Today
This morning, my friend and participating artist, Mary Swanson, and I went to City College. We spoke about the Project to Kay Russell’s watercolor class. We got a good response. Many in the class were interested enough to take hand outs and sign up sheets. I stressed that being an accomplished or a beginning painter didn’t matter. The point is that our art is a vehicle to use as a connecting point towards getting together and learning about one another. This made a difference in people feeling more open to participate. So many of us feel like we aren’t “good enough” to show or share our wook.
Mary is a great help in this project and sees that it is meaningful and something beyond ourselves. I showed her the video on Halla’s website. Halla Ayla is an artist who lives in Mill Valley and was born in Iraq. She paints photographs she has taken in Iraq and abroad, with watercolors.
I also showed Mary the link to the Montalvo Art Center and the program which “invites the public to learn about the significance of the current circumstances of Iraq in a global and historical context.”
I brought home the application for the project art bridge. It looks like it is exclusivley for Iraqi women.I am from Kay Russel’s water color class. I thought that you wanted our water colors and our participation.