OMG, just found these when cleaning the desk. They are from August!!
Nan Johnson ... Santa Clara, CA


Karen Chew ... Redwood City, CA


Anonymous ... Portland, OR


Joki Wilson ... San Francisco, CA

Call for directions.

Shopping Trolley Gallery, UK (the original, twinned with STG-West)

This will be the last publication by MOTA. Begun by Debbie Rebsch in 2000, it will end publication this year.
Check out the website:

www.museum-of-temporary-art.com

Swaps from ATC's Anonymous
Ghosts and Ghouls
Nancy Daisie ..... Gail Yanker


Jean Baden-Gillette ..... Jeannette Faber


Inchie on an ATC Swap
Nina Tarnuzzer ..... Kathleen Downey


Grace Taylor ... Jan Roberts ... Marna Bennett


Oihana Traders, Hawaii


CZ Lovecraft, San Jose CA

Helen Hiebert, extraordinary paper-maker and teacher from Portland, Oregon, is hosting a collaborative project titled The Mother Tree. This artwork, which will be exhibited in February 2010 at the Michael Graves-designed Portland Building, will consist of a life-size hand-made paper dress with crocheted strands of natural fibers coming from it, cascading to the floor to form the "roots" of the Mother Tree. The artist is asking for anyone interested to contribute crocheted strands for inclusion in the artwork. More information on this project can be found at:

http://mothertreeproject.blogspot.com/

Here are the "roots" that I crocheted this afternoon. Each of the three roots is made of three strands of cotton thread. They represent the three generations which I currently inhabit in my life: daughter, mother and grandmother. The roots are each 20 feet long, making a total of 60 feet, one for each year of life so far. I allowed for mistakes to stand in the stitches, just as there are mis-steps and snags along the road of life.

An annual one-day celebration of Book Arts, Print Arts, and Paper Arts.
Next Saturday, hope to see you all there!

Exhibitors Showcase, Demonstrations, Hands-on Activities, Print Studio Tour, Artist Talk by PodPost. Free Admission, $2 for all-day parking.

Saturday October 17
10:00-4:00
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA
bayareabookartists.org



And ... an exhibition of artists books in Palo Also, in conjunction with the JAM, includes workshops.
pacificartleague.org

A fantastic new book by friends Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler!
You gotta' get this one!

Pistol Pete


Joki Wilson


Janus

COME CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF SOFA’S NEW MURAL

What: Mural Unveiling and Celebration
When: Friday August 7th, 2009
7:30– 9:30 pm

Where: 417 S First St. (at the corner of San Salvador)
San Jose, CA

Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-mapshpp-na-us-
gm&utm_medium=mapshpp&utm_term=tour

You are invited to the upcoming celebration of a mural that I,
alongside a crew of talented artists, completed in downtown San Jose.
This mural project was sponsored by 1st Act Silicon Valley as part of
an new activation project and its unveiling will coincide with San
Jose’s First Friday Gallery openings. Light refreshments will be
served at the mural site in the SoFA (south of first area) District,
San Jose’s emerging downtown arts and culture neighborhood where the
mural is centrally located, and which also hosts a variety of
contemporary galleries, bars, and restaurants.
We started working on this mural six weeks ago and recently completed
it with the help of 2 gifted artists, Michael Torchia and Oscar Lopez,
and a host of enthusiastic volunteers. We hope that you can come
celebrate with us, and partake in the festivities of San Jose’s
inaugural First Friday art and gallery walk.

ARTISTS:
Lead Muralist:
Jose Arenas
Assistant Muralists:
Mike Torchia
Oscar Lopez

VOLUNTEERS:
Emilia Arenas Erik White
Erica Kohl-Arenas William Moran
Rebeca Stanton Melanie Sharr
John Stanton Juan Montiel
Joseph Coha Kent Manske
Cindy Lee Miguel Moreno
Ruth Anderson Tobias Vega
Salaiddin Kharie Jaclyn Calderon
Ken Yee Frances Lloyd Baynes
Tamar Assaf Ivan Chavez

To see more mural pic's follow the link below:
http://jose.smugmug.com/gallery/9022970_3QBcf/1/600259615_zuCQH

The current show:

Now the month of July is done. Lots of gardening, lots of book-making, not much print-making, very little mailart, no ATC's to trade ... The summer is going by very fast.
Here's some of the gardening results:





And here's the mailart received in the past two weeks... not many, but then I've not sent out much this month...
Thank you to all who keep sending me great things in the mail. I may have more time, soon for mailart, etc.

CZ Lovecraft, San Jose, CA




Xtina, Fremont, CA




Joki Wilson, San Francisco, CA



Lynn Nichols, Oak Brook, IL



Alfonso Caccavale, Afragola, Italy

Can you believe it, nothing posted from April 15th until July 3rd??? Long time, too busy, way too busy. Hopefully there will be more time this summer for art-ing.


Some local exhibitions, and opportunities:

forwarded by Keiichi Nakamura- from RAZ