Long time no blog

Hello TAOB Readers!

I hope this finds you all well. First of all, I want to give thanks to Gabriel Treviño whose loyalty and dedication to this blog has kept it alive! Gabriel believes in the Brownsville/Valley art community and his time spent is supporting and covering the local artist is inspiring. To me this is merit of recognition and much gratitude on my part.

As for me, I really need to apologize for my substantial absence from this blog, which I admit is not far from neglect. I have begun a teaching job this year and became active at church, which quite literally leave me drained of energy to give quality attention to the blog. I won't elaborate much on my teaching experience, but I can say that teaching has been by far the most challenging and engaging experience I have EVER been involved in. I am learning so much everyday and no matter how much I can teach them, I think I learn more from my students; more about life, more about myself and most importantly more about them, their needs and their wants. The more I learn, the more I believe education needs more support, development and involvement from all involved (teachers, parents, families, students, alumni, leaders, etc...). The arts and education can definitely be a vehicle for improving the quality of life in our community.

Besides all that, I know the blog is craving development and our local arts need continued support and coverage. But like all things that need nurturing, this cannot be done alone. The blog needs some TLC and if you are interested in helping please throw an email my way to artofbrownsville@gmail.com. Let me know how you think you can help. A meeting will be organized for sometime next week.

Thanks to all who keep coming back to the blog and whom support the local arts.

With much sincerity,

Mayra Cruz