These are what I've been working on today.  I'm going to be at the Arts and Wellness Fair at Meiklem Kiln Works this summer.  I'm sharing a booth with my friend Paul Tardif.  He does chainmail and chainmail jewelry.  I want to have a variety of things to sell at my table so I started to make barrettes.  I like wearing them a lot so I figure other people must too!  The ones that don't turn out so well I'll just wear myself.

Today has been a very productive day.  I went down to New London to pick up the two prints I entered into the "F-stops Here" photography show at the Hygienic.  I didn't get picked by the jury to be in the show, but I was so proud of myself for entering anyway.  When I got my prints back, the manager of the Hygienic told me he really wished my "Miss Piggy Legs" got in the show.  That was really flattering.  I really like that picture too.  

After I picked up the prints I looked around the Hygienic at the F-stops Here show.  I have to admit I was pretty angry at some of the photographs that got picked by the jury.  I thought my prints were way more creative than a lot of the ones in the show.  It seemed like they were interested in nudes, people in general, landscapes, seasonal shots, and local shots.  Guess I know what they look for for next year.  Oh well...  

I left New London and headed back towards Norwich.  I grabbed a salad at Stop 'N Shop and went to the Norwich Art Center.  I got a little lost, but I got some help and found the gallery.  It's pretty sweet.  I mean it sucks in a way because the walls in the rental space look pretty beat up.  They don't use the ceiling rail for hanging stuff.  People just bring their own hanging supplies and bang up the wall I guess.  Makes me want to be an annual contributor so they can get more money to put into the place.  So glad I went because they had a print out of the rental space and updated prices for the space.  They also had a pamphlet on artist membership too.  I'm kind of excited about it.  I talked to the person that was in the gallery, her name was Rita.  She was so nice and explained to me what I should do in order to get accepted for the rental space.  I have to call her when I'm ready to show her my work that I'd like to show.  I told her around May... Just so I have extra time to shoot more for my mailboxes and/or Blankeyville series.  

So that was my afternoon.  Pretty good, right?  

P.S.  Anyone want to be my First Friday buddy at the Norwich Art Center?  It's an opening for their monthly show, I figured it be good to start showing my face if I decide to be an "Associate Artist Member" of the place.  I really don't want to go by myself.  Let me know if anyone wants to join me.