Nursery Mural -- finished w/4 hours to spare before I leave... :) Congrats Liz!!  You'll be a great mama!!***

 

It's funny how you almost forget how beautiful home is -- until you go away for awhile.  :)

Here's the almost-complete, new roof on my studio.

 Finally, I had my last official meeting for my CMAB Art Grant.  Doug Standke, the Program Director, came out to meet with Dodie & me at my studio.  Just recapping the last year with these dedicated, art-minded people --- I realized just how amazing this experience has been.  THanks DODIE!!  & Doug!  It will forever mark the start of something really great in my life.***

Back from TANZANIA -- Off to GERMANY.******

After a month in Africa -- helping in gardens, at an orphanage, peeling potatoes in the kitchen, admiring homemade fabrics/baskets, & just traveling the beautiful country of Tanzania --- I am now ready for part II of my summer.

I leave tomorrow for Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany. I will be interning at a German Kunstverein, member-owned Art Gallery that will host an oil painter this summer. I am so excited I can hardly handle myself -- for the people, food, language, hiking trails... & the ARTWORK. 

In conjunction w/the program -- I will be blogging about my daily work/life experiences.  Here is that link:  http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lync0161/myblog/

And the link to the Kunstverein as well:  http://www.kunstverein-bad-salzdetfurth.de/