The Friday Arts Project in Rock Hill, South Carolina is having a show called "Red & Green" (Tonight) Saturday, December 5th. I submitted a digital painting to the gallery- It's the beginning of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem. It's red and green! (Those happen to be two of my favorite colors, if you didn't know that. And not just because I love Christmas.)


Come out and see us if you're in the area! It is rumored there will be fun people and yummy snacks.

Rather old Show...

I was looking through some files on my external hard drive yesterday and I found some photos from an art show that I'm not sure if I posted yet.. so here they are!

The coffee shop is called Cupps. Their beliefs are Coffee, Culture, Conversation. I agree.

Opening night. Remember the painting on the bottom left in my Maya room? There it is, in it's glorious original colors on the back wall! (It's a collaboration from Brandon Oxendine and meeee)


The guitar playing barista! Someone remind me what his name is.. He was a super cool fella.

Sadly, this coffee shop is no longer where it was. They shut down/moved/I don't know where they are, but for a while there, was an awesome meeting place for Friday Arts Project.

life drawings at disney

I finally got the scanner to work- here are some life drawings before the 9:00 parade- Disney World was a great place to get hours worth of drawing time because there are people.... EVERYWHERE! I've never seen so many different looking people from so many places around the world before.

I found that I was more prone to drawing people that were in the same mood as I was. . thus:

tired people!! It was obvious they'd had a long day. I could definitely relate. (12 hour shifts, ouch!)

IAM Notes

5 points in Queens

Empathetic Creativity and Genrative Transformations

Panel Discussion: Rob Mathes, Nigel Goodwin, Dick Staub, Mako and Judy Fujiumura

Rob Mathes

wow, i don't deserve this.

IAM Saturday Workshop with John Hendrix

this one was just for fun.. I think it means we're BFF's!

Communication Arts Workshop

Reflections on Beauty

Painted Music: International Arts Movement Encounter in NYC

click the images to see them bigger!

A performance collaboration and panel discussion at IAM Gathering '08 at TriBeCa Performance Center. Performance by: Jerzy Sapieyevski (pianist), Mako Fujimura (painter), and Miguel Sanchez Romera (Goumet Chef, and Neulologist) Panel: Valerie Dillon, Muguel Sanchez Romera, Jerzy Sapieyevski, Mako Fujimura and Terry Teachout.

some conference doodlies

All the Blog that's Fit to Post

Through a very wonderful connection, we were able to be taken through the New York Times building on 8th Avenue. They are in a new building now, which is really cool because it's "smart" and "green". (meaning the blinds adjust to where the sun is automatically and they use solar panels). Our group of 3 illustrators, 1 writer, and 2 photographers were especially excited to be there because we are all students looking into paths to follow once we've graduated. Josh Penrod, the Lead News Designer and Sports writer took us through several floors, the cafeteria, meeting rooms and the Op-Ed floor.

Original Illustrations!!!
ohhh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I almost cried.

We came across this in one of the hallways of the Times. It's a sculpture/wall piece of old blockprint letters! It was awesome to see these in person because I have been studying the history of printing at Winthrop and these were the real thing- this is how it all began! I especially loved seeing the unmistakable 'New York Times' script and the famous box that reads "All the News That's Fit to Print"

We got to hear from Brian Rea, the Art Director from the Op-Ed page. He explained the process of how illustrators were hired and the time frame that illustrations needed to be turned around by for them to be printed. He gave us his card and told us to send him some of our work!

The Op-Ed floor has nice furniture, too. We made sure.

[Cam you guess who was Photoshopped into this picture?]

Society of Illustrators

After visiting the American Girl Place, we grabbed lunch and headed over to the Society of Illustrators. There was all new work up and the new Society of Illustrators annual was out. I tried to resist peeking at the annuals because I am ordering mine through school and it really helps me to trudge through finals week if I promise myself I can look at it when everything is finished and turned in.

Okay, people. Hold on to your seats because this is not fake! Lou Romano- the voice of Linguini in Ratatouille and an amazing artist- was at the Society of Illustrators just the day before us! Some of my favorite works of his include the cover of the New Yorker and his gouache paintings of Monstropolis in the Monsters Inc. concept art collection. Lou creates a feeling of the world around the illustration- it's not just a picture, but it's almost as if you could just walk into his images and be part of them. His art is very inspiring-
If only we had been there a day earlier!

[the lower level of the Society of Illustrators]


[Next to an original John Hendrix!]


[this is one of my favorites from downstairs. By Betsy Snyder.]

Little did I know, my dreams were about to come true