Posted in Advocacy, Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special Moments, The Boys at Work on September 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
EdVenture First Weekend Memories
Ben is ready to work! Although it appears he’s looking up at his surroundings he is actually doing something we’ve always found interesting while he thinks. He’s actually trying to figure out where the paint is because I’m still setting up the display table. I bet he’s thinking “Dad [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work on September 21, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Stress
It is mayhem here in the Waddell household. Please believe me when I tell you that I’ve not been procrastinating in preparation for this weekend. We are just like every one of you in that there are so many family obligations some of them have to be put aside until necessary.
Ben is definitely [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Ben Video, The Boys at Work on September 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Getting Ready for EdVenture Museum!
Ben and I are working hard to be ready for our visit to South Carolina’s largest children’s museum, EdVenture!, this Saturday. The museum is located in downtown Columbia on Gervais Street. The video is a bit longer than most (over 5 minutes) but it’s worth [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Downtown Cola Town
Ben and I are excited to announce our official attendance as participating artists at EdVenture during EdCeptional Kids Month! Located in the historic mill area of Columbia, the facility is the “unofficial” children’s museum of South Carolina (the “official” museum is located in Myrtle Beach which in no way matches the exhibits [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, The Boys at Work on August 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
A New Method of Painting!
Another tremendous blessing related to Jane Robelot’s recent visit was the interest of folks unfamiliar with our work in owning a painting by me and Ben. A few folks were a bit confused when they went to my website to view my past works thinking that all of those paintings [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on July 5, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Artists in Residence Part IIArt & Abilitation: “Abilitation” is not a word recognized by Webster though it is a word used quite often by therapists and caregivers of exceptional children. In my own journey I have found that the creative process leads to profound positive impact upon my son. The first 3 [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad, The Boys at Work, Thoughts on Art on July 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Ben & Bennie:Artists in Residence!
A little over a month ago we received an invitation to participate during the month of September at EdVenture Children’s Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. September serves at EdCeptional Kids Month at what is essentially the official children’s museum of our state. During September the museum will offer programs [...]
Posted in Art Shows, Family Stuff, The Boys at Work on April 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Shows are Heating Up!
Literally and figuratively. I would classify this past weekend’s festival as pretty good. Sales were decent and the weather cooperated for the most part. Also the event took place at one of the more interesting places that I’ll visit this season. My friend Christy attended and our [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, The Boys at Work on March 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Collaborating With Ben
This morning while studying some of Ben’s latest paintings for images that might begin to take shape Joan made a clever suggestion. Why not show on the blog how this process actually works? It immediately hit me how we could very simply pull this off without an elaborate video production.
To begin [...]
