Writing this on my last afternoon here at the Vermont Studio Center - tomorrow I begin the trip hope with a one night stay in scenic Binghamton, New York (10 hours is just a bit too much for me to do in one day on my own.) Last night we had open studios and it was s much a wonderful experience to FINALLY see what all my fellow residents had been working on for the past three weeks. I gave out some o fly magnets an stickers, so I hope to see them out in the world one day. It was a great time and everyone is so supportive, it really is a special place that can be filled with great people.
For me I came int this residency with the goal to “make a lot of work” and I had an initial goal of 50 completed collages. Well, I doubled that: 100 collages in three weeks. I felt a bit torturous at the very end, but overall I am thrilled to have completed so many and you can see them all up on the wall in the pictures below. I feel like a snake that just ate a VERY big animal and am going to need to take some time to digest this experience and all the pieces I made - possibilities for posters, magnets, and new stickers abound.
While I am seriously looking forward to sleeping in my own bed again there is still more packing to do and few last stops to make in town and I am looking forward to one last dinner with my new artist friends, I have the feeling that when I get back to Baltimore I am going to feel like I just woke up from a three week long dream.
