I am back home now in Oregon after a wonderful residency, workshop and concert in Belgium. The residency was at deFENIKS Art Center in Mortsel, Belgium, where the Walpurgis Musiektheater is located.
 I took the train from the airport in Brussels to Antwerp. Locals were proud to tell me that their Centraal Station is the most beautiful train station in the world. I agree!  In concert at Walpurgis Musiektheater Globetrotting photographer Ben Sussman met me in Belgium to take all these great photographs. I really appreciated the experience of being in a new place, and was inspired by the people there. |  The weekend after arriving I got to work and made a beer-can guitar, using a Belgian beer can. I composed a piece of music, "Garden of Bees", inspired by the view from my studio. Here is a video I created:  Cigar Box Guitar Workshop  And a participant plays cigar box guitar. |
 from behind  in concert with miniature guitar  and the beer-can guitar is a big hit!  After the concert with the people who invited me to the residency and performance: Walpurgis artistic director Judith, and technician and sceneographer Stef. |  A lesson in playing my homemade cigar box guitar.  Cigar box guitar fun!  Jam session!  Jamming continues!  Me and a new cigar box guitar convert.  And another person plays.  deFENIKS Art Center  concert from above |
