Busy days ahead, busy days behind.. Last Thursday & Friday I taught a workshop at the Lawrence Arts Center titled “Evolution Revolution.” Thursday, we visited the Natural History Museum on the KU campus to see the evolution exhibit and panorama (pic above is from the panorama). Then we looked at how math can be used to create art and patterns and made tessellations (The Lawrence Journal World visited my class — look for an article and photos in the newspaper soon). Friday we studied traditional animation techniques and made flipbooks and built zoetropes. The evolution part was tied into the animation and pattern subjects by looking at the patterns and changes made over time. It was lots of fun. I love (maybe obviously) using geometric patterns in art. I also love old methods of animation.. I was even proud of my own zoetrope — it actually worked (don’t know what a zoetrope is? Read HERE.).
This week I’ll be gearing up for the Bizarre Bazaar that takes place the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. I’ll be heading out to San Diego this Saturday through Wednesday to see what there is to see, so all online orders from Friday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 25, will ship out Monday, Nov. 26 because of the travel, the holiday and the art fair.. Also, that Monday, I’ll be hanging my exhibit at the Lawrence Community Theater. Their holiday show, The Sound of Music, opens on Nov. 30. Maybe I’ll see you there?
I’ll also be at the Holiday Art Fair put on by the Lawrence Art Guild at the Lawrence Arts Center on Dec. 1 as well as at the LOLA (Ladies of Lawrence Artwork) Giant Holiday Show on Dec. 8 – 9 at VanGo Mobile Arts. And except for online orders, that’ll wrap up my year. I’ll follow up with more later.