The upcoming Museum School art sale, November 17-21, 2010 is your chance to start or build your art collection while supporting scholarships for emerging artists who are current students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.  I will be contributing four works to this fundraising sale, two from my Otherworldly Visions series and two from my Seldom Seen series.  When I was a graduate student I was a beneficiary of these student scholarships so I love to give back by participating in this annual fund raising art sale.  There are many artists known the world over who are SMFA alumni who participate in the sale, so this sale is a unique opportunity to own works by emerging and established artists.  Works at the sale are offered in a wide range so that work can be acquired within any budget.

The location of the sale is 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115.  The sale dates and hours are as follows:

November 17th: 12pm-8pm with an artists' reception from 5pm-8pm

November 18th: 12pm-8pm 

November 19th, 20th and 21st: 12pm-7pm

You are invited to my solo exhibit, The Ecological Surreal, at Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts (http://www.towerhillbg.org/) where I am exhibiting selected works from the Otherworldly Visions series and the Seldom Seen series. The exhibit will open on June 29th and continue through July 31st.  You are invited to drop into the artist’s reception on July 8th from 6pm-8:30.  This night only the garden will waive the admission fee so that this event is free and open to the public.  If you decide to take some art home with you, 40% of the proceeds will support this nonprofit garden, which is a wonderful educational, cultural and recreational regional resource.   On July 31st I will be giving a Seeing Photographs workshop from 12pm-3pm where participants can learn to make their own best photographs while enjoying an afternoon at the garden.  Participation in the workshop requires a contribution of $20 (non-members) or $15 (members), which includes the admission fee to the garden all day and the artist talk afterwards.  The workshop is limited to 20 participants and advance registration is required for the workshop.  The registration deadline is July 24th. To register, contact the education department of Tower Hill by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 508-869-6111 (extension 124).  The workshop will be followed by an artist talk from 3:30pm- 4:00pm (July 31) at the gallery.  Attendance to the artist talk only requires the general admission fee of $10 to the garden.  Directions and other information can be found on the Tower Hill Botanical Garden’s website.

I have just updated my website with additional works from my series of photomontages depicting the endangered and threatened species of Costa Rica.  I invite you to take a look!  I would be very interested in suggestions you may have for a title for the series.  I need a title that suggests the themes in the body of work.  I have been struggling to create a title with meaning that doesn't seem overdone.  I look forward to your feedback on the images and on your suggestions for a series title.  In other news I am officially on sabbatical this semester, and I have big plans!