2012 Accomplishments

I have been a member of a Creative Biz group for many years. Each week we share 5 goals for the week and 4 accomplishments for the last week. At the end of the year we summarize our accomplishments and stop to look forward. We find that keeping track of what we are getting accomplished provides energy for doing more and not getting bogged down and focused on our shortcomings.

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