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Calling All Lovers of Mary Poppins!

5/30/2015

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Starring Emma Thomson as the author of Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers) and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, Saving Mr. Banks is a movie about:
  • coming to terms with the pain of our past; 
  • seeing our family from a wider perspective; and 
  • using our creativity to transform our personal burdens into universal gifts that others can find comfort and delight in.  
So “step in time” by clicking on the DVD cover and watch this wonderful movie today!

Be sure to closely check out the shadows on the DVD cover...
And for those who love the movie classic, Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews, you can watch it again by clicking on the DVD cover!
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Kathryn V. White takes time to jump on sidewalk chalk paintings to enter other realms of reality--just like Mary Poppins and her charges did! You may find some of these adventures in her short stories!  Find out more at www.kathrynVwhite.com

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Meet Cuca--A Fun-Loving Artist & Greenwich Village Cockroach!

5/23/2015

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La Cucaracha is a short tale about Cuca, the cockroach, who lives in the 1970s in Greenwich Village--the era of bell bottoms, flower power, and free love.

Cuca is not immune to their power, nor the tasty tidbits left by his giant roommate, the chef.

How does Cuca survive in a world that wants to see him dead?  

How does he thrive and ultimately share his artistry?

For a good laugh, follow Cuca on his journey today!

Click on the cover to learn more. 
Recent review posted on Amazon.com...
Lots to love at home and in town with Cuca! 

Fun and frolic, a look at life from the cock roach point of view--and maybe see a bit beyond our human façade, too. This is a character you can love. 

My favorite lines: "He was respectful of books and did his best to not leave any marks. Cuca always washed his feet before he took a book dip." 

This story reads like the author laughed and giggled her way through the writing, and who can resist a writer who is having the time of her life with a cockroach? Or was he, now? Hmmmmm. Sounds a lot like a great-uncle of mine!   --Marlee LeDai 
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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White has met some of Cuca's NYC relatives and can honestly say that Cuca is one amazing cockroach.  Kathryn's most recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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The Amazing & Tumultuous Marriage of Jane and Stephen Hawking

5/16/2015

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What do you do if you are diagnosed in your early 20s with an incurable, debilitating motor neuron disease and given only two years to live? 

What do you do as a young, unmarried woman of the same age if this is happening to the man you love?

The film, The Theory of Everything, is based on Jane Hawking’s book, Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind the Theory of Everything (which is revised from an earlier edition).  
It reveals Jane’s indomitable spirit in taking on the emotional and physical challenges inherent in falling in love, marrying, having children, providing 24-hour care, and later divorcing the famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. 

You meet the two during their Cambridge years—full of intellectual curiosity and totally smitten with each other. And you watch their life change, become more difficult and still incredibly full as Stephen’s disease progresses—taking away his ability to walk, hold his children, and even talk until the development of a computer-aided speaking device.  

As time goes on, with the progression of Stephen's disease, his total immersion into his research, his increasing fame, and the need for outside help, their marriage breaks down under the strains.

And even though their marriage ends in divorce, you see how seemingly insurmountable odds are overcome and great achievements are made not only in astrophysics, but even more importantly—in growing as a person when loving deeply, maintaining hope, nurturing curiosity, actively helping others, not giving up one’s dreams, and being willing to let go.

This film is superbly written and acted—Eddie Redmayne looks uncannily like Stephen Hawking and provides an amazing portrayal of the progression of Stephen’s disease and its crippling effects on Stephen’s body.

Click on the DVD cover to find out more about the film and the book cover to find out about the book. 
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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White loves well-written, beautifully-acted, life-affirming films.  Her most recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Read My Pins & Other Artistic Expressions

5/9/2015

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Picture"Liberty" by Gijs Bakker. Photo from BAM website.
The Bellevue Art Museum (BAM) is hosting five concurrent exhibits running for the next one to three months.

Read My Pins pays homage to former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s predilection for political statements through her pins.  

