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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Paintings on Silk by Linda Marcille has Moved!
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Christmas in July & August Sale on Etsy!
Huge Christmas in July Sale on Etsy!!!! Limited edition prints of my silk paintings are $25.00 (reg. $35.00). All silk scarves are listed at reduced prices. Christmas is 5 months away so stock up and save!!!!! If you see a print on my Crow House Studio website (http://www.crowhousestudio.com/) that you love, email me and I will list it on Etsy at the sale price for you!
Vist my Etsy shop and take advantage of the Christmas in July & August Sale at this link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/silkartisan
Vist my Etsy shop and take advantage of the Christmas in July & August Sale at this link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/silkartisan
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Creating Color Mockups in Photoshop CS4
Visit my active blog to learn more about creating color mockups in Photoshop CS4
Monday, July 12, 2010
Playing with Color for a Scarf Design in Photoshop
Playing with Color for a Scarf Design in Photoshop
To read the original post and see more photos of color designs go to my active blog at this link: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/07/playing-with-color-for-scarf-design-in.html
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Some New Silk Scarf Designs with the Resist Applied
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/07/woking-on-some-resisted-silk-scarves.html
Friday, July 9, 2010
Hand Screen Printed Silk Scarves
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/07/hand-screen-printed-silk-scarves.html
My silk scarves are available online at Etsy via this link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/silkartisan
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
3 of my Silk Painitngs Published in Vermont Main Streets Magazine
To see other publications my work has been published in or more of my silk paintings and scarves visit my Facebook Studio page at this link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linda-Marcille-Crow-House-Studio/31337354316?ref=s#!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Silk Painting Stolen
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Custom Silk Painting of Karo the Dog
The latest silk painting that I was commissioned to paint was picked up yesterday. I had gotten used to having it around the studio and I think I shall miss seeing it. It was a painting of Karo the dog who apparently is a woodsy girl, perhaps even a bit of a tom boy. Her owner tells me that she has a fascination with all things that move and rustle in the leaves of the forest floor.
To see photos of this painting in process visit my Brattleboro Muse blog:
Photos of the Custom Painting of Karo in Process
Friday, June 25, 2010
Creating Screen Printing Stencils dor Silk Painting
To read about creating silk screen stencils and see photos of the stencils click this link to my active blog: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/06/creating-screen-printing-stencils.html
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Jazz Silk Paintings at VT Artisan Desings for Strolling of the Heifers Weekend
Parade starts off with scores of young cows colorfully bedecked and led by future farmers, followed by a jazz-themed agricultural parade of farmers, tractors, more farm animals, bands, floats, clowns and more.When it’s over the crowd follows the parade to the Stroll’s Green Expo and Dairy Festival for food, entertainment, demonstrations, exhibits and fun.
http://www.strollingoftheheifers.com/v2/
http://www.crowhousestudio.com/
Posted by Linda Marcille at 2:40 PM
Saturday, May 8, 2010
9 Silk Paintings for Leland Faulkner's Stage Show Fnished!
9 Silk Paintings for Leland Faulkner's Stage Show Finished!
I finally finished the 9 silk paintings for Leland Faulkner’s stage show. Five of the paintings were nearly 5” square and the whole order took about two months to complete. They went out in the mail yesterday and I have moved onto another custom order and a collaborative project I am doing with an amazing still life photographer named Anna Nemoy but I wanted to share some photos of the finished paintings. You can view all 9 of the paintings on my Brattleboro Muse Blog at this link:
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/05/9-silk-paintings-for-leland-faulkners.html
I finally finished the 9 silk paintings for Leland Faulkner’s stage show. Five of the paintings were nearly 5” square and the whole order took about two months to complete. They went out in the mail yesterday and I have moved onto another custom order and a collaborative project I am doing with an amazing still life photographer named Anna Nemoy but I wanted to share some photos of the finished paintings. You can view all 9 of the paintings on my Brattleboro Muse Blog at this link:
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/05/9-silk-paintings-for-leland-faulkners.html
Thursday, April 15, 2010
My Scarves and Prints are now Available on Market Vermont
Market Vermont
A State of Fine Art and Craft
Many of the products you'll find here are available in limited quantities or are one-of-a-kind. The artisans that create these wonderful items live and work in Vermont. We encourage you to visit their studios and the art galleries that display their work the next time you come visit Vermont. You're likely to find even more and wonderful items when you do.
