Sunday, August 29, 2021

Art Show and Waiting for Hurricane Ida

 The juried art show at the Lucile Parker Gallery on the William Carey University campus is a beautiful event to see, even though the opening reception was COVID-cancelled. My Blue Ghost-Quilted Flowers won a second place ribbon, which was very satisfying. The Best of Show winner, Jo-Ann Adams, came up from Poplarville and we toured the show one afternoon last week. The show is open 1:00-4:00 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays through September 23.

Jo-Ann Adams, Best of Show Persimmons, watercolor

My Blue Ghost-Quilted Flowers, 2nd place;
Andrea Kostyal, 1st place

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Today is the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Ida, another Category 4-5 storm, is scheduled to hit the Louisiana coastline later today. We are 150 miles from the eye but are expecting 5-10 inches of rain and the threat of tornadoes. 

Meanwhile, the Black-(or Brown)-eyed Susans, Lantana, Big Blue Liriope Muscari, and coleus still provide beauty as they struggle to survive the high 90s heat every day of August.







2 comments:

tierneycreates said...

Congratulations and sorry the show opening was COVID cancelled :-(
Sending you thoughts of safety and dryness during the pending hurricane!

Martha Ginn said...

Thanks, Tierney. The show is really lovely. And having a fiber art piece win a ribbon among all the other media is quite affirming. I hope you can see the quality of these entries.
Hoping Hurricane Ida doesn't get any worse than the rain we've had all day, but we're prepared; schools, offices, city services closed tomorrow. Louisiana getting slammed and 100,000+ without power.