Well peeps, It’s been a hectic few weeks and I type to you now with cut up arms and hands and grout underneath my fingernails.  You see, readers, I have been sweating it out for the past almost 3 weeks mosaic-ing large concrete planters to permanently adorn 7th Street in Allentown.  This grueling commission rustled up 15 kids from the ages of 11 to 15 and included a trusty team of daily volunteers (mostly rounded up by my trusty assistant, Kelly) to complete the task at hand.  I am proud to report that the planters are complete and moving to the forever homes tomorrow.  I’ll post pictures as soon as I have some…. it seems grout and cameras don’t mix.

Other news is that last Friday I debuted a new installation entitled ‘A pendulum swings’ at First Friday (pictured above).  A week ago today, was the beginning of my long stint of “all work and no sleep.”  Although the installation had some issues (what installation doesn’t), I felt like I was in the Creative Olympics where I had to just figure out how to pull things together, especially with extremely limited funds and time to execute the piece.  All in all, it was a *very* new approach that I am about 85% happy with.  The nice thing is that in situations like this where I am trying a new approach- Banana Factory is happy to be the incubation place.  And for that 15% that I know could be better- well, there’s always next time and now I know.  I gearing up for a huge fancy sparkly installation for the ‘More Serious Business’ Exhibit that opens in September.  I have to get my game on because this show is pretty fancy pants.  Lots of hardcore artists are a part of it and I am honored to be included.  More to come on that as it gets closer….

But the BIGGEST news is that “Architect’s Daughter” is out on vacation with “Beside Her.”  After building one of the biggest boxes known to man, they are visiting Waco, Texas as a part of the exhibition, “Self” at the Croft Art Gallery.  I was so thrilled to be a part of the show.  It was curated by Aaron Sacco, animator for Linklater’s ‘A Scanner Darkly” and sponsored by the Friends of Jung Society.  OK- so after all that name dropping, here’s the really big news….. Architect’s Daughter won Best in Show!  I’m saving up to fly to Waco next year for my solo show.  Check them out (www.croftartgallery.com)…. it looks like a *gorgeous* space.  And if you are reading from Waco, maybe you should tell me how gorgeous it is!!  I couldn’t be more jazzed!!

Also in new news, I was juried into InLiquid, a non-profit organization in Philadelphia.  This is a networking site that is primarily the goto site for galleries, curators and other artists in the region.  I’m super psyched to be a part of it.  It sponsors many of the the happening and innovative shows of our region.  I am READY to show there so bring it, Philly.

So there you go, folks….. I feel like there could be a little spark igniting and that’s not just the heat outside :)