by Vicki Bolen | May 31, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists, Uncategorized
Richard and I were at the Denver Arts Festival and we fell in love with the work of our booth neighbors, Hayley Nolte and Scot Ray. They transform post-consumer metal containers into beautiful art. They flatten, hand cut. layer and hammer post consumer metal...
by Vicki Bolen | Apr 22, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
We are at the 4 Bridges Arts Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Over the years, we have made many friends at this festival and at other arts and crafts shows.We often stay with artists we’ve met when we come to shows in their cities. One good friend we’ve...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 28, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
One of the things Richard and I love about traveling to art shows is meeting other artists. Our biooth neighbors in Indio were Erik Sauliltis and Georgia of Danceprints. They are from Minnesota and made a joking comment about the strange “pine trees” in...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 26, 2017 | Art Shows
We have set up our Little Bird de Papel booth at the Southwest Art Festival in Indio, CA. The weather is beautiful and my Tyvek cranes are dancing in the breeze. Among our offerings are my origami earrings, handmade art cards, original wall art, and, of course,...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 24, 2017 | Art Shows
Richard and I are headed for the Southwest Art Festival, Jan. 26-29, Indio California. Today as we traveled through inclement weather, Richard was inspired to write a quick poem. Neither rain nor snow nor alternative facts Can keep an artist from a show And...