Saturday night, following a week when fires raged, Mercury was doing it’s retrograde thing and the moon shone full on it all, four Vermont College graduates of the Class of Fall, 2005, found a way to spend nearly an hour together trying to catch up on each other’s very creatively active lives. The catalyst was our New York City friend, Tamara, who came to town for the installation of her partner’s paintings in a local gallery. We had hoped to have a few more folks join us and to find more time to connect, but that wasn’t to be, so we did the best with what we were able to eke out. Here’s who they are and what they’re up to…
Tamara: Graphic artist (designed our graduation program), painter, collagist and altar maker (click HERE for website), blogger (HERE for blog) and lover of her pup, Bear. Of course this is only the short list. The exciting news is that Tamara will be leaving for Bern, Switzerland in January for a six month artist residency, where she will have the opportunity to visit fabulous museums and galleries, but most importantly focus solely on manifesting the brewing ideas and visions in her head. (The painting in the picture is by Chris, her partner. It’s Wonder Bread, in all it’s glory.)
Christine: Photographer (I have three of her photos from Romania hanging in my home in Oregon), painter and interior stylist. Christine’s also a mother of two and grandmother of three, who’s become quite the accomplished yogi and has plans to spend a few weeks in India at an ashram in the coming year. She just bought a new home in Mar Vista, remodeled it and set up a darling little art “shack” to work on all her projects.
Brit: One of a kind guy, Brit got his B.A. in “Popping,” a dance style akin to break dancing. He’s from Maine, but has been in L.A. for a few years (took some months to travel to Israel and Egypt after graduation). His mission is to get the whole world up and dancing—feeling the spirit of movement. His group is Elastic Illusion and they perform and make instructional videos.
Group Pic and the closest thing Vermont College will ever have to a cheerleading squad!!
