Archive for the ‘Guilds’ Category

Lincoln, NE - Quilt Center of the Universe?

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

May 24, 2008 Lincoln, Nebraska
It was a beautiful spring day so, Sharon and I headed west on I-80 toward Lincoln for the biennial Lincoln_Quilter’s_Guild show. It’s being held at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the oddly named, Weary Center. There was nothing weary about the quality and depth of the show. [...]

Open Studio Season

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

As we roll out of summer and into fall the cities are alive with all the artist opening there studios to the public. So what is an Open Studios Tour? Open Studios began 30 years ago in San Francisco when a group of artist got together and opened their studios to the public for the [...]

Nashville - Music (& Arts) City

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Nashville May 16/17
TAL & TACA
We met Nickie Stanley Director of the Tennessee Art League at their classic headquarters building on Broadway, just a guitar pick’s throw from Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop. The Art League was founded in 1954, making it one of the longer lived guilds in the country. The primary mission of the [...]

Columbia, Missouri

Monday, May 14th, 2007

May 14
The first stop on our swing through the southeast is Columbia, Missouri. Self-described as, “The smart, innovative, artsy, eclectic, clever, savvy, vibrant, too-dynamic-to-fit-into-a-short tagline city.” And it is a very cool and attractive town, filled with wonderful art, galleries, artists and craftsmen.
We drove straight in and parked in front of the [...]


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