365 Day 281 -- part one

two-part blog entry...an opening and a closing

I have to make today's blog entry in two parts because there are lots of photos.

Part One: Opening Reception
Dia de los Muertos | Day of the Dead
Starkweather Arts Center
Romeo, MI

My friend Juana Moore has a wonderful painting in this group show and we went out to the opening reception on Friday night.

Juana and her painting.

a closer look at Juana's painting

I love photographing people taking photographs. Here is Juana shooting her painting.

Oh look -- our friend Lisa Grix arrived!

Curator of the show -- Heather Hansma -- is interviewed.

Artists Heather Hansma and Jayme Ludwig.

Lisa Grix's new "coffin boxes"!

street view -- LOOK! -- a band -- and an art opening!

one of the windows

You can see Juana's painting from the street!

This is the band: The Hand in the Ocean. They are really great!

Oh look! Jason Driscoll/Kill Taupe arrived! I was snapping photos rapid fire at this point. Juana is saying, "You know she is just going to keep taking pictures until we do something."

...so they hammed it up a bit

a Grix doll by Lisa Grix

this shot was Juana's idea -- cool

okay -- that's enough now -- no more photos -- LOL

paintings by Kill Taupe and Juana Moore

you know I couldn't resist this

Dia de los Muertos | Day of the Dead runs through November 5th
Starkweather Arts Center
219 N. Main
Romeo, MI 48065
(586) 752-5700

See you later tonight in the blog for Part Two!

365 Day 275

got my misplaced camera back

Last Thursday I went with Juana Moore out to Starkweather Arts Center when she delivered her painting for the upcoming Dia de los Muertos show. That day I also misplaced my point-&-shoot camera with the photos in it. I had forgotten the camera at LIFT when we were in there and I picked up the camera on Saturday. I didn't get around to downloading the photos until today, but here they are!

I am looking forward to attending the opening on Friday -- looks like it will be a great show in a really neat gallery!















































































































































Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead
(curated by Heather Hansma)

Starkweather Arts Center
219 N Main St
Romeo, MI 48065
586-752-5700

Opens Friday, October 7th 7-10 p.m. and runs through November 5th

365 Day 272

I've misplaced my point-&-shoot camera

Today I went with Juana Moore to Romeo, MI to deliver her painting for the Day of the Dead Show curated by Heather Hansma at the Starkweather Arts Center.

The exhibit opens October 7th with a reception from 7-10pm and will remain on display until October 29th.

Dia de los Muertos | Day of the Dead
Starkweather Arts Center
219 N. Main St. Romeo MI
Opens Friday, October 7th | 7-10pm

I took some photos to document the occasion, but I seem to have misplaced my camera. After Starkweather we went to LIFT in Royal Oak so I could shoot some video of my Art-o-mat machine (same camera). I am pretty sure I put the camera into my purse. It was raining a lot of the time once we got back to our area and I kept tossing my purse into the back seat of Juana's car and I think maybe at some point the camera probably fell onto the floor or seat or something. There is a chance I could have left it on the front counter at LIFT...I will call them tomorrow. It'll turn up.

In the meantime, it's a good thing I have the 35mm digital camera. This is a Tooklet I made last night before I went to bed. That's all I have to show for today, though.


Wow. The "real" camera's flash certainly makes a difference vs the point-&-shoot.









UPDATE: The point-&-shoot camera was at LIFT.