Carina Hume

Art Carina Hume A face with big blue eyes stares out from the canvas, marred by tears and a bright pink X where a smile should have been. The young girl, without a voice or a sense of place, is another casualty in the aftermath of a loved-one’s addiction.
The story is one of many illustrated by life-sized colorful canvases, shadow boxes and words of remembrance, to highlight the art exhibit, “From Pain to Hope.”
The exhibit opens May 13 in the lower level gallery of the Crooked Tree Arts Center in downtown Petoskey. It’s supported by a grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.

Features Carina Hume Mardi Gras. Those two little French words conjure up visions of bare flesh and beads. But the city of New Orleans is much more than that.
Our first trip there for Mardi Gras in 1996 sparked a deep appreciation for its history, architecture and food. Wandering around the famed Garden District, we strolled through the Lafayette Cemetery with its mausoleums, rode for blocks on the St. Charles Ave. streetcar and admired the stained glass doors of many Uptown houses.