New participating for our FREE art project

Meet Dorina San Augustine.  Dorina, an island artist.  Dorina was thrilled to receive her piece of FREE art from Gig Harbor.  So thrilled that she has donated a neclace from her hands and just you wacth for it to show up on one of our Gig Harbor art days.
  We also meet and traded with another wood artist on Kaui....his photo is on my camera and will show up later.  Anyway, this Hawaiian artist was the first to give us his work....just in kindness.  Then we had a Gig Harbor made wood puzzle that FGFA gave to him.
  Itsn't it just wonderful the folks we meet and that given a moment of time, everyone loves to share a bit of their life.  Everyone is uniqueL just like you and you...and you.
Aloha!

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Toots on Kaui

This is Toots, from Alabama, vacationing on Kaui, Hawaii.  Had a great time sightseeing with her...and in a couple of weeks, Toots ia coming to Gig Harbor for a visit.
  Feel Good Free Art is enjoying Hawaii.  Had a zodiac snorkle adventure.  A short ride on a zodiak would be a good thing....mine a bit too long.
  The sun is out.  Great plans for the luau tonight with fire dancers. 
Aloha for now.

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Meet jackie

So, Jackie and 7 of best friends have come to Hawaii!  They started out on Maui and decided to come to Honolulu to see the sites.  Feel Good FREE Art Project met up with their group at the Polynesian Cultural Center.  We all experienced a terrific luau, and naturally GigHarbor came up in our conversation.  Jackie is also planning on a trip to Europe, so her piece of FREE art may travel even further.
As for Jackie and her friends, here's hoping they make a trip to visit wonderful GH.

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Off on the road to China

Yes, most of my FREE art friends are off to Hawaii.  However, I was able to find a new friend traveling to China.  Gonna be there for six months and then off to Tennessee. Ya-hoo!!

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Sailing .....sailing.....

Hey Everybody......
What is the rumor?
Can it be true?
YES!!!!!

Feel Good FREE art is headed out to meet new folks. On the loose to spread the word about what a great place Gig Harbor is to visit.
Who...we know, Feel Good Free Art

What....great little pieces of art
Where....how about Hawaii
When....NOW
How.....just about every way imaginable.

Going to do my best to keep up with you, letting you know who we meet, where we meet them and letting the world know what a great place Gig Harbor is to visit.

Blogging on the road through my phone could be a little challenging...Need an Ipad.
My advice is that if you want to find out who new visitors to GH could be, subscribe to the blog and also give a little click and subscribe to Feel Good Free Art Project on Facebook.
It will be a travelogue and a meeting new friends who need to know about Gig Harbor scrapbook.

Happy January 2011

A new year, a new month... what a great time for the 1st 2011 Artwalk of Gig Harbor!!!

One foot in front of the other this Saturday, Jan. 8th, from 1 - 5pm.
8 beautiful art galleries participating and yes, of course, you will be finding some very special
FREE art...

....BUT... ...The FREE art will be distributed only this Saturday....you just got to wait till then!!

"Searching for the right words" You'll be surprised at what those right words are!
Let's welcome a new participating artist from California, Leo Posillico. Leo does wonderful art, you can frame this or use as a art card. HUM? Frame, downtown, you might want to drop by Water's Edge Gallery and Framery, cause that is where you will find this one!!

This one is from Ty Cline. You just gotta to love Ty's original acrylics. You'll find this one at Birdnest Gallery. While you are grabbing up this piece from Ty, be sure to enjoy all the featured metal art in the Gallery. Representing 5 Northwest metal artists with their sculptures. Stop in and take a look.

Ebb Tide Gallery is having a miniature art show. Stop in and find out what it is all about. Also check out the beautiful photography of Mark Ritchey...all his photos are so beautiful and he is the featured artist on Saturday.
Be on the lookout for FREE art...glass earrings, just for you!

We are all so fortunate to live in this town full of creative folks. Stop in at the Harbor Gallery and you will find the featured artist is Yulene Brasel, mixed media. Go in and take a look. While you are there, find a little FREE original acrylic art by Rebecca Westeren.

There is just something about the beauty and simplicity and peacefulness of Darlene Dhiel's sumi paintings. They just make you feel so good. Stop in at For Art Sake and find this sumi painting art card from Darlene.Dihel.
You know For Art Sake Gallery. Everyone who attended her boat parade party had a great time!!!

ARTISTS OF THE WEEK

Meet Cathy Stevulak and her husband Leonard Hill.
These are two filmmakers living in Gig Harbor and their documentary is how one woman can affect the lives of many women. You read of their adventures in the Dec. 29, 2010 Gateway. While in Bangladesh Cathy and Len met a woman creating tapestries and teaching other women to do the same....creating hope.
Surayia Rahman began to train young women at the teaching center, sitting on the floor with them and teach them her designs for Nakshi Kantha tapestry, based on a traditional form of embroidery similar to quilting. Poor women who brought their babies with them while they learned and worked. Rahman's goal was to help them raise their standard of living and support her own family as well.

Photo copyright by Advani and Kantha Productions LLC
Cathy and Len and their project would make a wonderful speaker for your special group!! If you want to reach them, contact the blog!!! or www.kanthathreads.com
Keep up with all the news on the documentary.