As a young girl, I always dreamed of marrying an artist. I longed to be someone's muse. At nineteen, I met my husband @joechiappetta who drew my portrait on our first date and captured my heart. Now, over twenty years, seven homes, three children and countless hills and valleys later, I am grateful to say that I am still his muse, we are still in love, and our home is an artistic hub of fun.
We often enjoy hosting "Art Night" events at our Southern California home where we invite people from all walks of life to come and explore their creativity while enjoying the fun of being in a group. Our guests have shared dance, song, spoken word, drawing and painting pieces with each other. It was an honor to meet @derekrichardson from #socalhive in person for the first time at one of our parties!
At a recent birthday party, we proved that a community art project can be unique, fun and doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Dollar Store plates and permanent markers were used to create individual works. We then taped them all together and floated the joined piece in our backyard pool to create a "Community Floating Art Installation."
The final version of this particular birthday party floating art installation is in the process of being turned into an NFT for an upcoming ArtVndngMchn project! We are excited about ArtVndngMchn Series 3 which is a collection of digitally wrapped and randomized packages of fine art NFTs from 15 international artists on the WAX blockchain. Founded and curated by my husband, ArtVndngMchn was the first to do this with fine art NFTs. Series 3 drops this Saturday, February 26th at 9am PST. Drop Page to Purchase ArtVndngMchn Series 3
At the heart of our Art parties, as well as ArtVndngMchn, is the goal to create community while celebrating our collective creativity.
So, in the midst of all that is heavy in the world today, I just want to encourage us all to not give up celebrating life, creativity, beauty and our relationships with each other. And when we can, pick up some of those Dollar Store markers and have a go at some fun!