Thursday, May 31, 2012

listen here ~> CD Baby jingle

It was a great exercise to have a thirty second time limit in this jingle contest for CD Baby.

Thursday, May 24, 2012



    Moby Dick characters  c 2012 JoAnne Spies collage 22x30
                                                             

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Moby Dick cards are ready

Moby Dick Fortune Deck  Fedallah's Fortunes
         copyright 2012 JoAnne Spies
                                                                              
copyright 2012 JoAnne Spies
Fedallah's Fortunes
Moby Dick cards


I created card-sized portraits of the characters
in Moby Dick to make fortune cards with quotes 
from each character. I'm looking forward to setting up 
a booth at Third Thursdays and the Rockwell Museum.
I will also use the cards in music and songwriting 
 games at my summer teaching sessions at
Becket Arts Camp and the Berkshire Atheneaum.
When making the copies I could see the pictures
would make an interesting painting lined up side by side
in five rows.
Here's a peek at one batch of the cards above.
I invited Lenox, MA artist Paul Graubard to make some 
of his folksy characters to add to my deck. 
We each agreed that making a painting of these miniature characters 
would be a good idea. His spin on my concept
is hanging at Ferrin Gallery. My painting will be 
at an upcoming show at the Book Store in Lenox, MA
curated by Jim Youngerman. 


cd cover JoAnne Spies; oil on paper

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

                                                       from "Fedallah's Fortunes"
                                                                                                 J. Spies
                                                     

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

 UpCoMinG:
Saturday, May 12 at 6:00pm
Sunday, May 13 at 1:00pm 
Annual Gala and Fundraiser for
at the Founders Theatre
Lenox, MA

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Nathan Smith, left and Ben Friedman
 Thanks to all who made this event at the Norman Rockwell Museum such a success!
Here's link to more photos and poems:

photos by Tammis Coffin
JoAnne Spies leading audience through Norman Rockwell galleries in her performance 'Karaoke Confession'
with St.Patrick/Joseph jimmyjangle

main gallery Rockwell Museum call and response






  Gracie Berry by the Golden Rule