Laurelynn Art Jewelry

Free Public Art Tram Tour flyer

Festival of the Arts, Corpus Christi, 2012

I have recently joined the Board of Directors for the Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts. The festival is coming up March 30-April1. Any artisan vendors who are interested in booth space should apply at www.zapplication.org

The Festival of the Arts has a new home at the Merriman-Bobys House at Heritage Park. This will allow the Festival group to hold events year round. I will give more details as I find out. It is going to be some exciting stuff!

Currently, two FREE Public Art Tram Tours are available the first Friday of every month (same day as Artwalk) at 9:30 am and 11 am. Call 361-883-ARTS for more information or to make reservations.

Tickled Pink! Valentine's Day Event & Art Sale

Coming up:

Tickled Pink!
A Valentine's Day Inspired Event
Wine & Cheese Tasting & Independents Art Sale
Hosted by the Independents at the Art Center of Corpus Christi
February 2, 2012, 6-8
Tickets: $10 per person, $15 per couple

Contest :)

I found out yesterday that my piece, "Pearls of the Journey," has been selected for the next round of judging in the 2011 Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' Pearls, Organic Beads or Clay Jewelry-Making Contest. Designs will be judged on use of color, design, originality and craftsmanship. Keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

Artists' Nook & Gallery

I was lucky to meet Jill Grossman at the Gill's Landscape Nursery "Art in the Garden." She is a stained glass artist and the owner of Artists' Nook & Gallery located at 939 Ayers at Six Points in Corpus Christi. She rarely takes jewelry, but invited me to show some of my flower pendants and other pendants in her gallery. There will be a reception this Saturday. I am so excited for this opportunity! Please support our local small businesses and artists this Christmas! We have so many talented people in Corpus Christi. I am almost overwhelmed by it as I participate in these events!

Here is the website to Artists' Nook & Gallery: http://artistsnookandgallery.net/

Art in the Garden, Nov. 26, 2011

We had a fantastic day at the Art in the Garden at the Gill Landscaping Nursery yesterday. The weather was really nice and we met so many new people. I felt pretty lucky to see so many of our Artwalk friends as well. We participated at Gill's Alameda store. My booth was next to their Christmas trees, so I felt like I was in a forest all day. There was the most amazingly large Christmas tree right next to us. I would definitely recommend their nursery if you are looking for a live tree this year. They also have these adorable lawn art/ornaments that are metal. I came so close to coming home with a new little metal goat for the backyard! The Gill nursery staff were great hosts. It is so refreshing to see so many people so happy at their workplace. Everyone there was upbeat and happy. I think that makes owning one of their Christmas trees even better. :) We did come home with some new plants that Katie and Mom picked out: a ponytail palm, a cactus, a ficus, and an aloe vera. Just lovely. I would like to thank Sally Gill for inviting us to her Art in the Garden!

What was really great about this event was that all of the vendors and the Gill Landscaping Nursery donated 10% of all sales from the event to The Nature Conservancy, a wildlife protection non-profit organization. We are placing our donation in the mail tomorrow!

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