Here is a link to an article in the Post & Courier that I was interviewed: Arts Commission Will Not Go Quietly

Why are the arts important to South Carolina citizens?

(Taken from the South Carolina Arts Commissions Website)

• The arts generate 3% of the state’s economy: 78,000 jobs and over $9.2 billion annually, with potential for more. >>
• Industries want to locate where there are educated, creative workers. Those workers gravitate toward communities with a thriving cultural life.>>
• Becoming an educated, creative worker requires the skills developed by exposure to and participation in the arts. >>
• An education that includes the arts produces higher achievement, especially among disadvantaged students. >>
• Tourism is South Carolina’s largest industry, and people who come for the arts stay longer and spend more. >>
• The arts revitalizes communities, large and small. >>
• People interested in the arts vote more, and do more for their communities. >>
• A majority of South Carolinians are already frequent arts participants. >>
• The state’s identity is tied to, represented by, and sustained through the arts. >>
• Residents are worried about how the state looks to the rest of the world. The arts in South Carolina are a source of pride they want outsiders to know about. >>

The Boyfriend & I at last years New Moon Party

“There is nothing more beautiful than the book. Please don’t abandon the book.”

~Pattie Smith after receiving the National Book Award

Blue Bicycle Books

“Someone said to me, these libraries aren’t important anymore, because you can get it all online,” he said, gazing at the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. “But you can’t. If you Google an artist and Google the images, you get no information — you don’t get where the painting is, you don’t get the medium, you don’t get thesizes, you don’t get the provenance. So these libraries are really important.”

~ Steve Martin in an article by the New York Times about his upcoming book about the gallery world

He also said this about buying & owning art

“It’s absolutely great to live with,” Mr. Martin said. “It’s better than television. There’s not a day I don’t look at or spend some amount of time with an artwork.”

…. love him

Loving the new collaboration with Conrad!  More to come!

My new favorite movie is Paper Moon

Addy Pray has some awesome style.

Will probably end up being who I’m going to be for Halloween.

On October 9th, my teammates Stacy, Deborah, and I will be participating in the Yoga Marathon in support of Louie’s Kids. The organization’s mission is to fight obesity, one child at a time.  It’s a great cause and I would really appreciate your support.  I will be doing yoga with my team Yoga Lily for 3 hours in Francis Marion Square.  Deborah will be leading us in 108 sun salutations .   Below is a link to my fundraising page if you are interested in helping support it.

Click Here If You Would Like to Sponsor Me

namaste

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A while back I was interviewed for an article about being a young art collector.  Above is the piece that stole my heart by Lisa Shimko.

Leo E. Osborne's Home on Guemes Island, WA

Last year Austin & I had the pleasure of staying with one of the artist I represent at Martin Gallery, Leo E. Osborne.  We got to stay in a little cottage on him & his wife Jane’s property.  It was a wonderful trip.  Recently Leo sent me an email updating me on his adorable little island called Guemes that is off the northern coast of Washington.

I thought I’d share part of the email with you:

“So be a Pranxter. Hurt no one, but let your voice be heard and your vision seen and may your soul be exposed through art as the beautiful being that you truly are. Create community through creative energy and think outside the box, be fiercely free!

And Oh Be Joyful…. This is the true fight for freedom and the victory means a continued beauteous life on this magnificent and awe inspiring earth.”

In protest to the fiery times being changed some "pranksters" draped it in black.

Let us all be pranksters!