This Friday, The Trawick prize winners will be announced. Lenny Campello gave me a vote of confidence in his blog recently, as he mused about who might win this year. I'm just trying not to think about it too much and move forward, working on more grant applications, a number of projects for the house, framing my newest hair pieces, and getting ready to set up an oil painting studio after a 5 year hiatus. Been framing and shipping work all over creation for shows opening in the next few weeks:

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards Exhibit
Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
Sept 4-28, 2013

Hirsute
Curated by Amanda Cooper
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Sept 14 - Oct 27, 2013

Fiber Optics

Curated by Lisa Rockford

1310 Gallery

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sept 21 - October 11, 2013

ENOUGH Violence: Artists Speak Out
Curated by Kate Lydon
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Society for Contemporary Craft
(traveling)

Sept 27, 2013 - Mar 22, 2013

Fiberart International 2013
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
November 6, 2013 - January 19, 2014

Portent
Curated by Twig Murray
The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
Oct 24 - Dec 8, 2013

I will be present at the two Trawick openings, and possibly the Society for Contemporary Craft show in Pittsburgh. Keep your fingers crossed for me on Friday the 6th.... no one except those close to me know how dramatically this prize would change my life.