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Celebrate Your Girlfriends!

7/31/2013

To celebrate National Girlfriend's Day (on August 1), I'm gifting my uplifting short-short story, Heart to Heart, from July 31 through August 2, 2013.

It's available via Amazon as a Kindle ebook.

Don't have a Kindle? No sweat! Download the free Kindle App that can be used on PCs, iPads, and other devices.

Click on the book cover above to go directly to the ebook for downloading. (Affiliate link)

For those in the UK, you can download my ebook here: http://amzn.to/18Gk5Pu

Please join me in recognizing and celebrating all the support we get from our girlfriends by letting others know about this FREE gift! All moms, aunts, sisters, daughters, and friends can take pleasure in a loving and uplifting story!

Enjoy!

(Note: Amazon manages the start and cut off date and time--so don't wait until the last minute to access this deal as you could miss it due to time zone differences.)

Miss Representation

7/25/2013

Miss Representation is a gripping documentary that engages and
disturbs the viewer at the same time. It includes interviews of powerful women, stories from teenagers, and examples of media misogyny.

With so much media emphasis on female youth, sexuality, and unattainable body appearance--girls' perspectives of their bodies and what they believe they can achieve are negatively impacted. In addition, depression, low self-esteem, and nasty peer pressure are enhanced.

Watching this film provides an excellent opening for deeper discussions with peers, friends, and family.

Click on the DVD cover to find out more about the film. (Affiliate link)

Learn more about what you can do to stop detrimental media messaging.

The Art of Silliness

7/19/2013

Illustration by Carla Sonheim (from her website)

For all those who love to paint and draw and for all those who want to paint and draw but feel too intimidated--you've got to meet Carla Sonheim.

Carla quickly puts her students at ease and gets everyone laughing and having fun in her art classes. And, you'll be amazed how under her experienced tutelage you can create all sorts of creatures from doodles that look really cool! I've experienced this myself firsthand.

For a taste of Carla's teaching, you can check out her free online tutorials or take an online class. Go to her website to sign up for her newsletter so you can learn about her in-person classes as well. She's even got a summer art camp starting on July 22, 2013.

She is the author of several books. Her Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises To Make Drawing Fun has sold 45,000 copies. Way to go, Carla!

Click on the book covers below to learn more (affiliate links).

Free Ebook

7/17/2013

From July 17 to July 19, 2013, my uplifting short-short story, Are You Using Your Gifts? is FREE!

It's available via Amazon Kindle.

Don't have a Kindle? No sweat! Download the free Kindle App that can be used on PCs, iPads, and other devices.

Click on the book cover above to go directly to the ebook for downloading. (Affiliate link)

Please let other people know about this offer!

Enjoy!

(Note: Amazon manages the start and cut off date and time--so don't wait until the last minute to access this deal as you could miss it due to time zone differences.)

5th Annual NW Book Festival

7/12/2013

Picture from http://www.nwbookfestival.com/

Graphic from www.nwbookfestival.com

The 5th Annual NW Book Festival is taking place at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, OR on Saturday, July 27, 2013.

They are now taking applications from authors, publishers, & bookstores. Check out their website to find out more.

National Short Story Week

7/10/2013

Poster for 2013 National Short Story Week

November 12-18, 2013 is National Short Story Week, well, in the United Kingdom.

Yet, there's no reason why this event can’t spread wider afield, say in the USA, a former colony of the British Empire!

Visit their website and alert your librarians, teachers, and local media. Post on social media sites, tweet, blog and do your part to spread the word.

The website has a nice poster that can be used to advertise short story events as part of the 2013 National Short Story Week. I've included its image as part of this post.

I'm sharing this information now so you have some time to move on it!

What are you waiting for?

Be An Abstract Expressionist!

7/6/2013

"Placemat" by Kathryn V. White--Screenshot using the "You Made That" interactive tool

Want to be an abstract expressionist but don't know where to start?

Try out the You Made That interactive tool to create and share your artwork.

Just a note--I had to use Google Chrome rather than Internet Explorer to get the tool to work for both creating the art as well as being able to view what I created from the http address generated to share and view the art.

