matters. The love that exists in those relationships is the only lasting thing on this planet. None of these drawings are about you or about me. They are just figments of the imagination.

Ross Priddle @ Feb Flywheel

Ross Priddle @ Feb Flywheel

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new hair... new start?

I've been thinking about getting a hair cut for about a month now. Last week I finally did it... and went red. It's strange cause I don't know who I am anymore... I look in the mirror and I don't recognize myself. Maybe the hair is just an outward manifestation of the inner struggle. Sometimes I think I don't fit in anywhere. I have no place to be. No place to feel accepted. I'm thirty six years old and I feel completely and utterly lost.

Been a busy little Bee

Hi there! Jenny has been a busy girl. Let's see... I don't know... I was in the latest book about death show in BRAZIL! Here is a video of the opening. Bill Evertson says I'm at: JZ@ :48 & 2:54 Here is the LINK. Special thanks to Angela Ferrara for sending out the call, arranging the show with the MUBE and for hanging such a beautiful show. Angela is an original member of the Abalcabal zine and a NY ABAD artist living in Brazil. (ABAD= A Book About Death)

In recent news... Jeff Crouch is reinventing my work and thus a collaborative baby has been born. Take a look at Jeff's recent work HERE. Our work I guess. This is new territory for me. At least it feels new. I decided over the past couple years that I would say yes to new things. That I would live without fear. That I would not ignore people that cross my path. Or maybe I am crossing their's. It's amazing how the world wide web has connected us to so many of them. Me to you. Me to Jeff. Like the 24 zine... made possible by the internet. It really is quite amazing.

I'm gearing up for a new ABALCABAL zine... just waiting on a few more entries then I'll be able to assemble and send out that zine.

I'm also excited to be going to New York City. I am going to see The Sketchbook Project: Library in Brooklyn hosted by the Arthouse Coop. Here is a link to my arthouse projects.
I also hope to see some artist friends and some galleries. I started packing yesterday... my warmest clothes cause this FL girl doesn't play well with winter.

Happy Birthday Moo. Just want to tell you how much I love you. You are the apple of my eye, the frosting to my cupcake, the rainbow to my liquid sunshine sky. Photo is one we took last year with our most serious faces. Or maybe it was two years ago. My, how time flies. I'll blink and...

24 Hour Zine... and South Fluxus was borned January 27th 2010

Artist and Mail Artist... Brent Leopold... sent me a blank magazine with instructions to fill it up and add and pass it to Keith Buchholz, Fluxus St. Louis. So originally the zine was meant to be an add and pass... but, Last week I began making collages and got a good way through it when I thought... I should ask for submissions! I got on facebook and asked people to send me a piece of art, photo or poetry to add to the zine. I got about 10 responses in 3 hours. I added their works to my work and a zine was born. So the whole thing was put together in 24 hours. I named her "South Fluxus" and "SO FU" for short... the theme for this edition was: NOW... I like how fast it came together... and how I photocopied it Friday and mailed on following Monday. Only 14 copies were made. They were given to the willing participants. One copy is currently for sale on ebay. The original went to Keith in St. Louis. Thank you to those who submitted something:
Lancillotto Bellini
Jason Berlin
Maya Van Jeier
Robert Chrysler
Desiderata
Ross Priddle
Daniel C. Boyer
Allan Revich
Gordon Charlton
Brent Leopold
Rain Rien Nevermind
Richard Canard (on Rain's collage piece)

I hope to do this again... I really enjoyed the process.

Postmarked 2010

There is a mail art call... collecting work for an auction to benefit a prison library... Here is one of my submissions--a hand colored leather purse. Crumbcake #2 helped me color in the lines. He asked so I said, "Yes." You can bid online or at the auction in California.

Some of my latest work...

Top photo is my Dream Rocket Quilt! See the project HERE.

