Have you seen…..? Dealer Inquiry.

Have you seen this statue? He stands 18″ high and was wholesaled from UMA Enterprises, Inc., 660 W. Artesia Blvd., Compton, CA in 2008 (now discontinued) and made in China. UPC#748647 751303

 I’ve seen copies that stand 14″ and don’t have as much detail.

UMA , Inc. told me there were only 5000 available at the time and they wholesaled for $15.00. Do you have any connections to find such an item?

The statue is made of plaster, and is bronze in color. There is a tag on the bottom of the statue with the UPC number. It also says made in China.

I typed the UPC code into the computer and came up with the company name that wholesaled it. I called them on the phone and they confirmed that they carried this item in 2008. There w

ere 5000 statues ..some sold in big box stores, others sold in Canada. They also don’t have any in stock.

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re: Schou Cowboy

I Apologize

Dear Readers,

I apologize for being remiss in my committment to post in recent weeks.

Last month I discovered  I had a lung ailment that was sapping my strength. At first I thought I had a bad cold but I was wrong. I am slowly getting my strength back and will begin posting again. On days that I am unable to write I will either invite other writers or in the absence of content will repost what seem to be the best of previous  entries.

Thank you.

Lee.

A Few Minutes in the Life of a Docent at the Gallery@CityHall.

In March of 2013 I was accepted as a docent at the Gallery@CityHall. Lee Broom.

(Visitor enters the gallery and begins asking questions about the photography. We exchange memories of our knowledge of various buildings.)

Visitor: Are you the resident docent?

Lee: I am.

Visitor: What does a docent do?

Lee: Dispenses information, asks questions, reads body language…

Visitor: Really! And my body language….What secrets does my body language reveal?

Lee: It tells me that you are a very inquisitive fellow and that you might be an architect.

Visitor: Not fair, we’ve been talking about buildings already.

Lee: So are you an architect?

Visitor: Not quite. I’m a mechanical engineer; I studied at ASU. Graduated in ’75.

The conversation lasts for several minutes and two more people enter the gallery. “Welcome to the Gallery@CityHall.”

“Phoenix Icons: The Art of our Historic Landmarks Exhibition”

‘Phoenix Icons: The Art of Our Historic Landmarks,’ features photographs of more than 30 historic Phoenix landmarks, by Patrick Madigan and Michael Lundgren.The exhibit is the second in a series of rotating exhibitions from the city’s historic Municipal Art Collection of 1,000 artworks.

The works in ‘Phoenix Icons’ were commissioned by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program. They include once private homes that have been transformed into public venues and once revered schools reborn as new places to learn. An old department store now houses a restaurant and a former auto showroom emerges as the face of a vibrant downtown park.

The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission have partnered in this exhibition of photographs that feature views of Phoenix’ first century historic landmarks and portraits of our mid-century marvels, the distinctive architecture created after World War II.”

A Few Minutes in the Life of a Docent at the Gallery@CityHall.

In March of 2013 I was accepted as a docent at the Gallery@CityHall. Lee Broom.

(Visitor enters the gallery and begins asking questions about the photography. We exchange memories of our knowledge of various buildings.)

Visitor: Are you the resident docent?

Lee: I am.

Visitor: What does a docent do?

Lee: Dispenses information, asks questions, reads body language…

Visitor: Really! And my body language….What secrets does my body language reveal?

Lee: It tells me that you are a very inquisitive fellow and that you might be an architect.

Visitor: Not fair, we’ve been talking about buildings already.

Lee: So are you an architect?

Visitor: Not quite. I’m a mechanical engineer; I studied at ASU. Graduated in ’75.

The conversation lasts for several minutes and two more people enter the gallery. “Welcome to the Gallery@CityHall.”

 

“Phoenix Icons: The Art of our Historic Landmarks Exhibition”

‘Phoenix Icons: The Art of Our Historic Landmarks,’ features photographs of more than 30 historic Phoenix landmarks, by Patrick Madigan and Michael Lundgren.The exhibit is the second in a series of rotating exhibitions from the city’s historic Municipal Art Collection of 1,000 artworks.

The works in ‘Phoenix Icons’ were commissioned by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program. They include once private homes that have been transformed into public venues and once revered schools reborn as new places to learn. An old department store now houses a restaurant and a former auto showroom emerges as the face of a vibrant downtown park.

The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission have partnered in this exhibition of photographs that feature views of Phoenix’ first century historic landmarks and portraits of our mid-century marvels, the distinctive architecture created after World War II.”

Eye and Ego Surgery

On Monday I had eye (I) surgery.

