Shirt Factory Gallery Call for Entries: Juried Show of Small Works with Juror John Hampshire GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The Shirt Factory Gallery, announces a call for entries for its second annual Juried Show of Small Works. Entries must have a maximum image size of 12 inches...
GLENS FALLS, NY — The Shirt Factory Arts and Healing Center is going green! Installation is underway for 896 Kyocera solar panels on the roof of The Shirt Factory, a historic Glens Falls factory that is now home to more than 80 specialty shops, galleries, artist...
Forty degree weather in February is like a heat wave, so my husband Cory and I ventured out for a walk to The Shirt Factory with our son Henry to drop some stuff off at my studio. On our way out, we encountered a couple wandering...
This morning I presented a seminar on Developing Your Brand. I was fairly terrified, but I think it went pretty well. I got some chuckles and good feedback afterward. If you were there, thank you so much for coming, and I hope you got something out...
This morning, two hours ago, Advokate won the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce's Independent Business of the Year award. I think it's a story about how nothing goes to waste; that cliché of everything happening for a reason. If my life didn't go exactly the way...
So, hi. Things are rolling along here in the Advokate office. For a while there it was too busy to breathe (that's a good thing!), and now finally there is a moment to catch up here on the Advokate blog. We are doing okay. 2012 was up 40%...
Rock Hill Bakehouse Cafe holds a special place in my heart. It's where I met my husband Cory for the first time, back even before he hosted their open mic, which he did for more than two years. Rock Hill and Wallabee's Jazz Bar is where...
I know what you're thinking. "Two blog posts in one week!? Madness!" But I'm realizing that I haven't announced that I'm back to work after my maternity leave and perhaps ought to say something about that. Like, for example, "Hello! I'm back from maternity leave!" So: Hello!...
And we're off! For those of you just tuning in, Advokate owner/operator Kate Austin-Avon is nine months pregnant. The latest development is that he's breech (stubborn little bugger). So now we're talking about a scheduled C-section, likely for August 22, which is just exactly two weeks...
I've been putting off figuring this out because I just can't imagine taking time away from Advokate, but it's inevitable -- I'm having a baby in August (or maybe September - my due date is August 29, so who knows!). No putting that off! The balance...
