During this wonderful 3-week National Artist in Residency at Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California, I had a very enjoyable time making some new art with handmade paper using local plant materials as well as presenting an exhibition of handmade paper artworks I created in 2024 and 2025 and teaching a 2-day workshop in making handmade paper from local plants and a Zoom/hybrid workshop on International Opportunities for Artists. I also gave an Artist Talk about my work, and there were several receptions and opportunities to interact with local people and gallery visitors during Open Studio times at the Blue Line Arts Center.

Below are some images of my residency experience at Blue Line Arts taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen, who came with me and documented the residency in Roseville. This residency program has outstanding support for the selected artist, and it was an inspiring and productive time. I highly recommend this residency that is sponsored by the Placer Community Foundation and the Susan Cooley-Gilliom family to bring different artists there each year for the SCG National Artist in Residency and Teaching Program. The next call for artists is available now at this link: https://www.bluelinearts.org/scg-national-2026

All images of my September 2025 residency at Blue Line Arts are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

Here are more photos from the last week of my SCG Artist in Residency at Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA.

All photos are by Timothy S. Allen.