Rachel Perry
@rachelperrystudio.bsky.social
Recording the daily life of a working artist in 140 characters since 2009 using twitter as performance space @racyperry. Now here, will try
Watching the three-year-old experience Christmas—magical. Watching him draw and paint in his sketchbook was as well. Missing absent members.
December 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Watching the three-year-old experience Christmas—magical. Watching him draw and paint in his sketchbook was as well. Missing absent members.
Played Go Fish before hanging our stockings on the big hedge and reciting Clement C. Moore’s T’was the Night Before Christmas, family style.
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Played Go Fish before hanging our stockings on the big hedge and reciting Clement C. Moore’s T’was the Night Before Christmas, family style.
Every day we get more relaxed. Special to have this time with everyone who was able to make it here. Different while missing absent members.
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Every day we get more relaxed. Special to have this time with everyone who was able to make it here. Different while missing absent members.
More rain and lots of it. A rainbow. First day with MACK fam and we made the most of it. Swimming, beach play and walk, hot (warm) tub, pool
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
More rain and lots of it. A rainbow. First day with MACK fam and we made the most of it. Swimming, beach play and walk, hot (warm) tub, pool
Sunshine, rain. Rain, sunshine. Pickleball, pool, bacon, and sushi. Coconut sunscreen, coconut drinks. Mahjong. MACK makes it here. Monsoon?
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sunshine, rain. Rain, sunshine. Pickleball, pool, bacon, and sushi. Coconut sunscreen, coconut drinks. Mahjong. MACK makes it here. Monsoon?
Greeted old friends Juana, Juan and Dean at Cocomar for our fourth (?) visit. Bought Italy tickets in trip-stacking fashion. Princess Bride.
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Greeted old friends Juana, Juan and Dean at Cocomar for our fourth (?) visit. Bought Italy tickets in trip-stacking fashion. Princess Bride.
Still no proofs. FedEx lost them. And Christmas card envelopes delayed. So I scrounged enough by going to two stores. Addressed, and mailed!
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Still no proofs. FedEx lost them. And Christmas card envelopes delayed. So I scrounged enough by going to two stores. Addressed, and mailed!
Proofs didn’t arrive as scheduled. So after handing off sculpture to Robin I got needlepoint yarn, skin care products. Mahj and BLO parties.
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Proofs didn’t arrive as scheduled. So after handing off sculpture to Robin I got needlepoint yarn, skin care products. Mahj and BLO parties.
Good studio visit with the director and two curators of CAM this morning. Selected work, discussed complicated hanging, framing, and layout.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good studio visit with the director and two curators of CAM this morning. Selected work, discussed complicated hanging, framing, and layout.
Started something new in the studio, putting leftover 7 mono up on the walls. We’ll see. Lunch with Les at new house. Prep for studio visit.
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Started something new in the studio, putting leftover 7 mono up on the walls. We’ll see. Lunch with Les at new house. Prep for studio visit.
Picked up Leslie from the airport—today’s the day she’s moving here. We toasted her. We bemoaned the violence and anger these last few days.
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Picked up Leslie from the airport—today’s the day she’s moving here. We toasted her. We bemoaned the violence and anger these last few days.
Snowy, quiet Sunday morning. Yoga. Cooked for the week—African chicken dish, white chicken chili with beans, cheesy scallion bacon cornbread
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Snowy, quiet Sunday morning. Yoga. Cooked for the week—African chicken dish, white chicken chili with beans, cheesy scallion bacon cornbread
Annie’s party—her great grandmother’s tradition. Carols, dinner. Multi-generational gathering recalling four generations of our family there
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Annie’s party—her great grandmother’s tradition. Carols, dinner. Multi-generational gathering recalling four generations of our family there
Annie’s party—her great grandmother’s tradition. Carols, dinner. Multi-generational gathering recalling four generations of our family there
December 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Annie’s party—her great grandmother’s tradition. Carols, dinner. Multi-generational gathering recalling four generations of our family there
Organized and laid out the annual Christmas card this morning with coffee, emailed it, checked proofs, got the final prints. All in one day.
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Organized and laid out the annual Christmas card this morning with coffee, emailed it, checked proofs, got the final prints. All in one day.
Yoga on my heated floor in the studio—a revelation on these blustery and frigid days. Add the view of the sky with its blush of clouds, yes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yoga on my heated floor in the studio—a revelation on these blustery and frigid days. Add the view of the sky with its blush of clouds, yes.
My “tiny rebellion” (thank you, George Orwell) is in not really promoting my work on these platforms. It makes me queasy. The joke is on us.
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My “tiny rebellion” (thank you, George Orwell) is in not really promoting my work on these platforms. It makes me queasy. The joke is on us.
Went to Cape Ann Museum to measure space again and look at the wall/box placed over the window and am rethinking everything—the layout, work
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Went to Cape Ann Museum to measure space again and look at the wall/box placed over the window and am rethinking everything—the layout, work
Arranged shipping for works to Boston. Finished another audiobook as progress made on the latest needlepoint for my show at Cape Ann Museum.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Arranged shipping for works to Boston. Finished another audiobook as progress made on the latest needlepoint for my show at Cape Ann Museum.
I wrote and revised, wrote and revised. Then I put my latest artist statement through PI (Partner Intelligence) and SI (Sister Intelligence)
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I wrote and revised, wrote and revised. Then I put my latest artist statement through PI (Partner Intelligence) and SI (Sister Intelligence)
Sent letter of recommendation for S., finished words for solo exhibition, enjoyed video call with A. and Miss M. Paid bills, cooked new dish
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Sent letter of recommendation for S., finished words for solo exhibition, enjoyed video call with A. and Miss M. Paid bills, cooked new dish
Finished a letter of recommendation, worked on my words for Cape Ann Museum solo happening in Spring, noodled on some new ideas. Crazy moon!
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Finished a letter of recommendation, worked on my words for Cape Ann Museum solo happening in Spring, noodled on some new ideas. Crazy moon!
Today Mom says she remembers—I’d forgotten—seeing my unfolded boxes in a late 1990s crit at SMFA and thinking how did she imagine something?
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Today Mom says she remembers—I’d forgotten—seeing my unfolded boxes in a late 1990s crit at SMFA and thinking how did she imagine something?
After yoga I sat down to write—finally—about the work going into my show at CAM. Fun to see friends at Museum School Sale with Annie, Bredt.
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
After yoga I sat down to write—finally—about the work going into my show at CAM. Fun to see friends at Museum School Sale with Annie, Bredt.
Back at it today, through sleet and snow to Saxonville after weird dreams (Maddie playing second clarinet?) to make two more images in LIML.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Back at it today, through sleet and snow to Saxonville after weird dreams (Maddie playing second clarinet?) to make two more images in LIML.