{"id":491,"date":"2021-03-06T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/?p=491"},"modified":"2021-03-07T01:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T01:56:32","slug":"spring-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/2021\/03\/06\/spring-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring happenings!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Though\u00a0snow still crunches under my feet as I go for my daily walks in the woods, the wind brings air filled with spring aromas of growing things. The irresistible change of seasons has begun! The snow is slowly melting, the birds are happily chirping, the days grow longer, and the squirrels are mating with abandon. I&#8217;ve been enjoying the rural rhythm of our new home in New England, working in the mornings, taking a midday forest bathing break, then returning to the studio until the sun goes down. My shelves are filled with new woods dwellers as they patiently wait for my new kiln to arrive at the end of this month.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-495\" src=\"http:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/studiosot2021maarch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/studiosot2021maarch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/studiosot2021maarch-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/studiosot2021maarch-768x718.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile I have exciting news: my next three-person exhibition will be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsfaboston.com\/upcoming-exhibits#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1574373466330_28088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fountain Gallery<\/a> in Boston. The show runs March 31 through April 25 with the opening reception during SoWa First Friday Art Walk: Friday, April 2 | 5:00\u20138:00PM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsfaboston.com\/upcoming-exhibits#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1574373466330_28088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.fsfaboston.com\/upcoming-exhibits#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1574373466330_28088<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/poster.jpg 760w, https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/poster-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>My sculpture was also selected for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/show\/international-sculpture-center-isc-chapter-member-showcase?page=3&amp;sort=partner_show_position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artsy Online Exclusive Exhibition<\/a>. The Show opened on Monday, March 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0and will be on view until April 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/natasha-dikareva-what-is-going-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/natasha-dikareva-what-is-going-on<\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/natashdikareva-1whatisgoingon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/natashdikareva-1whatisgoingon.jpg 552w, https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/natashdikareva-1whatisgoingon-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Hope you are safe and powering through the last few weeks of cold. Looking forward to seeing you in person at my Boston exhibition opening!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494\" src=\"http:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spring.jpg 760w, https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spring-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though\u00a0snow still crunches under my feet as I go for my daily walks in the woods, the wind brings air filled with spring aromas of growing things. The irresistible change of seasons has begun! The snow is slowly melting, the birds are happily chirping, the days grow longer, and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dikarevart.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}