You CAN go home again

[offcntr]

Reblogged from offcenter.biz

A couple of years back, Denise and I were in Wisconsin visiting my mother and wound up with a couple of days free. We drove down to La Crosse, where we'd first met, spent some time visiting friends and generally depressurizing from family. We had a free afternoon, so decided to drop by my alma mater, Viterbo University, to see how things had changed.

Oh boy, had they. New buildings, new names on old buildings, they even renamed a street. The Fine Arts Center was mostly familiar, albeit with a new grand entrance. The third-floor art department was wholly familiar.

Including the department head.

Sherri Lisota and I were freshmen together, back in the dim distant past. She'd finished her degree elsewhere, but came back to Viterbo to teach. We had a lovely time catching up, including showing her pictures of my pottery (some of which she'd seen previously in an alumni art show) and Denise's paper and books.

One thing led to another, and now, two years later, we're coming back as visiting artists!

Desk and Table, a gallery exhibit of pottery, handmade paper and hand bound books, will be on display in the Viterbo University Gallery from January 31 through March 27. The opening reception will be 4-6 pm on Friday, February 2, and Denise and I will each give a short workshop on Tuesday, February 6. (See the Find Us link at my website for details.)

The gallery is on the third floor of the Fine Arts Center, 929 Jackson Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Comments

[ioplokon]

Yay, congrats!

Also, I've been meaning to get an address book, but have been trying to find a small-scale artist who does them. Is that the kind of thing Denise makes? (if not, no worries!)

[offcntr]

She has some 5.5x8.5" journals with lined pages, or 4.25x5.5" with blank pages. Would either of these suit?