I’ve done over a year of Artist Interviews now, and I’m so pleased to share another inspiring MilspoFAN artist with you this month. I do feel a bit like a broken record, using the word “inspiring” in each month, but there’s truly no better word for it! Learning about these artists each month has become …
It has been a year since I was featured on the Military Spouse Fine Art Network. Then I was working on a show to be hung at the historic Waterworks Art Museum in Miles City, Montana. It was a wonderful experience and I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the site and getting to know such warm and …
Artistic practice has a centering effect of artists of all disciplines and all skill levels. This month, let’s get to know ballet dancer Carrie Cassidy. Carrie shares with us how ballet has served as a balancing force throughout her life- during her time in ROTC and active duty Air Force, as a military spouse, and …
I am a novelist and poet living in Virginia. My first poetry book, When the Men Go Off to War, was published in 2015 by the Naval Institute Press about my experiences as a Naval Aviator’s wife. Last year I did an interview for MilspoFAN about the book, and now I’d like to share that …
How did Roxanne Steed go from a Medical Record Administration major in college, to a water and oil alchemist teaching workshops in Ireland and France? Roxanne Steed, oil painter, watercolorist, writer, and teacher, has some answers for military spouse artists. From making the most of heartbreaking moves, to allowing the role of painting in her …
Book tours can be absolutely amazing. But they can also be very, very scary. You never know who will show. If anyone will show. I have been to events with forty chairs set out most eagerly and expectantly, only to have two people show up to fill them. You write your book and are ready …
Thank goodness for Carrie Klewin Lawrence! It’s hard to believe that July is almost over. Maybe it’s the beautiful summer weather, or the travel, or trying to cram every summer activity in, but this month has just flown by in a deluge of hyper-colored delights. My littlest girl’s baby photos, my adventurous spouse away climbing …
This month I had the opportunity to get to know Amanda Shields, Adventure and Travel photographer, and what drives Amanda’s creative work. Amanda’s stories of travel shine through both her writing and her photographs. Just take a look at her answer when I asked about her favorite places and you will get a taste for …
Hello MilspoFANs, It is my pleasure to introduce a dear friend of mine this month, Anna Librada Georges. Anna and I met in Virginia Beach last year, and a few short months later both of us moved away on PCS orders, she to Rota, Spain, and I to Poulsbo (Bremerton), Washington. But it was one …
Writing the MilspoFAN Artist Interview blog posts always tickles my “vicarious bone”. I love hearing the unique stories of each spouse and getting to put myself into her (we have had all women so far) shoes for a long, fascinating moment. Without fail, this process brings me a lovely and refreshing perspective, and a sense …