New Exhibition

Elsie watches Al finish a papier mache mask. (Tomasito photo, 2009)

The Escondido Municipal Gallery has accepted some of our workshop's creations to show as a part of their "Art Riot" exhibition opening this week.

This kind of involvement in "real life" outside of the Palomar Home is awfully good for the senior residents who are working to produce art of "museum quality" mostly from their wheel chairs and usually without benefit of any art education in their long lives.

Thanks, Escondido Municipal Gallery, for including us again in your new show!

Tomasito

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Elsie Helps

Elsie Helps (Tomasito photo 2009)

Resident Elsie stopped by today and wanted to join in--everybody is welcome to help out in our workshop!

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Al Finishing Frame

Al Carrillo at Work (Tomasito photo 2009)

The folks helping out at the Creative Workshop have been finishing several of our signature pizza delivery box/papier mache picture frames.

The frames are so brilliant that the pictures we are placing in them have to contend for the viewer's attention!

So we have to make our paintings more colorful and interesting--it is a challenge!

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Framed Art One

This art--felt-tip pen, watercolor and acrylic color framed in papier mache made from a recycled pizza box--is one of the projects finished by our "Creative Workshop". Most of the participants had a hand in the production.

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