Catching Up

A lot has happened since my last entry. I had my first experience with swine flu over Thanksgiving. I also was not chosen for the core fellowship at Penland. Bad news aside, I did have work at four galleries for December first friday: DesignBox, Rebus Works, Raleigh City Museum, and the Gregg Museum. I meant to put that info up here on the blog prior to first friday, but my blogging time was devoured by New Raleigh. Even though I usually write the First Friday Agenda, there are always last minute releases and revisions.
Before Thanksgiving, I was able to help organize and promote the first Triangle Arts Mixer through CAM/now. We had a great turn out and I was really impressed with venue, The Cotton Room at Golden belt in Durham.
The word is David Stuempfle’s new kiln is moving along but we are planning to fire the big old kiln before the new one is completed. It sounds like we’ll be able to squeeze in a fire just before I head up to Penland for spring concentration with Tom Spleth.
Otherwise, I have a busy week at work plus evening meetings for CAM/now and New Raleigh. I’m photographing a woodworking exhibition catalog for the Gregg Museum over the coming weekend and then the holidays will be upon us again, but with a kiln firing in the works I’ll find more time to keep my hands in the mud soon.