Three Upcoming Shows!

There are many upcoming shows that are happening in the Cleveland area.  I wish I could get out to see all of them but alas there just is not enough time in the day.
However, a few shows you will find me (and or my work) are listed below.

This Thursday at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus - Gallery East

Breaking Ground:  A Survey of Northern Ohio Ceramics

A NOC (Northern Ohio Clay) affiliation
October 18th - November 8
East 1 Building, Room 135
4250 Richmond Rd.
Highland Hills, Ohio
216-987-2473
Opening Reception October 18th 6-8:30
Additional Gallery Hours
10:00 am - 3:30 pm Monday - Thursday

ALSO in Kentucky,

Breaking The Mold
The Louisville Clay 10th Anniversary Show at
Weber Gallery
Council on Developmental Disabilities 1151 South 4th Street Louisville, KY 40203
Opening Reception October 19th, 2012 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Exhibition Duration Oct. 19 - Dec. 21, 2012
Gallery Hours M-F 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
http://www.louisvilleclay.org/

AND

The 5th Annual Open Studio at the Screw Factory is just around the corner.

November 3rd, Saturday, Noon-7 in the Lake Erie Building at Templar Industrial Park, LAKEWOOD

Join the Screw Factory artists, visiting artists and some of the area’s best local businesses for the 5th Annual Open Studio. This one-day event will be held on Saturday, November 3rd from noon-7pm. Artist studios on the 2nd & 3rd floors will be open. View work, shop for the holidays and enjoy a wine tasting on floor 2 at Humble Bee Vineyards!
http://www.screwfactoryartists.com/ 

Up and Running again

Garden of Porcelain Flowers
15.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 depth
Installation

Seconds after getting the new computer up and running there were already updates coming in from cyberspace.  Who would have known how fast technology would speed up and how difficult it would become to hold onto the stillness within.  You know, the soul mind connection.  Soon enough I think maybe this speed will become our new Tower of Babel.
That said, as I could no longer Babel it was time to upgrade.  Zapplication would no longer take images and I had difficulty Blogging with Google because my hardware was no longer compatible.  This is not a good thing when you are trying to run a small successful business.  I hear in months that Windows 8 is coming out to get us ready for the touch screen world.   Yikes!
So, I just spent the last few weeks dealing with a bunch of crazy things.  Enough said!

Garden of Porcelain Pods
15.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 depth
Installation

The studio keeps calling to me and I try to get as much time in as possible. I have added to my repertoire of small sculptural objects, pods and flowers.





Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo

Computer Woes

I planned on taking some work time off from teaching art at my studio and at the retirement community so I could spend some concentrated time preparing for some upcoming shows in the studio.  Things do not always go as planned but I am grateful to be alive.  While driving home on the last day of work which started my vacation time I got in a car accident.  All I keep saying is I'm O.K.!  Maybe it just is one of those shock responses. 
Then, there is the computer issues.  I have spent the last week deleting files and backing up files on my computer which I was sure was going to start spitting and sputtering smoke at any minute.  Finally the fan stopped working on the computer and the groaning and whining stopped. 
This week is my last week of "vacation time".  Already I was up last night until midnight peeling and gutting roasted peppers from our garden and there are more.
Anyway, when I get my computer issues resolved I will be back posting images and blogging more often.  As it is now, my hardware is so old that I cannot navigate on line very easily these days. 
Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo

Creating New Work

I have been hiding out in my studio creating new work. 
This time of year usually has an urgency about it as I know the fall will soon be upon us.
Can hardly wait to share the new work.
Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo

WOULDN''T IT BE NICE - an artist dreaming - 1

A thought about patrons for the artist!
Artists can be an interesting lot!  They can often not be as concerned about money as others working as adjunct faculty for less pay and much fewer benefits than full time teaching faculty just to stay in their studio full time.  They can also rally for a cause that they are passionate about often paying lots of money for a booth fee at an art show in hopes of selling there art work to support themselves and the cause of the show.  Wouldn't it be nice if a few shows returned to supporting the artist?  Not the arts or the paycheck for someone else, but the artist themselves.  In another life I may have thought this to be a selfish idea.  But, as the many years have passed I think it a good idea for artists to examine what they are doing.
Concept to Creation,

Theresa Yondo