Migration Stories and Other Curious Lore is up and running! It took a good 6 hours to put up, but I loved every minute of it. I never really thought that curating would be something that I would be interested in doing, but working on that show made me reconsider. It took about a year to put the works together, and now that it's up, I am taking pause. A major goal, realized. The 100 birds, finished. Within my pause, however, I'm already thinking about what's next.

When I moved to Massachusetts, my goal was to become a full-time artist. I wanted to establish myself here, get involved with the arts community. Being the list-maker that I am, I wrote long-term goals for the year, and short-term goals for each month (baby steps to reach the long-term ones). Here we are in mid-August, and most of those long-term goals have come a long way in the process.

My art goals for 2016 are:
1. Get gallery representation
2. Establish myself as an art teacher
3. Implement an art business plan
4. Have a solo show and commit to another future show.

Obviously, #4 has been accomplished. I have applied to another place for a future show as well and I am waiting to hear back to solidify that goal as "finished".  It feels really good to say that I have made progress in the year that I have been here, and that momentum propels me.

More on the other 3 goals' progress on future blogs. And be on the lookout for an upcoming blog about my interview with Weatherly Monroe, owner of Wild Oats and Billy Goats Gallery in Decatur, GA.