by Marsha | Mar 2, 2023 | Pip's BLOG
My friend Janet was an artist. She was my children’s high school art teacher. For many years I knew her as just that: talented, dedicated artist and teacher, an acquaintance. Some years later, after my kids were grown, Janet contacted me to see if I might be...
by Marsha | Mar 29, 2016 | Pip's BLOG
Yesterday I read in the Dayton Daily News about the newest special exhibition at the Dayton Art Institute. The show is titled “Into the Ether: Contemporary Light Artists” and is the first of five exhibitions, each one focusing on one of the elements (air, earth, fire,...
by Marsha | Apr 24, 2015 | Pip's BLOG
One of my favorite art collectors approached me a couple of weeks ago and asked me: “Do you know that Montgomery County’s Office of Community and Economic Development has a special section for artists? He showed me on his phone and by gosh, there it was! Montgomery...
by Marsha | Nov 7, 2011 | Dinner in the City, How does ART start?, More art, Pip's BLOG, Works in Progress
Just a thought for today: Supporters of art are movers and shakers, which is why ART is the foundation of...
by Marsha | Sep 13, 2011 | More art, Pip's BLOG
and it was here, in Dayton, where I live: The City of Peace. This reference may or may not be familiar to readers, but Dayton really is known as the City of Peace. This is due firstly, to the Dayton Peace Accords, the agreement hammered out here to end the war in...