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    	I "used" to be artistic in high school and I kind of lost
    	the "mind-set" once I got into college. The only things "creative"
    	things that I have the time to do are - to encourage my daughter
    	(almost 5) to be creative, to furnish my home and to landscape
    	my yard!!! I wish I have more time to do other things!
    	The part that I really enjoy is to make/build toys for my
    	daughter out of ordinary household objects. We do spend
        considerable amount of money on store-bought toys, but it is
     	not the same. 
    
    
    	Eva.
    

    
    	As for me, I took 7 years of classical piano lessons as a teenager.
    	I've got a nice piano now, and intend to start refresher lessons this
    	Fall.  I miss playing so much - I'm anxious to get back to the level
    	I'd reached before I stopped playing (when my son Ryan was born.)

    	I'm also a writer of short stories.  In my senior year of college,
    	in 1976, I won the Creative Writing Award from the English department
    	of my school (although I was a Philosophy major.)

    	In a past life (before computers,) I worked as a camera operator in
    	a television studio.  It was tremendous as a creative outlet.  I also
    	worked as a technical director (sometimes doing special effects for
    	productions involving music.)  The directors liked having me work on
    	musical productions because my music training enabled me to time my
    	camera or special effects moves to fit in well with musical phrases.

    	Camera work (composition, etc.) was wonderful.  It's the closest thing 
    	I've ever found to writing stories (in the sense of enabling someone 
    	else to see things or feel things in a certain way.)

    	At the moment, I'm in college again (working on a second Bachelors
    	degree so that I can start on my Masters in the Fall of 1991,) so
    	most of my hobbies share a very limited amount of spare time.  It's
    	still nice to have these outlets for the time I do have - I'm never,
    	ever bored!

    Most of my creativity is output in my singing.  I was always involved
    in the musicals and concerts in junior high school and high school and
    entered into many a talent show (even taking a place holding once in
    awhile!) in high school and college.  I also play the clarinet, flute
    and piano.
    
    My husband is also quite musical, and the two of us, along with three
    other DECcies have formed a band and we played at the DECjam (held
    yesterday in Marlboro).  It's great to be able to let go and really
    sing and feel comfortable about it.  I always get nervous before a
    performance, but I usually forget the nerves a few minutes into the
    songs and do all-right for myself.  
    
    -- Kristy

    I have started dancing again.  I am taking a jazz class once a week and
    finding it to be great fun.  I have dabbled in a few others things.
    Painting, weaving, working with dry flowers.  I started stenciling in
    my kitchen which I think I'll start again.  I also have a journal and
    do a little writing.  Just a little bit of everything to keep it
    interesting.
    
    denise

         Well, I can't count photography as a hobby 'cause that's what
    I do here. (or, since I have taken the buyout, that's what I used
    to do here.) That and videography. (I am/was a Producer/Director)
    Music has been a hobby and profession off and on for a number of
    years. I just left the blues band I was in, and am now in the studio
    in preparation for some local gigs of acoustic music. Am planning
    to play out a lot more this summer while I am not in a 9-5 job.
    I'm too old to do a day job and steady music at night. :-) 
       I also run, cycle, ski (down-hill and X-country), flyfish, hike,
    and all the usual Colorado behaviors. :-)      'nuff said...
    
                                                                  M...

	A few years ago a friend of my sister's taught me how to make
	stained glass windows.  The first one I made was for my mom for
	Mother's Day.  I broke more glass than what was in the window, 
	and I was a few months late completing it, but she loved it
	nonetheless.

	I've made a number of windows since.  All but one I've given 
	away as gifts.  The exception was the one I made for my DECcie
	ex-landlord who saw the ones I made as Christmas gifts and
	hired me to make one for him.

	I love making them, however I currently live in an apartment
	where there's no place to work.  I *really* don't care to have
	shards of glass in my carpets!  Hopefully, I'll be able to take
	up my hobby in the near future...

	Sue

I paint.  I write poetry.  I write lyrics.  I keep a journal.  I draw.  I
write short stories.  I create abstract artwork using whatever materials
intrigue me.  And beginning this fall I'll be attending the Art Institute 
of Seattle with the intention of becoming a graphic artist and illustrator.

Carla

    I play guitar, but not nearly enough.
    
    --- jerry

    I refinish furniture.  I love finding what is under the paint, and I
    love the history that shows on the wood underneath.  My favorite table
    which I use as a desk is pine and nothing I did to it took off the
    stains.  I'm glad now.  It also shows where something like a meat
    grinder was attached to one end.  
    
