Its good to be back in the Hub City after a refreshing and inspiring week in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The Alliance of Artist Communities hosted an artist-in-residence leadership conference at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. It was an incredible week and a great opportunity to meet some amazing folks who are involved with residency programs from across the country. There was tremendous interest and enthusiasm about Hub-Bub and the way we do things around here. We left our mark in New Smyrna. I got to work today feeling refreshed and inspired. And its a good thing because we have a lot going on...
It's crunch time! The AiR Exit Show is in less than 2 weeks. Make sure to come out to The Showroom on Tuesday March 25th from 7-9 pm to see the great work that our AiRs have been working on. If you can't be there for the entire opening, then try to be there at 8 so you can catch Rachel's reading. Speaking of Rachel's reading, you might want to a little reading yourself of Still Home; an anthology of poems by Spartanburg poets that was compiled and edited by our very own writer-in-res. Rachel has worked really hard on this anthology all year and it is B-eautiful! Swing by HUB-BUB on March 20th at 4:30 for the Still Home book launch...
I can feel it! There was a major storm in Spartanburg last night...complete with rain and lightning and phone calls from mom offering tornado instructions. It was so dark and ominous when I fell asleep last night and then...BOOM..bright and sunny and cool this morning. The birds were chirping before I got up. The sun was out before I hit the gym. Ahhh...rain, birds, sunshine...springtime! Spring = new beginnings = fresh starts = feeling reborn. That might be why I chose this image from Derya's blog of some of her new work. She's a March fanatic. Or maybe just a February-hater. And this piece reminds me of birth so...there you go.
...I may commit to true vegetarianism. It's been a rough week for me. I've suffered from food poisoning twice in my life. The first time, I was camping in a small tent on an Indian reservation in South Dakota with 20 other people (they all had their own tents). We all got sick at the same time and shared just 2 bathrooms. It was one of the most miserable experiences of my life but pretty hilarious in retrospect. Monday's experience was much more private (thank goodness) and with a full recovery by Wednesday morning...whew. Despite that little hiccup in the week, we haven't skipped a beat around here. HUB-BUB received about 100 applications for the AiR program 2008/09. I looked at all of the applications from visual artists last week and have narrowed the applicant pool down to 26! We've got a committee of folks to help with the rest of the selection process which starts Thursday night. Very, very exciting. Again...stay tuned...
Its good to be back in the Hub City after a refreshing and inspiring week in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The Alliance of Artist Communities hosted an artist-in-residence leadership conference at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. It was an incredible week and a great opportunity to meet some amazing folks who are involved with residency programs from across the country. There was tremendous interest and enthusiasm about Hub-Bub and the way we do things around here. We left our mark in New Smyrna. I got to work today feeling refreshed and inspired. And its a good thing because we have a lot going on...
It's crunch time! The AiR Exit Show is in less than 2 weeks. Make sure to come out to The Showroom on Tuesday March 25th from 7-9 pm to see the great work that our AiRs have been working on. If you can't be there for the entire opening, then try to be there at 8 so you can catch Rachel's reading. Speaking of Rachel's reading, you might want to a little reading yourself of Still Home; an anthology of poems by Spartanburg poets that was compiled and edited by our very own writer-in-res. Rachel has worked really hard on this anthology all year and it is B-eautiful! Swing by HUB-BUB on March 20th at 4:30 for the Still Home book launch...
I can feel it! There was a major storm in Spartanburg last night...complete with rain and lightning and phone calls from mom offering tornado instructions. It was so dark and ominous when I fell asleep last night and then...BOOM..bright and sunny and cool this morning. The birds were chirping before I got up. The sun was out before I hit the gym. Ahhh...rain, birds, sunshine...springtime! Spring = new beginnings = fresh starts = feeling reborn. That might be why I chose this image from Derya's blog of some of her new work. She's a March fanatic. Or maybe just a February-hater. And this piece reminds me of birth so...there you go.
...I may commit to true vegetarianism. It's been a rough week for me. I've suffered from food poisoning twice in my life. The first time, I was camping in a small tent on an Indian reservation in South Dakota with 20 other people (they all had their own tents). We all got sick at the same time and shared just 2 bathrooms. It was one of the most miserable experiences of my life but pretty hilarious in retrospect. Monday's experience was much more private (thank goodness) and with a full recovery by Wednesday morning...whew. Despite that little hiccup in the week, we haven't skipped a beat around here. HUB-BUB received about 100 applications for the AiR program 2008/09. I looked at all of the applications from visual artists last week and have narrowed the applicant pool down to 26! We've got a committee of folks to help with the rest of the selection process which starts Thursday night. Very, very exciting. Again...stay tuned...
