travel photography: street art

selfie: a group show

This past Thursday, I attended the art opening to my first group exhibition here in Grand Forks.  As I mentioned in my previous post about the development of the piece I created for this show, the theme/title was Selfie.  I have attended several opening at the Third Street Gallery since we moved to Grand Forks,...

art workshop: seven social sins

I intended to write about this almost a year ago now.  The museum's community art education department also hosted their usual youth art workshops thematically related to their current exhibitions.  At that time, it was my Seven Social Sins exhibition, on display at the Angra Museum from February 23-June 9 of 2013.  However, life happened, and while I...

art exhibition: sismo

This past February, I took part in two group exhibitions based on the theme of the tragic earthquake that struck the island of Terceira near Angra do Heroismo in 1980.  One exhibition took place in January at the Angra Cultural Center.  However, I was sadly, unable to attend that art opening.  I was able to attend...

art with girl scouts

I have some experience working with children, since I have been a substitute teacher, taught community education classes and private art lessons.  However, since I don't have children of my own, and grew up in a family with few siblings and cousins, I am always slightly self-conscious when working with a new group of small...

painting with a twist III

I facilitated my last Painting with a Twist event for the spouses' club this month.  I never expected to enjoy being a member of a military spouses' club--however, I really have.   It still feels strange to realize this was also my last club meeting before my husband and I move back to the US....

barcelona day 2 (365 good days: #308)–part I

Today was super-Gaudi-day!  And those might be some of the best days!  We only have one full day in Barcelona, and visiting Gaudi’s La Sangrada Familia was on my seriously-I-really-really-want-to-visit-that-place-before-I-die list, so that was where we started out day.  The weather was gorgeous as we waited in line for about thirty minutes.  Standing in the...

madrid day 3 (365 good days: #306)

We enjoyed a quick breakfast at the hotel before we headed to the Prado Museum.  We arrived to find a substantial line for museum tickets.  However, today we had chosen to catch a taxi instead of the bus/walk, which meant we spent the time we would have used traveling to the museum in line at...

art exhibition: praia outono vivo

I dropped off my piece for inclusion in this exhibition last week.  This past Friday, my husband and I attended the opening.  This island certainly hosts some tremendously talented artists, and I am exceedingly grateful to have been invited to participate in this exhibition.  I didn't photograph all of the works I loved, but I...