Today I get to deal with the part of installation that I mildly dread – playing plinth Tetris and trying to negotiate placement so that there is a good flow as well as interesting sight lines throughout the space. It’s not always quick and easy, and because most gallery layouts are vastly different from one another you can’t just set the work up in the same formation as the last space you’ve showed in. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, May 03rd, 2010 | Comments Off on L53 (Wednesday – posthumous)
After some woodworking woes (L53’s skill saw and I were not feeling the love, so April went and got her own personal saw from home for me – thanks April!) the volunteers and I ended up with what looked like a couple of plinths. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, May 03rd, 2010 | Comments Off on L53 (Tuesday – posthumous)
An early morning flight gets me to Edmonton International Airport late morning where I am graciously picked up by Latitude 53‘s Program Officer, April Dean. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, May 03rd, 2010 | Comments Off on L53 (Monday – posthumous)
I had the good fortune of being able to spend part of the holidays over on the Sunshine Coast visiting friends. It was a lovely, lazy time – strolling out to Roberts Creek Point with cups of flavoured steamed milk warming hands and bellies.
Andrew, ever more observant than I (so embarrassing as I am the so-called Visual Artist), spotted this en route:
I figure that the beginning of a bright, brand-new shiny year is as good of an incentive as any to resurrect my blog. You know, more pressure to maintain consistency…more guilt if I don’t. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, January 01st, 2010 | Comments Off on Fresh Start
Those of you who kindly follow my blog – or used to before I tripped and fell down a deep and convoluted rabbit hole – know that this site has been dark for many a month. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, September 08th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In about 12 hours I have a meeting with the fine folks at Public Dreams to see if I might be suited for a position on the team that will produce this year’s Illuminares festival. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, April 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Absolutely nothing. I arrived home on Sunday night to a forlorn puppy, all a-hunch and doing his best to wag without moving his tail from the tucked position between his legs. He mustered a bit of a tail tip tremor, but not without obvious discomfort. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, April 13th, 2009 | Comments Off on What’s Sadder Than A Dog That’s Broke It’s Wag?
For the last two days I have been lending a hand (and two legs and a leash) to my upstairs neighbour’s by taking their dogs out on mid-day walkies. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, April 03rd, 2009 | Comments Off on Dog Daze
Three days of being very social has taken it’s toll on the poor Muse. Just haven’t been spending the same amount of time in front of the computer. Let me fill you in on what I’ve been up to… Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, March 28th, 2009 | Comments Off on Too Busy For Musing
My two IC cookbooks came in the post yesterday. I was so excited I decided to make a carrot cake to take to movie night at a good friend’s. Well folks. Let me be the first to say how disappointed I was with my foray into baking. Read more
Written by Jody MacDonald, March 26th, 2009 | Comments Off on Fake It Till You Bake It