How about this San Diego heat wave? In the space of 3 days, we went from needing to turn on the heater around here, to using the A/C. In that sweet early-morning temperature spot before the sizzling begins, I take advantage and make acrylic art paper. Each color dries so fast that I can put down 2-3 layers and be ready to use the paper for books that same afternoon. Try this at home, just be sure to wear sunblock.

 

Art paper to artist's book

This robot-themed altered book will be on display at the Rancho San Diego County Library starting June 5th.

Arts and Culture lane change alert: Oscar awards go out tonight. My own favorite feature-length movie from 2025 was A House of Dynamite. Didn’t get a single nod from the Academy. Whatever.

March 27-29, 2026

WonderCon!!!! ZAP  BAM  WOW is at the Anaheim Convention Center. Produced by the same non-profit that gives us ComicCon, the weekend is a gathering for lovers of all things pop-culture. Badges are still available: https://www.comic-con.org/wc/badges

Of course I'm going, SWAG in hand. I'll be donating blood, too. 

May 2, 2026 Sustainable Art Creations opens at the Fallbrook Art Center

Curated by yours truly, the artists in Sustainable Creations give us many, many ways to support our environment artistically and then some.

The entire exhibition runs from May 2-June 13^th.

https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/sustainablecreations

May 2-June 13^th 

^{I'm having a solo exhibition  at the very same Fallbrook Art Center of my hinged books (and maybe a tower or two)}

During Sustainable Creations (and my above-mentioned solo show), join me at the May 9 fundraiser for the Fallbrook Art Center

May 09, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM  Green Go Fashion Show 

103 S Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, US

10 designers, amazing couture. Doors open at 1pm; show begins at 2p. Tickets are on sale at

https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/event-details/green-go-fashion-show

 

Photo: Tiffany Wolfe, designer

The world is run by those who show up. Please do! Show up, I mean.

March 18, 2026 11-1p.m. San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission meeting

County Administration Building 1600 Pacific Hwy, Room 402A, San Diego, CA 92101

Free parking under the building, entrance to parking is on Ash

Meet Christine E. Jones, the Commission’s new Manager of Art, Film and Creative Industries

You can also attend virtually   Phone: +1 669 444 9171   Webinar ID: 833 2424 4450 

 April 17, 3-4:30 p.m

In Community art and culture conversation scheduled in County District 2 will be held in the Community Center of the Ramona County Library. FREE

1275 Main Street, Ramona, CA 92065. 

Little- known factoid---Did you know that Ramona is in the center of San Diego County? Yep. So I've been told.

O.k. for now. Stay in the shade. Until next Sunday

 

When you’re absorbing reports on current events, do you ever find yourself shaking your head and saying “You can’t make this shit up”? Today we start Daylight Savings. Yes, there’s a connection between sentence one and sentence two, gimme a minute.

The SD Union Tribune, one of my daily sources for current events, was late with this morning’s posting. Quite late. Could it be that staff lost the Daylight Savings memo? OR could it be resistance to the cultural time-construct that switching clocks backward and forward signifies? I’m always down with resistance. Go SDUT!

Much is coming up in the weeks/months ahead and I’ll be attending. Please join me if you’re able.

March 13, 2026 11-30-1:30p.m.

I’m teaching the Hardcover Concertina Book with pockets and embellishments. FREE. Pre-Registration is a must. These workshops fill. Plus, though all materials will be supplied, this isn’t a “just drop in” kind of gig. We start at 1130 and proceed gayly from there. To register, go to Front Porch Gallery

https://www.frontporchgallery.org/programs#artist-led

March 27-29, 2026

WonderCon is at the Anaheim Convention Center. Produced by the same non-profit that gives us ComicCon, the weekend is a gathering for lovers of all things pop-culture. Badges are still available: https://www.comic-con.org/wc/badges

Not only will I be there, but I’ll be bringing my own free SWAG to give away. How cool is that?

May 2, 2026 3 p.m. Sustainable Art Creations opens at the Fallbrook Art Center

Curated by yours truly, Sustainable Creations gives us many, many ways to support our environment artistically and then some.

The entire exhibition runs from May 2-June 13^th.

https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/sustainablecreations

Once again, let’s remember that the world is run by those who show up. Please do! Show up, I mean.

March 18, 2026 11-1p.m. San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission meeting

County Administration Building 1600 Pacific Hwy, Room 402A, San Diego, CA 92101

Free parking under the building, entrance to parking is on Ash

Meet Christine E. Jones, the Commission’s new Manager of Art, Film and Creative Industries

You can also attend virtually   Phone: +1 669 444 9171   Webinar ID: 833 2424 4450 

All Spring, throughout San Diego County, open to the public and free to attend:

In Community in every County district.

Events are sponsored by San Diego Art Matters and organized by The San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission—when I know the exact “where and when” we should show up, I’ll keep you in the know.

https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cao/edga/arts-culture-commission.html

 March 20, 10-11:30 a.m.

In Community art and culture conversation scheduled in County District 3 will be held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, North County campus

1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024

 April 17, 3-4:30 p.m

In Community art and culture conversation scheduled in County District 2 will be held in the Community Center of the Ramona County Library

1275 Main Street, Ramona, CA 92065.

May and June, 2026 are till TBD

That’s it for now. Until next Sunday.

 

  

Oh, my gosh! Yesterday’s Del Dios Chili Cook off was FUN in caps! And we all came away so stuffed full of delish eats. I am here with my friend Nancy, picture taken by her husband Dan. I was reminded last night that people together can create. Anything. Space, community, love, art, learning. The list spreads out and on. The Del Dios Community Center (AKA The Ol’ Firehouse) receives no government funding. None. Yet it grows and improves because of the people who live here. And you don’t have to live here to enjoy it. Del Dians share.

Along the subject of sharing, my friend Claire’s daughter Asayo has dropped a new recording. Have a listen. Enjoy.

Ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IVnDBc68_Y

You can now register for the FREE workshops I’m teaching this month at Front Porch Gallery. Pre-register with FPG at:

https://www.frontporchgallery.org/programs#artist-led

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Stab and Stitch Book Binding, part 1, during which we make a journal/book

11:30 AM 1:30 PM

AND/OR

Friday, March 6th
11:30AM - 1:30PM

Stab and Stitch Book Binding, part 2, during which we make and add a hard-cover to the journal/book.

Here’s an example of a hard-cover stab-stitched book to give you the idea.

 

Friday, March 13th
11:30AM - 1:30PM

Hardcover Concertina Book with pockets and embellishments. FREE

Register through Front Porch Gallery via the link above

Last but not least for today, The World Really is Run by Those Who Show Up

 March 18, 2026 11-1p.m. San Diego County Arts and Culture Commission meeting

Meet Christine E. Jones, the Commission’s new Manager of Art, Film and Creative Industries Location: 1600 Pacific Hwy, Room 402A, San Diego, CA 9210

Phone: +1 669 444 9171 
Webinar ID: 833 2424 4450