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August 5: Open Studio & Reading

July 25, 2017

Join me on August 5 in Seattle for Inscape Arts' semi-annual Open Studio. Coinciding this year with Seattle's new Art Fair, our Open Studio event should be a great one.

I'll be giving a reading from my new chapbook, "The Quiet Year," along with poets Brendan McBreen and James Rodgers. I'll also be exhibiting some of the paintings that went into "The Quiet Year" as well as some other good stuff.

Stop by #124 next door to the office on the first floor between 2 and 8 p.m. 

Visit the FB event page for more. 

← Auburn Literary Fest: First Prize in Open MicNews: Ryan James Subscription Artist →
Some watercolor and drawing work of mine was chosen to illustrate C. Clute's fiction, "Jessie's Crayons" in the fall issue of After Happy Hour Review. I'll post a link in the bio. #watermedia #afterhappyhourreview #litmag #seattleart
Two different versions of an artist book I'm working on. I'm particularly happy with the cover on the first one! The geekery: I did a series of negative space drawings, carved them into linoleum and used them to hand-print the pages, along with collage, metallic foiling, and other techniques. I used random cut-and-shuffle on a poem I wrote about negative space and added it in using inkjet and block printing. One of the books is a modified codex with multiple signatures and the other is a sort of double accordian. #bookart #artistbooks #printmaking #seattleart #poetry #seattlearts
Last weekend, I had the most amazing head shot session with Lindley at @sweetamaranth . She specializes in body-positive photography, in encouraging people of all shapes and sizes to feel beautiful. Most of you know how much I hate having pics done, lol, but I actually *enjoyed* my session. Thanks, Lindley!! #bodypositive #sweetamaranth #seattlebodypositive
Intermission at @benaroyahall...two standing ovations already for Morlot conducting Ravel, Debussy. Amazing concert, and Daphnis and Chloe hasn't even happened yet. #ravelrocks #seattlesymphony
This is the most awesome mail art invitation I've ever gotten. You can't tell from this pic, but it was filled with intergalactic glitter. Thanks @vero_v_reeves ! #glitterrocks
I just got back from a long trip to Alaska, and I found out I'd had a poem selected for the "So to Speak" #metoo series. I sent several and while this was the most abstract and atmospheric, it was also my favorite too. http://sotospeakjournal.org/the-modern-farmer-laura-allen/ #poetry #feministwriters #sotospeakjournal #seattlepoets
...and speaking of screenprinting: it was a good day to see Alex Katz at BAM with @shell_roach #bellevueartsmuseum #screenprint #alexkatz
"Femail" at BAM...isn't she awesome.... #bellevueartsmuseum
So many friends have asked, "Are you going to the Art Fair?" I have to tell them no. It isn't because I don't love the Art Fair, or that I'm not thrilled to have it here. I just get easily overwhelmed. The first year I went, I remember standing in front of a perfect Wayne Thiebaud lithograph, so perfect it made me cry. We'd only been there an hour, but I had to find my hubby and head home. It took a day or two to be okay, and will never really get over that litho. The rest of the Fair that year? Don't remember it. #smalldoses #seattleartfair #loveitbutcant
...I take that back. Here are three more absolute favorites. #augustpoetrypostcardfest #PoPoFest #printmaking #collage #seattlepoets
I am finally (mostly) finished with my batch of 30+ postcards for the #augustpoetrypostcardfest These are six of my favorites; I hope their recipients enjoy getting them as much I enjoyed making them. #collage #printmaking #PoPoFest #seattlepoetry
Getting there... #augustpoetrypostcardfest #popofest #printmaking #seattlepoets

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