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Generation II of essential oils
Hydrosols are the result of steam distillation of essential oils. This process is able to keep the superior aroma and therapeutic benefit that is experienced by adding drops of oil…
AAP Networks in upgrade mode
As we enter our 33rd year, AAPJ and its affiliates are undergoing production changes during this USA and global Pandemic adjustments. Our central choice of initial communication is email: arttoartpalette@watchtv.net…
Comic creator recipient of Arts Award
Cartoonist and entrepreneur Jim Davis is among recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Born in Marion, Indiana and raised on a Black Angus cow farm with his family…
Is too much sensitivity affecting our freedom?
“Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them.” Everyone remembers silly nursery rhymes like this one. Have you noticed, however, that no one writes…
Stop in the name of Tranquility
In a time of terror and global threats, one has to retreat inwardly for our own sanity and security. Gandhi and Buddha taught that war was never a solution. Fortunately,…
OH: Van Wert
One only has to type the words “arts” and “economy” in a search engine to find lead after lead of how the arts continue to do their part in maintaining…
Illinois chief says…
On May 28, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said about the passing of World-Renowned Poet and Author Maya Angelou: “Maya Angelou was a towering figure of the arts who…
June show on the horizon
At the Wassenberg with Hope Wallace, Executive Director We are getting the place ready for the check-in process for our 58th Annual June…
Champs honored by UW
“United Way and communities around the world wouldn’t be where we are today without the passion and partnership of these corporate leaders and their employees,” said Brian Gallagher, president and…
They are among the best of bests
Who we are, what we stand for, how we got there, and mostly why we do it are some of the overall criteria when we are under evaluation’s thumb,…
OH: Van Wert
WHERE: Van Wert Arts Factory. BRIEF ABOUT: This 2012 project provides gifts for area elderly affiliated with the Van Wert County Council on Aging (COA) Senior Center. With the help…
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WHEN: December 2012 Online Edition. TITLE: End of the Year Best Fiction of 2012 BRIEF ABOUT: AEQAI’s Editor Daniel Brown writes “Although The New York Times Books Review’s editors found…
The Lady speaks . . .
“The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and…
Arts in Learning
Recently, I read a list of 10 things the arts teach children (as well as the kid in all of us). This list by Elliot Eisner, professor emeritus of Art…
About the Back Porch section cover art as published then by Gertrude (Wyss) Sluterbeck. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on February 3, 1915 and received art training at South…
Got Woodwork?
Pieces have begun to creep in for our “Out of the Woodwork” exhibit scheduled to open on July 4. Do you have something unique that has been hand-made out…
Who says artists can’t be macho?
Stereotyping can be one of the deadliest forms of criticism known to man. Germans love their beer; blondes are dumb, blacks like chicken and watermelon, and so on. Forming a…
Youth class offers many rewards
By Hope Wallace The art of Zentangle is coming to the Wassenberg Art Center in the form of a one-day class for ages 11-14 on July 16 as part…
Art program truly giveths forward
Off in the distance a siren screams but never comes close to deafening the war on the other side of the bedroom wall. School is a refuge but…
Wallace talks about Bruce
We all can learn a thing or two about ability from Bruce Lynn Dellinger. Bruce is an artist from Timberville, Virginia, whose work we are fortunate to currently have…
Center has new logo
If you have seen any literature pertaining to The Wassenberg Art Center lately, you may have noticed that we have a new logo. Logos are more than just a…
They examine society’s jewels
The role of a curator, in an overall general understanding, is one who is entrusted with the responsibility to safeguard a cultural organization’s collection of mainly historical or scientific…
Bessire responds to mural uproar
UPDATE: A public forum entitled, “Whose Art Is It?”, is set for Friday, April 8, noon-1:30 pm, Portland Museum of Art. “A state long renowned as the home of…
Dual shows opens soon
By Hope Wallace, Executive Director This Sunday marks the opening of our new dual exhibit “It’s in the Cards” and “The Art of Therapy”. In the Cards showcases an unusual…
Week of the Young Child
This is the Week of the Young Child and one of the most important things in a young child’s life is imagination. It’s important to encourage children to use…
Looking ahead to the watercolor exhibit
