Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~ Henry Van Dyke (author, educator clergyman in the ‘30s) I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am about…
Notes from the Publisher – Pamela Hulse Andrews
Celebrating the New Year with Generosity
Art is the window to man’s soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within. ~ Claudia Lady Bird Johnson (First Lady – wife of Lyndon B. Johnson) Be Part of Art campaign has successfully reached its $1 million goal to meet Bend…
Who Stole the Magic of Christmas?
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled puzzled ‘till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas,…
The Thrill of Success Via Film & Literature
My mother began to go crazy. Not in a ‘Let’s paint the kitchen red!’ sort of way. But crazy in a ‘gas oven, toothpaste s wich, I am God sort of way.~Author Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors: A Memoir The recent triumph record attendance at the BendFilm festival is testimony to many variables: the founders,…
Cultural Trust Adds to Economy & Benefits Communities in Numerous Ways
Originally published in Cascade Business News October 3, 2011 by Pamela Hulse Andrews CEO/Founder Oregon’s Cultural Trust was established by law in 1999 with funding mechanisms approved in 2001 in large part due to the dedicated commitment of our former State Treasurer beloved Central Oregonian, Ben Westlund. Ben believed, as we do, that art culture…
Inspired, Partied & Obliterated Burning Man: Build It, Honor It, Gift It to the Night Skies
To see personal photos from Burning Man: click here. Imagine 50,000 people coming to the playa, a remote, desolate desert of nothing but sun a dry lake bed of cracked dusty earth building a temporary city, sharing everything from food water to wine, music trailer parts, building exquisite works of arts, taking part in various…
A Passion for Collecting Art
I don’t have a romantic attachment to what could have been. If I had kept all the work I had ever bought it would feel like Kane sitting in Xanadu surrounded by his loot. It’s enough to know that I have owned shown so many masterpieces of modern times. ~ Charles Saatchi ~ British art…
Happy Art
Love is the spirit that motivates the artist’s journey. ~ Eric Maisel, Ph.D., author creativity coach So how do you make a happy artist even happier? Give me a chance to make a difference in someone’s life show me the results says Artist Marti McGinnis who was happily creating a series of colorful, uplifting paintings…
A Reflection on Passion
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ~ Angela Monet (Who is she?) I love the suggestion of passion it conjures a myriad of images from sexual fervor to exciting possibilities enthusiastic dedication. Unless we’re nearly comatose, filled with brain numbing drugs we’re all have…
There’s a Lot of Nice Walls in This Town
Art, after all, is traditionally displayed against vacancies: paintings on dun walls, sculptures in empty spaces, music in quiet halls. ~ John Hart (Edgar-Award winning author of three New York Times bestsellers, The King of Lies, Down River The Last Child). Local photographer extraordinaire, Carol Sternkopf, remarked the other night at an exhibit of her…