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Ex Libris Paper Cut Bookplates Tour the USA

5/13/2021

Cosmic Explorer Paper Cut Book Plate by Kathryn V. White

Curated by Rebecca Raupach, Ex Libris is a Guild of American Papercutters show that was held at the GAP’s National Museum in Somerset, Pennsylvania from September 2020 through November 2020.

14 papercutting artists (including me) are represented in the show which includes many fabulous paper cut book plates.

My book plate with an elephant is titled Wisdom Keeper as elephants are seen as wise beings in different cultures. My other book plate is titled Cosmic Explorer and includes a turtle with stars and moon.

Display in Pennsylvania of Paper Cut Book Plates by GAP members

In December 2020, these beautiful member-created designs were assembled into a traveling show to be hosted by GAP members at venues around the country.

Currently, the show is being hosted by ARTery at locations in Takoma Park, Maryland. From January through May 2021, the show was at Historic Takoma at 7328 Carroll Ave. Next stop until the end of June 2021 is a storefront near a Takoma Park neighborhood Metro station.

The show will continue to other venues across the USA as additional locations are scheduled.

I hope you get a chance to see this lovely exhibit. The variety will amaze you!

Wisdom Keeper Paper Cut Book Plate by Kathryn V. White

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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com

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And the People Stayed Home

5/17/2020

Celebrate World Collage Day 2020

5/5/2020

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Bored?
Want something different to do?
Create a collage!

All you need is paper, images from magazines or other periodicals (or even the web), a glue stick, and scissors.

It's easy. It's fun. Anyone can create cool art!

In support of the World Collage Day celebration on May 9, 2020, I'm the happy recipient of a wonderful little packet to create collages as well as an uplifting mini (2.25" x 3.5") collage by artist, Elsa Bouman.

Front and Back of Mini Collage by Elsa Bouman

Combining my new stash of images with some of my own, I got right to work. Below are a few of my creations, including a mini "totem" made of colored paper.

8"x5" Peaceful Forest and Dino Celebration Collages
by Kathryn V. White

A big thank you to the Shoreline-LFP Arts Council along with the Gallery at Town Center in Lake Forest Park and Elsa Bouman for brightening my day.

So join in the fun and celebrate World Collage Day with your own creations!

Post Card Sized Cowboy Collage and
Mini Totem Collage by Kathryn V. White

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Celebrate Earth Day – the Haiku Way!

4/7/2020

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Image from the King County Library System Website

Newport Way Library is celebrating Earth Day with their annual community poetry display.

This year, submitted haikus will be shared online on their Facebook page. A selected few will be stenciled on library sidewalks with invisible “Rainworks” paint. When it rains, these haikus will pop-up to delight library visitors!

How fun is that!

Submissions are due by Sunday, April 15, 2020. Learn more here.

Below are my three haiku submissions.

I think my "Splish-Splash Blast" would be particularly good for a rainy-day sidewalk poetry pop-up!

Dear Earth, With Love
Earth, so beautiful!
Giving a home to many.
Let us love her well.

Splish-Splash Blast
Puddle jumping fun!
Let’s hold hands until we’re done!
Splish-splash rain, splish-splash!

Happy to be Me!
Flowers bloom, trees shade
Warm days to be out to play
Happy to be me!

Now, it's your turn to join the fun of writing Earth Day inspired haikus!

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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com

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Traveling Art – Places in Paper

12/20/2019

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Places in Paper exhibit photo by Melanie Kehoss

I'm thrilled to announce that my artwork, “Summer Interlude” has been included in the Guild of American Papercutters (GAP) juried show, Places in Paper.

The 34 included artists use papercutting to explore where we live, where we come from, and where our dreams take place. The show is curated by Melanie Kehoss, Co-VP of Membership of GAP and is juried by Anne Burton of BlackRock Center for the Arts and Tamar Shadur of Shadur Arts.

This traveling exhibit can be seen at two locations in Virginia:

From September 9, 2019 through December 8, 2019

Gallery 3700 – 3700 Four Mile Run Dr. Arlington, VA

From December 17, 2019 through February 18, 2020

Westover Library – 1644 N McKinley Rd Arlington, VA

Enjoy the show!

(Note: I've updated my earlier post to include new photos from the Westover Library exhibit).

Places in Paper Exhibit at Westover Library.
Photos by Melanie Kehoss.

Places in Paper exhibit at Gallery 3700. Photo by Melanie Kehoss

"Summer Interlude" by Kathryn V. White

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Read Me A Story!

1/19/2019

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You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy hearing a story. And if it's read to you by a famous actor and wonderfully animated as well…Now, that’s something to relish!

