How many folks can we pack into the new HDD studio?  About ten times more than the last one, that’s for sure.  On November 18th, we celebrated our studio grand opening with good food, wine and music.  We joined forces with the Holt Community Arts Council for the event with a silent auction to raise funds for local art initiatives such as Music in the Garden, Harvest of the Arts, and public art installations.

The Barons of Brass were kind to play for our event and provide musical entertainment as the guests pondered the items up for bid.  I worried for a moment that there would be  fisticuffs over the Steven L. Marvin salon gift certificate (luckily, no hair pulling ensued) and the deer painting by a Michigan artist (hunting season just began….), but civility and generostiy won out.  Whew.

HDD was thrilled to receive thousands of dollars worth of awesome donations of products and services from local businesses and individuals for the silent auction, which raised a generous amount for the Arts Council.  We tremendously appreciate the generosity of both the donators and the bidders, and hope that everyone enjoyed the evening.

On a personal note, I’d like to thank Sara Ramsey, my handler and business manager, for pulling this together so beautifully.  You don’t just rock, kitten–you boulder.  Many thanks as well to my amazing interns who continue to blow my mind with their dedication and talents (insert hopping and my signature clapclapclap here).

I dig it here in the new studio.  Maybe we can stay here more than 11 months before we outgrow it.  :)

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