Click on this link to see items I have for sale on Market Vermont. More items are being added so check back often! http://www.marketvermont.com/lindamarcille.html
Click here to see my Profile on Market Vermont http://www.marketvermont.com/blog/mvt-lm/
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Silken Monkey Painted & Bathing Beauty Takes the Post Steaming Plunge
To see photos & read about the progress I am making on the custom order for the filmmaker follow this link to my active blog: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/04/silken-monkey-painted-bathing-beauty.html
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
April Gallery Walk 18 Paintings on Silk by Linda Marcille
18 paintings on silk by artist Linda Marcille will be on display at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro for the First Friday Gallery Walk and throughout the month of April.
Linda is an award winning artist whose paintings on silk have been sold internationally. Her silk paintings are created using the highest quality steam set French dyes from Europe, the finest crepe de chine silk from China and a one of a kind resist made only in New Zealand. She has taken an ancient Asian art form and infused it with her own joyful and whimsical style. Linda’s original paintings on silk as well as her limited edition prints are available locally through Vermont Artisans Designs on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro. Linda also creates limited quantities of silk scarves which she sells only through wholesale accounts, online, or at her Brattleboro studio.
You can see more of Linda's silk art on her website at http://www.crowhousestudio.com/
Please visit Linda's Studio page on Facebook and click on the "Become a Fan" link!:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linda-Marcille-Crow-House-Studio/31337354316?ref=s
Monday, March 22, 2010
Paintings on Silk by Linda Marcille at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro in April
Vermont Art Zine Published a press release about my silk paintings show at the Lartchis Theatre in Brattleboro for the month of April. They also included the photos from the Guild of Silk Painters Journal that I was published in. http://vermontartzine.blogspot.com/2010/03/press-release-linda-marcilles-silk.html
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Eight large Paintings on Silk for Stage Show
To follow the progress and see more photos of the eight large custom paintings on silk I am doing for the stage shows go to my active blog at : http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Got the Cover & Two Page Color Spread in the Silk Painters Journal!
Click on link to go to my active blog & read more about this subject: Silk Painters Guild Photo Spread
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Building a Homemade Silk Steamer (For Steamset Dyes on Silk)
To view photos of the process of building a silk steamer using cut stove pipe and pop rivets visit my active blog here visit my active blog here: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/03/building-homemade-silk-steamer-for.html
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Custom Silk Order for Stage
To follow the progress of the custom silk order I am working on that will be used by a magician/filmmaker on stage visit my active blog at: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/03/progress-on-custom-order.html
I will be posting new photos on that blog every couple of days to show my progress.
I will be posting new photos on that blog every couple of days to show my progress.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Brief History of a Silk Painter
People ask me all the time why I paint on silk and there are many varied reasons so there is no short answer to that question. I have struggled with a chronic illness ever since I began painting on silk in the late 1990’s, over a decade ago now, so I often reflect on how silk painting has helped me on my journey towards healing. For me there is a strong symbolism in the weave of the silk threads that parallels the web of our lives, which are woven together with health and sickness joys and deep sadness, all intertwined to make up this lustrous and beautiful surface. The high parts of the silk shimmer brilliantly with reflected light but it wouldn’t be as beautiful if it weren’t for the rich dark areas provided by the deep shadowy areas, the lows that in contrast make the higher points shimmer so brightly in the light. The silk threads themselves are so thin, yet so strong, just as we tend to be at what seems to be the weakest moments of our lives. Look at people whose bodies are ravaged by terminal illness, they often seem stronger, more centered and well then they have ever been. Like the strength I witness in the wisps of silken fiber I often pull from the edges of my paintings that float down to the studio floor where they land safely and unbroken.
