WAAAY ARTIST PARTY
We went to the most awesome party in Taos tonight and it wasn’t because it was the only party we’ve been to since our going-away parties thrown for us in Oakland in January--! It was the coolest house in Taos, populated pretty much exclusively by artists—many in the “Taos invites Taos” art exhibition—both an exclusive invitational and a standard in Taos every autumn. Beth, whose husband was once president of California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA, was there, (that was the school two of my closest friends went to—I went to rival San Francisco Art Institute across The Bay in San Francisco), there was ceramic sculptor Misty Gamble, OMG, I love her lovely/creepy/accomplished/insightful work! (I told her to get in touch with John Casey from Oakland, she hasn’t met him yet and her studio is like three blocks from his!)...her website is: www.mistygamble.com.
My husband used to drink with all his buddies at The Starry Plough--she was tender at that bar, and until meeting at this party in Taos, 1200 miles away from Berkeley, CA, and give or take five or more years, neither she or he knew they were both artists! She is stopping by on her way to a 12-month fellowship up in Maine. (I told my husband that every bartender is an artist of some sort! Or waitress! Or leather-worker.)
We also met Mino’s partner Maria—what an absolute ray of sunshine! This woman is the definition of joye de vivre! (forgive me if I spelled that wrong, my French is a bit rusty) And I got to meet our host, Michael Miro’s wife Heather.
What a fabulous evening! Downside, one hour drive there, one hour drive back...on those curvy high mountain roads with CATTLE, all the damned CATTLE ALL the TIME. No wait. We love that. OK, just not at 11:30 pm after one or two beers—We go to partys—we look at all the goodies, we wish we could have a margarita. We eat the FOOD!! Cause we have to drive home one hour on curvy, dark, wildlife-laden mountain roads.
That’s why we keep fixin’s at home! No driving time from kitchen to couch.
Thank you Michael and Heather Miro for de noche mucha especial!
(google michael miro , he’s a furnace glass artist as well!)
Job? I don’t know. I might go back Monday. I might not. We’ll see. I'm adjusting attitude. To the point where I realize I am doing THEM a favor. Yeah, I'm looking for employment but I am not desperate and I don't have to tolerate abuse. And I am stellar at what I do. I am really, really good at everything I do.
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