2012 in Review

photo by Kristen Shima / Shima Studios

At the end of each year I like to reflect on those things that I have accomplished over the past year, as a reminder that I am not wasting my days day-dreaming (a common complaint on my report cards as a child).  Although I find it hard to believe, this past year, along with its ups and downs, was even better than the last.  This is my gratitude list:

• More wonderful exhibits at Inglewood Fine Arts & Evanescence Gallery (with another opening in the new year).
• Workshops, demonstrations and teaching...a huge leap and an honor to connect with so many lovely people.
• More articles published in Cloth Paper Scissors, Studios, AirdrieLIFE, and several newspapers. 
• Contribution to En{coeur}age on the Deep-Soul Call of the Artist, to Your HeART Makes a Difference, Do What You Love and Creative Sugar on my life journey as an artist.
• My first public art project in my community - the painted utility box.
• Curated and hung six new exhibits at our public library.
• Completed the third annual AIRdirondack Art Project and began planning for the fourth.
• One of my canoes was included in the first annual Art-in-Motion transit program.  
• Coordinated several arts events at the library for the second annual ARTember a two-week celebration of arts.
• Another canoe was selected for The Naked Leaf tea tin.
• I had the privilege of writing for Seth Apter's 'The Pulse of Mixed Media' by Northlight Publishing.  
• And I still have so much to look forward to in 2013, an exhibit at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver in January, Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond in March, publication in Deborah Catton's 'Artists in the Raw' which will be available in January, excited about teaching a young fledgling artist one-to-one as well as a few classes of students, plus contributing to an eBook titled 'She Tribe' on the wisdom of women - an honor to be involved.