Deidre Adams

This week I’m in Kansas City attending my first Surface Design Association (SDA) conference. This time I wanted to make a concerted effort to get a photo from an actual conference event, so here you see a shot of the Thursday night dinner. Not exactly a stunning example summing up the heart and soul of [...]

Well, I knew there had been a big push during the last several years to privatize all the public resources, but this is going just a bit too far, don’t you think?
What’s that you say? Oh, you mean this isn’t the real Gateway Arch?
OK, you caught me. Alert readers will notice that the shape isn’t [...]

Chairs, ©2009 Deidre Adams
I have been in Athens, Ohio, all this past week. For three days I taught a Photoshop class, and then for the next three I attended the SAQA conference, where I met some wonderful new friends and listened to some interesting discussions about making and promoting artwork. I also went to the [...]

I knew it had been awhile since my last post, but when I was asked the other day why I hadn’t been posting, I realized that it’s now been over a month since the last post. I haven’t posted due to a personal dilemma — I got myself kind of backed into a corner by [...]

I’ve been feeling a little stymied lately about posting for several reasons, not the least of which is that I’ve started to get quite a lot of SPAM comments. Luckily, WordPress invites me to approve a comment when it comes from a source I’ve not approved previously, so they don’t just show up without warning. [...]

Shoe near Pueblo, Colorado. © 2006 Deidre Adams
Why are there so many single shoes out there in the universe? This is a question that has always plagued me. I’m not the only one who thinks about this, as evidenced by the great discussion of the question at The Straight Dope.
I wish I had [...]

Lisa Call with her work Markings 22 and Markings 11
To me, one of the most enlightening experiences for an artist is to understand how other artists think and work. Not only is it interesting to hear how they got where they are today, but it’s often amazing to see how the simplest of ideas can [...]

Edifice Complex, 37 x 59 inches, © 2005
My good friend Carol Krueger mentioned the above question in an e-mail conversation the other day, repeating something she had overheard at SOFA Chicago this past November. The speaker went on to say that it seems that this is what Americans always want to know – not what [...]

To everyone who commented about my margins being messed up: I think the problem is fixed now (please let me know if not). It was something that only showed up on Internet Explorer for Windows, as far as I could tell. Since I use a Mac, I was blissfully unaware of the problem until you [...]

“Translations Gallery is a new art gallery in Denver, CO that is serving as a multitextural venue for both established and emerging artists. The gallery is an ambassador furthering the advancement of textile and fiber art forms on local, national, and international levels. Also, Translations Gallery is recognized as a destination for enthusiasts of [...]