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Thursday, Decembers, 2009
WATTS NEW IN THE ARTS
Bologna missed amid Singapore travels
Elgin is gearing up for
the holidays. The folks at
the Treenware Mercantile
have offered to share their
open house night with the
Elgin Arts Association for
their party on Wednesday,
Dec. 16. This will be a pot-
luck musical extravagan-
za, so be at the mercantile,
106 North Main in Elgin,
between 6 and 9 p.m.
Bring your food, friends,
a musical instrument and
preparations to have fun.
At the association's
recent meeting, Lynette
Hampton thanked the
Lundigrens for their dona-
tion of space for the recent
"Pearls" art show during
the Hogeye Festival.
She reported that the
show was such a success
that they will be looking
for a larger space for next
year. She also suggested
that the call for artists
be sent out much earlier.
They may include a live
auction for this show next
year.
The LPAA Christmas
Party will be held at the
Mary Nichols Gallery, 301
Burleson in Smithville on
Dec. 15. Everyone is in-
vited to bring a dish to the
potluck at 6:30 p.m. In-
stead of taking a gift for
the usual exchange, guests
are asked to donate an un-
wrapped toy for the Blue
Santa project. These toys
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WATTS
will be given to children in
need in our community.
Yet another big party
will be at The Colony on
Dec. 3. The Bastrop Fine
Arts Guild is hosting this
event with a twist. In ad-
dition to the potluck din-
ner, guests are to bring
their own table settings
and decorations. A prize
will be given for the best
table.
I'm still here in Singa-
pore, where I celebrated
Thanksgiving by feasting
on Chinese food at a side-
walk stall. As this city
has more restaurants than
any I've ever been in, I
think we could have found
roast turkey and dressing
if we tried, but I wanted
this holiday to be really
memorable. What better
way than by going native.
Last night we had a genu-
ine Whopper at Burger
King. Actually, although
t was a real Burger King,
it was called The Burger
Bar - the first Burger
King where I could have
a beer with my burger! It
was good! After that, we
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Contribute photo by Jo Watts
A member of the Said family demonstrates the art of batik outside the Sultan mosque.
opposite. He and his sis-
ter were both batik artists
and had been taught the
craft by his father, Sarkasi
went to Hagen Das for ice
cream.
Our hotel is near an
area of the Singapore River
that's pretty touristy and
is lined with every type of
food establishment. We've
had steaks, pizza, lasagna,
fettuccini, sweet and sour
pork with fried rice, say-
tay, pork dumplings with
ginger sauce - for break-
fast! So far, I've passed on
the black squid ink spa-
ghetti, the fish head soup
and the fried stingray. I'm
really enjoying all this but
somehow, a bologna sand-
wich in my own kitchen is
beginning to sound good to
me.
After searching since I
first arrived here, I finally
found a real potter and a
batik artist. Even better,
their studios are side-by-
side.
The potter was rather
stuffy and I didn't get
much information from
him. His studio had five
shimpo wheels (you potters
out there will appreciate
this) and displayed only
students' work. I think he
considered his own work to
be too good for the masses
to see in such a humble
place. He had a sign in the
studio stating that nothing
would be fired unless he
considered it good enough.
So there! I have to wonder
if he would stoop to fire
anything of mine.
The batik artist was the
Said, who is considered
the "Batik Baron of Singa-
pore." He is a world-class
artist and is even in the
Guinness Book of World
Records for the largest
piece of art painted by one
artist. It's over 100 me-
ters long. The son, whose
name I can't pronounce,
much less spell, gave me
a tour with explanations
of the different types of
batik, which designs and
colors are worn by royalty,
married women, etc. He
then took me on a short
tour of galleries and stu-
dios around Arab Street
and the Malay Heritage
Center. When we returned
to the studio, he let me do
a small batik piece of my
own. I'm hooked. Going
back today for more.
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