Intrigued? Visit Storyline Online to watch numerous stories, all available 24 hours a day. The website also includes supplemental curriculum developed by elementary educators to help parents, caregivers, and educators improve children’s English-language reading comprehension as well as their verbal and written skills.

It’s an award-winning literacy program that has been developed by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

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Kathryn is a published author and an award-winning artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com.

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Spread Holiday Joy!

12/11/2018

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Nature's Yin and Yang by Kathryn V. White

It’s that time of year for holiday celebrating, giving, receiving, and chowing down!

Are you stumped in terms of your gift giving?
Want some new ideas?
Enjoy supporting artists and writers?

Check out my artworks as they make perfect gifts for children and adults, including for yourself! My art will brighten and refresh the look of rooms and provide beauty for many years!

How about giving a short story ebook to uplift loved ones’ hearts? They are less expensive than most cards, really cool to give and receive, and keep on giving throughout the year!

Happy Holidays!

Some Ebook Ideas...

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Deceptively Simple Ikebana

5/27/2018

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Ikebana at the Seattle Art Museum in May 2018 (photo by Kathryn V. White)

Existing for hundreds of years, ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging.

To share this ancient art form, the Seattle Chapter of Ikebana International displayed beautiful, often deceptively simple, ikebana arrangements at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) on May 27 and May 28, 2018. Flowers, bamboo, banana leaf, eucalyptus pods, ceramic, and wood were artistically utilized for traditional and more contemporary, free-style arrangements.

Below are photos from the ikebana event. The last photo is a more western style flower arrangement also displayed at the SAM on the same days. I include it along with the other photos I took for comparison to the ikebana.

An ikebana exhibit hosted by the Seattle Branch of the Sogetsu School will be held on October 20 and October 21, 2018 at the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Paccar Pavilion on 2901 Western Avenue in Seattle, WA.

You can learn about the Seattle Chapter of Ikebana International here and the Seattle Branch of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana here.

For those who want to see how ikebana is done, demonstrations will be held at 1PM and 2PM each day of the October event.

So, mark your calendars. You won’t want to miss it!

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Lush, Tropical Paradise in Downtown Seattle

5/17/2018

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Inside Amazon's Spheres (May 2018)

Amazon has a winner with its Spheres located at Lenora Street and 7th Avenue in Seattle. Designed by NBBJ, it’s a lush, tropical paradise aimed to increase the productivity of Amazon’s employees by providing a beautiful place for working, eating, and relaxing.

With humid, 70+ degree temperature and over 40,000 plants, the Spheres offer a perfect winter mini-get-away from Seattle’s rainy and dreary days as well as a year-round respite from cubicle drudgery and concrete urbanity.

They are also an artist’s dream for exploring a variety of colors, textures, and shapes; a botanist’s fantasy for beholding a great diversity of foliage; and a designer’s wonderland of clever seating and distinctive views.

Tasty food and scrumptious-looking donuts are available to inflame your appetite!

Tours book quickly, so if you know someone who works at Amazon and is willing to take you as a visitor, this will be your quickest way to get inside this marvel.

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Spring into Mukilteo for Marvelous Collages

4/14/2018

"Phoenix," Award-Winning Collage by Kathryn V. White

The Northwest Collage Society’s spring juried art show is currently at the beautiful Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA. There’s a wonderful variety of collages that run the gamut from amusing, entertaining, perplexing, colorful, and amazing.

I’m proud to share that all three of my collages, “A Garden for Yayoi,” “Finding My Way,” and “Phoenix” were juried into the show. In addition, “Phoenix” won the Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award!

"A Garden for Yayoi" by Kathryn V. White (center) surrounded by additional collages

The exhibit runs from April 3 to June 24, 2018.

So, get out of the rain and admire some wonderful collages this spring!

"Finding My Way" by Kathryn V. White

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Kathryn is an author and award-winning artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as fine art prints. Learn more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

Kathryn's Art at the University Business Center

11/4/2017

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Artworks from Kathryn V. White's Solo Art Show

Autumn in the northwest often includes rainy, grey days. It’s probably one reason why so many people are coffee addicts in this area of the country!

Yet, there’s an antidote to all this dreariness. Drop by the University Business Center to see a solo exhibit of 20 of my artworks in mixed media, collage, watercolor, and acrylics.

Bright and bold colors!
Cheerful themes!
Unique inspirations!

People often tell me my art makes them feel happy.

The University Business Center is located at 4500 9th Avenue NE, Suite 300 in Seattle, WA. My art is in the main reception area from October 16 through December 7, 2017.

Hours for viewing are Monday to Friday from 9AM to 5PM.

