It looked like Goblin Art was back, but then where did it go?

Canceling a show is a strange and unfamiliar thing. Goblin Art has been selling masks at shows and events for ten years now, and over that decade I have only canceled my booth twice, (first due to car trouble, second due to my foolishly scheduling a show for when I would be 8 months pregnant).

But then this rather disorienting month came along, where I have had to cancel not one, but two events that I had lined up!

I think this is yet another lesson that comes with parenthood. As an adult without a child, I had almost complete control of my schedule. But as part of a dual-parental unit, schedules become fragile balancing acts, where event the best laid and most seemingly important plans can evaporate at a moment's notice. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, it is just a case of finding oneself wandering in a shifting landscape where the ideas of what is important keep redefining themselves. Unfortunately however, that does make running a business a lot more complicated.
So to summarize....

Goblin Art did re-open in January '09, but after a 10 month run seems to be temporarily closed again.

This most recent closure is due to a big change in the dual-parental unit schedules, i.e. I am currently the primary stay-at-home parent to our 2 year old son.

Goblin Art will probably/possibly/approximately re-open mid January 2010, sooner if I can figure out some clever childcare solutions, or later if Rick's employment outside the studio continues.

I am still open to the discussion of special order masks and wholesale horn orders, but don't plan to schedule anything that would be needed before Mardi Gras 2010 (mid-February).



And in the meantime, I'll be at home with my wonderful son, making many wonderful new art pieces with crayons, markers, construction paper and playdough.