    (NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center’s exhibit, “The Art of Fiber,†ended last Friday. As these story-backed quilts and rugs come down to make way for the traveling Ohio…
Thank you for the welcome!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the reception on Sunday February 20th to welcome and support me in my new post as director of The Wassenberg Art Center!…
Hooked rugs and quilts featured
From Hope Wallace By now I hope that many of you have visited the Wassenberg Art Center’s “Art of Fiber” exhibit. This is a popular show and has attracted people…
Who they are
They are people who take on the role to deliver the goods, services, missions, objectives, ideals as well as participate in the unloading of the old and loading…
Words to guide us
    Hi Van Wert!     It’s very exciting to be here! I am humbled and grateful for the open, warm welcome from all of you. Thank you! It will equally…
Give children an ‘art center’ at home
Children are our most precious resource. They will develop into the people who will shape the future. But did you know that by the time most American kids reach…
MMA among one of the honorees
(PNAN-MS) – As one of five museums and five libraries, the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) will be presented with a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service…
No nonsense lady goes ‘home’
(PNAN-NY) – There is an Australian Aboriginal Proverb that says, “We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to…
Proof in puddin’ report validates the Arts
(PNAN-DC) – The recent publication by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD), “Creative Placemaking” is a resource for mayors, arts organizations, the philanthropic sector and others interested in…
Decades of history blooms in book
(PNAN-ND) – Although we might not use it now, in our thoughts we have a plan for it in the future. Those who may open our drawers and see…
New Mountain senator names Bill to board
   (AAPNW-WV) – “I want to express my thanks to Governor Manchin for his demonstration of faith in me by appointing me to the State Board of Education,†said Bill…
School to showcase its artistic assets
(AAPNW-WV) – The Alban Arts Academy “Fall 2010 Showcase” opens on Thursday, November 18 and Friday, 19th with works by students, comprising paintings, sculptures, which will be on view…
‘Second City’ Editor’s pick
Where it all began “In 1946 Don Hall was a young Fort Wayne man with a background in the meat business, forty acres of swamp land and a dream. The…
Her California dreamin’ is a reality
PNAN-CA- It was in 1994 when Larisa Pilinsky aka Lark, who is an artist, art curator, and poet set out to leave her imprint on the art community by…
Yuletide decoration created the olden way
(PNAN-ND) – Commissioned by the North Dakota Council on the Arts, Sue Jacobson picked up her paints, brushes and fired up her kiln and created an original fourth annual…
They are feeling their heritage
(AAPNW-KY) –Annually in nine different award categories, those who have made a difference, changed the course, upheld all what the Arts have to offer will be feeling those sounds…
Georgia museum takes top award
(PNAN-GA) Besides an Award of Excellence for “Lord Love You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection” exhibition, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia…
Her advocacy for equality is US law
(AAPNW-IL) – “Lilly Ledbetter’s inspiring message and tireless activism helped to reshape federal law to ensure that women and men earn equal pay for equal work,” said Governor Pat…
Those deserving sought
(AAPNW-IN) – Almost four decades ago in the early 1970s, the biennial awards recognize excellence in artistic achievement, philanthropy, arts education, leadership in the arts, and at the same…
And the top honoree is . . .
“One of our greatest duties is to help those who are in need,” said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. “The Governor’s Home Town Awards are one small way we can…
Hands-on program makes real results
(PNAN-MS) – It takes practice, practice, practice to get to Carnegie Hall, but it takes a partnership to bring Carnegie Hall to Mississippi, and through Carnegie Hall’s Communities LinkUP!…
Here comes Santa Claus…down Bismarck Lane
    (PNAN-ND) – The North Dakota Council on the Arts’ bells are ringin’ and its staff is singin’ inviting artists and craftspeople to provide handmade ornaments for the North Dakota…
Agency encourages first timers to file
(PNAN) – November 1 is the deadline for the Minigrant application filing with the Mississippi Arts Commission. Offered in June and November, the Minigrants are to assist with smaller…
Land of Lincoln leader talks job creation
(AAPNW-IL) – The 24th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference is the oldest conference of its kind in the country and the premier event for women business owners in the Midwest,…