Sunday, October 19, 2008

COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: INSTALLATION OF "A PORTIONS OF THE (RE)POSSESSED" OCT 17-DEC 31, 2008

HAND CROCHET MANDALA: BLISS BLING BY XENOBIA BAILEY. CRYSTAL SCONCE BY DORIAN WEBB

DETAIL VIEW OF SCONCE BY CHANDELIER & JEWELRY DESIGNER DORIAN WEBB.

DETAILED VIEW OF SCONCE BY CHANDELIER $ JEWELRY DESIGNER DORIAN WEBB.

OCT 16TH I ARRIVED INTO COLUMBUS OHIO, WAS PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT BY DR. IVY FROM THE KING ARTS COMPLEX. DROVE INTO TOWN TO INSTALL "PORTION OF THE REPOSSESSED" AT THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART.

WE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE MUSEUM AND MET WITH ELIZABETH FROM THE EXHIBITIONS DEPARTMENT & JESSIMI FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM TO MAKE MY PREPARATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE ARTWORK, AND TO PREPARE FOR MY ARTIST TALK & PRESENTATION FOR THE "CABINET OF CURIOSITIES": TEACHERS WORKSHOP, THE FOLLOWING DAY.

I WANTED TO MAKE MY PREPARATIONS THE NIGHT BEFORE MY ARTIST TALK, BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR THE OTHER ARTIST TALKS DURING THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP. I WAS ABLE TO SIT-IN ON THE LAST PART OF SEAN FOLEY'S OPENING MORNING PRESENTATION ON "TIME CAPSULES & PERSONAL COLLECTING". HIS TALK WAS FASCINATING AND INSPIRING.

THIS WAS A ULTRA INSPIRING WORKSHOP FOR ME AND THE ART TEACHERS IN THE COLUMBUS OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT. I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING THE TEACHERS, THEY ALL WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS, WHICH WAS EXCITING FOR ME.

"CREATIVITY AND THE ART OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUED SKILLS OR GIFTS THAT MAKE US HUMANS, IT MUST BE CULTIVATED CONSTANTLY IF IT IS TO BE APPLICABLE & TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HARMONIOUS GLOBAL COMMUNITY."

I SAID THAT YA'LL

XENOBIA BAILEY

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