LOOK who I found making art this morning!

Emma and Justine

out on an artsy adventure at Artist and Display this week!

I ran out to pick-up some watercolor supplies this morning and I bumped into two very special Fairview art students! The girls were gearing up for a dog drawing and painting class. I was lucky enough to meet Emma's grandma, who is an artist herself--she pointed me in the direction of a few great sale brushes. I sure hope Emma can bring her in for show and create next school year!

Check out the Artist and Display website for more great classes all summer long or stop in the store for supplies to get you going on your own! Remember to let me know what you art up to in the comments section or email me a photo of your work. If I catch you making art, I'll add you to this blog!

I stopped at Fairview today for a brief moment...your summer art looks great! The art room is under a transformation hopefully we will all have a little more elbow room! I will take pictures and keep everyone updated on the new look soon.

Where in the art world is Ms George?

Happy Summer!

I hope everyone is having a great summer vacation. I've been on the GO:

I have had a few Chicago weekends visiting with my grandmother and must recommend a fabulous Garfield Park Conservatory show sculptures of world renowned Artist Niki de Saint Phalle: Nikki In the Garden in addition to the free evenings at The Art Institute of Chicago!

I spent a week in Atlanta for the National Educational Computing Conference where I joined twenty -five other MPS teachers including our own Mrs. Meyer. My family was able to adventure with me for a few days before the conference. We enjoyed a concert at the historic Chastain Amplitheater. We were wowed by the collection, special exhibits including Annie Leibovitz's photography and fantastic family art making space at the High Museum of Art. We literally sip-sampled the World of Coke in their NEW site next to the Georgia Aquarium-where as you can see in the photo we fit in some much needed rest and relaxation!

After a brief return to Milwaukee we headed to our beloved Door County. Our camp out this summer included afternoon thunder-bursts, beautiful rainbows and plenty of time at Hands On Art --where I had the chance to make glass jewelery, create a mosaic and play with metal in their new welding barn!

Following our Door County adventures it was off-to-camp week! I dropped my daughter of for her scout fashion design destination and drove up to Eagle River's Trees For Tomorrow to brush up on my watercoloring skills in a teacher workshop lead by artist Jan Boelte.

I plan to get some more painting in and then get caught-up on my laundry and gardening the next few weeks....because in August we head for Yellowstone and the Tetons!

Feel free to add to your artsy adventures to my comments-they work when you are logged in at home or a public library!