The Kids Are Back

Zaccai and Hannah King help Al with papier mache. (Tomasito photo, 2009)

School is back in session and our neighbor home school kids are back to help with our arty projects.

Thanks a lot, Zaccai and Hannah!

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Maria

Resident Maria joins us. (Tomasito photo, 2009)

We are very fortunate to have Maria Guerrero join us for our workshop when she can.

She likes to use bright felt-tip pens to color cartoons--and I draw the Mexican theme cartoons for her.

I also get to practice my Spanish with her since she speaks no English.

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Bea Colors a Cat

Bea Colors a Cat (Tomasito photo 2009)

Bea is back with us almost every day now. She usually puts in some time coloring but is seldom very far from her Bible which she carries in her purse. "I can do all things through God who strengthens me." She says.

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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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