Dreaming up an art show

Imagine an interactive art show environment where meaningful connection happens with engaging questions. The visitors view containers, sand colors, mermaid figures, placement, and engage with their imagination, and with each other. This type of creative activity is a non verbal form of communication similar to creative active imagination therapy. While attending this art show can…

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Join The Pack

I have a poster in progress for the #jointhepack campaign. I’m excited to be working on a submission this month. The idea is to create an image of wolf as mother, protecting our vital wild nature. I mix real and fantastical in my illustration style to highlight the differences between the psychological wolf and real life wild animals and habitat conservation. I…

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1st CA Documentary Project Grant Application

Today is the deadline for the CA Documentary Project Application. The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grants program that supports documentary film, radio, and new media productions that enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories. I’m hoping our film project, a documentary called “Domestic Violence in America,” will receive funding. This application…

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Why I’m Applying to Pacifica for the M.A. Engaged Humanities

I remember being invited to participate in a sustainable Santa Barbara workshop, meet new people, and explore the Pacifica Graduate Institute. I was excited to be included in a workshop about envisioning sustainable solutions for the Santa Barbara community. In this workshop, the participants gathered in groups, each with unique topics to brainstorm. My group…

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First time app submission using Adobe DPS

Today I completed my first app submission for review with Apple. It took me almost a year from when I started this process late last summer until today when I completed my first submission today. In part the delay was because my project was put on hold, and in part the delay was due to…

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If winning was easy, everyone would do it!

I just read the press release for Santa Barbara’s The Arts Fund 2010 individual artist awards application. I have a few weeks to get an application together for the drawing category… I imagine there is going to be lots of competition for this award! Recently I learned that most non-profit arts organizations are moving toward…

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Art at the JCC

Today I sent in my application to be part of “Spring at the JCC”  a group exhibit hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. I’ll find out in about a week if I get to be part of the show! The deadline is tomorrow the 12th… for anyone else who is interested… here…

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