& Foglia again...

FOGLIA

This photographer has a collection of images taken at Wildroots in Madison County. Sister and I are going to their primative skills workshop this weekend.
The list of classes is vast, and I am mostly jazzed about plant identification and
hide tanning. WOW!

Live Slow, Die Whenever.
Photo by Lucas Foglia... Originally stolen by Lee Walker.

Upcoming French Broad Friday !

Lots of fun things are lined up for our next French Broad Friday event! Bring your wheels - bicycles, tricycles, unicycles, rollerblades, roller skates, skateboards, wagons, strollers - - anything that is human-powered.

Here's what is planned so far in downtown Marshall for this evening:

* Opening at the Madison County Arts Council featuring musical instruments 5PM to 7PM.
* Opening at Zuma featuring artist Josie Mosser and music by DJ Raf's (down tempo dance) from 6PM to 8PM;
* Helmet and Bike Decorating at Good Stuff Grocery at 7PM;
* Goodies and giveaways - streamers and playing cards for the spokes and more;
* Carriage Rides provided free by Worley's Farrier & Carriage Service (tips are accepted);
* FREE CONCERT in the SECU Parking lot (near the corner of Main and Bailey Branch) - featuring Pistol Creek from Maryville, TN from 9PM to 11PM.

What the heck is Bike-a-licious??? The Bike-a-licious term came out of a committee meeting many months ago. The group wanted to tie in to the Rotary Club's 4th annual Hot Doggett 100 Bike Tour (which is the day after our French Broad Friday event). Lots of names were floated out and someone said "bike" and someone said "delicious" at the same time and it came out "bikealicious". The name stuck. Maybe it will hit the list of new words for Webster's!!

Hope to see LOTS of people and LOTS of wheels of all kinds



Photo Of Natasha and Tim at Fat Tire festival, photos by Ellen Jo.

Dogs all she really wants is dogs. Dogs that do the dishes

Tell Us Your Story! Kids Saving History Project

Call To Tell Your Story!



Kids Saving History, A video history project funded by Project Challenge and the Madison County Rotary Club is asking you to tell us a story! Project Challenge is a local, non-profit agency dedicated to helping youth serve their community. Project Challenge believes this is best done through making connections and building worth in the children it serves.

Earlier this year, the Rotary Club granted Project Challenge funding to purchase a video camera for the participants in the program to collect local histories throughout the county. Kids Saving History is a regional program that builds confidence and understanding through interviewing people in the community.

Project Challenge is asking for your stories, tales and tours of what Madison County should not forget. So give us a call, and let the kids interview you about growing up in the county, or what it was like to move here. Tell us words of wisdom about growing up, or how you have served your community, funny or sad, just tell the tale!

Contact Natasha Shealy @ 380-9759.

All video footage will be donated to Mars Hill College .

With all the rain we have some free time

If you needed another reason to love Marshall, USA.
Video by Tony Torn.

Stitch Lounge,Sewing Circle, Textile Collective

Stitch Lounge

Since coming back from Pittsburgh I have been thinking about the beauty of community and collaborative efforts. A part of me is ready to see if a co-op could work in Marshall. It's funny this is on the mind, because a few others have been plotting the same.

I am the sort that likes to make clear boundaries, then allow mass freedom within those boundaries. From what I hear the other folks interested in starting a textile collective are of the same structural ideas.
what ya think?

My camera broke, thus I can't post photographs of a weedy community garden.
No camera, that is huge. I might be forced to start writing again.

Penland Friends

Pittsburgh was about visiting Penland friends. Theo and Matt have joined an artist collective in the historic south side Brew House off of Carson Street.

They are also teaching at Penland School of Craft for Fall Concentration:


Matthew Eskuche - Plastic Fantastic

This class will give students a solid base of skills and knowledge in flameworking as we explore the indeterminate plasticity of glass. We will address technique, form, and design through discussions, demonstrations, assignments, and critiques. Students will have the chance to experiment with glass of all coefficients and to use jacks and diamond shears in making vessels. We will also survey the history of flamework. The class will include tours of studios, lectures, and visiting artists including Shane Fero, Emilio Santini, and Paul Stankard. All Levels.

Studio artist; teaching: The Studio at Corning (NY), Snow Farm (MA); exhibitions: Sandra Ainsley Gallery (Toronto), SOFA Chicago; collections: Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Leaving Marshall

How nice to be with old friends from another time in my life. Theo I know from Penland, and Krista and Travis I know from Arizona childhood. We drove up to Pittsburgh to checkout the artist collective Theo is involved with. The town is refreshing...Unbashedly guiless.