Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Excellent News!

Today the Maryland State Arts Council released the names of the Individual Artist Award Winners for 2012. I am thrilled to announce that I have won an award. I entered my work in the Crafts category which is described as "Functional and Non-Functional Crafts: Ceramics, Glass, Wood, Metal, Fiber, Textiles and Recycled
Materials". I know several of the other winners are fiber artists, but most of the names are unfamiliar. I will need to do some research.

This is Knots, one of the pieces I submitted for jurying. It's a small piece, about 24" x 24". Currently it's on display at the Ratner Museum in Bethesda. I wrote about this in my previous post.





Right now I'm sitting here with a patch over one eye, having had cataract surgery this morning. It's weird having an eye operated on and being awake while it's happening. They numbed up my eye so I couldn't see out of it and also couldn't feel anything. A very strange feeling, to be sure. I'll take the patch off soon and see the doctor tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed....