Kathryn V. White, Award-Winning Author & Artist
Adventures In Expansion

Musings

Just some thoughts, reflections, inspirations, and things I come across I think are fun, amusing, inspiring, or just plain great!

So welcome to my eclectic musings...

SEE MY ART
  • Home
  • Kathryn's ART
  • Books--Rumble Tumble Joy
  • Story Cafe
  • Kathryn's Stories
  • Quick Tales (For Kids of All Ages)
  • Blog
  • About Kathryn
  • Sign Up!
  • Contact
  • Media/Press
  • Multimedia
  • Privacy Policy

Ex Libris Paper Cut Bookplates Tour the USA

5/13/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
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.
Picture
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!
Picture
Wisdom Keeper Paper Cut Book Plate by Kathryn V. White
                                 ***
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
0 Comments

Celebrate Black Cats on National Black Cat Day – October 27

10/22/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Celebrating Black Cats (Collage and Zentangles) by Kathryn V. White
Did you know black cats…
  • Are adopted at slower rates than other color cats.
  • Tend to be more abused than other color cats.
  • Crossing your path are seen as good luck in Britain, Japan, and Ireland.

To help educate the public and eliminate negative attitudes towards black cats, National Black Cat Day was created.

Please join in and make some positive actions, such as...
  • Posting pictures of black cats on social media and sharing what you adore about them.
  • Helping animal shelters care for black cats and other creatures through your donations.
  • Adopting a black cat and giving them a loving home.

It’s time to eliminate the stigma against black cats and celebrate them!
                                ***
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
0 Comments

DONE! My 250 Origami Folds

10/7/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
250 Origami Folds for 100,000 Folds Project
In participating in Joanna Hutchinson’s 100,000 folds community art project, I am excited to share that I have completed and mailed my 250 origami folds to her.  

Joanna conceived of this community art project to help people visualize the scale of the first 100,000 deaths by COVID-19 in the United States as well as a way to mourn these deaths that continue to grow.

She invites anyone who is interested to participate.

These folded origami paper shapes will be assembled into an art piece.

Find out more here.
                                ***
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
0 Comments

Celebrating Women's Right to Vote!

6/1/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Resonating Truth by Kathryn V. White
This is the centennial year for women getting the right to vote in the USA.

Yes, it has been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which ensured the right to vote for women!

Washington State was the 5th state in the nation where women won the right to vote (before the amendment was ratified nationally in 1920).

I'm grateful to the suffragettes and the many other people that worked hard, struggled, and sacrificed so women have the right to vote today!

I'm also excited to share that my art, "Resonating Truth," has been juried into a beautiful show celebrating the 2020 Suffrage Centennial in Washington at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington.

This engaging exhibit was organized by the Washington State Historical Society.  All the collages in the exhibit relate to women getting the right to vote. 

The show runs April 9 to November 8, 2020, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it's not clear when the show will open and close as a physical, in-person event.

For now, you can enjoy the online exhibit by clicking here. 

Be sure to click on the photo for each artwork to read the artist's statement about their piece. Many of these works were inspired by courageous suffragettes and fascinating suffrage history, so you don't want to miss this aspect of the show.

​Click here to view and download the exhibit's announcement postcard.

In addition, the Washington State History Museum is hosting a live, streaming event via Facebook on June 4, 2020 at 6PM to 6:45PM PST which will include looking at some of the collages in the exhibit and discussing how you can make your own suffrage history collage with images from the Historical Society’s collection.

You must have a Facebook account to attend. 

You can access the Facebook event by clicking here.
                                ***
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
0 Comments

Celebrate World Collage Day 2020

5/5/2020

2 Comments

 
Picture
  • 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.
Picture
Picture
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.
Picture
Picture
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!
Picture
Picture
Post Card Sized Cowboy Collage and
​Mini Totem Collage by Kathryn V. White
                                ***
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
2 Comments

Celebrate Earth Day – the Haiku Way!

4/7/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
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!

​                                  ***
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
0 Comments

Art & Writing: An Inspiring Combination!

1/9/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
"I Got This!" By Kathryn V. White
​Read Between The Lines: Collage + Writing Art Show returns!
 
Stop by Cancer Lifeline and enjoy an inspirational, multi-media collaboration of artists from the Northwest Collage Society and writers of Cancer Lifeline writing classes.  My collage, “I Got This!” is at the show.
 
The exhibit is located at the Dorothy O'Brien Center at 6522 Fremont Avenue North in Seattle, WA 98103.

