Today is the last day you can purchase tickets through me to the show I'm a part of in Nashville this Thursday. I just have a couple more to sell!

Follow this link, choose "Buy a ticket for this artist," then click "Buy tickets," then choose my name in the drop down box, etc. etc.

I am not Paypal savvy, but it looks like you can use a cc to purchase.

Thanks to those who have bought tickets. Y'all are the best!

June 2012: Short neon shorts replace the feather hair extension.

I have two mason jar paintings up at the Emporium until the end of the month for The Bridge Exhibit which benefits Bridge Refugee Services. Please go check out this show and support this great organization with your dolla bills.

June 1-29, 2012
The 2nd Annual Bridge Exhibition
The Emporium Center
100 S Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902
Gallery open M-F 9am to 5pm

My birthday is next week, and I have two wishes.

One, a hula hoop.

And two...

I would love, love, love if you purchased a ticket to my next art show.

I'm really excited about this exhibition. I'll be showing in Nashville for the first time next Thursday, June 21 at Mercy Lounge from 8pm to 12am. I've been asked by the organization Raw: Natural Born Artists to be a part of this monthly, multi-artist show.

It lasts one night and gives visual artists, musicians, fashion designers, photographers, and more a chance to showcase their work together. I will also have the chance to show in other cities nationwide through Raw once I show in Nashville.

Tickets are $10 and I have about 10 more to sell. To buy one from me, you can visit my Raw Artist Profile Page. If you'd rather not pay using paypal, you can pay me directly. Email me at beth@bethmeadows.com, and we can work it out.

I hope you can come, but even if you can't, you can still sponsor me by purchasing a ticket.

This is a small but huge way to support me and help me get the ball rolling to show in other cities.

It will also be a great start to my 28th year!

Bonnaroo, an unexpected time of reflection.

Russ

I ended up having a great time.

This isn't to say there weren't rough spots (i.e. sharing porta potties for eight days with thousands of other people), but my mind was distracted by what was good, and there was a lot of that.

Brian and Forrest

While Bonnaroo facilitated the experience I had, what I enjoyed the most was much simpler, and that was merely the joy of being with people. Constantly.

Dean

Being in Knoxville so long, it's hard not to compare college days with late twenties life. So much of my time is spent in solitude which is fine, but it was nice to shake things up a bit.

Though they were a feast for the eyes, it definitely wasn't the thousands of people that I liked being around but our small team of workers. We made art together, ate together, hung out in the mornings before we'd go hear music. We walked around listening to music and talked about how crazy everyone else was. Because they were. Absolutely crazy.

...I'll admit, too, the aspect I liked so much about this team was that it was predominantly male...

It's something my single female friends and I talk about, how male friends drop off the map as you become older. I know it's the natural progression of life as they move or marry, but I was happy this past week to have a little glimmer of my past. I've missed that so much.

It was also nice not talking about babies and pregnancy for a short time, as has become a common theme to conversation lately in my married friends' lives. 

Forrest sporting my grandfather's hat

Me varnishing the top deck for Bow Line

Dean helping with the varnishing

Beginning stages of the project Mirror Field, created by Jason and Lisa Brown

Another part of this trip I enjoyed was the collaborative aspect. I've been on several trips where I've built houses or painted fences, but making something sculptural with others outdoors, sweating for the sake of creativity, was new and refreshing. I've been hoping to collaborate more, and this experience allowed me to do that.

I also liked not having to think about the pieces conceptually but to just make. I can always appreciate anything where I don't have to think.

Mirror Field

Dean and Kevin put together the rainbow for Mirror Field

Katie and Willie applying mirrored mylar to Mirror Field clouds

Me painting the rainbow for Mirror Field

Carolyn working on one of the arches for Mirror Field

Centeroo ferris wheel in the background

Willie and Kevin working on the bench for Mirror Field

Dean takes a break

I hope this experience permanently flipped a switch. Since I've returned, I've talked with three artists about making work together. I'm excited about the prospect because it's time to hurdle some mental blocks I've had lately.

Teamwork. Applying more mirrored mylar

It could just be a rut, but when I hit points like this, I always tend to wonder if art might be fading from me all together. I don't know why I think that way, but I do. It's good timing to have some help from others.

 

In the meantime, I'll think fondly of painting the rainbow above that filled thousands of hippies with delight last week. 

One of the projects I helped with at Bonnaroo Bow Line is featured here on notcot.org. You can also see some more images on Brian R. Jobe's website.

I'm back from Bonnaroo, and it's official. I want a hula hoop.

I'm wondering if it can be done in the privacy of my one bedroom apartment, just until I get the hang of it. I'll have to move some furniture around I suppose. Or if you hula hoop and want to hula with me, I could be up for that. I'm not ready for public displays of solitary hula just yet.

One day though, I could be that free-spirited looking girl with rock hard abs shaking my hips in the front lawn of my apartment building, looking as if there was not a thing on my mind. And then maybe I can take it on the road. One can always dream.

All this is to say, I did make it back in one piece, and I have many pictures and words to share. Stay tuned.

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