Posted on June 27, 2008 by judy24
Judy Johnson-Williams and I went to the opening of this show back in March, and it is weird but I haven’t talk to one other woman who has seen it - SO GO IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT! It is a great show with some very provocative installations.
Organized by Yerba Buena Center of the Arts [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by judy24
Reiko Fujii, a fellow JFKU arts and consciousness alumni, is exhibiting her art piece, Glass Ancestral Kimono, mixed media, 2002. It is part of a group show at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek. Reiko is an Asian American artist and explores issues about her identity in relation to her family, her Japanese ancestry [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by judy24
In honor of Father’s Day I’m writing about my dad today. My dad just turned 80 years old last month and I think he looks young and handsome for his age. For his big birthday, some of the kids wanted to take him out for a nice dinner with some of his friends, but dad [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by judy24
I had put out a call for “mother stories” around Mother’s Day and Shirley McClure responded with a story below. Thanks Shirley!
I remember being with my mom before I went to kindergarten and her teaching me how to write my name and a few other things that were about numbers. She spent time with me [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by judy24
Since Mother’s Day is coming up, maybe you are thinking about your mom like I am.
I’d like to invite you to write a story, an experience about your mother. It could be a story you heard or an interaction you had with her. Anything really that you would like to share. You could add it [...]
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