Exciting times, they be ahead! After 9, inspiring, loving, creative, fabulous years, I am moving out of the ARC! I am moving to another fabulous live/work space – Main space – On 2nd ave near Main st.


Its going to be hard to leave the most amazing Community I have ever lived in. Loving, supportive, creative, innovative… we have laughed together, cried together, inspired each other, grew together and the best part is that many of us, after leaving the building, still remain linked. The connection may change somewhat, but its still there. I describe the ARC as a boiling cauldron, the energies are all put in one cauldron where they are stirred, boiled and blended, then they move on, but there is always a little part of the community inside each person.


This move means that I will no longer be within the Eastside Culture Crawl boundary, making this my very last Culture Crawl. I am also in my last term as a board member of the crawl. Its been an amazing ride, I have learned so much from some very amazing people. Yes I have truly been blessed over these past 9 years to be associated with so many great artists. My future plans are to work with many of the people that I have met, on a more artistic collaborative nature, time for more art/photography!


Its only fitting that this year’s crawl show is about a few of the artists whom I have had the pleasure to meet and work with over the last few years. About 8 years ago, with my good friend Siobhan Humston, we started interviewing and photographing some of the artists of the ARC. Then in 2009, when the artists of Main 901 were being pushed out of their studio spaces, I was a big part of ‘Out of Space’ presented by the Culture Crawl Society. 8 photographers photographed 28 artists in their studio spaces which was then part of a forum aimed at beginning dialog between the city, developers, Architects, and artists. Then, just a month ago, I photographed an amazing new artists/friend Adama, I was so excited by photographing him in my studio I wanted to photograph more artists here. My crawl exhibition is just that: Artists in my studio. I am pulling them out of their comfort zone and inviting them to my studio with some of their tools. The images will be displayed along with some words from the artists themselves. Please come by during the crawl and meet – through images and text – some extremely inspiring artists. Help me give the ARC and the Culture Crawl a warm good bye and cheer me on to the next level!

The new Wendy D Photogaphy Studio!

Tags: Artists, Eastside Culture Crawl, Main Space, the ARC, the Crawl, Wendy D, Wendy D Photography

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 6th, 2010 at 3:16 pm