As I learned at the funeral of my friend Patricia Hames…I must be ‘interesting’! Apparently she didn’t suffer fools gladly and only did things and hung out with folk that were ‘interesting’. I first met ‘Miss Hames’ in 1966 when I came to Canada and started in grad 11 at Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute….she…
Well, it’s been a busy few weeks since I returned from PEI. There was a workshop at Frontenac Secondary School that was very interesting as I have not worked solely with teenagers before and it was a unique experience! From deciphering teen talk & slang to figuring out what each individual was really interested in….
Last weekend I got together with a small and select group of artists and artisans out along the 1000 Islands Parkway. I shot this clip as we had just finished setting up our work. We had a whiz bang wine and cheese on Saturday afternoon and, despite the dreary weather, we had a good turn out…
Friday was a half day as Edith Scott would be showing up to set up at around 2pm, so I went down into Charlottetown. I have been here once before but didn’t get to mooch about on my own….something I love to do anyplace new. I found a huge cruise ship in the harbour just…
I found this posted on by one of my Facebook friends and found it fascinating. I’ve love John Cleese over the years in his many incarnations and this talk about Creativity is thought provoking and also cleared up a little about the way I think! Enjoy!
……tonight at the Grand Theatre, Simon Brault of the Canada Arts Council will talk and discuss the arts. I’m on the board of the Kingston Arts Council to I’ll be there with bells on. I’m looking forward to it. Kingston Arts Council Presents: Building Arts Communities in Kingston [Teaser] from josh lyon on Vimeo.
I’m so happy about our latest Artists Round Table, especially as I actually got it together to send out the emails in time before I was in Fanfayr Arts and Crafts show all weekend (though I did find out I could access the internet on my iPad all weekend in Confederation Basin!!!) I decided to…
Well, I’m back from my UK trip which was a huge family gathering so no time to explore any yarn shops…even though my cousin had one she wanted to take me to…..next time! On my return, however I received an email from a friend saying she was coming through Kingston on her way to Rose…
I’ve been having fun with my gant money, it’s enabled me to take classes, buy materials and do things I didn’t think I would be able to do for a long time. Spending a day with Andrea Graham in he studio felting was wonderful and really opened a brand new door for me creatively. Here…
Yesterday I was telling my other half how I just wanted to create new things and not have to get my few remaining orders finished – there’s little creativity in following orders. Anyway, while attending to email and finishing my morning tea in bed he brought up the post and there was a brown envelope…