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| 'may this dress bring you fun' |
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| 'may this dress bring you inner beauty' ~ left at Sephora |
this made shopping at the mall much more enjoyable for me. peace
virginia fitzgerald: art, inspiration, ink; the passions of the creator of the 'dressproject'
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
dress tagging at the Natick Collection
Thursday, September 22, 2011
'insatiable' on the road again
Recently I got an exciting email, which read ~
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| Working on 'insatiable' at Attleboro Arts Museum |
"Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your piece Insatiable has been accepted into the Mystic Arts Center Form and Fantasy fiber exhibit and was awarded 3rd Prize! . . Out of the approximately 70 entries we received from around the country, the juror selected 26, or 37%."
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| dress tag in Wellesley |
I am so psyched because beside seeing some great Art, I plan to do a little dress tagging in the big apple. Yes I am calling my little dress activity dress tags or dress tagging ~ thank you all for your suggestions. As u can see I have tagging quite a bit. And I am not even photographing each tag because I realize that it is always appropriate to pull out the camera in certain spots.
So NYC and Mystic keep an eye out for some little dresses filled with good stuff.
And here's the 411 on the mystic show:
peace!!!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
on the road again . . .
Last week I once again packed up my Red Alert Cocktail Dress to take her on the road. This time she was going to the Boston Children's Museum for the In the Bag exhibit. It is quite a production so I thought I'd share some of the journey.
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| first I take off all the bottles... |
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| & refresh any that are cloudy... |
then I pack everything up....
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| waiting in the hall to be loaded |
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| all loaded on the pushcart |
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| in the freight elevator |
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| on the loading dock of my studio |
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| unloading at the BCM in the gallery |
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| & the rebuilding begins.... |
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| in all her glory at the opening reception!!! |
The BCM did a great job displaying the Red Alert Cocktail Dress!!
and the opening reception was quite a wonderful event ~ besides the inspiring & provocative exhibit put together by Liz Milwe and Peter Wormser, we dined on Island Creek Oysters from Duxbury, MA, so yum!!!
Then the party walked over to Lot F Gallery in a glorious Fall evening, where we viewed the work of Todd Robertson, dined on delicious Thai food and danced,
it was a wonderful evening!!
I am so honored that Red Alert Cocktail Dress was included in this significant show!!
Click here it read a press release talking about the importance of this exhibit.
thank you & peace
Friday, September 16, 2011
Opening tonight!! Red Alert's coming out!!
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| Red Alert Cocktail Dress is part of In the Bag |
In the Bag
Opening Reception at Boston Children's Museum:
Friday, Sept 16, 2011 from 6 - 8 p.m.
The reception will be followed by dinner at:
Lot F Gallery, 145 Pearl Street #4Boston, MA
| the art & politics of the reusable bag movement | ||
| Artists and communities working together to save the planet. September 16 - November 30, 2011 In the Gallery at Boston Children's Museum 308 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210
FEATURED ARTISTS
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
an appeal for creative suggestions..
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| fortune dress on card |
Here on the home front ~ i am doing a few more 'dress droppings'. I love the whole concept of randomly scattering these dresses filled with good intentions, yet i have been wrestling with some aspects of this activity. Hoping that my cyber-community may have an idea or two!!
First - i don't like calling them dress bombs, although 'bombing' is a graffiti term and scattering these dresses around has a 'graffiti' element.
to bomb :To bomb or hit is to paint many surfaces in an area. Bombers often choose throw-ups or tags over complex pieces, as they can be executed more quickly. From Wikipedia's graffiti terminology
I don't like using verbiage that refers to violent or military action. I believe in the idea that all we do/say/think sends certain energies into our world ~ positive, negative, kind or aggressive energies; thoughts become reality. This idea about violence in our language was very much in the press after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot. Articles were written about how our language is full of combative and brutal imagery. Here is a link to an NPR article speaking to this issue. So I am trying to find a more positive name/label ~ dress droppings ?!?, dress-ups ?!?, dress tags (another graffiti reference) Any thoughts?? I'm open to all ideas and would love any suggestions!
Also I experimented with putting the dress on a card with additional information. It is about the size of a business card, and I listed my blog address, so I might get a record of where these dresses end up. Although part of this process is the randomness of just putting the dresses out there, it would be fun to see where some end up. But not sure I like the dresses attached to anything. Again any thoughts???
on a card or just free flying out there in the big wide world?!?!?
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| Fortune dress w/out card in Home Depot |
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| fortune dress on car at Jo-Anne's Fabrics |
And lastly I am experimenting with putting these dresses on greeting cards ~
So thanks for any idea & peace to all!!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Red Alert Cocktail Dress comes to Beantown
Opening Reception ~ Friday, Sept. 16th, 2011 ~ 6-8pm ~ hope to see you there!!! peace
| the art & politics of the reusable bag movement | ||
| Artists and communities working together to save the planet. September 16 - November 30, 2011 In the Gallery at Boston Children's Museum 308 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 Opening Reception at Boston Children's Museum: Friday, Sept 16, 2011 from 6 - 8 p.m. RSVP by September 6th (617) 426-6500 x245 or Mayers@BostonChildrensMuseum.org The reception will be followed by dinner at: Lot F Gallery, 145 Pearl Street #4 Boston, MA
FEATURED ARTISTS
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| Copyright 2011 Boston Children's Museum |
Monday, September 5, 2011
dresses 'hit' metrowest .... such fun!!
More dresses 'bomb's, this time in some Massachusetts towns ~
Wellesley, Needham & Natick....
This dress was left in a sugar bowl at the Treats Cupcakes Bar in Needham
before dinner
& was gone after dinner!!!
what fun!!!!
& I had a different cohort this time :), thanks Harriet!!!
Not sure if I will be able to keep this up during regular work week hours .... but it has been fun for the 3 day weekend!!! I love the idea of spreading good intentions and maybe inspiring someone. Though I have NO idea where these dresses are ending up ~ that is kind of fun too!!!
Peace
Dress 'bombing' in Portsmouth, NH
Today, daughter Maya and I took to the road to one of our favorite New England hamlets ~ Portsmouth, NH. While there I got the idea of sprinkling the town with 'good fortune' dresses.
It started while waiting at Starbuck's. Not being one to have idle hands - I made a dress out of an index card that i had in my pocket. After I made it I thought it would be fun to put it in a corner with a bit of good fortune on it for the one who may find it.
dress#1 ~ "may this dress bring u joy!
starbuck's, 1 Market Squ.
Maya and I liked the idea so much that we found some beautiful origami papers and made a few more, which we carefully placed around downtown Portsmouth.
dress#2 ~ "for you who finds this dress, may you have a yummy meal!
me & ollie's, 10 Pleasant St.
dress#3 ~ "may this dress bring the finder personal satisfaction"
a planter on Congress St.
dress #4 ~ "may this dress bring u a good night's sleep"
random car on Congress St.
dress #5 " may this dress bring you love"
Riverrun Bookstore, 20 Congress St.
dress #6 ~ "to the finder of this dress ~ find good fortune"
shoe store on Market St.
who knows if anyone may find one of these dresses, or for that matter pick it up! But it was fun to quietly dapple downtown Portsmouth with some good thoughts. But now, watch out, because who knows where dress will pop up next???
Happy Labor Day Weekend to all!! Peace
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