{"id":3528,"date":"2013-02-28T03:34:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2013-02-28T03:34:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T13:34:54","slug":"a-little-help-from-my-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2013\/02\/28\/a-little-help-from-my-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Help From My Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shoemaker's<\/a>
\nMiss Mouse just thinks<\/em> I\u2019m still asleep. I\u2019m\u00a0actually up working, finishing some new collages for the First Friday Art in Action: Passport to Creativity Event<\/a> at the Dole Mansion tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

Every year around this time, the Lakeside Legacy Foundation puts on a special free, family-friendly evening showcasing the artists who rent studio space there (or who teach or study at Amber Larsen\u2019s Creative Arts \u201cart cottage\u201d in the mansion\u2019s backyard). It\u2019s very festive & fun: art to look at (and buy), studios to see\u2026appetizers, music, cash bar\u2026and the old, beautiful (and some say haunted<\/a>) Dole Mansion, open to tour.<\/p>\n

A number of the resident art partners will also be set up in the main gallery at easels or tables in front of their work, painting or doing live demos. (Or in my case, working on a collage, like the one in progress shown here.)<\/p>\n

\"Collage<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be showing about 7 of my collages, including the recently completed \u201cQueen of the Sea,\u201d pictured below. All are created from old fine art prints or vintage photos, Victorian scraps and paper lace, metallic & glitter paints\u2014plus the odd cat or mouse paw print.<\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/a>
\nIf you’re in the Northwest Chicago suburbs tomorrow night\u2014or would like to be\u2014please do stop by and say hello. I\u2019d love to meet & visit with you, and know my talented neighbors would be thrilled to as well. Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, home of the Dole Mansion, is located at 401 Country Club Road in Crystal Lake, IL, and the event runs from 5 – 8 PM on Friday, March 1st. Click here<\/a> for more info, and for a list of the visual artists, photographers and musicians who will be participating.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last I heard, when I saw them both on Tuesday, Jeanine Hill-Soldner<\/a> will be painting from a live model on Friday night, and Johanna Gullick<\/a> will be demonstrating her watercolor technique. Both are truly wonderful artists and were a huge hit at last year\u2019s event. Keep a special eye peeled for them as well!<\/p>\n

\"Jeanine<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, as always, for visiting The Daily Cat Doodle. (And special thanks to Erin, and all the staff , volunteers, and artists at Lakeside Legacy Foundation, who make Art in Action the terrific event that it is.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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