My paintings are about healing even though that may not always be visible to others. They are created without a lot of planning often in bright-uncomplicated colors. I often mix the dyes from primary colors until I get a color that feels right, and then I touch my brush to the silk and can’t help smiling as the dye flows, moves and dances across the silk. It thrills me as it wanders and then it arrives at the resist. The resist is what keeps the dye from flowing where it does not belong, as long as I follow its rules, when I don’t it breaks down and leaks, forever changing my painting. This is not necessarily a negative thing although I tend to view it that way at first. Just like in our daily lives when something “breaks our rules”. We flow along on the path of right-mindedness and BAM, one day our “resist line” breaks and we are left without boundaries to bleed and flow with nothing there to catch us. Eventually we land safe in a new place at a new border, and upon looking around realize we have arrived where we were always meant to be. We find ourselves cradled in the healing weave of the fabric that is our lives within the ebb and flow of constant creation.
I feel a deep affinity for the work of Kahlo, Matisse, and Van Gogh, the latter whom suffered greatly for his effort to break away from the traditions and historic use of the mediums he was using. His usage was “All Wrong” according to the opinions that mattered at the time. His struggle was immense, but his passion was so deep and so strong, and his vision of healing and lifting up every being that was suffering was so great that it consumed him in fits of manic madness. He failed at being a minister because he loved too much and was no good at the politics; he gave every last thread of himself to his congregation. Until ill, possession less and near death he was labeled mad and dismissed from the Church.
When he painted he disregarded the “Old School” rules. Not that he necessarily wanted to, he struggled all of his life trying to paint and draw as “they” wanted him to but his inner fire burned to bright to follow the rules and when it erupted onto the canvas it was far to brilliant and blinded the eyes of his contemporaries to the beauty in his paintings. Had Vincent been able to follow the rules of his artistic predecessors perhaps he would have been able to sell his paintings during his life time. However I suspect if that were so, many of us would have never experienced the raw healing energy present in his work. His life was woven in such a way that although he sold drawings he only sold one of the nearly 800 paintings he made while he was alive. But we know from his letters to his brother Theo that he knew in his deepest self, at least at one point that what he was doing was right, despite how terribly his contemporaries ridiculed him. He died the worst sort of death I can imagine. He died of madness. His silken tapestry began to unravel until at the very end he chose to loosen the knot and let that single thread, which was his life, float away from the weight that for so long had been bearing down on him.
When my Father died I was nine years old, the story of Vincent’s life and death helped explain to me the madness that had unwoven my Father’s life. I began to understand why my Father finally let go of that thread that bound him to life and to me. Vincent’s art and story helped me to hold fast to my own bare threads when, because of illness, I felt my knots slipping. I have felt his passion and his madness, perhaps inherited from the parts of my Father woven so deeply into me. So in my 30’s I started to paint, first on paper and then a few years later on silk. It never dawned on me that it could be done wrong or that there were “rules”. I was totally free to paint as I saw things with my heart, no right or wrong, I just painted it all, the pain the joy, the good the bad. I picked up the woven threads of silk, dyed them with vibrant colors, set the dye with tears and smiles and created art. In my body of work a sensitive viewer may see my light and dark, my highs and lows and perhaps, if one looks very closely, the tiny wisp of silken thread that connects us all.
My paintings are about healing even though that may not always be visible to others. They are created without a lot of planning often in bright-uncomplicated colors. I often mix the dyes from primary colors until I get a color that feels right, and then I touch my brush to the silk and can’t help smiling as the dye flows, moves and dances across the silk. It thrills me as it wanders and then it arrives at the resist. The resist is what keeps the dye from flowing where it does not belong, as long as I follow its rules, when I don’t it breaks down and leaks, forever changing my painting. This is not necessarily a negative thing although I tend to view it that way at first. Just like in our daily lives when something “breaks our rules”. We flow along on the path of right-mindedness and BAM, one day our “resist line” breaks and we are left without boundaries to bleed and flow with nothing there to catch us. Eventually we land safe in a new place at a new border, and upon looking around realize we have arrived where we were always meant to be. We find ourselves cradled in the healing weave of the fabric that is our lives within the ebb and flow of constant creation.
I feel a deep affinity for the work of Kahlo, Matisse, and Van Gogh, the latter whom suffered greatly for his effort to break away from the traditions and historic use of the mediums he was using. His usage was “All Wrong” according to the opinions that mattered at the time. His struggle was immense, but his passion was so deep and so strong, and his vision of healing and lifting up every being that was suffering was so great that it consumed him in fits of manic madness. He failed at being a minister because he loved too much and was no good at the politics; he gave every last thread of himself to his congregation. Until ill, possession less and near death he was labeled mad and dismissed from the Church.
