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Oct4

ZenXpressions Art Show = Success

Posted on October 4, 2015 by emeraldcitytangles

I think I’ve finally recouperated from the “ZenXpressions: A Showcase of Zentangle Inspired Art”! Whew!! What a crazy time we had. Over 40 pieces were on display and we had a wonderful showing!

Here are the names of our artist winners: First Place – Brenda Smith (Painted Mandala on Canvas); Second Place – Paulette Mattingly (Zendala); Third Place – Tessa Reed (Panda and Bamboo). Unfortunately (my fault), I wasn’t thinking and didn’t take pictures of all of the pieces. I’ve made a note for next year’s show to do that!! In fact, I’m thinking maybe next year a little catalog of the entries might be in order.

The People’s Choice award had over 100+ votes come in and Tessa Reed was the winner!

Two of our artists sold pieces – Congratulations Kae Decker and Diana McCann! How exciting!!

And we sold enough of the handmade ornaments and bookmarks to be able to donate $100 to AFSP.org (Kansas). As you will recall, a portion of the entry fees and all proceeds from the ornaments/bookmarks would be donated to a local chapter for suicide prevention, which turned out to be quite fitting as September was designated as Suicide Awareness Month.

A special thank you goes to our Sponsors: Tessera Fine Art Gallery, The Avon Shop at Rock & 31st, Dopps Chiropractic NE, and Patti Doll-artist; and to our Judge, Ann Hathaway – CZT.

And, I couldn’t have done all of this without my wonderful team of volunteers!! You are all so very much appreciated!! Thanks for the good eats!!

Set your calendars for September 2016! Happy Tangling! Bonnie 🙂

Mar6

Zentangle Art Show In Wichita!!

Posted on March 6, 2015 by emeraldcitytangles

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Please note that “ZenXpressions: A Showcase of Zentangle Inspired Art” has had a date change. The new Final Friday date will be September 25, 2015. All other information is correct. Thank you for your understanding in this! B.

IT’S HAPPENING!! THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE!!

On Final Friday, July 31, 2015, in Downtown Wichita, Kansas, at Tessera Fine Art Gallery there WILL BE AN ART SHOW dedicated to all the Zentangle enthusiasts in the Wichita and surrounding area!

Sandy Hunter, CZT

This art show is going to get the word out to the people of Wichita that Zentangle is taking over!! Let’s show them what Zentangle is all about!! My goal is to share the wonderful world we have become involved in and let them know that you don’t even have to know how to draw a straight line to be an artist! We are ALL ARTISTS, with creativity inside of us just waiting to be nurtured and let out.

Think about it…how many of you, when you first came to learn Zentangle said, “I can’t draw”, “I’m not an artist”, “I haven’t done any art since high school”, or…. “I remember loving to create when I was younger, but family and work got in the way and I just didn’t have time”, “I wanted to be creative but I never thought I was good enough”, “It takes too much money to buy materials”, or some other such thing?? But when you sat down and someone shared with you, you found a voice, a wellspring within you, a gleam of light showing you the way, and you realized that, “YES! I can create this wonderful piece of art!” Remember the fun and joy? How we looked at each other’s tiles and were so excited to see how everyone’s was different and unique?

Brenda Lee Shaver, CZT

I am so looking forward to having you participate in this great event.

CLICK HERE to find all the information you’ll need to participate and/or attend the show. SCROLL DOWN the page to download the event entry forms (there are two pages).

I’m counting on you to share with others you know who are Zentangle enthusiasts. Invite friends, family, and coworkers to the show. Share it on Facebook and other social media to help me spread the word. I could always use some volunteers as there is a lot to be done. If everyone can do one little thing, we can get this big thing done!! All my volunteers will get recognition!

LET’S REACH FOR THE STARS!!

Happy Tangling! Bonnie

Oct31

So here’s the scoop…

Posted on October 31, 2014 by emeraldcitytangles

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I am appalled that I haven’t sent out a message in two months! But what can I say? Life gets in the way all the time. I joke with my friends that I have no idea how in the heck I was ever able to work a full-time job because, as of right now, I don’t have enough time to do all that I do and fit a full-time job in!! I never understood what people meant when they said they “retired” and didn’t have enough time. Well, that’s the case. Between the regular grind of just doing household chores, shopping, and keeping up with my family, I find that all the other activities I want/need to do eat away at what little time I have. I do work part-time, so that takes up several days, and I still do my classes so that takes up some time. But I have been trying to do artwork of late and that, along with helping out a new project get off the ground (I’ll tell you more all about that in the paragraph below) has been keeping me hopping. I’ve been trying my hand at Gelli printing (which I am enthralled with), collage, papercutting, and in general, watching YouTube videos on how to create things (I guess that REALLY takes up time). I WANT TO DO IT ALL!!

But here is one of the newest projects I’m involved with…ThomGallery.com. It’s been quite a crazy ride over the last month or so. You can read all about it at the blog on ThomGallery.com. The core people of the project have been trying to get the program off the ground and we’ve run into some obstacles. We originally had a beautiful Victorian home in the downtown area that we were beginning to fix up, but the lease fell through on us. So now we are looking for a new home. I’ve posted a picture of the original place we had, so if you know of anyone who has such a marvelous piece of property that they want fixed up, we’re willing to do the work (we’d love to trade some of the leasing fee in exchange for that work). We’d like it to be somewhere in the downtown area and have lots of room for all the visions we have in mind.

Original THOM Gallery

Please “Like” our Facebook page here. And bookmark ThomGallery.com. We have our First Annual Muse Art & Talent event scheduled for November 15, so keep checking the website for details. We are looking for artists to participate, so if you are interested in that download the entry form here.

Finally, if you are interested in helping us financially, we have a GoFundMe campaign going. Anything you can offer would be so very much appreciated.

AS A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU – if you donate $5 or more you will receive a bookmark from me; if you donate $10 or more I will make you a Zentangle tile with your first initial; if you donate $25 or more you will receive an original matted Zentangle tile; if you donate $50 or more you will receive all of the above. If you donate $250 or more you will receive one of my abstract paintings using three colors of your choice – paintings are one of a kind, so I cannot tell you what they will look like. Some pictures below are representational only.

IF YOU DONATE, please let me know by commenting below or sending me an email – emeraldcitytangles@yahoo.com.

Love to all of my followers who put up with my ramblings!! B 🙂