Art in the Park; sponsored by Sheboygan Visual Artists

I have to give a huge shout out to the Art in the Park program!  

The Sheboygan Visual Artists have created a program where artists make a small 8x10 piece of original artwork, The Small Works Project, and they sell paintings for $25 each.  The proceeds go toward Art in the Parks.  A program in which, for a few Saturdays this summer, artists come to a different park in Sheboygan and do a project free of charge with families.  Luckily I've been able to attend 2 of these weekends.  I'm so glad that I've been able to take advantage of such a wonderful service that is trying to spread creativity & the arts in our community.

Sadly, Frank one of the artists said he was unsure of the continuation of the program for next year.  I know the SVA has worked very hard on this and really put a great amount of time & money behind the project.  It saddens me.  I wish every community would start doing more to incorporate the arts into our everyday lives.  I think we all need a little art in our lives in this time, and in the future. 

What a wonderful thing to have in our communities!

photo cred: Frank Juarez

Art for all ages!!!

Do you have a great community program?  

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A busy week, MIA from blogging. oops...

OK, it's been a bit quiet in the blogging front lately.  Sorry everyone, I have been spending some time with my girls while dad was away on business.  He'll be back in a few hours, so time to catch up so we can spend some much needed time together too.

So here is my week in a nutshell...

Last Friday night I attended a great gallery night with my friend Laura (plug for her hubby's band, Beef Tea) at EBCO ArtWorks, featuring SVA (Sheboygan Visual Artists) artists.  It was a wonderful night with food, wine, music, and friends.  Frank Juarez has been the driving force behind SVA since it's conception, and he is doing such a wonderful job bringing Art to the community!  Kudos Frank & all the SVA members.  I had a great time & got out of the house :)  

Me & Laura listening to the band... I'm in the yellow sweater.

Some video of the band... The Water Street Hot Shots :)

Saturday I went to a precious metal clay demo.  I have a whole new respect for the people who work with that clay!  I figured it would be an easy transition because my husband works with clay.  Umm... there is definitely a bit more I have to figure out before buying any MORE of the clay.  Oh my... does that mean another trip to the bead shop?  Darn :D

The rest of the week has been playing with children, and trying to keep up with my shop.  Parent lunch, laundry, girl scouts, dishes, meals, grocery shopping, homework helping, and reading.  In between I tried to keep up with my shop, but it seems like that's a lost cause when Mike is gone on business.  In the future I'll try to schedule a few posts ahead of time for all you loyal lovies who love seeing all the pretty things & finding out what we've been up to :)

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