Artist Motherboard on Pinterest: 212 in 2012
How about that: at the end of 2012... 212 people are following the Artist Motherboard!
You remember the Artist Motherboard: a spot on Pinterest specifically for artists who are also mothers, to encourage each other by sharing their inspirations and creations.
In November 2012 it was just a wee thing known to only six people besides me: Aimee Dolich, Nancy O, Emily Cline, Catherine Witherell and Jill K. Berry. Now 26 artists contribute art, ideas and encouragement!
Here's what some of the contributors are up to:
And I'm planning my first solo art exhibit for May 2013! Next week, I'll give you a peek at a new artwork that will be in my show. Hint hint: it's one that was a work-in-progress pin on the Motherboard.
If you're an artist and a mother, join us -- leave a comment on one of the Artist Motherboard pins so we know how to find you!
- Leah Piken Kolidas' art brings some light to survivors of the Sandy Hook school shootings
- Rachel Awes' inspiring book is out -- endorsed by SARK and Kelly Rae Roberts (!)
- Liv Lane shines a limelight on creative people starting January 7, and on January 21st she helps you build social media buzz
- Aimee helped Jill launch Jill's awesome line of stencils to
hoarduse in your art - Susie Lubell offers comfort to those
crazybrave enough to take their kids on an international flight - Catherine takes a look back on a year and a half of Texture Tuesdays
And I'm planning my first solo art exhibit for May 2013! Next week, I'll give you a peek at a new artwork that will be in my show. Hint hint: it's one that was a work-in-progress pin on the Motherboard.
If you're an artist and a mother, join us -- leave a comment on one of the Artist Motherboard pins so we know how to find you!
Thursday with LHPAC: Hip-hop (class) hooray!
Hip-hop HOORAY!
HO!
HEY!
HO!
-- Naughty by Nature, "Hip Hop Hooray," 1993
Okay, enough time spent in the Way-Back Machine. Let's go back to the future of hip-hop: a weekly dance class for kids at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
Every Thursday evening, kids ages six to twelve can take lessons from Simon Komphadith, Kohei Takahira and Anna Nagy.
Some kids, like Aiyanah (the one in the pink hoodie above) found their way to this class the easy way: they saw the sign...
... and stayed for more. Like Aiyanah, Chloe and her brother Ethan (below) also plan to come back in the following weeks now that their mom's found a gender-neutral activity both kids like.
But not all the young dancers live in the LHPAC neighborhood.
Eleven-year-old Xzavier and his mom make the half-hour trip from Mill Creek to Seattle -- specifically for this class. Details:
WHEN: Tonight and every Thursday night, 5:30pm-8:30pm
WHERE: Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Seattle
COST: Free!
MORE INFO: LHPAC event calendar
Break out the breathable clothes -- the kids will be working hard! But they're having fun waving their hands (and feet) in the air.
FTC disclosure: I'm partnering with the LHPAC on a series I call "Thursdays with LHPAC," generally published on Thursdays. I am being paid an honorarium for my work. However, all opinions and views expressed in this series are my own.
HO!
HEY!
HO!
-- Naughty by Nature, "Hip Hop Hooray," 1993
Okay, enough time spent in the Way-Back Machine. Let's go back to the future of hip-hop: a weekly dance class for kids at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
WHEN: Tonight and every Thursday night, 5:30pm-8:30pm
WHERE: Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Seattle
COST: Free!
MORE INFO: LHPAC event calendar
Break out the breathable clothes -- the kids will be working hard! But they're having fun waving their hands (and feet) in the air.
FTC disclosure: I'm partnering with the LHPAC on a series I call "Thursdays with LHPAC," generally published on Thursdays. I am being paid an honorarium for my work. However, all opinions and views expressed in this series are my own.
Thursday with LHPAC: the arts gift that keeps on giving
Imagine being a teen with more talent than money for arts education. Now imagine what you'd do with a scholarship that recognized your gifts as well as your parents' thin wallet.
The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (LHPAC) provides exactly those kind of opportunities in its summer teen musicals and other youth programs. But even a relatively low program fee can be too much for some families. So the LHPAC is spreading the word about scholarships offered by the Anthony Quinn Foundation.
Created by the late actor and arts education advocate, the foundation's scholarships provide funding for pre-college, after-school and summer programs. Here's a glimpse of what the scholarship did for one of the 2011 winners, Megan Lee.
The competitive application process grants awards between $1000 and $3000. And no -- the money doesn't go to the student, it goes to the arts program to pay the kid's fees. Details:
WHO'S ELIGIBLE: High school students nominated by a teacher, advisor or non-related adult
FOR WHAT: Scholarships to study performing arts, visual arts and design, media arts or literary arts
BY WHEN: Application deadline is midnight on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
MORE INFO: Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarships application form
If you'd like to nominate a student, you and the student have about three and a half weeks to pull the application together and submit it. Who knows? You might keep a kid from having to give up music lessons, like Niela Hampton had to -- twice.
Imagine being a patron of the arts for the holidays. Wouldn't that be an awesome gift for you and your artist?