Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to All. The Darling Divas/Friends want to say thank you for stopping by our blog and checking up on us. We hope/pray that all is well with you/yours and we'll see you in the New Year.

A Hip And Hot Holiday Happening Update.

Greeting All,
Well the Divas/Friend survived another outing and we well received, but no one found a new housemate. However we do have a sideshow of the wonderful Faie African Art Gallery new location and we had a grand ole time. We shall have our annual show/sale a Hand Works Studio/Gallery in our new location this coming weekend on the 17th and 18th. We shall keep you posted and enjoy the sideshow.

A Hip and Hot Holiday Happening

Greetings All,
A HIP AND HOT HOLIDAY HAPPENING!
Please join us at the new Faie!
1005 E. 43rd St.

Sunday, December 11
From Noon until Six pm
Start or finish your holiday shopping with a cultural vibe!!!

Come select your holiday gifts from the finest collection of African Diasporic Art in Chicago and shop with one of our featured guests for the day…

Dobson Products of Chicago
Itiah! Cultural gifts with a Caribbean flair
Amazing handpainted light switch covers by Pearlie Taylor
…and the Divas/Friends

Arthur Wright will be in the house creating pen and ink portraits!!! Appointments are advisable for your portrait sitting.

For more info 773-268-2889
www.faieafricakanart.com

Moving On Update.

Greetings All,

The "Darling Divas/Friends" are moving to the east-side of Garfield Park and we have been busy packing, throwing away and giving away. It has been a long haul, but I lost my home to foreclosure, but we are moving to the "Switching Station Artist Lofts". Our new space is all about arts, actors, dancers, musician, painters, writers, etc. Creativity flows throughout and I'm excited about the possibilities of where this part of the journey called life is going to take me.

In 1999, the City of Chicago invited Artspace to determine the merits of a potential live/work project in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the city's West Side. The focus of the investigation was the Roentgen School, built in 1906 as a telephone switching station. With its high ceilings, large windows, and central courtyard, the Roentgen was an ideal candidate for Artspace's first Chicago project.

Four years and $5.3 million later, the Roentgen School reopened as the Switching Station Artist Lofts. The building wraps entirely around its paved courtyard, which serves residents as a private gathering place and a safe play area for children. Other amenities include off-street parking, a fenced-in play area on the building's sunny south side, and a lower level suitable for meetings and other events. Apartments on the building's upper floors afford fine views of Garfield Park to the north and the downtown Chicago skyline to the east.

Update

Greetings All,

Here's an update on the Darling Divas/Friends. Janira (left), Rob (center), and Lark (right) are down state at the Southern Illinois Artisans Shop in Whittington, IL at 14967 Gun Creek Trail. They are looking for new housemates and we shall keep you posted. So if you are in the Whittington area stop by and check them out.

Road Trips

Greetings All,

It's been a while since I've posted, I've been busy with life, looking for a job to support the artist. It has not been a very successful journey thus far, but it's vending time. Last month we went out and there where no new collecters, plus it was also cold/raining.

I did however met with some other creative sister/friends and it was good seeing Steff (left) and Connie (right) from our old doll club. It has been more than two years and we've all made it to the next level. Connie brought along some of her friends and we all just had a great time catching up and breaking bread together.

This coming weekend (18th & 19th) we will be going out to the to the "7th Annual Lake Meadows Art Fair". This year they will be presenting "Her Legacy A Tribute To Dr. Margaret Burroughs". Dr Burroughs is the co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History and amazing artist We will be at: Lake Meadows Shopping Center, 35th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616 for 11am until 8 pm each day and if you are in the area, do stop by and say hello there will be plenty of good art, good music and great people. I hope to see you there.

Akosua Update

Greetings All, Akosua has left the building. I got an email from her yesterday and a photo of her in her new environment, with her new IPod. She looks like she's gloating. I don't own an IPod.