Art is For Everyone - even Astronauts

Work from the Alamosa Family Rec Center Youth Art Program is currently on display (March- April) at Weiss Cleaners in downtown Alamosa. The work is an expression of the theme " What I want to be" and catches kids in the act of envisioning their future.
I love the fact that in a kid's world - everyone does art; everyone creates, even astronauts, hairdressers, scientists, farmers.

This is an ongoing class taught by Suzanne Greenwood, New Mexico State University graduate with a BFA in clay sculpture and herself a brilliantly creative artist.
So the call is out: send your future farmers, math minds, scientific geniuses, engineers, doctors, nurses, musical prodigies,  6- 12 yrs old - and help them create their future.
For more information about the Rec Center Youth Art Classes for Spring and Summer call
589-2105 or visit www.alamosarec.org.

PLACES and SPACES

February 14th was the reception for my solo exhibition
"Places and Spaces" highlighting work of the San Luis Valley.
Whew!
And that big one in the photo - it has also left the building - THANKS to collectors in Kansas.

It was all so much work, but a pleasure to show in my home town - something I try to do every 2 or 3 years.  The ARTrium Gallery space, located inside our SLV Hospital is also one of the most beautiful venues in southern Colorado. I was able to show about 35 pieces during the 3 months that this show hung, and I sold over half of the work - including the one in this photo.  It was especially gratifying that buyers came to the reception from as far away as Denver and Santa Fe - and carried work home with them.
Thanks to the SLVHRMC Hospital Foundation for providing such a great ART space and one that is also enjoyed on a daily basis by doctors, nurses and many patients on their way into surgery or back to recovery. The SLV Medical Center owns several pieces of mine - as part of their permanent collection.
- another reason why I love this place. Thanks so much friends.