Spinning Plates Like an Artist

It has been a very busy couple of months! The 30x30 show is on now at Blue Line Arts in Roseville. I’ll be there this Saturday to enjoy their 3rd Saturday event where they shut down the streets for a party and all the shops and restaurants are hopping – there’s live music, artist booths, food trucks and more! Join us on Saturday, August 20 from 4-8pm. (I’ll have prints and cards of these artworks at Sac Open Studios on Sept 10-11).

The Vinyl Show at Sparrow

Mandalas of vans, trees, bikes and shrooms; imagery from my Summer Vibes series are covering my desk right now. The hard part will be to choose just one for the show at Sparrow Gallery from Sept 9-30! I’ll have the rest available at my Open Studios Party.

Capital Dance Project Collaboration
Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento!

The Capital Dance Project (CDP) is an independent collective of professional dancers and choreographers who collaborate with local visual artists and musicians to create world premiere works in Sacramento. I’m thrilled to be collaborating on a piece with Isabella Velasquez about music and movement. Get your tickets to Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento! showing at The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre, September 2nd at 7:30pm, and September 3rd at 2:00pm & 7:30pm.

The Campin’ Campers Print Session

This is a campground printing session experiment that went pretty well! I designed a stencil on my new-to-me Silhouette Cameo cutting machine that read “The Campin’ Campers – We Go Camping, August 2022” and spray painted shirts at camp. It went pretty well and was quite fun – you could totally do it at home with a hand cut stencil. I used Montana Black acrylic-based spray paint. You’ll want to let them dry overnight, then wash and wear (unless you’re camping).

Preparing for Sac Open Studios!

SIX ARTISTS AT SOUTH LAND PARK HOME FOR SAC OPEN STUDIOS

Learn how art is made in demos throughout the day

Heather Hogan – Kate Farrall – Dawn Pedersen – Maris Kaplan – Leslie Colby – Pam Posz

SEPTEMBER 10 – SEPTEMBER 11, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM BOTH DAYS

Join us for shopping, art demos, snacks and shopping in South Land Park near Belle Cooledge Library where six local artists have teamed up for an art party! Local artists Kate Farrall, Dawn Pedersen, Maris Kaplan, Leslie Colby, and Pam Posz will be showing art at the home of fellow artist Heather Hogan at her home on Annrud Way on September 10th and 11th. This is the third year artists have teamed up at this location for Sac Open Studios.

The artists will each run demonstrations of their art methods on both Saturday and Sunday.

• 10am-noon: Print linoleum stamps on shirts (bring your own!) with Heather Hogan

• 11am to 1pm: Ice dye with Leslie Colby

• 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm: Sew a quilted potholder with Maris Kaplan

• 2-3pm: Learn to silkscreen with Pam Posz

• 3pm: Collage: Line & Shape with Painted Paper from Kate Farrall

• 10am-4pm: Oil painting with Dawn Pedersen

Verge’s largest public program, Sac Open Studios spotlights the diverse range of artists who fill our region with art and culture. The central piece of Sac Open Studios is a self-guided artist studio tour which spans all of Sacramento County, West Sacramento and Woodland and takes place annually during the middle two weekends of September. The tour attracts about 250 participating artists and around 30,000 attendees annually.

Just for you, dear readers, the before picture of my studio… plus my studio pet, Izzy. Lot’s of cleaning up in my future.

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