Season for Tumbleweeds

The breezes are getting stronger,

night time is cooler,

the grasses on the hill are drying out quickly,

revealing the tumblewees,

only a few have been spotted rolling.

Accidental Experimental Travel

Somewhere along the way what was supposed to be planned wasn't. so we left on July 3rd with ourselves, directions to the hotel and a cooler. Knowing that we would figure Twin Falls and the surrounding area when we got there. Some highlights of our trip:

There is almost nothing better than bunny ears on a sibling ~
Segundo sleeping (HA) and Primo's bunny ears


4th of July Parade
Buhl, Idaho




A Rock Precariously Balanced in the middle of Nowhere

The Miracle Hot Springs somewhere on the 1000 springs scenic drive.

A great diner the only stop on the route home


Mollie

Mapping Correspondence Attention in the Press

The exhibition Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century is up for one more week, through Saturday, June 28, so if you haven’t had a chance to see it, now is the time to go. We’ve gotten some attention in the press, including: Artforum.com

Last Wednesday, NPR’s program The Bryant Park Project featured Martha Wilson, one of the panelists from the June 13 panel discussion on the history of mail art. You can catch her segment on their website, and also see a selection of some of the works in the show.

Their photo gallery includes both historical and contemporary works from the exhibition. In Time Out NY’s June 12-18 issue three works from the exhibition were featured, buZ blurr artistamp self-portrait, a collaboration between Anna Banana and Vittore Baroni, and a work from 1984 by Charles Barth.

Mapping Correspondence

I finally completed my post cards Mapping Correspondence an exhibition of Mail Art, at the Center for Book Arts, in New York City. April 11 - June 28, 2008. Organized by Champe Smith - Curator & Artist. My work is loosely about studying for the Postal Exam and the crazy logic one needs to know in order to become an employee of the USPS.

Sadly, I missed the exam and am not scheduled to take it again until I am once again sent a letter with my test date and and location.

Sadly, I did not get to take the test this go round but still am looking forward to taking either the test for Rural route carrier or Data entry clerk at some nearby huge mail processing center.

Did You Know?

When the million-dollar Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, it was mailed from New York City to Washington, D.C., in a brown paper parcel.