Early Autumn by Kathryn V. White

Gallery 4500--Kathryn's Solo Art Show

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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

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Poetry on Buses: My Poem Accepted

5/7/2017

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Graphic from PoetryonBuses.org

Exciting news!

My poem, The Sound Soothes, inspired by my visits to Golden Gardens (a park along the shore of Puget Sound in Seattle, WA) was selected for the 2017 Poetry on Buses Program: Your Body of Water.

For this year’s theme, nearly 1,600 people entered a poem.

This popular poetry program was created in 1992 and is sponsored by public utilities and public art programs in King County and the City of Seattle.

In 2017, chosen poems will appear in the program’s web collection, be highlighted on a specific day on the web (mine will appear on October 31, 2017), remain in the collection forever, and a limited number will appear on Metro buses.

In April, a launch party for the selected poems was held at the Moore Theatre in downtown Seattle.

Below is my winning entry.

The Sound Soothes

It’s Golden Gardens
I go to
For respite
From the intense urbanity
Of Seattle
Sitting comfortably against
A huge, tumbled-a-shore tree
I contemplate the scene
Water, mountains, boats
A few people dotted along the coast
Waves lap
Lulling my thoughts
The Sound soothes
And heals
My soul

By Kathryn V. White

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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

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See Kathryn's Art at the Dreamclinic

4/2/2017

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"Duo Blooms" by Kathryn V. White at Dreamclinic

Enjoy bold and bright colors?
Interested in seeing beautiful art?
Want to own something unique?

Kathryn has 10 of her artworks exhibited at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood from January to April 12, 2017.

Don't miss it!

Art by Kathryn V. White

"Nature's Yin and Yang" by Kathryn V. White

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Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017

1/2/2017

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Last year I used YearCompass to review and mentally celebrate my accomplishments for 2015 as well as to decide what I wanted for 2016.

My key phrase for last year was living la dolce vita (aka “the sweet life”).

And in many ways, 2016 fulfilled that desire.

Looking back at 2016, I can say my life felt more fulfilling than in past years—much of it having to do with creating art, being juried into art exhibits, getting my art out into the world more, as well as working with supportive people at my job.

And even though my life was frequently very stressful, I also had a deeper sense of well-being.

So what’s next for 2017? Here are my intentions:

Living la dolce vita.
Clean, tidy, and organized house.
Strong, flexible, healthy, and vital body.
Releasing with ease, joy, and love.
Feeling I’m more than enough just as I am.
Making more wonderful, wise, trustworthy, successful, interesting, generous, supportive, kind, excellent listeners and conversationalists, long-term friends who are easy to get together with for deep, interesting, and life-affirming conversations and fun get-togethers that I and they really enjoy.

Now it’s your turn.

Click here to get your FREE copy of YearCompass.

Heartfelt blessings to you for 2017!

Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

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Let’s Celebrate—Northwest Collage Society Collaborates with Cancer Lifeline

11/22/2016

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Let's Celebrate! (Housework Can Wait) collage on the right by Kathryn V. White

This year, Cancer Lifeline contacted the Northwest Collage Society (NWCS) about partnering together for an art show.

This collaboration entailed NWCS members volunteering to read short prose and poem pieces by Cancer Lifeline writing class participants and choosing one to create an inspired collage.

The art show, entitled “Read Between The Lines,” was a great success with 42 written pieces to select from and over 30 NWCS members deciding to collaborate.

I chose Judy Slonicker’s “Now” a cheering poem highlighting the beauty of nature and which also validated my proclivity for “letting curiosity take over” and doing what I love instead of housework.

Hence, my collage “Let’s Celebrate! (Housework Can Wait)" includes a huge cupcake, confetti, and vacuum cleaners with the no symbol of red line/red circle over them.

And, of course, because I committed to creating the collage I had one more reason to let my own housework wait!

Don't miss this show at Cancer Lifeline in Seattle, WA. It includes a great diversity of beautiful collage and powerfully written pieces.

The show runs from October 27 to December 16, 2016.

For more information, click here.

The other powerful inspiration for my collage!

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. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

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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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Ex Libris Paper Cut Bookplates Tour the USA

And the People Stayed Home

Celebrate World Collage Day 2020

Celebrate Earth Day – the Haiku Way!

Traveling Art – Places in Paper

Read Me A Story!

Spread Holiday Joy!

Deceptively Simple Ikebana

Lush, Tropical Paradise in Downtown Seattle

Spring into Mukilteo for Marvelous Collages

Kathryn's Art at the University Business Center

Poetry on Buses: My Poem Accepted

See Kathryn's Art at the Dreamclinic

Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017

Let’s Celebrate—Northwest Collage Society Collaborates with Cancer Lifeline

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2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

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