open studio at red dirt studios

Yesterday I attended Open Studio at Margaret Boozer’s Red Dirt Studios. Boozer is one of the artists I interned with last winter as part of The Apprenticeship Project.

Margaret Boozer

It was about more than the art. It was about community and the families we build; about conversation and connection; about celebration and validation.  It was about life; life as an artist. The large turnout, testament to the fact that Margaret is not only a forward thinking artist and gifted mentor, but also an all around generous soul, was attended by family, friends (new and old), neighbors, collectors and artists supporting artists.

Here’s a little of what what I silently witnessed on a warm November Sunday in the DC area.

C’mon in. . .the cider is hot and the art is hotter

Elle Brande

The cutest kid EVER

Susan O’Brien Ceramics

There was a whole lotta hugging going on

Even the cutest kid EVER needs a nap

The other cutest kid EVER

Tetyana Wittkowski

Friend and neighbor, artist Alan Binstock deep in conversation

Barry Goldstein