Want to see my creation? Go to: http://nyti.ms/13C8xgp (give it a few seconds to upload)

Have fun!

Love The Animals

7/5/2013

Cat photo from HSLF.org

Love animals? Help animals! And the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) makes it easy. They publish the Humane Activist five times a year. It only costs $10.00/year to subscribe. Each short newsletter includes updates on legislation that supports or hurts our animal buddies.

A great feature is their section on HSLF-supported animal protection bills before the U.S. Congress. You then just email or call your senators’ or representatives’ offices and let them know you'd like them to support the specific bills listed. It's easy--just give them the bill number listed in the newsletter.

Once you find out the contact information for your senators and representatives, post that phone number someplace for easy access—like your refrigerator. And/or add their email addresses to your email accounts.

How to find your senators and representatives? Go to www.hslf.org/leglookup or http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml.

Take action NOW! And boost your good karma today!

Create Your Own Mail Art

7/1/2013

Kathryn V. White's Mail Art--Interior & Inserts

I had so much fun with my Mail Art assignment that I did as part of my online art class that I hope to inspire you!

Make your own envelope or buy one. If you make one, it allows for more creative possibilities.

To create an envelope, you can find envelope templates on the web, unfold and copy an unused envelope you have, or just fold and glue or tape paper in such a way that you could actually send something in it.

Collage cut out images from magazines, use rubber stamps and stencils, draw, paint, do whatever you like to do. Embellish with glitter or confetti. Create an insert in the form of a letter, post card, or some other novelty you come up with.

Just have fun!

To start you thinking, I've included photos of what I did for my art assignment.

Front Side of Kathryn's Mail Art

Back Side of Kathryn's Mail Art

And here is my artist's statement for this particular piece of art so you can see my thinking behind it and the materials I used.

“Walking with Finney” ©Kathryn V. White

For this Mail Art, I used two color prints of my digital photographs—one of a tree truck graced with a wooden heart
and one of my dog sitting on a park bench. I used these prints to create the envelope. The tree print is the outside of the envelope and the picture of my dog, who is my heart pal, is the
inner illustration of the envelope. His darling, happy, little face is the focal point upon opening the envelope.

I also utilized decorative handmade paper, red construction paper, rubber cement, scissors, a glue stick, tape, two bird stencils, and a paper punch that cuts paper into the shape of a small bird.

For the insert, I used leaves I picked up from my walks with my dog. I painted the leaves with acrylic gel medium so that they would be flexible and not tear into pieces over time. I also included little red bird “confetti” for the insert.

The assortment of birds I’ve cut out and collaged and used as “confetti” represent the birds that I see and hear on these walks. The leaves are gifts of nature that I find beautiful and enjoy collecting each year. The leaves and little birds that I did not glue onto my envelope can be given as gifts by the receiver and so the circle of gifts—from nature, to me, to the recipient, and on to others reflects the circle of giving and receiving
which is a wonderful and nurturing part of the circle of life.
The confetti birds also represent to me the fun of life.

My Mail Art honors my memories of my walks with my dog, my love of my dog, and my enjoyment of the beauty of nature. I like the layering in this piece—not only that the piece includes collage, but the papers I used ultimately come from trees. I also
include a picture of a tree as well as leaves that are real leaves that I have picked up on my walks.

The tree has a wooden heart that was made by hand and added to the tree. As far as I know, this is the only tree in the park that has a handcrafted heart kindly attached to it (the heart hangs on a wire that is attached to a branch, it is not nailed to the tree).
My mail art is also one of a kind and handcrafted with love.

As people view my artwork, I want them to think about what delights them about nature, who they enjoy spending time with, how good it feels to be sharing a beautiful day, what they have given in love, and what they have received that has deepened their happiness.

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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.

Rumble Tumble Joy book reviews: San Francisco Book Review (4 star) & Story Circle Book Reviews (4 star).

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.

BUY ART:
Kathryn's art is available as fine art prints. Click here to find out more.

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"You have everything when you embrace the full circle of life."— Kathryn V. White

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