Glen Helen Show

I have been selected to show and sell at the Glen Helen Nature Arts and Crafts show, this coming weekend: Sat., 11/21, 9am-5pm, and Sun., 11/22, 11am-5pm. Here is a piece I'll probably bring, titled "North Field, Fall." Come on out and enjoy the show!

Sizes, Shapes and Forms

I recently had a piece (the one shown here, titled "Avoiding the Voice") accepted into the H x W x D exhibit at Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, OH. It is a regional, juried, sculpture competition (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky). It runs 11/9 - 12/11/2009, with an opening reception on Sunday, 11/8, 2 - 4 pm. It's free and open to all, so come on out and enjoy!

Here's to Fellowship!

I have been officially informed that I am to receive a Visual
Artist Fellowship (grant) from the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District for 2009/10. I can certainly put it to good use. - Yea!!!

Peruvian Quilt Artist at WSU

In my position with Wright State University's Multicultural Center, I recently installed and held a reception for Peruvian quilt artist Flora Zarate at the Student Union Art Gallery. Her work is absolutely gorgeous and is not a common sight for this area. I hope you will make the time to go see her wonderful work. It is up through 10/23/09, with liberal (and free) gallery hours until 10 pm every night (Monday - Sunday). Here's the postcard for the exhibit. Enjoy!

Peace Pieces

I am honored to report that I have been invited to show some of my sculpture in an upcoming international exhibit titled "The Art of Peace." It is described as "an open forum of peace art gathered from all over the world. An interesting perspective on peace will be seen through this international gathering of artists' work." (One of my sculptures, "A Hard Reign," is shown here.)

The exhibit is co-hosted by the Dayton International Peace Museum, Dayton's new non-profit gallery and studio called Missing Peace Art Space, as well as the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, which will host a large part of it at their 48 High Street Gallery (about a block from the Missing Peace Art Space) (links below). The exhibit commemorates the 14th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords that resulted in an end to the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict. Half of any profits or donations from the exhibit will be used to help support the Dayton International Peace Museum and half will go to help the Children of Narva, Estonia.

The exhibit runs October 22 through November 1, 2009, with an opening reception and silent auction at both DSPS and Missing Peace on Thursday, October 22, 5 - 9 pm. These events are free and open to the public. Please come out and support this interesting and important exhibit!

P.S. As a preview - please visit the Missing Peace Art Space through October 12, 2009, currently exhibiting the large, realistic, political paintings of New York master artist Max Ginsburg. This is a powerful exhibition!

Antioch Lives On!

Crowds cheered as keys were passed yesterday (9/4/09) and now it's official - my beloved alma mater Antioch College will survive - through the hard work of the ACCC (Antioch College Continuation Corporation). It was a long, hard fight but I never really doubted the college would prevail. You just can't tell Antiochians they can't do something. The powers that be are projecting for a small first class in Fall of 2010....And now the fun begins.

The Lucky Tree

I found out recently that I received a 1st Place in the Landscape category from the Miamisburg Art Gallery show that opened August 15. Yahoo! The piece that won was a little abstract tree that has won awards for me in the past. People must enjoy looking at it - so I'll post it here again. The show will be up through Saturday, September 5th. Thanks, Miamisburg Art Guild!