Cataract removal, it was.

Ego repair as well.

This was not a routine procedure.

I had been reminded on several occasions of medical consultation, that I have macular degeneration, glaucoma and the scarred and biased memories of an emergency surgery some years ago and that all this must be taken into consideration before making a final decision.

The physician on call that day so many years ago clearly did not want to be dragged from a private social event of obvious priority. Dr. Badmouth cursed and barked at me throughout the surgery. Fortunately, I lacked the good sense to be afraid of this weekend warrior; I was attempting to be in control of my every thought, every unexpressed fidget and I was indeed fanatically focused, as only a truly experienced OCD practitioner such as I could be. My only thought was to focus intently on the image of a good result which was fixed firmly in that particular visionary vestibule assigned to precise results.

Within a week after that surgery I would be told by yet another doctor that the vision in that left eye was blocked by the sudden onset of glaucoma. That was in the early nineties. A few years later I would have the stressed and abused lens on that eye replaced and the cataract thrown into a feline litter box or wherever it is that such detritus ends up.

A decade earlier I had been forewarned that due to optical abnormalities, my career in the arts might better be amended to a saner livelihood as a consultant. I began to slowly gravitate toward such a goal, developing as time went on, another set of ideas in a less conspicuous compartment, probably much closer geographically to a more lizardly section of my brain.

During this last year that sleeping giant, the Godzilla of my latent nightmares began to rouse, eventually roaring to life in April of 2012, growling noisily in protest minutes after my arrival for surgery for the other eye, my right eye, an orb with all the same problems as the one which had left me with such troubled memories that they now were more valuable as fodder for a Japanese Sci-Fi film on the Giant Screen.

Minutes later I was being chauffeured away from that awkward scene, still raving as my friend John who in twenty-five years of friendship had known me only as a gentleman and not given to overt displays of emotion, listened quietly in his own better defined demeanor of gentleness.

It has taken a year now to persuade The Good Doctor, a physician whose normal presence is quite the opposite of that crazy Dr Hyde of the nineties whose dull wit and noisy method affected me so, to proceed. On April 2, 2013 the cataract was removed.

I was not prepared for the experience that would result from this surgery. The work of this Good doctor and his able assistants appears to have been a success. Though visual problems, most of which I am told are temporary, are with me still, I can see the world as never before. Millions of people may see their world better than I do right this minute but I can imagine no one more grateful than I.

My instructions for after-care include the warning that I may not be able to drive for a month or so and that great caution must be taken to follow instructions to the letter and to avoid mistakes. A family member, Betty, my oldest daughter’s mother in law and the widow of the founder of the church which is a second home to many of my family’s members is providing me with the guest bedroom at her house and has been driving me to doctor’s appointments and such. Other friends are offering me transportation to and from important social events and soon I shall be doing those things for myself.

This post has been difficult (and wordy) and as for the regularity of future posts I plan only to discover the daily increments of that plan with the greeting of each morning.

Lee Broom

Arizona Commision on the Arts: Extension Announcement.

The application deadline for the fiscal year 2014 grants cycle for organizations and schools is next Thursday, March 21, 2013, 11:59pm. Grant Guides and information can be found on the Arizona Commission on the Arts website at http://www.azarts.gov/grants/organizations-and-schools/guides/.

Please be advised: As a government agency, the Arts Commission is not able to offer any exceptions or extensions to the grants deadline.

Please pay special attention to the following reminders.

• All Applicants: All applicants to the Arts Commission’s Grants to      Organizations and Schools are required to create a new profile in GO!EGOR,      the new online application system, this year. If your organization is a      previous grantee of the Arts Commission, the login information your      organization previously used in EGOR will not work in GO!EGOR.
• Community Investment Grant      (CIG) Applicants:      Organizations applying to the Community Investment Grant program are      required to enter financial data through the Arizona Cultural Data Project      (AZCDP) as part of the application process. Applicants must generate a CDP      Funder Report consisting of FY12 and FY11 “Review Complete” financial data      through the Arizona CDP website. Review the guidelines for more information.Also, all organizations are required to submit a full application for      FY14. The CIG program may return to an alternate year review cycle in      FY15.

Arts Commission offices will be open until 5pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013 for applicant assistance. The Arts Commission does not advise waiting until the day of the deadline to submit applications. Applicants report that the online application system slows significantly on the day of the deadline due to the volume of traffic on the server.

Questions regarding GO!EGOR?
Contact Ginny Berryhill, Grants and Information Technology Manager at gberryhill@azarts.gov or 602-771-6528.

