Italy In 2009

So Im surfin the net-go to my favorite blog=my friend Tracies-look to the right and go to Tracie Huskamp's blog right now, She s describing this amazing place where Marilyn and she are teaching-then a light goes off! I'll be there in Orvieto teaching the week before! Check out the pictures and link onto the class-Doesn't it sound like an amazing trip!??I'll try to grab some pictures and put them here!

Grand News!

This is one of my Art Quilts! I'll be teaching this class at ArtFiber Fest! Yippee! Im so excited-I will be teaching at ArtFiber Fest near Seattle In October! I just found out that I will be teaching the classes Hand Lettered Journal Pouches,( the pouches from the last post!) Book of Intentions and Hand Lettered Art Quilt. So great to be chosen again-I really Love Art Fest and the Moores and what an honor!
I got the latest cover to my book. I am getting pretty excited now-Closer and closer to the end of the book process-now the second part begins-promotion!! My headshot appointment is on Thursday-this is amazing and strange
Went to the We Barbarians appearance at Open Bookstore-also it was an opening for the art of Matt Maust-a guy in the band Cold War Kids who makes incredible collages for the band and there were many originals there-the band was aaawesome and the art was very cool-I will try to post a link to Matt's art. He also did the cover art for my fave poet Derrick Brown's book who read at my art and poetry opening a couple years ago so I think of him as my friend!! But hes all famous and everything now!

Journal Pouches

A new class? I made these pouches this week-thank you for looking and for all the amazing comments! It is incredibly windy this night-trucks are falling over and electricity is out-wow-rains, fires, winds-what next?

We need some art

Me! On AMAZON!

OK-Just goofing around and heres my book already listed on Amazon-WOW
You can preorder it-but I m thinking of selling it on my website wqith a very special goodie-so you may want to wait!
Its really gonna happen!!
The wrong cover is listed-I'll try and post the real one here

THE ARTIST'S WAY. a workshop!

I will be leading this workshop through my meetup group-if you ve never done this you have to-Its great for all aspects of your life!! Its totally open to all -email me with any questions! lisae28@earthlink.net

When
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Where
(A location for this event hasn't been chosen yet)
Who should come
Anyone who wants to unleash their creativity as an artist and get past blocks will love this class
Why
You'll love it because...you will meet other artists and get the support you need to continue your creative work
Organized by
Zoe (Seeking Optimists!)
Event fee
USD90.00 per person

Details
Lisa Engelbrecht is a world class calligrapher/collage artist. who teaches and shows her work all over the country.
Lisa also has taught The Artist's Way workshops using Julia Cameron's wonderful book of the same title

This will be a highly inspiring 6-week workshop[


The Artist's Way is a wonderful way to finally have the courage to call yourself an artist and take the steps necessary to realize your dream life! In this course you'll learn daily tools that increase creativity.
Explore your own creative process and overcome inhibiting blocks like perfectionism. self-doubt, self-criticism and self-sabotage
Have you tried to get through the Artist's Way book on your own, but quit? A supportive and friendly environment of people just like you will provide you with the power to charge through this book and make it a daily joyful exercise! Are you needing to reconnect with your artistic self? Would you like to interact with others who are creatively inspired?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then consider this your invitation to support yourself and your creativity

We need at least 8 people to begin the class which will meet every Tuesday for 6 weeks.

The fee will be $90 for the course payable in advance. ( a similar course costs $375 and up)

To learn more about Lisa and her work go to: www.lisaengelbrecht.com

Some places you can see my work!

Here's some of the places Im published right now! The top magazine is Art and Life-publishedby Teesha Moore-available at www.teeshamoore.com. The Christmas Issue of Somerset features my Angels. The Dream Pillows spread is from Somerset Home magazine. These are on newstands or contact www.stampington.com. Letter Arts Review is available from John Neal at www.johnnealbooks.com. The last photo here is from Tweety Jill-Creating on Fabrioc-contact www.tweetyjill.com-More info soon about the party! Happy New Year everyone-I think this year is going to be fantastic!

MORE THAN NUMBERS

I am so excited-My daughter and I placed the numbers on a bridge near our house-that literally hundreds of cars drive under every minute. The numbers are 3897-the number of Iraq dead-the numbers have been untouched since Christmas eve!
I will update this weekly and have sent out press releases to get some publicity. I will also be doing a one to one action wiht my chalk project
More than Numbers /Stop the War is what Im going to call it I think

Tomorrow is my Open House! The place looks beautiful and I can walk into my studio-I feel like weights have been lifted-I will take alot of pictures tomorrow night-We'll be featuring Bernie's ( My mom) Fish house punch which means instant party as its all liquor and tastes like lemonade. Kristin will be making her awesome bread. I am so thrilled ! I love parties!
I hung big clear lights in the back and it looks like an Italian wedding-so cozy-we'll have a fire in the middle though-it will probably be cold. The venerable name tag game will be played too-we've got some really good names!! ( Sanjaya anyone?!)
Next year -you're invited!!

Stupid War and Amazing Singers!

The art show went great-and then I went to the Found Theater's presentation of Stupid War-a benefit for Doctors Without Borders. Two amazing singers, Faith Rivera and Kerry Getz. Please check out their stuff-Ive posted their websites-you must go to the video by Faith called Peace Today -its linked on her site. Inspiring pictures galore! It really makes you want to go out and march or something-I think we all have to try to do something-I have a very special action planned-I'll post pics when its up-shhhh!!

Art Show in Long Beach that Im in!

A Long Beach Artist's show opened this week in the Second City Art Gallery-The reception will be Saturday night-A very cute old tool and die shop converted to a gallery-plus a beautiful garden out back-there will be performance art and much more-cant wait !!Here's the info...if you're in the area I'd love to see you there!



THIS IS LONG BEACH
December 1, 2007 to January 10, 2008
2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space invites the
community to enjoy the THIS IS LONG BEACH Exhibition.

Largest Exhibition & Performance Display ever by Long Beach artists.

Reception: December 8, 7 - 9 p.m.

Public Performance: December 15
Yuan, "a locatively effected ambulaphonic performance
installation and environment" (Schindelmann, 2007)
by Chung Shih Hoh

2nd City Council
435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 901-0997
Email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net