When he painted he disregarded the “Old School” rules. Not that he necessarily wanted to, he struggled all of his life trying to paint and draw as “they” wanted him to but his inner fire burned to bright to follow the rules and when it erupted onto the canvas it was far to brilliant and blinded the eyes of his contemporaries to the beauty in his paintings. Had Vincent been able to follow the rules of his artistic predecessors perhaps he would have been able to sell his paintings during his life time. However I suspect if that were so, many of us would have never experienced the raw healing energy present in his work. His life was woven in such a way that although he sold drawings he only sold one of the nearly 800 paintings he made while he was alive. But we know from his letters to his brother Theo that he knew in his deepest self, at least at one point that what he was doing was right, despite how terribly his contemporaries ridiculed him. He died the worst sort of death I can imagine. He died of madness. His silken tapestry began to unravel until at the very end he chose to loosen the knot and let that single thread, which was his life, float away from the weight that for so long had been bearing down on him.
When my Father died I was nine years old, the story of Vincent’s life and death helped explain to me the madness that had unwoven my Father’s life. I began to understand why my Father finally let go of that thread that bound him to life and to me. Vincent’s art and story helped me to hold fast to my own bare threads when, because of illness, I felt my knots slipping. I have felt his passion and his madness, perhaps inherited from the parts of my Father woven so deeply into me. So in my 30’s I started to paint, first on paper and then a few years later on silk. It never dawned on me that it could be done wrong or that there were “rules”. I was totally free to paint as I saw things with my heart, no right or wrong, I just painted it all, the pain the joy, the good the bad. I picked up the woven threads of silk, dyed them with vibrant colors, set the dye with tears and smiles and created art. In my body of work a sensitive viewer may see my light and dark, my highs and lows and perhaps, if one looks very closely, the tiny wisp of silken thread that connects us all.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
6 x 6 Show at RoCo
6x6x2010 - You Asked For It!
June 5 - July 11, 2010
6x6x2010 Online Gallery - Coming Soon!
Deadline for Submissions: May 2, 5pm
[Prospectus & Submission Form]
Preview Hours: June 2, 3 & 4, 1-10pm
[Frequently Asked Questions]
Opening Reception & Artwork Sale: June 5, 6-10pm
Purchased Artwork Pick-Up: July 11, 12, 13 & 14, 1-7 pm
UPDATE (1/22/10): 6x6x2010 is announced to the public.... please tell your friends
Thank you for your contribution to 6x6x2009! Last year more than 6,000 Visitors attended an exciting art exhibition of more than 3,000 artworks by nearly 1,200 artists from 17 countries, 36 states (and 4 species)! More than 1,400 artworks sold.
Thanks to your support, it was a huge success. We asked every visitor to 6x6x2009 if we should have another 6x6 exhibition. Resoundingly, you answered YES!Artworks due: May 2, 2010 at 5pm. Artworks may be mailed or delivered directly to RoCo, 137 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604. Wed. - Sun. 1-5 pm, January 24 - May 2. Each submission must be accompanied by a completed submission form.Remember: Artworks must be signed only on the back (to be exhibited and sold anonymously) and accompanied by the submission form.Please read FAQs: [Frequently Asked Questions]Full Artist List: Coming Soon!ABOUT 6x6x2010:6x6x2010 is the third exhibition of thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths and YOU. Each artwork will be 6x6 inches square and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. All artworks will be for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Artists' names will be revealed to the buyer only upon purchase and all artworks will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. Don't miss Rochester's largest exhibition, and a chance to show your artwork in great company and support Rochester's downtown contemporary art venue. All submissions are due by May 2 at 5 pm and should be delivered or mailed directly to Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Submission form [Prospectus & Submission Form] INSTRUCTIONS: Please print and fill out BOTH halves (duplicate information on each side) of the submission form and submit this with each artwork. You may leave areas blank. We need a Submission form (2 halves) for each artwork. NOTE: The submission form is the final page of the Prospectus & Submission document.
