Author: Jean Drayovitch

It’s been two years now since this blog has been up and running.  I have much to be thankful for.  Today is Nurse’s Day.  And here’s a poem one of my kiddos wrote for me after I made her a finger puppet.  Whoever says that a cordial Thank you via email is better than a…

If you have never seen the tribute to Jim Henson and “Just one Person” then I suggest a visit to Google or YouTube.  The reason is another fine example of art in life and how that effects people.  Jim Henson designed many of the Muppet characters and was Kermit’s better half. Why do I mention…

Some might say that art does not have a place in the ordinary, daily grind of life.  They also might say that art is an idle waste of time and doodles don’t count.  I say it all counts.   It is expansive thinking, a bit of unwinding and preliminary problem solving. Here is an article that…

Be there or be square…that would be a 12×12 square canvas and lots of them. On display Friday…The canvases submitted by The Anonymous Society of Artists for the Ancient City Mosaic project. Where? The St. Augustine Art Association at 22 Marine Street for First Friday Artwalk!  Yippee!  After that, go one block over to Aviles…

Saturday morning was garden-time followed by a bike ride to Aviles Street for current events with my favorite galleries.  I followed up on an invitation from Hookey Hamilton to stop back in Aviles Street gallery and consider being part of their artists co-op again.  Although Hookey was very engaging and persuasive I just don’t have…

53,299 votes were placed to disperse a crowd fund 0f $250,000. Check out who got what… http://www.beonespark.com/results As a brief review here is a quick look at some creators who caught my eye.  In recap I think that with 115,00 visitors and over 53,000 votes submitted there was a bit of dilution for the pay-out. …

Here are some headlines and features which spun off the One Spark event last week and motivated me to engage with creators like the Mom (Girlie) and son (Alex) team for Nerdular.com.  The  CoRK artist studio was profiled in the Lifestyle section.  At One Spark, several artists from CoRK were showing their stuff.   I was…