Her collection of over 200 pins span from the early 1900s to the present day.  Examples include the face of the Statue of Liberty with clock eyes where both the wearer and viewer get their own perspective of time (my favorite); bejeweled bees, spiders, and butterflies; shoulder mounted zebras (worn when meeting with Nelson Mandela); a clay heart made by one of her daughters as a child (her favorite); and many others.  (Closes June 7, 2015)
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"The Apartment" by Gina Zetts. Photo from the BAM website.
Emerge/Evolve 2014 highlights the works of artists associated with the Bullseye Glass Company (located in Portland, Oregon).  Show-cased art includes delicate glass hanging like a lace curtain; an empty chair faces a window in a glass double-façade, miniature vignette; thin, black glass spreads infinitely across a wall creating beautiful, organic patterns; and flowers emerge from fused glass bits. (Closes June 14, 2015)

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"Tumblers" by Joel Sayre. Photo from BAM website.
The New Frontier presents work by designer-makers from the Pacific Northwest.  It’s an eclectic mix that includes large rocks fashioned from salvaged wood (my favorite); furniture; a large woven rug; eclectic lamps; and a high-end dog house that offers beauty, but no weather-protection. (Closes August 16, 2015)

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"Puzzle Guts" by Jana Brevick. Photo from BAM website.
In the exhibition titled, Infinity Fits in My Hand, Jana Brevick’s galactic-inspired jewelry and fully-jointed, robotic pieces mix humor with a high level of metal craftsmanship. (Closes August 16, 2015)

And as a last treat, the Northwest Collage Society's Spring 2015 show, Adornment, is featured until June 28, 2015. 

Don’t wait.  Take a trip to the BAM and enjoy these fascinating exhibits today!
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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's most recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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A Good Head & A Good Heart...

5/2/2015

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Kathryn is frequently inspired by quotes and loves to share them. Learn about her recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration and Wholeness at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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    Kathryn V. White is an author and artist who dreams of rousingly playing a djembe in a drum circle.  

    Two of my books are finalists in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!  Click on the below book covers to learn more.
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    2020 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum 
    Kathryn's collage, "Resonating Truth" has been juried into a show at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The exhibit runs from April 9 to August 20, 2020.

    2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

    Kathryn's papercutting plus collage  "Summer Interlude" has been juried into a traveling show.  The exhibit runs September 9, 2019 to December 8, 2019 at Gallery 3700 in Arlington, Virginia and from December 17, 2019 to February 18, 2020 at Westover Library in Arlington, Virginia.
    2019 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center
    Kathryn's large collage "When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?" has been juried into a show at the Washington State Convention Center's Phyllis Lamphere Gallery.  The exhibit runs January 12, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
    Poetry On Buses 
    Kathryn's poem, The Sound Soothes, was selected for the ​2017 Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water Program and is a part of the online collection! Click here to read it!

    2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

    ​*Three of Kathryn's collages have been juried into an exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA from April 3 through June 24, 2018. "Phoenix" won the Northwest Collage Society's prestigious Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award.

    2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

    *20 of Kathryn's artworks were on exhibit in a solo show from October 16 through December 7, 2017 at the University Business Center's Gallery 4500 in Seattle's U-District.
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle City Hall 
    ​Kathryn's collage, "Welcome to My Universe" was juried into the exhibit, "Hot Town: Summer in the City" at the Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle that ran from July 7 through August 30, 2017.
     
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle University  
    ​Kathryn had a large collage, "Broadway at Times Square" juried into the 2017 Search for Meaning Art Exhibition (part of the Search for Meaning Book Festival) from February  16 to 25, 2017 at Seattle University's Vachon Gallery. 
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Cascadia Art Museum  
    ​Kathryn had a collage, "Indra's Net" juried into the exhibit, "Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 to 1950" that ran January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.
    2017 Exhibit at Dreamclinic 
    ​Kathryn had 10 artworks exhibited from January through April 12, 2017 at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood.
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