Welcome Sarah, the new addition to a family I first worked with two years ago. Her older sister Rachel was one of my first newborns after I moved to Oak park, so it was fun to go back to their home and see the family again, and meet the cute new member.

A mini session with A & J

Earth Hour

http://www.earthhourus.org/ join in this Sat. night at 8pm, turn off your lights for global change. Started in Sydney, now major cities like Chicago are joinning in. If you are eco friendly, check out the web-site it's worth an hour.

Montessori and Spring Special

I spent two half hour sessions at Keystone Montessori School in River Forest photographing in one of the classes, here are just a couple of the images, I will be adding the full project to my documentary section next month.

ART from ART

Ice sculptures in downtown Chicago give inspiration to these pieces of art.

What a great show, see the artists at work creating these wonderful colors, then cutting the ice slabs into shape for the sculpture. Sunday had a large group of people show up to watch the artists working.

Illinois Humanities Council

L-R Illinois Humanities Board Vice-Chair and Dominican University Provost Cheryl Johnson-Odim, President and Founder of the National Museum of Mexican Art Carlos Tortolero, and IHC Board Chair and MacArthur Foundation Vice President Art Sussman, at the announcement at the National Museum of Mexican Art that Mr. Tortolero will receive the Council's Public Humanities Award on April 24. http://prairie.org/

Chinese New Year

Today I got the pleasure of attending St. Theresa's Catholic Mission Lunar New Year celebration in Chinatown-Chicago. After the mass there was a family blessing, ancestoral blessing ceremony followed by lunch and traditional dancing by children for St. Theresa's school.