Exhibit tonight at Electric Beanz

Friday night at Electric Beanz at the intersection of hwy 401 and 1010, Susan Jones and Lee Ball unveil our show "Different Perspectives" at 7-8:30pm. It will be fun. Come see us, have a terrific beverage, locally made snack and socialize. Don't forget to honor your veterans too!
Directions and info at: www.electricbeanz.com

Season of Giving

The Carter Building in Glenwood South has had a long relationship with the community, dating back to the 1930s when it was a curtain factory hiring local workers. Since the ‘40s, it has welcomed an array of artists into its three level, rambling floor plan that readily accommodates both large and small studios. This December, the artists of TCB wish to celebrate the Season of Giving by once again highlighting community. At December’s First Friday, they will link with their neighbor in Glenwood South, St. Saviors Center to support a variety of services, reaching families in the neighborhood and Wake County community. 

You have probably passed by the beautiful stone church on Tucker St., known to locals as St. Saviors, without knowing all that goes on behind the front door.  From its outreach to the elderly (Healthy Living, Meals on Wheels) to its service to infants (The Diaper Train), and even its Community Music School for youth, it provides a nurturing, safe place to people of all ages.

Please join the artists of TCB on December 2 for a special holiday tribute to community. Bring canned goods or diapers to win raffle tickets for art. Sip a glass of mulled wine/cider listen to the St. Saviors’ choir, and learn more about the programs available through St. Saviors Center. Participating artists will also donate a percentage of sales to support this critical ministry to Wake County families.

Come for the art. Come for the music. And most of all, come because this is a perfect time to express community. Happy holidays to all!

Dreamweaver to edit Wordpress?

So many things to get done and not near enough time! This past First Friday was quiet, rainy and cold but the folks that came out were art buyers! Such a refreshing change from the wine drinkers and snackers. I enjoy the crowds and lively conversations and it’s nice to see the same faces month to month but we are trying to make our way as artists so selling is important too. With First Friday done, Lee and I are getting ready to hang a show for next weekend. I have a few matts to cut tonight or in the morning, then pop things into frames to hang Monday. After the show is hung, it will be back to Wordpress.

I have been feeling like there must be a way to combine Wordpress and Dreamweaver; it’s all about the code right? At my last MySQL class someone asked which code editor was used in the Wordpress class and the answer was Dreamweaver. I have been searching online for information on how to use Dreamweaver for this and found a tutorial on Adobe that tells how to set up Dreamweaver for a content management system. So far, I have gotten my Wordpress test site set up in Dreamweaver – a very promising start! Last week I took the time to print out all the code from the dashboard of my test site and it’s roughly 400 pages! There is no way that I can fathom writing that much code and I can’t read any of it and make any sense of where the parts are. I can’t find an individual page nor can I find the information that has been entered into the header for example. All I find is ‘Get Header’, the header shows up but I can’t make changes to it. I’m just not seeing the big picture! The miracle of Dreamweaver appears to be the way it calls on the necessary code sections and pulls them out for tweaking; I will find out this week… I don’t like the Wordpress sites that I have created, the theme is not consistent among sites and I can’t find the code to make changes – I do hope that next week I will learn a few surprises! It’s geeky but I can’t wait!

We have spent the weekend cleaning and finally rehanging artwork (from when the floors were done last summer!) to get ready for a Bridal Shower this afternoon for my daughter. The house is no where clean enough but it’s been a full 2 days just on the first floor and the energy is gone! Old houses seem to create dust to replace any dust you remove in a matter of hours! With daylight savings time change today, hopefully it will get dark early enough to hide any errant dust! I have been looking forward to this marriage for a long time, it’s all wonderful, what’s a little dust!

Shop Downtown Raleigh, Kick off Nov 4th

Downtown Raleigh is a culturally exciting, artistic community with a wide variety of appealing places to shop for everyday or specialty items. Whether you’re searching for clothing and accessories, original art, or that one of a kind gift—you’re sure to be inspired.   You can easily navigate on foot or, to travel from one district to the next, try using eco-friendly transportation such as the R-LINE circulator bus or the Raleigh Rickshaw Company.  Ample parking is available both on-street and in decks.  In most cases, you can even park for FREE on nights and weekends.  Shop Downtown for a unique experience where you’ll find a treasure trove of eclectic stores in the vibrant center city.  Be sure to make downtown your next shopping destination. 

For chances to win valuable prize packages, take advantage of the Holiday Shopping Passport available at participating retail locations.  Simply take your Holiday Passport to participating stores and receive a sticker for every $20 spent per venue. Once your passport is filled with five stickers, drop it off at a participating store to be entered to win one of many great prizes.

In the Carter Building, both Tipping Paint Artists and Local Color Gallery are participating in the Shop Downtown HOLIDAY PASSPORT.