Tonight. Tomorrow. Ongoing. Forthcoming. Tonight …in light of recent events, consider joining hundreds of Nasty Women and other rabble-rousers, for the first ever Chicago version of Nasty Women. Susan McBride, of Lillstreet Studios is the force behind this amazing event taking place this evening. All works sold will benefit Planned Parenthood. I am thrilled to donate “Nasty with Brass Ovaries” … Read More
The Cornettes – Advocates for Urban Agriculture Part II
Finally, I get to share more about The Cornettes – Advocates for Urban Agriculture thanks to a Midwestern panic (and now a two foot reality!) about snow. Here is our back yard and front yard this afternoon. Bring it on! Firstly, I am going to finally give credit to Phyllis Gilmore for naming The Cornettes. Phyllis is an Activity Director … Read More
The Cornettes: Advocates for Urban Agriculture
We had Summer Sweet completed for our Corn Celebration at Lillstreet Art Center in 2006. Many thanks to Jennifer Dotson and Mary Zehnder, the first women to don the husks of Summer Sweet to an adoring audience. Well, I started off this blog entry to talk about and share images of The Cornettes. But, back in 2006 “The Cornettes” didn’t … Read More
A post from the Driftless Region
Women in Grains, an exhibit of women responding to grains from coast to coast, is all packed up. A bittersweet day with a lot of help from husband Paul. We drove through Madison, WI, saw family and did up the acclaimed Farmer’s Market. We then headed towards Reedsburg and The Woolen Mill Gallery for the show’s last hours of its … Read More
Take Me Back: An exploration of Water, Local Clay, and Time
During the Artposium Wade in the Water, I planted corn in the center of the piece with Corn Sister Carol Ozaki (pictured third from left below). Pictured too are Carol’s husband Ron-L and Ed Berg-second from R. We planted Corn Sweet (se) Luscious Zea mays var rugosa. “Luscious is a bicolor corn that matures in 75 days – an advantage … Read More