Questions regarding the Cultural Data Project?
Contact Patrick Fanning, Arts Commission Special Projects Coordinator at pfanning@azarts.gov or 602-771-6529, or the Cultural Data Project Help Desk.

Together we can imagine an Arizona where everyone can participate in and experience the arts.

Announcement: The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

The question and answer document about the Call for Documentary Services is available to view at http://phoenix.gov/arts/businessoac/pdfrfqdocserv.html.

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and project partners, Roosevelt Row CDC and the ASU Art Museum are looking for a video and still image documentary crew to create content, editing and post production services covering Cultural Connections, a collaboration of temporary public art projects.

To see the full call please click on the above link above.

SHEMER GALLERY announcement

Greetings! Please stop in and view the artworks created by students from various high schools through the valley.  Many of these works are for sale. New Horizons January 17 – February 14, 2012 This month the galleries at Shemer are highlighting the art being produced by many talented young students from high schools throughout the valley. Artwork on display includes a variety of media including painting, drawing, ceramic, photography, sculpture, and mixed media.  Awards will be presented to these very deserving students at a breakfast ceremony scheduled for January 26, 2012 from 10-12AM. These generous contributors have donated cash awards, gift certificates and/or purchases: The Wagner Partnership, Carol Houston, Ted Decker, Linda Tracey Brandon, Deborah Esquer, Brian Flanigan, Dallas Brown, Elaine Herbert (Marjon’s), Arthur Smith, Tom Chapman, the Zinsli Family, Framin’ Works, Arizona Art Supply, and the Arizona Artists Guild.  Many of these businesses and individuals have given awards in honor of a friend or family member. This exhibition is sponsored in-part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Shemer Art Center & Museum Association

2012 End of Year Message from the Arts Commission

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2012 End of Year Message from the Arts Commission On behalf of the Staff and Commissioners of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, we thank you for your support in 2012. Your ongoing collaboration with us to ensure all Arizonans have meaningful opportunities to participate in and experience the arts continues to drive our work on behalf of Arizona’s arts and culture sector. A few milestones from 2012: The Arts Commission achieved a 10-year reauthorization with bipartisan support from the Arizona State Legislature. HB2265’s success is attributable to a monumental statewide effort: a yearlong collaboration between artists, arts educators, administrators, board members, advocates and bipartisan elected officials. State Senator Al Melvin, working closely with the Arts Commission and members of the Arizona literary community, sponsored Senate Bill 1348 to establish a Poet Laureate position for the State of Arizona. The bill received broad bipartisan support in both State Legislative chambers and was signed into law by Governor Brewer in May 2012. The inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate will be appointed in 2013. Commissioners approved a renovation of grant programs for organizations and schools in alignment with grantmaking objectives of the Arts Commission: To put Arizona citizens first. To incentivize best practices and innovative strategies which prioritize fiscal ingenuity and encourage broad participation and engagement. To ensure that the state’s investment in arts and culture reflects Arizona’s diverse population and evolving demographics. In partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, the Arts Commission hosted the second Joint Arts Education Conference. The conference convened 175 arts education and arts learning providers from across the state for a full day of professional development, including in-depth sessions on the intersection between the Arts and Common Core Standards. The Arts Commission launched a new Fast-Track grant program, to support partnerships between arts and culture organizations, chambers of commerce and convention and visitors bureaus. The next deadline for this program is January 25, 2013. Social media efforts of the Arts Commission yielded 6600 likes on Facebook, and continue to provide a forum for resource-sharing and virtual convening. Efforts of the The Choice is Art campaign and the leadership of the Arts Commission secured over $30,000 in new support from individuals and foundations to the Arizona ArtShare Endowment. Arizona’s participation in Poetry Out Loud, a contest that encourages our nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation, grew to over 12,000 Arizona high school students and 52 schools from across the state. The agency relaunched and expanded the reach of its granting program for individual artists, the Artist Research and Development Grant. 2013 grantees were announced in late December 2012. The Arizona Commission on the Arts delivered funding to bring arts experiences to Arizonans in all areas of the state, through festivals, artist residencies, and exhibitions and performances that are unique to our state. Arts experiences capture and crystallize things that are not always easy to say, hear or process. In our communities, the arts serve as a vehicle for celebration and grieving, and they can express a sense of inimitable identity. And always, but especially at this particular time in our country, we know that the arts can also be a tool for healing. Keeping in mind the many roles the arts play in our lives, we celebrate the artists, arts educators, arts organizations and arts advocates who create and support the array of arts experiences offered in our state. We hope 2013 brings you and yours many opportunities to thrive and learn through the arts. Bob Booker Executive Director Arizona Commission on the Arts This e-mail was sent from Arizona Commission on the Arts Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.