    Sometimes I think of taking up another hobby because this one needs
    space and good ventilation and uses dangerous chemicals, but so far
    this is the one that attracts me.
    
    I've done a little gem cutting in the past with my father, who taught
    himself this craft.  I liked it then and consider doing it now.
    
    Briana

    Back when I called the ozone home, I did a lot of whittling -
    majoring in pipes ~8-) with a strong sideline in belt-buckles
    made from the knots and whorls of oak. I love the look of polished
    wood, unique grain that I brought into the light.

    Singing, singing, singing.
    
    The a cappella group I'm in is very close harmony -- it's like weaving
    with sound.  We did street-singing outside Faneuil Hall last night, and
    spent about 20 minutes singing in a tunnel, where the acoustics were
    fantastic.  It was blissful!
    
    Pam

    
    i am a symphony orchestra conductor and an accomplished violist and
    violinist. i compose a bit and am currently working on a tuba concerto.
    

    I don't consider my talents 'art' per se, but such as it is, I love.
    
    I do cross-stitch and needlepoint - everything hanging on my walls at
    home is a fabric piece I stitched.
    
    I square dance.  I love to dance, but not to perform.
    
    I used to sing, and probably will again.  Always as part of a group,
    and I prefer to be doing the harmonies, and not the melody.
    
    
    Looking this over - maybe I'm more artistic than I thought.
    
    Alison

    Like Alison, I don't consider myself an "artist", but I do enjoy
    practicing various aspects of the entertainment craft.  I've
    been on stages of one form or another since I was about five
    and have been flailing wildly at guitar strings on and off
    since I was 12.
    
    Steve

    I dance, but not your traditional dances. I do "rock ballet". The
    movement of my body as I flow up a rock face, the feel of the stone
    under my fingers, each careful and precise step... reach... move...
    slowly, gracefully, delicately balanced on the tips of my toes as my
    outstretched hand reaches for the thin crack... just out of reach.
    Gently touching the next hold, slowly, carefully moving my foot to just
    the precise spot - and then not moving it at all. That is truly art.
    
    Anyone who has seen good rock climbing knows what I mean about ballet.
    A fleeting art, appreciated mostly by the performer, there and then
    gone leaving only the rock behind.
    
    I could watch John Bachar, Ron Kauk, Peter Croft, or Lynn Hill climbing
    for hours. The Joffrey has nothing on these folks.
    
    	-- Charles

    I used to do a lot of water colors and sketching, and intend to
    take it up again sooner or later, I've lost my touch a bit but
    know I can get it back..
    
    I also like to garden, and make pretty scenes with plants.
    
    Bonnie

    
    I sort of sing...sort of play guitar and keyboards...sort of write
    essays..
    
    I am so busy 'sort of doing stuff' I guess none ever got exceptionally
    good...but I do love my music..
    
    Oh yes, I sort of do collages too...you know 2,000 of your most
    favorite tiny little pictures all pasted together...sort of thing.
    
    Melinda

    she 'sort of sings' beautifully, and she 'sort of writes essays'
    exquisitely....

    see quark::human_relations for examples of the later
    
    :-)
    
    bonnie

    I play piano and sing.  I'm mostly into classical music these days but
    can never seem to get enough practice time.  Back in the days when I
    was still studying with someone, I entered competitions every year and
    always won them.  It was a heady experience.
    
    I, also, love to cook and create interesting dishes.  Life after Dec
    will probably be owning a small, very exclusive, gourmet dining place
    where I can entertain at the same time.  It would be even better if
    I could do this on a boat - preferably a sail boat - a BIG sail boat.
    Well one can dream, can't one?
    
    Sue
    

    I write poetry, dance, knit, sew, do embroidery, sketch pathetically,
    sing relatively on-key, I can cut quill pens from feathers, I took 8
    years of classical piano, I can make up things in my head, I love
    creative problem solving.....and I like to take pix with my 1950 Argus
    using B&W film.
    
    -Jody
    
    

    Re: 18 (wrt .17)
    
    She 'sort of does collages' beautifully, too -- I'm a lucky
    owner of one of hers... it was made for me, and is a reflection
    of my soul -- including those parts I haven't seen yet.
    
    					andrew

    Oh, by the bye -- I sculpt -- abstract pieces, in soapstone.
    
    					andrew

    re: .20 (Jody)
    
    Yeah, but what do you do *after* breakfast?
    
    Steve

    I redefine the universe.
    
    In Sanskrit.
    
    And then retranslate it before anyone wakes up.
    
    -Jody
    

sometimes I sing, but I'm a bit out of practice [so Shawn & Ricky tell me...]

