Schen­ley Farms Col­lec­tion now online, see link above. More pho­tos avail­able soon. This col­lec­tion con­tains altered books, small boxes, and a pock­et­book purse. Inspi­ra­tion came from Donna Parker teen nov­els, Woodrow Wilson’s papers, WWI ephemera, and a photo of my father’s sol­dier cousin whose last name was “Schorr” thus prompt­ing the ulti­mate pick-​up line of all time “Hey ladies, stick close to the shore…”

The first Artist Exchange was held today at the First Bap­tist Church from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. Car­olyn, Danny, Valda and oth­ers par­tic­i­pated. Appar­ently most of the fun hap­pened before 12 noon, my arrival time, but I found some good­ies despite my tardy appear­ance. It is one of my fond­est hopes that such an event occurs on a reg­u­lar basis. We all have bits and pieces to sell or give away and the com­raderie is impor­tant also. Artists, like writ­ers, need to engage in some sort of col­lec­tive reparte’ — collaboration? No, not nec­es­sar­ily. It’s more as if a con­fla­gra­tion of cre­ative spir­its causes a spike in the col­lec­tive mindset.

We shall begin a Face­Book account for the area artist exchange and hope­fully share our resources as well as our spirit.

c