{"id":1962,"date":"2014-10-20T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T22:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2017-04-27T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T21:17:40","slug":"welcome-to-studio-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Studio F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1960 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Painting 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>A year ago, <a title=\"Copper Crow Studio\" href=\"http:\/\/coppercrowstudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tory<\/a> and I put\u00a0 a deposit on a downtown Salem studio. Due to a series of events and delays, we decided it wasn&#8217;t the right space for us. We were sad, but all of our friends kept telling us that <em>something better would come along<\/em>. Were they ever right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Front-door.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1965 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Front-door-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Front door\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About six weeks ago, we were invited to join a group of artists who were forming a collective studio space at the <a title=\"Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.willametteheritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill<\/a>. Our group of artists, about 12 of us, incorporated and are now officially known as <em>The Art Studios at Mission Mill.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stream-at-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1935 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Stream-at-studio-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stream at studio\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the space when we first walked in and said YES.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-entrance-to-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1939 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-entrance-to-studio-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Before entrance to studio\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-Tory-and-Dayna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1940 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-Tory-and-Dayna-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Before Tory and Dayna\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-door-and-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1937 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-door-and-window-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Before door and window\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-upper-window-bank.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1941 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-upper-window-bank-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Before upper window bank\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-corner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1936 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Before-corner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Before corner\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Tory was away on a teaching junket, Howard and I applied paint (that Tory and I had picked out together, of course). Many days we don&#8217;t even need to turn on the lights it is so bright in our space!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1958 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Painting 1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1961 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Painting-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Painting 4\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hallway-studio-painted-yellow-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1956 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hallway-studio-painted-yellow-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hallway studio painted yellow 2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cabinets were painted with layers of milk paint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1945 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinets 1\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1946 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-2-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinets 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1947 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cabinets-3-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinets 3\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tory&#8217;s husband, Norm, helped us move our furniture and supplies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Moving-stuff-to-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1957 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Moving-stuff-to-studio-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Moving stuff to studio\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ta da!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1951 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-studio-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Finished studio\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/My-corner-of-the-art-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1966 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/My-corner-of-the-art-studio-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My corner of the art studio\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-window-with-flags.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1953 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-window-with-flags-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Finished window with flags\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a week later, we were making art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-Tory-working.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1952 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-Tory-working-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Finished Tory working\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-studio-Dayna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1950 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Finished-studio-Dayna-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Finished studio Dayna\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Art-in-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1964 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Art-in-studio-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Art in studio\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later, I&#8217;ll post about the studio space as a whole. We have multiple studios, a kitchen, a classroom, and an art lounge. It&#8217;s all pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Grounds-at-night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1954 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Grounds-at-night-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Grounds at night\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS Our first Open Studio will be held on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, November 13th, 5-7 pm<\/span>. Many of the studios will be open, including Studio F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, Tory and I put\u00a0 a deposit on a downtown Salem studio. Due to a series of events and delays, we decided it wasn&#8217;t the right space for us. We were sad, but all of our friends kept telling us that something better would come along. Were they ever right. About six weeks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1962\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to Studio F<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,145,147,149,1],"tags":[50,146,45,148],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alley-art-studio","category-art-studios-at-mission-mill","category-studio-f","category-tory-brokenshire","category-uncategorized","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-art-studios-at-mission-mill","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-studio-f"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7972,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions\/7972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}