just means I am not posting anything. work is still being created and there are certainly plenty of things to do right now.

I have been working at the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Drop in Studio for the past few Sundays, meeting some rad people and rad families and rad kids who are genuinely excited to be making art. did I say this is rad?

I have recently started volunteering at the Excel Academy here in sunny Milwaukee, teaching art to a group of highschoolers once a week. This is also super-rad and a really different experience from anything I have ever done as an Art Teacher. Volunteering is fun and the kids here seem to really enjoy it as many of them have never had ANY art classes whatsover in their education to this point. lots to learn here!

being surrounded by creativity, especially in the classes I work in really keep this vortex of art I seem to be in, churning. its not a bad thing.

My own art making is still on the move. things are definitely progressing/evolving/growing and its great. excitement abounds. The processes are on hold in the public realm as I can’t manage it with the weather these days. we’ll see if I can’t get at least one more experimental piece out there before the first snow. photos of new studio stuff by weeks end for sure.

last week was my birthday. 25. scary.

this is the most recent street-side piece I installed this past week here in Milwaukee. Titled, life is grand, because well, it is! It can be a celebration everyday if you want it to be, and that is freaking awesome! I used adhesive vinyl, some transparent, some not, and acrylic paint.

The design is similar to a piece I did in the early part of last month except I didn’t have a finished plan going into this one as I did perviously.  This piece is right next to a local mom&pop/corner-store shop and the shop-owner and her son and I chatted a bunch about art and art making. her son hung with me for the entirety of the application and he was super into the idea of art-making in the street. That and his new halloween costume, but really, who isn’t?

The afternoon was quite busy and I had alot of people asking me what I was up to. I told them about the concept and what I was using to execute it. When the inquirers found out that this is non-destructive, they were all smiles. enjoy.