Healing Broken Lives

Tonight from 6-8PM Dwell with Dignity opens their new office with a swell party.  We installed the first part of a mosaic pathway.  The path idea was initiated by the lovely Serina as part of a project she designed called Healing Broken Lives.  Our design is based on the celtic tree of live and can be continued as we work with more groups interested in contributing to the organization.  Big thanks to all who worked with us including the Resource Center and Creative Arts Center of Dallas, TX.

Dwell with Dignity is located at 3112 Hood Street in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas.

Blogs

And yet, another blog post.  This time our show, Exquisite Creatures, was mentioned in the Mosaic Art Now blog.  http://mosaicartnow.blogspot.com

Here is a photo of the mosaic table we created at the elementary school this week.

Happenings

It has been almost a year since I've written anything for my blog.  We tend to move through many projects quickly and then forget that perhaps they made a difference in someone's life.  Earlier this year I made a mosaic tulip sculpture for the Susan G. Komen Race for the cure event.  In honor of Elizabeth's Garden I created a piece that could be placed in an outdoor garden.  Tonight, I attended the artists reception and met the family of Elizabeth, a woman who made a huge difference in the lives of many dealing with breast cancer.  Their appreciation of my sculpture allowed me to see that in some ways, big or small, I do impact the lives of others.  The sculpture, along with other art pieces by noted Texas artists will be on display at Collin Creek Mall through mid-June.  For more information, go to Elizabeth's Garden at www.KomenNorthTexas.org.

Yesterday and today, Taylor and I worked on a mosaic table top with the school children at George Peabody Elementary school.  It always amazes me how quickly one can accomplish a mosaic project with a well coordinated group.  Our tabletop design is a peace symbol.  I will post pictures soon.

We are also working on a mosaic stepping stone path for Dwell with Dignity's new offices.  This is another group project, initiated by my friend Sirena.  Check out the blog article at www.dwellwdignity.blogspot.com.

And, we just had the opening of the second mermaid and octopus show so check out the blog by Kerri Arista at http://kerriarista.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-octopus-garden-in-shade.html.