Small World Department

Ben Rayman, publisher and online webmaster of Art-to-Art Palette tells me he has created a new page for book reviews online. Katrina Exposed by Steven McClansky and Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques:Raku by James C. Watkins are both reviewed, as well as The New Creative Artist.

Commenting on my upcoming workshop in Manahawkin, New Jersey, for the Pine Shores Art Association, Ben remarked that his wife, Pat, is from the East coast, born and reared in the Passaic-Upper Saddle River area. After college, she ventured West, and took a teaching job with the Delphos, Ohio, City schools some years ago. Ben says Pat soon starts her fall classes at the Wassenburg Art Center. She told him, "Nita's book is really going to come in handy, and become part of my classes and workshops." Pat also teaches occasionally at Wright State University--Lake Campus.

Here is more information on Pat Rayman.