We're less than a week away from our 2nd Vine Gallery show. This show's theme is entitled HUE: the beauty and power of color. We've given some of our artists randomly chosen color swatches and asked them to come up with pieces featuring those particular colors. Half of our gallery will be showcasing these pieces …
A Dozen Roses.
Rosemead. It's rare that Rosemead is known for anything. My church sits right at the edge of the city... there are some local eateries, nail salons, and a bunch of auto mechanic shops. From what I can tell, the city is predominately Latino and Southeast Asian... a bunch of immigrant families... as one can see …
Planting a Vine.
It started with fish tacos. A few months ago I was having lunch with one of our church's college students over some delicious fish tacos from Fogata Mexicana in Rosemead (arguably the best fish tacos in the area). The student's name is Arturo Flores, but a bunch of the youth staff and I affectionately call …