Cryptothecia rubrocincta as labeled by Ross Priddle

Katherine Michael is a good friend and ARTITST

I had a special treat today, folk artist: Katherine Michael came over to visit me! Can you imagine having a real folk artist in your house? Well, imagine no more--for me! And she brought lunch! She made a lovely taco salad. I love Katherine's work... you can see it here on her website: www.katherinemichael.com Above...I posted a piece of mail art that she sent to Richard Canard. Katherine did her first mail art show last year--the Chromatophore piece. Richard saw her work on line and struck up some correspondence. This was the piece that she mailed to him.

precarious times

Post headache fuzzy brain is what I have. My eyes are squinting more than ever now. Do you think I might need glasses? Could it be that time in my life? I hate the shaky ground feeling. Unstableness. Something is not being said.

Recent Mail art sent

Sci-FI and SKY NIGHT

Photo courtesy of NASA

SCI -FI AND SKY NIGHT
JANUARY 30, 2010

Doors open at 5:30pm

Planetarium show: Mars
Planetarium times: 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 7:30pm, 8:00pm, and 8:30pm
Mars Lecture by Professor Darryl Schrader: 7:15pm
Movie: Star Wars: The Clone Wars 8:00pm
Telescope viewing: 7:45pm - 11:30pm

Join The Science Center of Pinellas and the St. Petersburg Astronomy Club for a fun family evening to observe Mars, full moon, and other celestial bodies. Professor Darryl Schrader of St. Petersburg College will be lecturing on Mars at opposition.

Ask about our Astrophotography Program!

A continued feature of this event will be to collect students (and family) names to be included on a microchip that NASA will send to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled to launch in 2011. Participants will truly be part of Mars history!

Also sign up for the Glory Mission. "Send your name around the Earth" project Glory: "We got your back, Earth." Glory mission will measure solar energy entering the Earth's atmosphere.
A certificate will be provided to the registrants.

As part of our monthly Sci-Fi and Sky event, we will also be featuring the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, for all the family members viewing in our rear courtyard. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets! In addition the Astronomy Club will have telescopes set up for Mars and the Full Moon viewing.

$3.00 Per Person Donation

Adult Beverages will be available for an additional donation.
Pizza and soft drinks will be available for purchase between 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm.
Please R.S.V.P. for event and planetarium shows
(limited seating is available)
(727)384-0027 or
bruis@sciencecenterofpinellas.org
7701 22nd Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Fl 33710

Prevention Magazine February 2010

Ok.. I had to rip open the latest Prevention magazine... (I got the subscription from sending in organic yogurt lids last year) So on the front cover it says, "400 Calorie Fix! Drop 11 pounds in 2 weeks!" Can you imagine that? That would be two dress sizes. The key is eating 4 tiny, well balanced, nutritionally sound meals each day.... Of course there is a book... that has all these 400 calorie meal recipes... Two dress sizes and I'd be swimming in my smallest clothes... but really... sounds tempting. A few years ago I weighed like 40 pounds more than I do now. So I was more of a size 12 girl... instead of a size 6. I joined Weight Watchers and lost it in about 4 months. But it's a way of life... a way of healthy eating and portion control and all that jazz... Loosing the weight was very freeing for me as a person. I used to look at myself in the mirror and just hate me. Now I like me. I was never "fat" until after I had my dear crumbcakes. Nursing them also made me incredibly and sometimes insanely hungry. Growing up I was always on the string bean side of thin... and never really enjoyed it... actually just the opposite. I remember one boy calling me, "Ethiopian Goldilocks." How mean was that? So goes to show... until this point in my life... I was never really happy with my body. Waited forever to "develop." Now I'm on the thinner side of round... and have breasts.. and a butt... generally curvy. Am I allowed to say that I like myself? Am I allowed to move on and worry about more important things like how to loose 11 pounds in two weeks?

My 10th place doll.... Gretchen

Momiji's blog... you can see the winner and scroll down and see my name...

Momiji Doll Contest Winner's gift package...

I received this little ditty in the mail yesterday from Momiji, Warwickshire, UK... full of cute little Momiji tsuff and a note letting me know how to get my dolls back and a couple of quotes from the judges about my dolls. My doll Gretchen came in 10th place out of 100s of dolls entered into the show.