The First Annual Fishtown Shad Fest was a great success! Along with wonderful weather, the variety of vendors were able to satisfy many different interests, including crafts, history, environmental education, kayaking, shad \sandwiches, and many different musical bands.

Pictures of Shad Fest can be seen at:www.FishtownOnline.com

Minna will be joining talented area artists in a boutique show of Jewelry, Handbound Books, Mosaics, Hats, Scarves and more.                                       

Date: January 31, 2009

Time: 1pm to 6pm

Location:  Dawson Street Pub, 100 Dawson Street, Manayunk

 New for the New Year 2009!

Minna will be hosting work shops in the studio.  Beat the winter blahs with creative activities!

A Weekend of Bookbinding and Paste paper making -January 10-11, 2009

Only $180 for a weekend or $85 for a day (Option to choose just one day).  Supply fee $10 

On Saturday learn how to paint your own colorful papers using an Old World technique of paste paper painting.  This is a fun, relaxing and “addictive” creative endeavor.  On Sunday, use the papers you made on Saturday to make your own books.  Learn the basics of bookbinding and the tools involved.  Make your own accordion book and japanese binding.

Decorative Papers – January 18, 2009

 $85 for the day and a $10 supply fee

Learn about the vast world of papers and stamps, decorative methods and embossing techniques.  At day’s end you will have a plethora of stampings to make unique cards, tags, or wrapping paper with.

PMC Weekend- February 7-8, 2009

Only $180 for the weekend, materials fee $40 ( a packet of PMC is costly)

Learn about the wonderful world of Precious Metal Clay (PMC), and it’s unique characteristics.  You will be able to knead and shape your own jewelry in the form of clay and then fire it to be 99% silver.  By the end of the weekend you will have made a pendant or two, and a pair of earrings.

Minna participated in the annual Open Studio tours the weekend of October 11 and 12.  She received many guests who were introduced to her work on one-on-one basis, touring her work stations for bookbinding, collage and jewelry.  They were able to purchase one of a kind works while enojying snacks and wine.

During its ninth annual city-wide event, more than 290 professional visual artists in 16 neighborhoods of Philadelphia opened their studios to the public to show and sell artwork.
 
 
The web site www.philaopenstudios.org and the POST Artist Directory, available for free beginning in September, are your guides to POST 2008 and to Philadelphia’s arts community year-round. POST is a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, a nonprofit career development organization that creates opportunities for artists to reach their professional goals.

Minna will be showing her latest work at the Kimmel Center’s Summer Solstice Celebration.  The Kimmel is at the corner of Spruce and Broad Streets in Philadelphia.  The show will be from 2pm to 7pm, and the Kimmel will have plenty going on till 3am!  Here is a link to the event:

http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/summer-solstice08.php