I dance, but not 30 hours a weeks anymore.

these days most of my art involves fabric and threads -- imagining garments or
rooms or hangings or quilts or ... and making them happen. 

I also cook.

I photograph things, and people doing stuff [no portraits ... OK, once on our
10th anniversary but that doesn't _really_ count]

  Annie

    I discovered quilting 5 years ago and have been going strong ever
    since!  I started with traditional designs and now I'm trying new
    techniques so that I can fiddle around with color, texture and design. 
    I also do cross-stitch and just finished a major piece which took all
    of a year to complete!
    
    I used to dance (jazz, tap and ballet) quite a bit, but that's waned. 
    I'll pick it up again in the fall.
    
    
    Judi
    

If you come to the party tonight, I'll show you!!!

john

    
    	I try and write poetry although I don't have much time to
    	do so anymore.  I've tried my hand at short stories but that
    	didn't work.
    
    	I did write a poem/song that a friend's band is/will be working
    	on putting music to.  But I'm in no hurry.
    
    	JJ
    

    
    re .25, great reply, Jody, I just *knew* it was you who was doing that
    ;-) 
    
    Within the past year or so, I've rediscovered my "artist" self in the
    process of exploring my spirituality.  I've been making beaded and
    feathered talismans and jewelry, incenses and oils, goddess figures
    of clay and other materials, labrys's and other womyn-oriented things.
    
    A friend who does talismanic engravings convinced me that my stuff was
    not only "ok", but that it was pretty good.  Consequently, I joined
    into an artisan's collective of three other people, and we took our
    stuff to some festivals to sell.  At first it was a little hard to
    actually sell the stuff I had made, since I invest a great deal of
    myself into all of it.  (It reminded me of giving away kittens - you
    know that they need homes elsewhere, but you grieve when they're gone.)
    Eventually, though, I became aware that the people that chose to buy my
    things were people that the things were "right" and "meaningful" for,
    and it gave me an opportunity to share my spiritual growth with others.
    And I got paid for it :-)  (Which meant I could buy more tools and
    materials and do more work...)  It felt really good, boosted my self
    esteem, and seemed very validating to me.  As a software engineer in
    day-to-day life (for the past 14 years) I felt that I had regained
    something I had misplaced along the way.
    
    I've started to take a silversmithing class which looks like it may
    turn into an apprenticeship of sorts, I'm continuing to try new
    materials and new techniques, and I'm working with my three artesan
    friends to put together a small mail-order business.  Has anyone else
    made the transition from doing artwork for oneself to doing it
    semi-professionally?  I'd like to hear from others about how that felt,
    and what differences, if any, it has made in your art.
    
    
    					/Rita
    

    I play piano, organ, alto and soprano recorders.  I've not played a lot
    lately, but am starting to resurrect my piano playing.  Used to play
    recorder and guitar duets with my husband, which was a lot of fun.  One
    of my big ambitions now is to create and choreograph a musical
    freestyle ride for me and my horse.  I've been listening to a lot a
    music lately trying to find something suitable (probably classical or
    rag time).  Don't know if I'll ever complete this, but it will be fun
    working on it.
    
    I also knit Aran pattern (aka Irish fishermen) sweaters.  I like to
    modify the individual patterns to make my own.  I also like to
    mix-and-match instructions - for example take instructions for making a
    vest and add sleeves from instructions for a sweater and makeup 
    patterns to get something unique that no one else will make.  Also I
    have yarn that I had spun from the sheep we used to raise (both black
    and white), so the sweaters are truly "home-grown".
    
    						Jan

    Baking fancy Christmas cookies is my real speciality. I also do
    gingerbread houses and fruit and nut breads.  I do so many cookies that
    I started selling them a couple of years ago, last year I sold 250
    dozen and gave away another 100 dozen. I also enjoy making fancy
    chocolates and fancy cakes. 
    
    Planning and giving fancy parties and dinners is another thing that
    excites me. I really like doing them for other people when there are no
    financial limits, you know with all kinds of crystal, china and silver
    available for presenting the food, I'm getting excited just writing
    about it.
    
    +pat+

    I am a musician ... Thayer Symphony Orchestra (percussion); pit musician 
    for musical shows (set drums); jazz drummer with a big band; summer 
    concerts in the park with town bands.
    
    Hobbies:  Timing & Scoring for New England Region Sports Car Club of
    Amnerica (SCCA).  Yes, I have been within arm's reach of Paul Newman at
    the track ... and have some great pictures.  --- Photography . . .
    particularly hand coloring with photo oils. --- Sports . . . golf and
    softball.
    
