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back in march there was a lot of activity in studio 43 right next to me— the artist in that studio was one of the original 17th avenue artists
it turned out that she had to move into assisted living and her family had come to take stock of clearing out her space— they were in and out over the course of the next month and i didn’t think much about it except since she was never there after the pandemic shutdown, and only there a few times in 2019, i wondered what it would be like to have a new artist working in there regularly
then suddenly one day i got an idea!
i could take out the wall separating my studio from studio 43 and create a performance/classroom space twice the size!!
and i could make a new wall that would give me a dedicated workspace that would allow me to leave projects out and in progress, and not have to clear everything away to run an event!!
i checked with our handyman and he said no problem!— i checked with my landlord and she said no problem!
oh my gosh i was so excited!— and a bit awed by my daring to expand while my business is still relatively dormant— but i jumped in with both feet!
it felt so good to clear out the other studio i had originally rented for the other business i originally planned to launch in september of 2020 that was then crashed and burned by my wildfire evacuations— it had gotten piled up and hugely disorganized with evacuation stuff, building supplies for my vardo and general crap— i moved a lot of my supplies over but also got rid of a bunch of stuff i was keeping “because i might need it”
and it was a huge push to make all this happen in one month at the same time i was in the final preparations for my road trip north— but i did it!
i still have about 10 boxes i didn’t get to before i left for oregon that i need to go through— but i’m really excited to be back and getting on with it!
in the beginning…
my new workshop coming together!
the performance/classroom space extension!
