Vendors needed for Craft Fair!

Would be lovely to see you there! Feel free to comment here with questions.

Donate to the Freedom To Read Foundation!

Ten percent of proceeds from sales in the Idiotic Idioms shop benefit Intellectual Freedom, now through July. Support the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Foundation and own some fun prints while you're at it!

Check it out in the Office for Intellectual Freedom blog and also on their Twitter feed.

The idea came from Gail Weymouth, at the Sherburne Memorial Library. Thanks, Gail!

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Open house at The Shirt Factory!

OPEN HOUSE!

The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls holds its annual Spring Open House on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Shirt Factory, located at the corner of Cooper and Lawrence Streets, houses artists' studios, galleries, a holistic healing center and shops. The tenants offer demonstrations, art receptions, sales and information on classes, custom work and services. In the building: Artists working in paint, textiles, pastel, clay, glass, fine jewelry, photography and more; plus shops selling tea, quilting supplies, art supplies, art, framing services, gift items and more. Admission is free.

Come see me on the third floor! You can meet my new studiomate, pottery girl Sarah Bates!

Studiomate needed, once more!

Hey you out there in internet-land,
It's that time again! We're looking for a studio-mate.

Right now, it's Larissa Cardone (teaching children's classes and "sprucing" up furniture), Cindy Gorman (master metalsmith), Mitzi Miller (making awesome paintings) and me (mixed media artist).

The studio's on the third floor of The Shirt Factory, which is an artist's community in Glens Falls on the corner of Cooper and Lawrence Streets.

- There's 1200 square feet of room total and you'd get a decent chunk of that.
- There's a sink handy, we have a fridge and a microwave you can use, and a fetching green couch.
- The bathroom's close, in the hallway.
- You can paint your walls any color you choose (and we're working together on a co-op gallery/shop idea, which you could be in on).
- You can get in to do your thing any time you want.
- You can keep and do whatever you want there (as long as it's not stinky, dead or [very] illegal).
- Lots of light.
- Your new built-in studiomates are pretty awesome.
- It's great for artists, crafters, musicians, or people in need of some storage space.
- It's $120 a month.

Interested? Drop a line, we'll talk. I have pictures, or can give you a tour.
kate@kateaustin.net or (518) 353-2121

The new studio & open house

Well, the planets aligned and there are likely to be five of us in the studio rather than four, which means a cheaper rent and more exciting things happening in one room. I'm psyched about it! We've got Mitzi, who's a painter and a friend of mine, and Cindy, who's a metalsmith and jewelry designer. They'll be moving in (Cindy is still a maybe at the moment) as of December, and Larissa, who is taking old things and sprucing them up, is already moved in! I really am lucky.

But before December, there's the annual Shirt Factory Holiday Showcase! It's this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Come in and see what the Shirt Factory is all about!

Studiomate needed!

Well, our studiomate Zack Zoll is looking to move out, and that leaves us with a gap in the rent. Right now, it's Casey the Candy Thief (seamstress and funkmaster), Steve Gallucci (piano rockstar) and me (messy person visual artist-slash-stuffmaker).

The studio's on the third floor of The Shirt Factory, which, in case you didn't know, is an artist's community in Glens Falls on the corner of Cooper and Lawrence Streets.

- There's 1200 square feet of room total and you'd get a corner of that.
- There's a sink handy, we have fridges and a microwave you can use, and a fetching green couch.
- The bathroom's close, down the hall.
- You can paint your walls any color you choose.
- You can get in to do your thing any time you want.
- You can keep and do whatever you want there (as long as it's not stinky, dead or [very] illegal).
- Lots of light.
- Casey, Steve and I are pretty awesome.
- It's great for artists, crafters, musicians, or people in need of some storage space.
- It's $150 a month.

Interested? Drop a line, we'll talk. I have pictures, or can give you a tour.

mantras, wishes and prayers.

Tonight I won a prize at bjsartworks' "From Victim to Victory: A Domestic Violence Awareness Project" art show. It was a good show - normally I'm not wowed by every single piece in a show, but there was so much emotion in every single one of them that I really was in awe. The reception itself was powerful, too, with a sing-along and original song by Pam Barker, who had inspired Bev Saunders to put this show together.

The painting I put in is called "STOP." I have a way of trying to use my art as a way to wish, pray, do mantras or voodoo or - I don't know what. It's like if I painted this hard enough, it would stop. I've done that with others - if you look on the website's gallery and click "Tell the Sky" or "Wish" you'll see the same sort of thing. Let's hope this stuff works.

Here's the winning painting, and the ribbon. Thanks to Bev for putting it all together - this was a really wonderful show and I'm glad I could be a part of it.



Bjsartworks is located on the second floor of The Shirt Factory, on the corner of Lawrence and Cooper Streets in Glens Falls, New York. The show is up until Halloween, and I really recommend checking it out.