2/3/12 - A new friend

A friend of mine had an art show, and Jim and I decided to attend. While there, we met up with another friend of Jim's. I think Jim might have actually been included in this friend's blog or vlog or whatever, but I really can't remember his name, or I would have added a link.

12/2/11 - Friends for sale

MUSATA, the Marywood University Art Therapy Association, had a show for members at CityLights Church in downtown Scranton for December's First Friday. I showed some work I'd done during the past semesters of which I was very proud, and others showed other work that was meaningful to them. It was a fairly eclectic show, and it was interesting to view everyone's unique artistic expression.

The show also provided an opportunity for me to try to sell some of Jim's friendsandrelations. Even though he wasn't for sale, he asked to have his picture taken on one of the hand forms because he thought it would be funny. He is pictured below with several of his friendsandrelations - L to R: Winnie, Jim, Ophelia, Penny, Gus, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Violet. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Jim's friendsandrelations was going to go toward providing art supplies to people through World Vision's gift catalog, but I ended up only selling one. Jim was actually happy to still have all of his friends around. I think he may have actually sabotaged sales by whispering to people not to buy them, thus freaking out potential customers. Jim is pretty good at freaking people out.

11/30/11 - studio two-eighteen

Near the end of my Studio class, my classmates and I had an art show of work we'd created while in the class. As this represented the culmination of a semester's worth of work, it was a good feeling to share this with the greater community. A lot of parents and significant others showed up to the opening, which was really sweet. Jim enjoyed meeting everyone and viewing the art. He especially liked the hanging sculpture a friend of mine made with tissue paper, glue, and paint. My artwork, he couldn't have cared less about. So, he asked to have his picture taken nestled in the colorful discs. Super!

10/24 - Jim attends an art show

In October, Jim acompanied me to an art show at my church which included two of my pieces. Jim enjoyed all the art, but especially liked this piece of mine, and asked to have our pictures taken by it. He said he liked it because it was small, like him, and not overwhelming to him like some of the others. Jim is very sensitive about being short.