“the song of the creek” is 8x10, made of painted papers on birch wood panel. You may see me working on it in the “Women of Washi” episode of Studio Space, which airs tonight. The original collage went to a new home this past Sunday.
With the highest per capita number of artists in California, Humboldt County is an exceptionally creative community. Our local PBS station, KEET-TV, has produced the second season of a fascinating series on Northern California artists called Studio Space. I’m thrilled to be one of the two featured artists in the episode that debuts tonight.
The 28-minute segment, called "Women of Washi," profiles Lori Goodman and me working in our art studios and talking about our backgrounds, inspirations and processes. Humboldt folks, tune in to KEET at 7:30 Pacific time tonight, Thursday, May 5 for the world premiere.
People everywhere can also watch it online for free for the following three weeks. After that, it will go behind a paywall for non-KEET members. See Studio Space for all episodes, featuring a great diversity of artists, mediums and approaches.
Since Thursday is also Cinco de Mayo, our extended family is planning a viewing party with tacos and margaritas. I haven’t seen my episode yet. We’ll either celebrate my 14 minutes of fame or drown our sorrows if I bombed!
my Spanish starting to flow margaritas
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It was great fun to do my first public Makino Studios event since 2019. Many thanks to all who came out to the Pizza & Pottery Festival this past Sunday!
Makino Studios News
Award for Water and Stone: The Haiku Society of America announced today that my book of art and haiku, Water and Stone, has won Honorable Mention in their Merit Book Awards! The book is sold online here, on Amazon and in local stores.
Artists’ Resilience Grant: The Ink People Center for the Arts has just awarded me a grant from their Funds for Artists’ Resilience. I’m very grateful for this pandemic-era support, made possible by the Humboldt Area Foundation and the Wild Rivers Foundation.
Solo Show in September: The grant will help me to create new work for a show of my collages, to be held at Just My Type in Eureka, California in September. Stay tuned for details!
ukiaHaiku Festival: I’ll give a brief presentation and reading at the 20th anniversary of this haiku festival in my hometown of Ukiah, CA. The event will include a dance performance, koto and shakuhachi music, and songs performed by the Haikukuleles! I’ll also have my books, prints and cards for sale. The ukiaHaiku Festival is free and takes place Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m. at the Grace Hudson Museum. Attendees will have the chance to read up to three of their haiku.
Writers Read: On Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m., I’ll be back at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah as the featured reader in this long-running series, with a slide show of my haiga (haiku art) as well as a table of my art and haiku wares. Open mike follows.
New notecard sets: By popular demand, I’m offering boxed notecard sets again, including a new animal series as well as an updated landscape series.
A few cards suitable for graduation.
Prints to order: I’ve recently posted several of my designs on Fine Art America, where you can order them the size you want and even have them framed. If you’d like a print of a piece in my gallery that you don’t see on FAA, let me know so I can post it for you.
Graduation: Commencement for many schools is Saturday May 14 and others soon follow, so make sure you have cards for your grads! Yes, I’ve got some options, see left and shop all cards.
North Coast Open Studios: After a two-year pandemic hiatus, this event is taking place again June 4-5 and June 11-12 at artist studios around Humboldt County. I’m not officially part of it this year, but am always happy to give studio tours by appointment.