Saturday, September 25, 2010

Olympia Film Society Silent Auction info

OFS Mezzannine Gallery Presents...
Olympia Film Society @ Capitol Theater
3rd Annual Silent Art Auction 5 pm-10pm
Free Admission
Best of Local Annimated Shorts
followed by Flamenco Luz - live performance 7-9 pm

Friday, September 24, 2010

What's new at Nine Lives Studio

Long time since last post - finished kid's classes in mid August, my daughter came up for a week, prepared for fall classes....
but it's official seven classes have been canceled already this fall.... I know how everyone is struggling financially - hope you will consider taking a class! class list on this site https://sites.google.com/site/ellenmiffittartist/

I will be doing a demo/hands on at Daniel Smith in Seattle on Dec 13th noon to 2 pm - Watercolor Pencil...
I bought this cute child's rocking chair for the 2011 Chair Affair fundraiser that helps the NW Furniture Bank. Silent auction in held at TAM in Tacoma in the early spring...
There's a few more days to view the Fine Arts Exhibit at the Puyallup Fair...
it's a great exhibit – I have two mini’s and a mixed media piece exhibited this year.


BAC Almost Perfect Sale starts today and goes over the weekend... Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA I brought up some mini collages and some sumi-e…


Merrill Gardens activity director is going to have me help residents design a holiday card for the annual contest sponsored by Merrill Gardens for their residents… then in January I will stop by every second Wednesday afternoon to provide an art experience for Olympia Merrill Gardens residents.


Although I’ve been slow on adding new work on the website, I will capture my annual fall burst of energy and direct it into new pieces… When my daughter was viiting from Oakland, I drew and started to color in a series of 22 images of a water sprite – keeping in mind children’s book illustration.  Backgrounds are done - filling in with watercolor pencil...


 I have been creating by writing lots of poetry – one to three a day! Total written to date = 449 http://ellen-spoetry.blogspot.com/
I will have two collages on a CD cover for a new music group in Seattle... Maestro Sidereus and the Mysterious Syzygy…
Midnight in the Orchard


Fall Equinox II











Donated a piece to the Olympia Film Society auction fundraiser coming up… soon.  Will post the dates later. Flight Dreams a min collage