Sunday November 19, 2009
Yesterday afternoon my husband and I attended the monthly Yosemite Western Artists monthly meeting/potluck lunch/demonstration. Ginny Burdick discussed pastels and demonstrated a landscape painting. Everyone was ready to paint with pastels after her enthusiastic and fun demonstration.
After the meeting we drove to the Stellar Gallery where the ‘For All My Relations’ exhibit is showing. This exhibit is part of the Sierra Art Trails events. Please click on ‘For All my Relations’ above to read about the exhibit.
The Mono Indian women were at the gallery demonstrating weaving and other native arts and crafts. I had the pleasure of seeing Sandy Clark, her aunt Leona Chepo and Anne Bredon, all busy making beautiful items. Leona was working on a baby’s cradle board, Sandy, a basket and Anne beadwork.
Judy DeRosa and myself. Photographer Nancy Robbins is trying my new camera….is that your finger on the right Nancy?
Judy and her ‘people’….I think she needs a day off. They are cute little guys though.
Leona explaining the gathering of materials for weaving.
Leona working on cradle board.
Talking hands. Questions and answers. A discussion of the process of finishing the cradle board. Judy, Sandy and Leona.
Sandy Clark’s hands working on a basket.
Anne Bredon’s hands working with beads.
After Stellar Gallery closed, Judy, myself and husband, Nancy Robbins and gallery owner Jonathon Bock and spouse Gloria Garland all sat around talking, painting little fabric prayer squares and telling funny stories. We all laughed so hard at times that our faces were wet with tears. It was such a nice way to end the day.
Nancy Robbins and Anne Grandy.
Nancy, David Hoffman and Anne.
My prayer square 2inch x 2 inch….I decided to bring it home rather than make a prayer offering with it. When I started painting on my little square, I was thinking of the Mono symbols on cradle boards for boys=arrow, girls=diamond. That led me to think about a moon with a face, a sun and a snake. I painted a zigzag rather than diamonds.
