Alexander Calder
As 2014 ends, 2015 will begin..
Alaska is now gaining daylight as time spirals toward spring! This is a time of sheer joy and optimism for those who live in Alaska.
Oh yes, she does inspire me!
Lots of them!
The day after Christmas always feels like the real beginning of a new year for me. It is also a day that I pause to remember the past year, all those other Christmases, each with it's own unique and special memories. So today I am enjoying sweet thoughts of yesterday's Christmas day with my son Ryan, daughter-in-law Jen, granddaughter Lily, grandson Charlie, my husband Roger and all the pooches - Jaz, Rosie, Oden & newcomer Lexi! Thank you each and every one for making the day one we can all remember with a smile on our faces as we recall at least one really special, often small happening, that we will remember next year when we look back on past Christmases... I love each of you deeply and completely. Alice, Mom and Mimi
Inspired by a tiny moon shell.... an element of my floor installation "A Walk Remembered..."
Thank you CCES 5th graders for making this Christmas 2014 extra special!!!...
Festival of Trees 2014 - CCES Middle School tree decorated with the exquisite clay and glass bead ornaments created by my 5th grade students. I am so proud of them! Way to go 5th graders and way to go MS Arts Guild!!!!!
CCES Tree at the 2014 Festival of Trees, the Hyatt House, Greenville
Marilyn Mullinax and her Art Club are the creators. It is stunning!
Tomorrow, I will share a detail of the Middle School Tree that my 5th graders made decorations for.
We thought you might enjoy our Dr. Seuss Tree that Roger and I recently decorated for the holidays. It is a Norfolk pine that I have had ever since it was about 18" high! That was 19 years ago! Now it is about ready to outgrow our living room! My friends say I have a green thumb...
Christmas at the home of Alice Ballard, Roger Dalrymple, Jaz & Rosie
This hand building workshop in clay will also focus on helping you finding your form and will show you how to make and use terra sigillata. To get more information or to register go to - http://bit.ly/1DULtMu
Wall sculpture - by Alice Ballard, one of 4 representing the 4 seasons, commission for a Greenville, SC client
Hope I will see some of you for the workshop in June/July, 2015. I am really looking forward to teaching a workshop there for the first time! It is the perfect time of the year to be teaching "Finding Your Form Through Nature".
Recently I was contacted by Paul Blais to do an interview for paul@potterscast.com. It is Episode 69 if you would like to see what he has written about me and my work. To do this google Paul Blais at paul@potterscast.com. I hope you will enjoy the interview that he did with me as much as we enjoyed each other! Paul does a great interview and I can hardly wait to hear his other podcasts.
Thank you Paul for contacting me and for being such a personable, knowledgeable and humorous interviewer! You are such fun to work with and I had a fine time. I also appreciate the wonderful opportunity for more people to get to see my work!
Alice
Alice Ballard's 15 Pod Triangle (speaking of pod-casts) currently on display at her solo show at the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC through January 4th, 2015.
Meditation Pieces - small works by Alice Ballard
Many of my smaller Meditation Pieces and from Greenville Open Studios are still on display in case you would like to purchase a piece for Christmas! My studio also has a large assortment of "White Work" from my installation "A Walk Remembered" along with a variety of other work.
Though my studio does not have regular hours, you may call any time to make an appointment to come by. My cell phone is (864) 414-0478. I plan to be here through Christmas Eve, so give me a call or email aliceballard64@yahoo.com if you want to have a look. Also check out my web site, to the left of the Blog, you will see I do have an inventory list of items in addition to what I might have around my home and studio. In addition I do commission work.
Here's wishing all of you a wonderful HOLIDAY!
Alice
It was a pleasure working with you George. If you need an excellent photographer to work with it is George! georgeleephotography.com
15 Pod Triangle, GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
10 Half-Pods, an installation at the GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
Tree Totem Series, working drawings, GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
Tree Totem IX, GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
Detail of Tree Totem, GCMA, Alice Ballard's solo show georgeleephotography.com
This outstanding exhibition will be up through December 13th, 2014 in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville, NC - Go see it! It will be well worth your time.
A sleeping seed by Jennifer O'Connell