Please watch here for updates. An updated artist statement, new web address, design changes, new email, updated content, my first pro head shot, updated website, heck, who knows what else? … Read More
Mending a Nation (in protest)
On view now at SouthShore Arts, through August 27, 2022, is a stellar array of works centered on the theme “Nature Lovers.” So many respected artists and such wonderful works … Read More
TRUTH in the Winter of our Lives
A perfect day to share an image of my work, a winter iteration of TRUTH in the Driftless Region (2012/2013). I made the work for the first Art DTour in … Read More
Let us give Thanks
I received a text message the other day, with one of my dinner plates attached, asking about food safety. Pictured: Corn Fossil plate with shino glaze, iron oxides and a … Read More
Declaration of our Interdependence
Time for my annual Declaration of Interdependence. That whole independence thing is an illusion. These days of a pandemic, with no end in sight; These days of reckoning of our … Read More
Expressing our inner childlike nature…again
Wanted to share this lovely piece on the importance of play, memory, and creativity. As an artist and recreation therapist, I know play is one of the highest of the … Read More
Artful Learning Through Active Listening
A big thank you to Adam Zucker for his attention to my #FreeListening and so many others using listening as a creative tool. You articulated so much for the reader … Read More
New Life for Old Bags – The Right Thing
It has been quite a year for many engaged humans in the long term care communities of Chicago thanks to Ruth Wertler, Life Enrichment Coordinator, and her residents of Bethesda … Read More
Chicago Art Magazine article by Robin Dluzen
I wanted to quickly share a link to an article published over the weekend with Chicago Art Magazine. A big thanks to Robin Dluzen for a great conversation that didn’t … Read More
Had to share
A friend in Chicago sent this link to images from the Chicago Tribune. Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune/ May 4, 2010 Statues of a modified ear of corn, left, and a … Read More