Art and writings are on display from November 21, 2019 through January 16, 2020 with viewing hours for the public from Monday through Thursday, 11am to 3pm. The show is closed on November 28, December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1, 2020.
 
Enjoy!
Photos from the Read Between the Lines Exhibit
                              ***
​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.
0 Comments

Traveling Art – Places in Paper

12/20/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
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.
Picture
Places in Paper exhibit at Gallery 3700. Photo by Melanie Kehoss
Picture
"Summer Interlude" by Kathryn V. White
                             ***
​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.
0 Comments

Celebrate Earth Day!

4/15/2019

 
Picture
While every day should be seen as a time to celebrate our wondrous planet, April 22nd is the established day for Earth Day.

This year's Earth Day theme is protecting species across the planet, including bees, giraffes, elephants, whales, sea turtles and many others. Learn how you can help here.

MSN is publishing a series of articles as stated in the following note: “In honor of Earth Day, throughout the month of April we are putting a spotlight on the beauty and fragility of Earth, with a special focus on trees and forest health.” Learn more about this important topic here. 

Each day, there’s much you can do to show your love for our lovely planet from picking up trash; planting trees and flowers; recycling, reusing, and reducing waste; and using what would ordinarily be thrown away as scraps to make something beautiful and/or useful for others.  See how 62-year-old Michelle Zieler is sewing her love. 

What will you be doing to celebrate our amazing planet?

                            ***
​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.

Show Your Planetary Love!

3/8/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
World Wildlife is facilitating a “shout out” for supporting the health of our planet.

All you need to do is turn off your lights from 8:30PM to 9:30PM your local time on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

This could be a fun time to play games, read, or have a conversation by candlelight.  You could also use the time to send well wishes to friends, family, and all creatures on our wonderful planet. 

Just a few ideas…I’m sure you’ll come up with others!

So mark your calendars, participate in this event, and show your love!

Find out more here.
                             ***
​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.
0 Comments

Juried Art to Enjoy

2/11/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
Kathryn V. White's art, When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?, is in the middle.
The Northwest Collage Society’s juried art winter exhibit is currently at the Washington State Convention Center’s Phyllis Lamphere Gallery in downtown Seattle, WA. Alfred Harris is the show’s juror.  It includes a wide variety of collages for your viewing delight.

I’m proud to share that my collage, “When I’m Gone, Who Will Remember Me?,” is included in the show. It’s about my despair regarding the large number of endangered species as well as those that have become extinct due to human actions (including certain species of rhinos). It’s also a reflection that with our own death, there will come a time in the not-so-distant future when nothing of us or our achievements will be remembered.

​The exhibit runs from January 12 to March 31, 2019.

​Don’t miss this lovely art exhibit and learn more about collage as an art form!
Picture
                            ***
​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.
0 Comments

Read Me A Story!

1/19/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
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.
                              ***
​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.
0 Comments

Spread Holiday Joy!

12/11/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
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...
Picture
Picture
Picture
                              ***
​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.
0 Comments

Deceptively Simple Ikebana

5/27/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
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!
                              ***
​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.
0 Comments

Lush, Tropical Paradise in Downtown Seattle

5/17/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
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.

​
                              ***
​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.
0 Comments
<<Previous

    RSS Feed

    Be Sure To
    *Look at my fine art prints.
    *Check out my stories.

    *Sign up for my newsletter.
    *Like my Facebook page. (Click on the "Like" button below).
    If you love art, books, animals, and writing, visit my FB page.  Lots of cool stuff!

    Author

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

    Kathryn’s quotes


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

    Goodreads Quotes

    Archives

    May 2021
    October 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    September 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    Categories

    All
    Add Your Voice
    Animals
    Art
    Art By Kathryn V. White
    Artists
    Authors
    Books
    Books By Kathryn V. White
    Documentaries
    Environment
    Feel Good
    Fiction
    Finding Joy
    Gratitude
    Movies & TV
    Nonfiction
    Quotes
    Resources
    Things To Do & See
    Writing

    Picture
    indiebound
    Some of the book and DVD covers included on this website are affiliate links with Amazon. This means that if you buy the book or DVD after clicking on its cover, I get a very small percentage of the sale price.
    Picture
    Image from Kat Eye Studio
    Picture
    Image from fourcornersdesign.blogspot.com
    Kathryn's "Aha" Moment
    ​
    Copyright 2013--2023
    All rights reserved.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.