Summer Art Shows in Eagle & Boise

This week I have been working on finalizing my art show schedule. I applied to be in a series of art shows in Eagle, Idaho, which is just a few miles away from where I live. If I do these shows, I will be exhibiting about once a month from June - August. I may also have a few extra shows at the downtown public market in Boise. I am suppose to be in a program downtown called the "Visiting Artist Program, but the lady in charge of these shows is very difficult to communicate with and doesn't return my phone calls or send out letters to the artists because she says she is too busy. I guess I am suppose to develope ESP skills. So because it is already the middle of May and I haven't heard anything from her yet about this program, I decided to go down to the Saturday public market and I find this woman (because she works there) and make her answer some of my questions. I am not impressed with how this program is being handled at all. My impression is that this "Visiting Artist" program is operating in a state of chaos and that doesn't give me much of a feeling of confidence. I have decided that I will try to arrange one show and if it doesn't work out, I will terminate my association with this program and this art show coordinator until they can get someone who is more competent and actually has time to communicate with the artists.

The other thing I have been working on is painting lots and lots of rock animals--some of which I will personally deliver to the gift shop in Stanley, Idaho. I have posted a photo (above) of this gift shop. (That's me standing in front of it.) I also have to prepare a few prints for this gift shop. I am excited because my trip to the beautiful Sawtooth Mountains in Stanley is only two weeks away! And with our fragile and limited budget and the horrible gas prices, this may be the only vacation I get this year.