AZ ARTS COMMISSION Grants Workshops

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Arts Commission to Host Community Grants Workshops Across the State The Arts Commission’s annual cycle of grants to organizations and schools opens in January 2013. Get the latest information regarding the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) granting cycle by attending one of the many workshops scheduled throughout the state during the months of January and February. During facilitated grants information sessions, Arts Commission staff will offer critical information and training related to our updated and new grant programs, GO!EGOR, and the Arizona Cultural Data Project. Joining the Arts Commission along the way will be Lora Gordon from Cultural Data Project and Lynn Tuttle from the Arizona Department of Education. See workshop details and descriptions below for more information. Register now. See workshop details. See workshop descriptions.GRANTS WORKSHOP & CULTURAL DATA PROJECT Tempe: Monday, January 7, 2013. 4:00 – 6:00pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting and Features, presented by Cultural Data Project Childsplay, 900 S. Mitchell Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281. Tucson: Tuesday, January 8, 2013. 1:00 – 3:00pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting and Features, presented by Cultural Data Project Temple of Music and Art, 330 South Scott Avenue, Tucson, AZ 95701. Flagstaff: Wednesday, January 9, 2013. 4:00 – 6:00pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting and Features, presented by Cultural Data Project Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road (Rte. 180), Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Prescott: Thursday, January 10, 2013. 10:00am – Noon Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting and Features, presented by Cultural Data Project Phippen Museum, Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ 86301. Phoenix: Thursday, January 10, 2013. 4:00 – 6:00pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting Features, presented by Cultural Data Project Phoenix Center for the Arts, 1202 N. 3rd St., Phoenix AZ 85004. GRANTS WORKSHOP & ARTS EDUCATION: COMMON CORE Bullhead City: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:30 – 3:30pm, Arts Education Workshop: Common Core, presented by Arizona Department of Education 3:30 – 4:30pm, Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Bullhead City School District Kingman: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:30 – 3:30pm, Arts Education Workshop: Common Core, presented by Arizona Department of Education 3:30 – 4:30pm, Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Kingman Unified School District Office Board Room, 3033 MacDonald Avenue, Kingman, AZ 86401. Yuma: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:30 – 4:30pm, Arts Education Workshop: Common Core, presented by Arizona Department of Education 4:30 – 5:30pm, Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Yuma Fine Arts Center, 254 South Main Street, Yuma, AZ 85364. GRANTS WORKSHOP ONLY Show Low: Monday, February 11, 2013. 3:00 – 4:30pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Deuce of Clubs Room, Show Low City Hall, 180 N. 9th Street, Show Low, AZ 85901. Bisbee: Monday, February 25, 2013. 4:00 – 5:30pm Grants Workshop, presented by Arizona Commission on the Arts Central School Project, 43 Howell Ave., Bisbee, AZ 85603. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS Arizona Commission on the Arts Grants Workshop (East Valley, Tucson, Flagstaff, Prescott, Phoenix, Bullhead City, Kingman, Yuma, Show Low, Bisbee) Learn about available funding opportunities from the Arts Commission. Staff of the Arts Commission will provide information related to the newest grant program, Honoring Our Servicemembers, and will provide grantwriting guidance related to all of its grants programs, to arts organizations, schools, school districts, arts educators, artists and more. The deadline for applications is March 21, 2013. Who should attend? Potential applicants to the Arts Commission’s grants for organizations and schools, and current grantees. Arizona Cultural Data Project: Reporting and Features (East Valley, Tucson, Flagstaff, Prescott, and Phoenix) The Arizona Cultural Data Project (CDP) is an online management tool that allows arts and cultural organizations to understand and analyze their financial performance. This presentation will cover reporting features available to users, including comparison and trend reports, financial health analyses, and a 3-click Annual Report. Who should attend? Representatives from arts and cultural organizations, applicants to the Arts Commission’s Community Invesment Grants program. Arts Education Workshop: Common Core (Bullhead City, Kingman, Yuma) Learn how the arts support the Common Core and connect with literacy and numeracy. Delve into the connections and explore how you as arts educators or teaching artists are a key part of the Common Core solution! Who should attend? Arts educators (music, dance, theatre and visual arts teachers), general classroom educators, education-based teaching artists. We imagine an Arizona where everyone can participate in and experience the arts. This e-mail was sent from Arizona Commission on the Arts Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.