Lisa Call has shared her list of 100 accomplishments for 2012. I gain courage from her sharing to do the same with you.
Here is what I will share this year. Do you keep track of your accomplishments? Would love to know what you accomplished.
Accomplishments 2012
Exhibitions: 2012-14
NCBG solo exhibition
MoNA ReCOLLections
exhibition
Eat Your
Art Out – Fund raiser for Packard Place Gallery
NCBG solo
exhibition
The
Natural World Mockingbirds Larder
Seasonal
Palette: Winter Robins’ Feast (traveling
exhibition through 2014)
SAQA: Earth Works (traveling exhibition 2014-17)
NC
Arboretum exhibition: 2013
Arranged
solo exhibition at Maria Howard for 2013
Contract with
Caldwell County Arts Centre for 2 person show in May 2013
Publications/ Publicity
In
Stitches article
Blog
Round Robin on In Stitches article
Article for SAQA journal
NCBG exhibition
reviewed on blog
SAQA
featured artist for April
Portfolio 19
Seasonal Palette: Winter Robins Feast journal
Article
published in SAQA on line magazine
Sales; Donations
Southern Heritage sold for Duke Cancer Center
Sold 2
small pieces at NCBG exhibition
Sold 2 large
pieces - After the Frost and Late Summer Dawn for Levine Cancer
Center
Sold 5 quilts- Beauty of a Berry,
Pine quilts: 4 coordinated 12 x 12s,
2 coordinated 4x4s
Sold Delectable Blues
Donated September Song to UUCC
Donated Squirrel Food to
SAQA Auction
Commission
for 12 x 12 Pine Cone
Commission
for first clerical stole
Artwork completed
Finished Winter Robins’ Feast
Created 3
pairs of earrings
Finished
SAQA donation quilt - Squirrel Food
Completed Migratory Paths North, and sent with new name: Pathways Home
Completed
6 pieces and framed them (pine pieces from doing the commission on Pine.)
Completed
Turkey Feastings
Completed
Delectable Blues
10 quilted gifts
Preparation work for new art work
Created 12
sketches for new work
Completed
watercolors exercises in journal
Ordered
colored pencils for drawing and practicing botanical illustration
Began
research on Nature Conservancy projects, developed project plan along with
timeline for Earth Works
Designed
stole; selected fabrics
Teaching
Gave hand embroidery workshop
Marketing
Completed
watermarks for web images
SDA/SAQA conference got couple of leads for art consultants doing work
in health care industry
Gallery
tours of Fiber Philadelphia – one gallery owner receptive
Created proposal for workshop for hospital employees
Bascom Center for the Visual Arts
Completed
update of website including new emphasis on commissions
Linked
sign up for Mail-chimp newsletter to Website
Contacted
Cabarrus Arts Council; sent submission package
5 pieces
photographed
Contacted
Gift Shop Director at DSBG about small work, cards
Wrote
buyer of my SAQA quilt donation
2
proposals created and sent in on 4/6 for doing DVDs for Interweave publishers –
Professional Development
Museum of
Modern Art in Raleigh
Imperial
Art Centre (Maria V Howard) in Rocky Mount to see Handmade Exhibition
Chapel
Hill – saw Ellen Kochansky exhibition
Van Gogh
exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pearl
Fryar garden
Attended
Christina Cordova presentation
Nasher
Museum to see Calder exhibition – fabulous
Maria V.
Howard Galleries to see current exhibitions – assemblages – terrific
Contemporary
Museum of Art – pitiful
NC Museum
of Art to see El Asante (?) – fabulous
JC
Raulson Arboretum and found several great specimens for future work
3
exhibits at Mint
High
Museum, Aquarium, botanical Gardens – lots of inspiration
Read
design book
Worked
exercises with Botanical Illustration books
Experimented
with new pencil sharpeners; determined sequence for sharpening
Created
color pencil charts and Color exercises with pencils
Read 4 botanical
illustration books
Took 2
day workshop in inspirations from maps
Completed
3 day workshop on creating 3D fiber objects
Completed
day long FAO surface design workshop
Watercolor
and sketching Workshop at Random Arts with Jane LaFazio
Attended 3
Creative Capital training sessions on marketing at ASC Board Room
Updated
Portfolio and presented to Heather at Red Sky gallery for feedback
Attended
SAQA/SDA conference- Goals – meet
people; focus on getting health care sales/commissions; gallery shows-
Attended
IQA – dinner on working with art consultants; made contacts;
walks through of my work; helped with sales of books with my artwork
autographed books, made contacts, had a ball
Working effectiveness
Created
small works as created commissions, donations
Tried out
blocking table for larger work
Organized
photo files
Purchased
display equipment
Worked
out agreement for use of clerical stole pattern
Wrote up
commission contract and submitted it to client
Determined
to not participate as vendor at
Random Arts art sale this time, make prep for next spring’s sale
Miscellaneous Business
Pulled
Healthcare Linked In group information
Completed recommendation for Guggenheim Fellowship for Artists
Researched information on the contact for putting my images on tiles,
etc.
Selected
photographer for quilt
Home
Researched and selected 2 options for a CCRT for the future
Drawers
in bedroom, bathrooms, living room cleaned out
Began
plans/actions for DE-acquisitioning of household goods
Cleaned
out 2 stuffed bookcases – donated books, clothing, house wares
Worked through 5 boxes in garage; Cleaned 2
shelves in studio
Signed up for new prescription coverage
Personal
Advocated
for arts in NC and in US Congress
Cleaned
out @7000 emails
Began PT
for knee
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