WANNA DONATE 2 the Have A Heart Project?

Look What I Can Do, Mixed Media on Canvas, 24x24, MG Stout 2010 

http://haveaheartproject.bbnow.org/

Above is a link to our donation website if you'd like to make a contribution to the 

Have A Heart Art Installation and Food Drive

I'm also am sharing a few paintings from the original series:

Art 4 U and Food For Others

I donate a portion of the proceeds from these painting directly to 

FOOD FOR OTHERS 501(c)(3)

Orange Grin, Mixed Media on Canvas, 24x24, MG Stout 2010

Another Corny Title, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x24, MG Stout 2010

We All Scream for Ice Cream, Acrylic on Canvas 24x24, MG Stout 2010

Raspberry Manicure, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x24, MG Stout 2010

Give Peas A Chance, Mixed Media on Canvas, 24x24, MG Stout 2010

A Kitchen Made of Tape That Is Anything But Tacky

Workhouse Arts Center Studio 4 Installation View #1

The Have a Heart Project is in full swing!  The community is already responding to our challenge and beginning to bring in donations.
WE ARE PSYCHED!!! Together the artists of Studio 4 drew this kitchen scene out of tape.
YES, tape.  Black painters tape.  The photograph we took doesn't really convey the energy this work oozes.  You've gotta see it in person.  So come on out and see it.

John Gascot & MG Stout fill a cart @ Bottom Dollar

Thanks to the generous $25.00 donation our kitchen is getting a little bit fuller and the folks at Food For Others and the Families they feed will have stocked pantries.

MG Stout at Bottom Dollar

John Gascot at Wegmans

When we are not shopping with the generous donations dropped into our collection lunch box,  John and I are busy creating new food-centric artworks for this socially conscious exhibition.  Our aim is to not only feed our neighbors but to demonstrate the important role art  plays communities.  The Arts and art education cultivate creative minds.  Creative minds are problem solvers.  Problem solvers solve problems and fewer problems make the world a lot more peaceful.

Belated Thursday Post: Artists' of Minnieland Occoquan

The sun was shining and the scent of fresh cut grass filled the air as we made our way onto the Quad.  We stretched our arms and moved our bodies as if we were fully loaded paint brushes.  Then we familiarized ourselves with the brushes we would be painting with by drawing a variety of lines with water on the blacktop.

Their creative juices were FLOWING!   We headed back to the KIDS ZONE CLASSROOM and the young artists' were asked to choose a limited palette (three colors plus white) that represented how they were feeling that day.  They created expressive personal works that are surely going to be a treasure for years to come.