{"id":8829,"date":"2017-12-28T18:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T18:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/?p=8829"},"modified":"2017-12-28T18:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T18:56:56","slug":"2017-was-a-wild-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=8829","title":{"rendered":"2017 Was a Wild Ride!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past year has been the most exciting and exhilarating of my art career. It all stared in the fall of 2016 when I told people, <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I have nothing major on my calendar for the upcoming year. I plan to just play and explore<\/em><\/span>. And then everything changed . . . .<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve blogged about most of these events, but here is an abbreviated summary of my 2017 art life.<\/p>\n<h3>Spare Parts Show at the Salem Public Library<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8843\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spare-Parts-Completed-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spare-Parts-Completed-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spare-Parts-Completed-3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Art Featured in New Book: Cold Wax Medium<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8046\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/OCW-Book-2-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/OCW-Book-2-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/OCW-Book-2.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Solo Show at Guardino Gallery: Waterlines<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7859\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hanging-Guardino-Show-April-2017-10-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hanging-Guardino-Show-April-2017-10-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hanging-Guardino-Show-April-2017-10.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Salem Art Association Mentorship Program<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8845\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-2017-18-2-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-2017-18-2-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zoe-2017-18-2.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Taught an Oil and Cold Wax Class at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8303\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sitka-Workshop-June-2017-128-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sitka-Workshop-June-2017-128-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Sitka-Workshop-June-2017-128.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Private Master Class with Pat Wheeler<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8330\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pat-Class-2017-22-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pat-Class-2017-22-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pat-Class-2017-22.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Two Person Show at Borland Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8454\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Show-Card-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Show-Card-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Show-Card.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>11th Annual Day of the Dead Show at Guardino Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8836\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Emptiness-of-the-House-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Emptiness-of-the-House-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Emptiness-of-the-House.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Artist in Residence at the Salem Art Association Art Annex<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8764\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/AIR-Studio-58-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/AIR-Studio-58-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/AIR-Studio-58.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Salem Art Association Panel Discussion<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8631\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017_Annex_Symbols-Panel-Discussion-Flyer-1-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017_Annex_Symbols-Panel-Discussion-Flyer-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017_Annex_Symbols-Panel-Discussion-Flyer-1-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017_Annex_Symbols-Panel-Discussion-Flyer-1-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017_Annex_Symbols-Panel-Discussion-Flyer-1.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Your Story Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8677\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-October-2017-36-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-October-2017-36-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-October-2017-36.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Symbols Show at the Art Annex<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8840\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Symbols-Show-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Symbols-Show-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Symbols-Show-3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Guest on KMUZ Talking About Art<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8833\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/KMUZ-Broadcast-November-10-2017-4-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/KMUZ-Broadcast-November-10-2017-4-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/KMUZ-Broadcast-November-10-2017-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/KMUZ-Broadcast-November-10-2017-4.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Sitka Art Invitational<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8733\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_9760-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_9760-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_9760.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>17th Annual Guardino Gallery Little Things Show<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8835\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stunning-Ferocity-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stunning-Ferocity-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stunning-Ferocity-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stunning-Ferocity.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>BEST IN SHOW Something Red Art Walk<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8816\" src=\"http:\/\/daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0451-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0451-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0451.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a great year. And I&#8217;m not making any proclamations about 2018. Mum&#8217;s the word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past year has been the most exciting and exhilarating of my art career. It all stared in the fall of 2016 when I told people, I have nothing major on my calendar for the upcoming year. I plan to just play and explore. And then everything changed . . . . I&#8217;ve blogged about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=8829\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2017 Was a Wild Ride!<\/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":[48,19,272,33,107,6,65,342,103,89,290,334,315,78,297,80,82,193,162,168,292,38,289,336,18,141,69,321,299,20,1,173,312,24],"tags":[50,273,34,104,349,337,91,45,62,350,194,163,326,339,70,351,352,295,353,300,174,294,354],"class_list":["post-8829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-painting","category-alley-art-studio","category-art-annex","category-art-shows","category-art-studio","category-art-work","category-art-workshops","category-artist-in-residence","category-artists-in-action","category-assemblage","category-black-and-white-photographs","category-borland-gallery","category-cold-wax-medium","category-day-of-the-dead","category-dayna-j-collins","category-found-object-art","category-guardino-gallery","category-kmuz","category-little-things","category-mentorship","category-mixed-media","category-oil-and-cold-wax-2","category-oil-and-cold-wax-painting","category-pathways-passages","category-patricia-wheeler","category-plaster","category-salem-art-association","category-sitka-center-for-art-and-ecology","category-spare-parts","category-teaching","category-uncategorized","category-waterlines","category-whats-your-story-real-or-imagined","category-workshops","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-art-annex","tag-art-shows","tag-artists-in-action","tag-best-in-show","tag-borland-gallery","tag-day-of-the-dead","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-guardino-gallery","tag-high-school-mentorship","tag-kmuz","tag-little-things","tag-pat-wheeler","tag-pathways-passages","tag-salem-art-association","tag-salem-public-library","tag-sitka","tag-sitka-center-for-art-and-ecology","tag-sitka-invitational","tag-spare-parts","tag-waterlines","tag-whats-your-story","tag-whats-your-story-real-or-imagined"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8829","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=8829"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8851,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8829\/revisions\/8851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}