2023: A Retrospective

This has been a weird and often frustrating year, but what can I expect when most of the people around me are pretending that the pandemic is over? Fortunately, despite the pandemic, I was still able to get a lot of things done.

I made some new artwork:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-newest-assemblage-make-something-real.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-little-something-i-made-recently.html

I saw some beautiful work by other artists:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/01/monochrome-multitudes-at-smart-museum.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-2023-gold-coast-art-fair.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-2023-expo-chicago-show.html

I also went to a few interior design trade shows:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-2023-inspired-home-show.html  

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/06/neocon-2023.html 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/10/design-chicago-2023.html

I wrote a little about supplies that I was excited to use this year:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/04/add-to-cart.html 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/02/of-course-i-had-to-get-this-paint.html

I had a few new business ventures:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/02/mini-collages-at-tiny-frock-shop.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/08/book-signing-at-2023-black-womens-expo.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-first-international-art-show.html 

I shared my thoughts on technology and social media:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-hand-of-artist.html 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/08/its-not-price-its-principle.html

 

As well as my thoughts on the new Barbie movie and some exhibits at the Field museum: 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/07/my-thoughts-on-barbie-movie.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/07/life-and-death-at-field-museum.html

And the pandemic:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/03/my-3-year-pandemic-anniversary.html

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/10/taking-matters-into-my-own-sanitized.html 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/10/get-art-not-covid.html

 

I celebrated the 30th anniversary of my YA novel with a new cover design: 

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/06/book-cover-design-part-4-new-edition.html

And the 15th anniversary of this blog:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-15-year-blog-anniversary.html

And I designed these rooms:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/10/my-latest-interior-design-project-jewel.html

And I raised my rates:

https://tiffanygholar.blogspot.com/2023/07/time-to-raise-my-rates.html

And then there are some things I didn't blog about. I did some more interior design projects at home that I plan to blog about in the future.

 

I had a chance to show my work at a high school's art gallery.

 

A few things that ended this year that I enjoyed, namely the Netflix DVD by mail program and Zulily, shuttered by the greed of a private equity firm. Christmas felt different this year as well, and Kelly Latimore's work embodied it:

 

I'm not into new year's resolutions or superstitions. I don't make vision boards. Since 2020, I stopped setting big goals and try to just take things a day at a time. So at this point, with 2023 behind me, all I can say is that I hope 2024 will be a better year than so many of the years that came before it.