NCECA SLC Collectors Tour (contd)

Department of Internal Connections: When we last met, THB was felled by yet another camera to travel computer issue. From that point on THB saved pics on his phone and downloaded them on his desktop at the Loft. Good new!!! All 170 downloaded easy-peasy.

Day 1 (cont'd):

The tour bus for all 3 days, usually fully loaded

First stop of the day: Utah State, 1.5 hours from Le Meridien

Work by artists in THB and DB's collection

In the Museum stacks: Wes Anderegg 

Viola Frey

Annabeth Rosen 

Richard Notkin

Richard Shaw

Jun Kaneko

Art cookies; lunches we nothing special, THB usually only ate half a sandwich

First of three NCECA shows: The first, True and Real, was curated by a member of our tour, Judy Schwartz (this was on Day 2!!) 

Kyle and Kelly Phelps: the first art piece depicting Jan 6 that THB has seen

Steve Montgomery

Lauren Kalman: Art Jewelry???

Kelly McLaughlin

Jacqueline Tse: two figures facing each other

Shalene Valenzuela 

Roberto Lugo: Portland vase depicting his brother's life

Lydia Thompson: last year she curated a show and had lost of her "house" pieces for sale; this year it is birds, bird, and more birds

(more Day 2) THB and DB bought a large piece two years at the NCECA Student exhibition. Not this year

Bianca Turner

Mohamad Soudy: Hidden faces...THB can't see them

Kha Le

menu inside? 

Amber Robinson Pierce

Maika Garnica: stills from a video (with sound) of ceramic instruments