Were they playing Hawai'ian-style music? There's a pipe band on Maui, but they play Scottish pipe band music, as you might imagine. I can't imagine playing Hawai'ian music on the bagpipes, but there's a first time for everything....

Does she remember WHERE she saw them? Name of the hotel or club, for instance?

She lives in Madrona. I see her occasionally around the neighborhood in all her flying colors!

Why not contact them and ask?

from their website:
CONTACT – 253.272.4258, www.TacomaArtMuseum.org, info@TacomaArtMuseum.org

Let us know what you find out.

Yes, you're wrong. Art is never "misplaced energy".

yay for flickr!

Georgia O'Keefe's sexuality was never overtly addressed by the artist, but she was married to photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1924, 6 years after moving in together, but only several months after his divorce to his first wife was finalized.

Ryan 'Henry' Ward paints live with my group at many of our Art pARTies. He's a great guy, really easy to talk to and loves what he does. You can join us at one of our events and get to know him and see what he says. If you need a middle man, let me know what you're looking for and I'll get in touch with him.

A good website and promotional plan of attack. A ring that includes Social Networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and a site where shoppers may buy direct. This is something you can spend time doing yourself or you can get yourself a good ad agent/ promoter who will work with you to develop your campaigns and do your press releases.

Mercy?

Not an easy proposition. Unfortunately what makes you good at photography may not make you ideal for sales, but there is one thing they have in common: the ability to put yourself out there and cope with rejection.

If you have that quality then really all you need are good connections if you can get them and good shoe leather. There is no substitute for going to ever possible place that would hang your work and ask them to do it.

I have friends who have bought are from cafe's. Pioneer square is actually a good place to do this because people are often looking at art anyway.

Best of luck.

I have, but I know him personally.

There is a Facebook page called We Love Ryan 'Henry' Ward. There's often many chances to meet him at various galleries and live painting shows around town which are can be found posted here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/RyanHenryWard

He can also be found painting at the Short Stop Coffee shop on Leary in between Ballard and Fremont on occasion.

The commission could take a while as he is in a constant state of motion with his art. But if you love his work the way I do, it's worth the wait! Plus, he's a good soul deserving of your support.

Have you seen the documentary Rape of Europa? There's a very striking image of the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre being very, very slowly edged down a ramp so they could wrap her up and store her somewhere safely from possible bombings or looting.

The extra caution came from the fact that apparently the statue has been reconstructed from hundreds of pieces, and would actually shatter if it struck the ground.

Granted, this was during WWII, but the basic principles were the same: Wrap in a lot of padding, store in a crate.

I also heard an amusing story of a curator who once accompanied the Mona Lisa in a sealed security van. At the end of his journey, he had nearly passed out from the lack of air inside. Of course, I can't remember where I heard this, so caveat lector.