    Jo-Ann
    
    

    
    
    I'm a musician, too.  I sing and play guitar.  I mostly do folk and
    women's music.  I took a long break from music after I left school,
    but in the last few years I've gotten back into it, and it's been
    wonderful!  I've done a few open-mic performances, and I've sent some
    tapes around to some local women's performance spaces.  I'm hoping to
    do a lot more performing after the election in November (I'm working
    on Evelyn Murphy's Governor's campaign, and that keeps me out of the
    house at least one night a week and sometimes involves weekends).
    
    Gosh, with all the women in this file who are musicians, I was thinking
    that I should have a FWO music-making party at my house.  We could have
    an "open mic" set for folks who would like to perform and a "Jam" set
    for folks who would like to play along with others but not necessarily
    be in the limelight -- anyone out there interested?  Oh, and of course,
    we'd need an audience, too :-)
    
    Justine
                                  

        
    This seemed like the best place to put this info.
    
    A couple of things from this Friday's edition of the Boston Phoenix:

    Indigo Talent
    
    Aspiring female performers take note: Indigo, "the Club for Women,"
    is looking for female musicians, singers, comics, and dancers to take part
    in "Express Yourself," the 1990 Talent Showcase.  It's happening on 
    Halloween night, starting at 8 at the club, 823 Main Street, Cambridge.
    If you're interested, contact Cyndie Barone at (617)783-0212.

    and

    The Seventh Annual International Women's Day Video Festival invites 
    women from all over the map to send in videotapes that explore the 
    theme "Women and Change".

    Anyone can make submissions, from novices to professionals, and tapes
    in languages other than English are encouraged.  (Written translations 
    are appreciated, however.)  Tapes will be accepted in 8mm, VHS, S-VHS, 
    and 3/4"; PAL and SECAM in 3/4".

    The festival will be broadcast on March 10 over cable in the Boston 
    area.  It will then be distributed to Public Access television channels 
    across the country.  The deadline for entries is January 1.  For entry 
    forms and submission information, write to International Women's Day 
    Video Festival, Box 176, Boston, MA 02130.  Or call Abigail Norman, 
    Somerville Community Access, at (617)628-8826.
    

  * * *   T H E    N E W   S P I T    B R O O K    M I N S T R E L S   * * *  

             *******    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990   *******

               ****  12:00 BABBAGE AUDITORIUM, ZKO1-3  ****
                   Spit Brook Road Facility, Nashua, NH

  Even though they've been around seemingly forever (okay, since November 1989)
  the good old New Spit Brook Minstrels never get old!


  As that introduction makes painfully clear, the business of the New Spit
  Brook Minstrels isn't writing, but singing.  Folk-style singing, to be 
  precise.  Join us on Wednesday, December 5, and let us regale you with
  familiar favorites, special arrangements, and cheeky surprises that will
  get your foot tapping for the holidays.


         The New Spit Brook Minstrels for this program include:
                  
                      Dan Murphy, Director

              Margaret Barham            Debbie Martin
              Paul Beck                  Kim Peaslee  
              Pam Blotcky                Karen Rosenberg
              Nina Eppes                 Neil Savage                 
              Pam Gilpatrick             Bill Scarborough          
              Holly Hendricks            Steve Spaulding   
              Sylvia Holley              Justine Sullivan
              Janet Lutkus               Tom Vallone     
              Therry Neilsen-Steinhardt

	Cross-posted from THEATRE with R. Micheal's permission.

							--D

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Actors' Alliance Inc.'s second annual Playwrights Competition is accepting 
submissions now through February 1.  The theme for this year's competition 
is "Women's Issues".  Winners will receive a public reading of their work and 
membership in the company.   Those interested may submit a 10-minute one-act 
play that addresses women's issues and is written for characters 25 to 40 
years old, plus a play of any length addressing any subject, a cover letter, 
resume, and envelope.  Send to Ms. Maja Hellmold, Literary Manager, AAI, 
P.O. Box 7370, NY,NY, 10116-4630.

    Henson Productions now produces Concerts in Five Southerrn Cities 
(Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Jackson, Mobile, and Pensacola). The producers 
plan to distribute appropriate fliers at these shows, and are seeking 
artists/cultural workers representing many genres (feminist women's music, 
poetry, one-woman plays, dance, ect) who are interested in performing in 
the region. Send materials to Henson Productions 1806 Curcor Dr., Gulfport,
MS  39507. (phone 601 896-3196)

                                         - courtesy Hotwire