It's Wednesday.

Hi! It's been awhile...so let's see...
I went to Bemidji, Minnesota's Art in the Park this past weekend. You know, Bemidji: The Place with the Big Sculpture of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox? Here's Jesse making sure that Babe's nose is booger-free.

The show went pretty well. It's in a really lovely setting, right near the lake and there's a bunch of trees. I love trees! And, I did manage to score an "Award of Excellence," which means they like me and I get to come back next year for free. Trees and free stuff: Bemidji how you have seduced me.

That's my big white ribbon. I'm totally wearing it right now. I'm bringing back the ribbon. Into fashion, I mean. And here's what the rest of the booth looked like:

And now, I'm back at home, typing up this blog in a small, hot room. I'm helping out at the North Dakota Museum of Art's Kids' Camp again this week, this time under Artist Adam Kemp. We just found out yesterday that the water main is going to be shut off to the building we're working in tomorrow, so we've decided not to let the kids go to the bathroom tomorrow. I don't think it should be a problem...
Pow! Here's a new little painting:

And last but not least, I've recently learned that I'll be having an exhibit at The 3rd Street Gallery in Grand Forks that will start on August 16th. Guess what it's going to be called? (Jazz Hands, Please) "Michelle Brusegaard: Fashion Plates." I sure hope those 4 paintings in my garage are procreating right now.

You Should Get Married.

I'm trying something new...i just whipped out some samples of "Save the Date" cards, which I don't think were around when I got married 3 years ago...I'm trying to apply my invitation experience from Art Materials to my own designs, so we'll see what happens...custom orders are welcome! If you don't want to get married, I could make you an invitation or announcement for something else, eh? eh? Here they are:



p.s. they're listed in my etsy shop, and you can see bigger photos there.

Art Camp 2!

Kandinsky, Renoir, Matisse, Warhol, Kahlo, Rivera, Hiroshige, Hokusai. Yeah, I'm name- dropping, what of it??
This week, I taught kids about these artists and their art. Or at least I was talking about the artists while they glued cotton balls to stuff. Either way, it was a win-win situation.

One of the best parts was the artist's trading card project we did. The kids really loved the idea of art in trading card form, and they were very creative and prolific.

And that's my niece, sitting on the figure drawing stand, like a queen, telling the parent and sibling guests at our art show about Kandinsky. Awesome.
In other news, no work for me today, I'm going to find some damn rummage sales!!

Painting, Painting

I started 10 new paintings on Sunday! 10! This is what deadlines do for me: they make me work. Working makes me want to watch movies.
I'm getting ready for Art in the Park on the 21st and 22nd of July in Bemedji, MN. Simultaneously, I'm preparing for my very own Art Camp next week. So yeah, I'm painting a lot, and in between I'm gluing drinking straws onto stuff. It's summer.

(insert elegant, flowing segue here)

I was seriously negligent in regards to photographing my work before the last show. As a result, I'm only able to catalog the leftovers. Here they are!