BREWERY ARTWALK

I spent a wonderful long day at the Brewery Artist's Colony with my good friend Tim who was here from Texas! I had heard vaguely about it-but wow-it was so intense! They have taken the old Pabst Beer Brewery and converted it into work spaces for all types of artists There are hundreds of working artists living there and alot of the studios are amazing-everywhere we looked there was incredible art-and living spaces-It was so inspiring. I really feel like this is where my heart is as an artist-just doing work-discovering what my true north really is. I've started to tell people that I will quit teaching soon-after the book hoopla- I just feel that this is right for me now
So check out the pictures on my flickr site-Words cant really describe it-but I was very jealous of these artists
I'll blog more tomorrow-Im off to Art and Soul on Friday so Im pretty swamped-as always but a good swamped!

SOME AMAZING ARTISTS THAT LIVE AND WORK AT THE BREWERY!
I've listed their links at the right as they are definitely worth a look! Check it out=please!

Mike Pedersen-trippy beautiful sepia Photographs

Psycho Girl Friend-WOW-Burning Man dresses-and incredible outfits made of barbies and what all

Dave Lefner-Reduction Linocut Printmaking-go see this

MIke Tracy-like the first dude we saw and the coolest illustrations

Sophie dia Pegrum-uses beautiful calligraphic marks in her circular pieces

Winifred Johnson Brewer-ok hands down the artist that floated my boat-beautiful spare collages ( google her)

Airom Bleicher-Lovely colors and animals

Leigh Salgado-Paper cut to reveal patterns-mounted away from the wall so the shadows cast are part of the artwork! Great(Google her too)

OK-THATS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG-I THINK THEY HAVE THIS IN THE FALL TOO-DEFINITELY GO GO GO!!

www.breweryartwalk.com

Begin at the beginning-PORTLAND!

So -I need to write about my recent adventures! and there are so many-I think I'll start-thats what I tell my students- begin anywhere!
My trip to Portland was really wonderful! I taught a Fabric Book class and here are some samples-check out more images in the Flickr link at the right, amazing and talented artists! I know that times were a bit tough in the past for the Portland Calligraphy Guild-but they are back big Time!!
I stayed in the most beautiful house-the home of Meri and Steve Taylor-what an incredible blessing-they treated me immediately to a great dinner cooked by Steve-Saturday night we had planned to go to Mary Ann David's for dinner and ended up in the emergency room! She tripped and fell on her shoulder and was in great pain so off we went-but in a way it was really fun-she made us laugh the whole time! She lives in a fairy tale house-lovely art on all her walls-and a killer studio-so beautiful-see the house on my site!
We laughed so much-Mary Ann still came to class the next day and completed her book-true calligraphic trooper that she is!
Heres a page from her book!( top one!)

Montana Photos are up now!

Oh-I had every intention of blogging it all tonight but must crash-more tomorrow-all my mOntana and Portland pics are now up'
Heres a sample of the cover of my new DVD-sorry-cant seem to isolate it from Somerset cover!Thank you for the huge response to my dvd!

I'VE BEEN VERY BAD

No...-it cant be a month and a half since I've blogged-can it be? OK-Ive been to Portland, The Chicago quilt show, the Brewery Art Walk , and most recently Montana! So much to share with everyone! OK_I will ! I swear!!
ALSO
MY DVD HAS ARRIVED!!
Yes -from CCP videos-its me in the fabled dvd HandLettering on Fabric, a Bali Lantern Workshop. Its really good-the camera catches all my calligraphy strokes and wash techniques-You can order from me -send me an email! lisae28@earthlink.net-I will personalize your dvd and send you a special gift! Online the price is $33.95-but I'm offering my dvd from my website for only $29.95 plus $4 shipping. The mailing address for your check is Lisa Engelbrecht, PO Box 3815, Seal Beach, CA 90740-7815
Oh and check out the preview at www.ccpvideos.com. there are so many other great art dvds there too to check out!

I promise to write about my lovely experiences-but my photos are now up on the flickr account if you'd like a sneak peek!( link on the right-right here!)_

MY ARTICLE IN SOMERSET!

Here's the cover of the latest issue of Somerset-Imagine my surprise at my name so big!

Wild SoCal Weekend!

I am recovering now from my whirlwind weekend with my very special houseguest! We went tourist and visited the new BCAM wing of the LA county museum-tried to find Shepard Fairey's new studio-which we found but was not open! Diverted to Little Tokyo, then on to the Famous FArmers market and the Grove mall which I must admit was really really pretty
We ate like kings -Open Sesame, Mexican Affair , River's End and the weather pretty much cooperated. Dropped into Paris Over the moon in Costa Mesa and loved the back room-the dark side!!
Now I must concentrATE! I go to Portland this weekend-and also must prepare for the Winter Soldier fundraiser that is also this weekend
I've added two very special links -One to the honest blog of Jen Cushman-the editor at Mary Engelbreit and the other Adventures in Italy ( Kristin Steiner's very wonderful company)-please save the date of May 9-16 to join me in Orvieto, Italy-Class description to follow very soon!

Letters California Style III!

OK! I've posted on my Flickr Site the photos of my fabulous class' fabric Books-( link on the right-go to the second page-the first p[age is some original art I have for sale!) They are incredible! The wonderful people I had in my class made this an amazing experience. We had a beautiful view of Mount Baldy with snow from our classroom-i brought tons of stuff and it was a great conference-Now we are planning the 4th installment-there were people from Japan, Canada and the East coast-we are beginning to create some buzz as a favorite boutique conference! Sign up at www.societyforcalligraphy.org
I am still recovering-and I will be on to Portland
march 7-teaching the same project. -I cant wait to see what the North West will do!
Here are some pictures of my fellow artists work from
LCS!!

Has it been 22 days?

Yikes-I guess it was getting ready for CHA-Craft Hobby Association show or getting ready for the Letters California Style conference-but i have been way errant in blogging-ALOt has happened-I will try to get my pics up tomorrow and get a report up-I have had a blast the last week-ups and downs and a wonderful time! I have a very special houseguest coming to visit next week so Im getting all ready for that too-crazy life -you betcha!Blog up soon-Promise!

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!