~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Local Artists Featured in Real Condo Gallery Event! Saturday June 21 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sun. June 22, 2-4 PM There will be a bunch of artists showing their work during the Grand Opening of those new condos in that nicely renovated building up the street from Corner Lounge on North Central....(Real estate person's details below) These are not your usual condos, and neither are the artists!! Artists exhibiting: Lauren Karnitz, J… Continue

Hi! I am so excited! I love blogs. I have one already, on my website at www.kathleensimpson.info. But here is a new blog! So, what I guess my main excitement is is painting! I love it. I just was interviewed by an old friend, Trevis Hutsell, today. He's been interviewing people for a while and will have a book out at some point here. It was awesome. And it was certainly the longest interview I've ever had. And we talked about art. And since I LOVE art and talking about it I had fun. I hope to ha… Continue

… MUDDY JAKE'S CLAY CAMP starts june16th - hand building classes for all ages - tons of fun!!! Includes , instruction, clay glaze, and firing! Small classes - groups of ten - lots of individual assistance, 4 classes to choose from. sign up today - 503-873-6548

Hooray! Last Saturday I received my information and vendor passes for Eau Claire's Sawdust City Days Festival! If you don't know, this is a four day festival in Eau Claire's Carson Park. Admission is free (yep, free) and there is a TON of stuff for the whole family, like WTM. I am (tentatively) set to be about four slots away from the Family Fun Tent and just down the line from the INFLATABLE PLAYGROUND (sounds cool, thought it needed all caps). I know, who goes to a festival to buy tables, r… Continue

Hello. I live in northern British Columbia and was wondering if there are any other Canadians her at Craftsie?

My name is Hallah John Paul Boltik, and I am an artist who was evacuated 11 days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans (as well as a great deal of the Southern Gulf Coast) on August 29th, 2005. I count myself as one of the lucky ones, blessed and grateful... I lost everything, other than most of my artwork which is my livelihood, but I was alive. Others were not so fortunate, and though my life has been changed forever and more deeply than any other could possibly know, I know, that at… Continue

I know that I'm not telling any of you anything new that when someone says to you "WOW!! Being a painter (or any other type of creative person) sounds sooooooo romantic, what a dream job!!" that you often times look around yourself and the particular challenges that come with following your dreams, and you can only imagine that their job must be torture beyond measure, whatever it is!! Such was the case with the Rossini Festival, here in Knoxville Tennessee, Saturday April 19th, 2008. Set-up w… Continue

Hello,family:) I would love to network with the lady crafters out there... and if there are any caribbean or african-american crafters out there, drop me a line!

Does anyone know about any cool crafts fairs that are coming up this summer? I'm having a difficult time finding out about events far enough ahead of time to reserve a vendor spot. Any ideas for listings, etc. would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

This is a just a fun project I wanted to make an Ankh for my alter so I completed this very quickly. I did not take too much time fixing and making this perfect because I just wanted to make this experience fun. Enjoy!!! Equipment : Newspaper Cutting Board A Craft knife Acrylic Paints or Craft Paints Air Dried Clay Precious Stones - beads etc Step One: design your Ankh on plain or graph paper. ( you can obtain a template from the internet or from a good craft book). contd here.. http://creat… Continue