A Holiday Break?

Ok......So it's been a long time since my last post. So many things have been happening. I have successfully conquered another semester. I think it was successful anyway......again, the shadow of impending doom is never far. I have all too much to do over our 2 1/2 week break (that's right, 2 1/2 weeks!) and I'm not too sure that I will be able to get it all done. I need to catch up on filing and grading, not to mention writing my syllabus for the spring semester printmaking class. I know that I can get it done, but I just hope that I get it done in a relatively timely manner so that I can enjoy some of the break. So far it looks unlikely. Well on that note, I shall return to the ceremonial wrapping of the presents. I have been putting it off since it is quite possibly the most boring of all of the holiday festivities, rivaled only by the addressing of envelopes. Admittedly, I haven't done that either. Take heart those of you who tend to put things off, some of us have raised procrastination to an art form! Merry Christmas to all and the happiest of new years! God bless us.......Every one!

More Exciting Surprises!

I know that I haven't posted in a while, but as usual life is moving a bit too quickly for me to comfortably keep up. In addition to starting my second year teaching art at Urban Community School on Cleveland's near westside, a few months ago I was asked to be an instructor to Ursuline College's Accelerated Program to teach an Inroduction to Graphic Design course. This is such a perfect opportunity. Each course is only five weeks long, so it fits in to my schedule neatly. OK.....so everything is great.....and I'm plugging along.......fairly satisfied with life. Then came the show at True Art and the Snap to Grid Show at LACDA. Great! Right? Well, apparently the plan for me continues. Ursuline College (my proud alma mater) has just asked me to join their regular adjunct faculty as a printmaking instructor, as if that's not enough.....holy cow...another show! I will be showing next month in a group printmaking show at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland. I am very excited to be showing with some fabulous printmakers, including Pat Fallon and Bob LaCivita, who were my professors in college. There is a small glitch however. I have only a vague idea of were Lakeland is, so if anyone is reading this that lives out there, please place a large arrow in the general direction of the college on your porch. Apparently the saga continues......

Now what?

So, my show is up and the opening was terrific. Shari has some wonderful work. I think we are really on solid ground with the work that we are doing. True Art is a terrific gallery. They have truly done wonders for us. They were so wonderful with every detail. Scene Magazine referred to our show as a "Gold Mine", due in large part to the wonderful backing of the gallery's owners. If you are in Cleveland, stop by. Any show that may be in there is a good one!
So now it seems that everything is going well. Heck, I've even have stumbled on a new body of work. So any artist would just sit back and leisurely enjoy the fruits of all of the hectic activity that took place prior to the opening, right?......UGH....Now I find out that I have yet another opportunity to show, which I would love to do, but the work needs to be in before the 29th. The problem is, teaching is taking so much time, the school year has started for my kids, and next month I start teaching my first college course. So I am nuts. It seems that as much as I am relieved when there is a lull in my crazy life, my anxiety over the prospect of having no work (holy cow, will I EVER get another show?) is equally as great. After all, aren't we all afraid.....No matter how many successes that we've had....That we may fall short? Don't we all as creative people wonder if the muse we had relied on for so long is dead, or perhaps worse, mortally wounded?
The past few years have held so may surprises for me. So rather than let anxiety wash over me, I think I'll grab my board and ride the wave.

Mine: Images of Descent

For my many fans (thanks kids!) as well as other parties who may be interested, here's the information on my lastest show. Feel free to drop by and sign the book!

Mine: Images of Descent
new works by Shari Jamieson and Mary Weimer Green

True Art Gallery
410 East 156th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44110

Opening Reception September 9th, 6 -10pm
(OK... so you may have missed it)
Regular viewing hours areThursday to Friday 5-9pm, and Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm.

OK.....so here goes.......

OK, so my friend Shari has been dogging me to start blogging. Why? Will it bring me some internal liberation that will somehow trump my sometimes uptight self? I doubt it. But, I chose to plow ahead into the unknown with the promise of possibly meeting people with similar interests and viewpoints, or perhaps even more exciting.....meeting people with conflicting viewpoints and divergent interests! OK, Shar, here I am, globally exposed. Perhaps I will be found to be an unappreciated genius (gee, that'd be nice), or possibly (and more probably) My fate is to be the village idiot on a much grander scale. Either way......here goes.......