NCECA; Final Thoughts

Well, NCECA was a whirl wind. The above youtube video was taken at the opening ceremonies. It represents the atmosphere of the whole experience - loud, colorful, and fun. Also, this was a unique opportunity for learning that couldn't have happened without a grant from the Iowa Arts Council. For more photos, please visit my Picasa web album by clicking HERE.

Davis in Philly

Check out my potter's blog for posts about my super-awesome great trip to NCECA in Philadelphia! Thanks again to the Iowa Arts Council for making this trip possible!

Late photos of the Iowan winter

Our HUGE icicle... a couple of days later, it grew down to about 4 inches above the snow.

Scary crows

Click here to see scary crows...

Thank You, Iowa Arts Council

I have great news! I received an Artist Mini-Grant from the Iowa Arts Council to cover the costs of traveling to NCECA. Here is the press release (I'm at the bottom.) Thank you Iowa Arts Council!

What's great about these artists grants is that I can match with hours spent on the project, so the time that I spend at the conference acts as my matching funds. Compared to Georgia, Iowa really supports its artists.

Crazy!

It's -2 degrees, full sun and high noon. Iowa is crazy, yo. I'm cleaning up the studio at the Octagon today to prepare for the next session's classes. I mopped the glaze room last week. Later I'm going to watch the next episode of Dollhouse on hulu.com. It aired last night.

On our trip down to Georgia I discovered that there is a second volume of Locas by Jamie Hernandez, so I bought it. I'm making myself re-read the first volume before starting into the second. All I want to do today is grab some blankets and read with a little cup of Mexican tea that Jamie found at the flea market in Macon to warm me up. Mexican writers and film makers are where the next renaissance is coming from. I heard a rumour that Guillermo Del Toro (who is an incredible film maker and who, or so I just read, has written a vampire novel - crazy!) was producing movies made by small town/villiagers around Mexico. I think that would be neat-o! I can't wait to see what they do...

3 degrees

It's 3 degrees right now(2am). I just finished loading a bisque kiln with what will hopefully be Christmas presents. We'll see. I have to go home in the cold. Xerxes will be waiting for me. Maybe Jamie will be ready to come home from his office and I can give him a ride - won't be such a lonely ride home. so tired. don't have to work tomorrow. that's good. sleep in, in the warm bed. that sounds nice right now. home, hot chocolate, lovely kitty, sweet husband, warm bed. reasons to be alive.