http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog an artist's cloud of thoughts Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Commonly known as Ventura. This is now my home. I've a new version of WordPress. I am having trouble figuring out how to send you images. So, let's do it semantically. I left the Sonoran Desert last spring after twelve years year round. The climate is ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/11/21/san-buenaventura-california/ Apologies for the warnings that you might have seen on google searches for this website. Google was saying that this website might be harmful and advised users not to visit it. The problem has been "patched" temporarily and Google's warning should disappear when it spiders the website in the coming ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/11/09/website-etc/ I found a two foot cut of Barley Cloth in the box of whites to dye.  Still have not found the card for the other piece.  I expect it is closer to ten yards.  I'll weigh them to let you know.  Here's the image of the weave. Hope this helps.  Next ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/08/24/barley-cloth/ In spite of good intentions to write weekly, I'm about ten days out. Spent the last week in Mount Vernon, Washington.  I went to attend my son and daughter in law's yard rave.  Wonderful music, skillfully mixed, mashed?, overlaid, and selected was provided by Berto Ross.  He got a big thumbs ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/08/21/home-again-jiggety-jog/ Hello, everyone, I'm going to see if I can manage the self discipline to write on this blog at least once a week. I have moved from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona to the Pacific Coast in Ventura, California.  Check out my view: The days when we have strong sun the view is ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/08/11/long-ago-and-far-away/ Recently, a colleague asked me if I could republish some of my Sonoran Desert landscape commissions.  Let's see what I can find on this disk I dugout. http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/03/04/desert-icons/ Book Reading & Signing of Big Sycamore Stands Alone with Author Ian Record   Saturday, March 7th at 7:00 p.m. Dinnerware Artspace 264 E. Congress Tucson, Arizona About the book:  In a groundbreaking debut of its New Directions in Native American Studies series, the University of Oklahoma Press announced the release of Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/03/04/big-sycamore-stands-alone/ Grants Opportunity: National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grants- NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Funds may also be used for one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/02/25/grants-opportunity-2/ Call to Artists: Request For Qualifications Number:  OP 09-143 ---Submission Deadline: March 18, 2009 Materials and/or Services: Artist Services for artwork for the City of Goodyear Public Works/Water Resources Administration Building Contact: George Bravakos, CPPB 190 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear AZ, 85338  Phone: (623) 882-7845, Email: gbravakos@goodyearaz.gov. Submitters are strongly ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/02/25/call-to-artists-2/ Grants Opportunity: NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers As part of NEH’s We the People program, the Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports series of one-week residence-based workshops for a national audience of K-12 educators. The workshops use historic sites to address central ... http://www.thelmasmith.com/blog/2009/02/25/grants-opportunity/