April 28, 2011
I'm eager to announce an exciting bit of news:
I'm honored and very pleased to announce that my American Fraktur Paint-And-Color Book will be included in the gift shop of the traveling art exhibit America: Now and Here, an impressively-thought-out project led and curated by New York artist Eric Fischl. You can read all about Mr. Fischl and America: Now and Here by clicking the links in this update. Also, you can read a New York Times article about the art project. I'm completely thrilled to be included, and will be attending the Chicago exhibit in October.
February 2nd, 2011: Donate Button added to this site
I'm pleased to say there's now a simple way to show your support via a Donate Button on this page. If you would like to contribute anything at all to my Surtex Fund, but don't necessarily want/need to buy something from my store(s), you now can, and believe me, it's all appreciated and needed.
January 28th, 2011: I'm excited to announce my new online store!
There's not just Etsy anymore. Now there's www.artisanem.artfire.com where I have a range of products for sale. I'm updating it every few days, so be sure to check frequently. I'll be putting repeating patterns up as frameable artwork. I hope you'll visit often, and buy stuff – remember that all proceeds go to my Surtex fund!
The CD is released! It's absolutely gorgeous, inside and out!
For the past two months, I've been designing my first CD album cover for my friends Sharon Bousquet and Phoenix Jordan of the group Beaucoup Shakti. This album is called How Spirit Sings, and is AMAZING. I'm not just saying that because I designed the cover! It's beautiful, poignant, uplifting, devastating and energetic all at once. I've long been a fan of Sharon's music, and this latest album went beyond my expectations! I can't stop listening to it, and have the last song, Raise Me, indelibly imprinted in my head and heart. I highly recommend this or any other album of Sharon's.
This CD cover project has been so amazing, educational, fun and creative, and the joy I've gotten from being involved in it is only enhanced by the fact that this music is so beautiful, and Sharon and Phoenix are such beautiful, dear, skilled and inspiring people in their own right. I thank them for asking me to be a part of this!
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• Emily launches new greeting card line: Inkstone Arts fine art Frameables
Timely greetings ~ Lasting gifts© These words tell the story! We are super-excited about this new product – quality greeting cards formatted for use with ready-made mats &/or frames, for permanent display as art prints! We’ve chosen 18 of Emily’s lovely paintings to launch the line. Look for them soon at card & gift shops near you!
Retailers: Go to InkstoneArts.com to view and order the products.
• Emily's Folk Art Coloring Book is now available through her Etsy Store.
Emily’s American Fraktur Paint-and-Color Book is designed for all ages and skill levels to enjoy – a coloring book for young kids, and a creative art experience for older kids and adults.
Removable pages let you finish and frame your favorites. Heavy, acid-free paper is great for all water-based paints, as well as markers, colored pencils and crayons.
We welcome your comments about the book and your experience with it. And Emily invites you to email pictures of your finished creations.
To purchase, go to EmmyCat.etsy.com
• See Emily's Noah's Ark mural
See pictures of the completed mural that Emily designed and painted (with a little help from her friends) in the atrium of Noah’s Ark Animal Foundation in Fairfield, IA.
