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First Neighbor's Images

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Various images and frames I am beginning to frame the initial images in anticipation of more photographs to be delivered by neighbors in the coming weeks. The corner of Bray's Mill and Cedar Woods Way Yesterday I was happy to be visited by the first neighbor to drop off her photos. These photographs ignited an hour long conversation about the images and the neighbor's life. It has always fascinated me at just how we arrive at certain places in our lives and the folks we encounter. Thanks Valerie.

REMAINING - Treasure of Memory

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"Tim and Terry 1961"  In early August I received an email from Susan Katz with CEC Artslink inviting me to participate in the 7th Annual Arts Prospect Festival. I was fortunate enough to have traveled to Russia in 2012 as part of the first Arts Prospect Festival and installed two projects there, "BLUE" in St. Peterburg and "THE PARK OF LOVE" in Nizhny Novgorod.  This year's theme is "Treasure Hunt". My project will be included in the virtual presentation with former CEC Alumni from around the world to showcase each artist's work and response to this unusual moment in time. "Papaw Hardy and Terry 1962" My Proposal: REMAINING treasure of memory   During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine, I had the opportunity to go through my personal p osses sions (re)discovering the folder of photos my Mother had given me before her death in 2018.   In the years prior to her death, she had carefully reviewed her collected family...