THE OPENING
an immersive celebration of color and gratitude
DATE:
Friday, March 21, 2025
TIME:
4:30pm-10:00pm
LOCATION:
78th Street Studios
1305 West 80th St.
Suite 104A
THE PLAN:
4:30pm | DOORS OPEN
5:00pm/5:30pm | EVENT PROGRAMMING BEGINS:
7:00pm | BRIEF ADDRESS & ARTWORK REVEAL
10:00pm | “END” OF EVENT
10:01pm - when it feels right | AFTER PARTY
The Event
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Artwork: “Renewal of My Spirit I” (Willow Tree at Edgwater Park) - The most important artwork I will ever create. This piece inspired me to believe in new possibilities, to trust myself, and challenged me to find out what I’m capable of. None of this happens without it.
Relevant Information:
Parking/Entrance: The opening event coincides with 78th Street Studios Third Friday Art Walk.
Onsite parking is available in the attached lot. If the lot gets full, parking is available on the side street.
Main entrance are the doors under the “YOUR ART SUCKS” sign (yup)
ADA entry is available from parking lot.
Guests: You are welcome to bring guests. Please reach out directly to me if you would like to invite more than three. I’m happy to accommodate as I can.
Attire: This is a celebration of gratitude, joy, and love. Wear what makes you shine.
Food: Light snacks will be provided
Drink: Open bar selection of wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages
Event Programming: 5 minute rotations, groups of 8-10, to experience an immersive installation titled: Surrender & Smile
Artwork Reveal: My biggest and most ambitious aluminum piece - “The Land, of hope and dreams” 80”x40”
Brief Address: A thank you from me
End of event: Programming ends
After party: Let’s see what happens. I have a feeling there will be a surprise or two.
RSVP
Please fill out the form below to confirm your attendance or regret for the opening event.
Space is limited, but I am reserving “tickets” for people I would especially love to share this moment with, you.
NOTE: If you want to attend, but need time to confirm your availability, select the “Please Hold” option. I will hold the spot for you until 3/10/25.
If you are unable to attend, but wish to visit and experience what I mean by, “immersive gallery,” it would be my pleasure to host you at date/time more convenient for you. Please suggest some days/times that work for you and I will coordinate accordingly.
Thank you so much.
What a magical experience this has been so far.
Color that shimmers and dances. Experience the difference of metal.
The Renewal of My Spirit
It started as an exercise in gratitude and taught me to look for beauty where others might not bother to look… where I had never bothered to look.
The mundane, the overlooked, and the underappreciated.
It changed the way I experience life and prepared me to pursue a deeply honest, authentic, and vulnerable expression of self.
I could not see nor imagine where it would lead. I stood before it in apprehension and fear.
With a deep breath of acceptance, I decided to trust it, follow it, and take the leap of faith into the unknown.
A spark ignited an explosion of creative energy.
I created, for me, from within me… gratitude, joy, self-love, identity, direction, and hope.
The feeling, and the pull was undeniable and remarkable. “Perhaps, I’m not the only one?” I thought.
I shared it, and came to realizing that by sharing it, I created a signal of sorts.
A signal that pulls in those with whom it resonates.
I was not alone. I am not alone. Neither are you.
We embrace our vulnerable selves with courage, compassion, and acceptance. We forge connections with depth and meaning. We come together.
We make this moment possible.
It is with great excitement (and a dash of disbelief) that I invite you to share this opening night with me. While it is the culmination of everything that has already happened, it is just the beginning, a glimpse, of what is to come.
Perhaps, you’ll see the vision too.
No matter what, your presence makes you part of the story forever, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
