It's difficult at times and varies from place to place and event to event.  This past weekend, I was at the St. Mary's Art Fair in East Sacramento.  I had only sold one print last year, so this year I thought I would be a smarty pants and make some special art specific to the event.  That worked when I did the NadaDada shows these past two years!  So I made some kanji transfers onto 4 inch square canvases that were about 2 inches thick... think blocks.  Then I painte... Read Full Story

Yes, I'm talking to all my local friends (sorry everyone else) about a special deal just for blog readers - get 25% off any framed art or print at the St Mary's Fine Art and Crafts Fair this Saturday, Nov 14th from 10 am to 7 pm.  The only thing you have to do is to print out this blog post.  And I'm working on being able to take credit cards! Read Full Story

It's the Blog Blast for Peace today.  You might wonder about the reason that I designed my peace globe with the image of a Muslim woman on it. Peace be upon all Islamic women in this day and age of fear, anger, hostility and rage toward them. I have a facebook friend who is not religious and is a student from the United Arab Emirates.   She shared a scene about her mother and father with us.  This scene showed how women are not treated well in the Islamic world because... Read Full Story

This Saturday, it's off to San Francisco, Bernal Heights Park to be exact for a rehearsal for a film project I'm involved in.  Not your run-of-the-mill narrative film, but some actual  video art!!!  Whoo Hooo.  Can you tell that I'm really jazzed about working with Renee Rhodes on her new film?  Got an email from her today with this LINK Pretty exciting that we haven't even had a rehearsal and she's getting some major press on the project.  I don't think she'll ... Read Full Story

How does one become a legend in one's own time?  One way is to make a movie about it, as my friend and NadaDada artist cohort SK James has done.  He promised me that my scene will be in the next installment. But this also brings up the topic of artist promoting ourselves.  It's hard to do I know, but the more we do it, the easier it gets.  Maybe I can get sk to help me with a video one of these days... Read Full Story

Hi... Ann just stepped out of the studio so I jumped on the computer to say Happy Halloween!  I love to bark at the kids coming for candy, hehehe.  Sometimes I like to look really mean like in this photo she took that shows my teeth. Who'd mess with a 4-legged pumpkin?  I think it's really dumb that she tries to dress me up like this.  Wonder why she doesn't try to dress the kitties like this? But be careful not to let your dogs get any chocolate because it can make t... Read Full Story

Have you ever had to switch computers and try to get all your stuff off one and have someone put it on the new machine?  Sounds very handy right?  Sure it does, until you realize that you have to stop using the computer in order to make that backup.  If you're like me, juggling a few projects, it's hard to choose a deadline.   It's gonna have to be tomorrow no matter what... so I might not be posting for the next week dear readers. So for your dining and dancing plea... Read Full Story

Got some sad news this morning - one of my oldest friends passed this past weekend.  Riki Matthews was a dancer who I met when I first started taking classes with Robin Cole in Colorado Springs many years ago, back in the early 70s. We lost touch over the years and restablished contact a couple of years ago via the internet.  She had a career as a dancer and choreographer and ran her own performance group in Denver for a number of years.  She taught English at the college le... Read Full Story

Join us as we blog for peace ... Mimi Writes.......: How To Get Your Peace Globe ~ 2009 Read Full Story

Here at Waiting for the Muse we are pleased to announce that we have had over 3,950 visitors to date! I'm saying over that amount because it took me awhile to get hip to the free visitor counters. And for my non-facebook friends (there must be a few of you), here's the newest photo post there in the spirit of the season.  If I were a bird I'd be spooked by this out in the garden. Yes, I had to take a day job as a scarecrow in the community garden of my neighborhood.  What's... Read Full Story