Tonight I was part of a panel of artists which included Christine Oliver, Melinda Cootsana and Stephanie Maclean along with Mel Thomsen, Executive Director of SVOS preparing artists for this year’s Silicon Valley Open Studios. Here I am after our talk with Mel, Stephanie and this year’s directory. This SVOS University helped to make last year’s open studio such a success for me that I could help but want to return the favor!