A Change in Art Show Schedule

I will not exhibit at this summer's Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show in Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, all of the rain in our area this spring revealed a construction defect in the attic and roof of our 8-year old home. Our wonderful builder, who is the largest in the State College, Pennsylvania area and who operates under the slogan of "a builder who cares," left us with an improperly installed venting system for our plumbing and the pipes in our attic have been leaking -- apparently -- since day one of our occupancy. The problem became manifest to me this past week when the ceiling in my office showed water damage.

So, instead of framing artwork in preparation for this next show, I've been in our attic for the past two days and will be up there again trying to clean out the wet insulation and mitigate the damage until we can get a contractor out here following the Memorial Day weekend holiday. As it happens, my husband, Tim, is out of the country on business right now, so this has pretty severely derailed my studio time.

I will be at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in July and hope to do the Rittenhouse Show this fall. Until then, wish me luck in our attic.