Return of the Blog (cue "Return of the Mac" music)

The blog is coming back baby!  I've taken a long break from blogging and cannot wait to share new entries with you.  Since my last blog I've had a baby and gotten a new job!  My little baby, Michael, is almost 1 1/2 and I've been at my new position at the Des Moines Art Center since February of this year.  My current title is Assistant Registrar/Curatorial Assistant and I've already been awarded some amazing opportunities and worked with some really great artists (both internationally and locally).  So... I'm really excited to get back to this blog!  Right now I'm working on a 3 part essay featuring a series of interviews with Iowa Artists that I hope to share by the end of the year in 3 weekly installments (fingers crossed!).  I'm also planning a road trip to Minneapolis to see the current Ana Mendieta exhibition at the University of Minnesota and have been curating an exhibition at the Art Center to open December 18th.  I'm 20 or so pages away from finishing Sally Mann's memoir so I also hope to put up a book review (new territory for me!).  My hope with all this blogging is to not only share my experiences in all things "art" but to help work on my poor writing skills.  So please - email me, message me, text me, and tell me how I'm doing and how my writing can improve!

There is a lot I'm looking forward to sharing so please stay tuned!!!  Here's a few photos of what I've been up to while I've been away.

My son Michale (right) with his friend Gabby at the sculpture park during a "Baby and Me" art tour.  That's a Di Suvero sculpture in the background. 

Me at MoMA in NYC visiting the super awesome Picasso sculpture show.  I was in NYC for work as a courier, delivering a painting to the new Whitney museum for the current Frank Stella retrospective.  It's not as luxurious as it sounds though - I had to ride 24 hours on a semi truck. 

 

I took Michael on his first plane ride to California to visit my best friend Audrey. We went to a Phish concert. 

My husband Andrew and I attended a bajillion weddings, one of which was in Jamaica.  Here I am making a song request to the wedding band.  I think I was asking for "Get Luck" by Pharell and Daft Punk.

It has been an amazing year and a half for me and Andrew.  Celebrating six years of marriage, traveling all over the place, and of course welcoming this amazing little guy into our lives.