...Dallas Sites

I got the chance to go to the Dallas Museum of Art Late Night last Friday.  It was a great time, and Oil and Cotton are participating in the Dallas Sites exhibition  which opened that night.  

I plan to go out to the DMA on Sunday afternoon around 3p to set up in the Oil and Cotton space there and talk about my calligraphy workshops. Open studio times / presentations will be happening in the space through August 9!

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary is having their annual membership exhibition this Saturday night starting at 6p. My friend, artist, Brian Jones, will have a painting in the exhibition. He also convinced me to participate.  

Hope to see some of you this weekend.  

GMST week...

I am not a fan of texting acronyms, but I put it in the title this week. I had a "get my stuff together" week, last week. I cleaned my room, called about lowering bills, and reset my mind-space. I now have the physical and mental space to do some calligraphy and typography experiments, which I will share as I make any "new-to-me" discoveries.

I had an Intro to Calligraphy class at Oil and Cotton this past Wednesday. It went very well. I love the students that come through. We had it on a different day this time, because the READ-RITE MARKET will take place next weekend on Saturday, July 20 from 10a-6p. There will be all kinds of great festivities in celebration of the written word.

From 11-11:30a I will write down the first word that comes to mind as I look at the person in front of me for a fun take-away of the written word. From 3-3:30p my boss (at the Book Doctor) and friend, Candice McKay, will dissect a book. My co-worker (at the Book Doctor and Oil and Cotton) and friend, Jessica Sinks, will have paper fortunes available throughout the day.