June 5 - July 11, 2010
6x6x2010 Online Gallery - Coming Soon!
Deadline for Submissions: May 2, 5pm
[Prospectus & Submission Form]
Preview Hours: June 2, 3 & 4, 1-10pm
[Frequently Asked Questions]
Opening Reception & Artwork Sale: June 5, 6-10pm
Purchased Artwork Pick-Up: July 11, 12, 13 & 14, 1-7 pm
UPDATE (1/22/10): 6x6x2010 is announced to the public.... please tell your friends
Thank you for your contribution to 6x6x2009! Last year more than 6,000 Visitors attended an exciting art exhibition of more than 3,000 artworks by nearly 1,200 artists from 17 countries, 36 states (and 4 species)! More than 1,400 artworks sold.
Thanks to your support, it was a huge success. We asked every visitor to 6x6x2009 if we should have another 6x6 exhibition. Resoundingly, you answered YES!Artworks due: May 2, 2010 at 5pm. Artworks may be mailed or delivered directly to RoCo, 137 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604. Wed. - Sun. 1-5 pm, January 24 - May 2. Each submission must be accompanied by a completed submission form.Remember: Artworks must be signed only on the back (to be exhibited and sold anonymously) and accompanied by the submission form.Please read FAQs: [Frequently Asked Questions]Full Artist List: Coming Soon!ABOUT 6x6x2010:6x6x2010 is the third exhibition of thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths and YOU. Each artwork will be 6x6 inches square and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. All artworks will be for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Artists' names will be revealed to the buyer only upon purchase and all artworks will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. Don't miss Rochester's largest exhibition, and a chance to show your artwork in great company and support Rochester's downtown contemporary art venue. All submissions are due by May 2 at 5 pm and should be delivered or mailed directly to Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Submission form [Prospectus & Submission Form] INSTRUCTIONS: Please print and fill out BOTH halves (duplicate information on each side) of the submission form and submit this with each artwork. You may leave areas blank. We need a Submission form (2 halves) for each artwork. NOTE: The submission form is the final page of the Prospectus & Submission document.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Commission For 8 Large Silk Paintings
I took on a custom order that I very nearly turned down because the size of the silk pieces is larger than I can comfortably work with my back issues but it is such a unique and whimsical project that I ended up saying yes.
The project is for a gentleman who’s agent proclaims on their website that he is a Kennedy Center Award winning filmmaker, director, stage magician & film consultant (He consulted on The Polar Express).
The commission is a wacky, whimsical project to be used on stage. There will be 4 large cartoon like characters with bodies and no heads each character will be painted onto a 55” x 55” piece of silk. The magician will them hold up the silk and allow his head to be the head of the silk character. I am not sure what happens at that point (maybe he disappears :-). Then there are 4 other pieces of silk 36” x 36” and those will just have words on them that will be used during the shows. So it is 8 pieces in all.
To read the rest of this blog post & see photos of some work I did over the last couple of weeks follow the link below to my Brattleboro Muse Blog:
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/02/commission-for-8-large-silk-paintings.html
The project is for a gentleman who’s agent proclaims on their website that he is a Kennedy Center Award winning filmmaker, director, stage magician & film consultant (He consulted on The Polar Express).
The commission is a wacky, whimsical project to be used on stage. There will be 4 large cartoon like characters with bodies and no heads each character will be painted onto a 55” x 55” piece of silk. The magician will them hold up the silk and allow his head to be the head of the silk character. I am not sure what happens at that point (maybe he disappears :-). Then there are 4 other pieces of silk 36” x 36” and those will just have words on them that will be used during the shows. So it is 8 pieces in all.
To read the rest of this blog post & see photos of some work I did over the last couple of weeks follow the link below to my Brattleboro Muse Blog:
http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/2010/02/commission-for-8-large-silk-paintings.html
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Screen Printing on Silk with Thickened Dyes
I haven't been posting that much to this blog lately mostly because I am using my Brattleboro-Muse blog to do most of my journaling on these days. You can find that blog here: http://brattleboro-muse.blogspot.com/
The post below is a copy of the post I wrote for my Brattleboro-Muse blog today.
Today I spent the day cozy and warm in the studio watching the blizzard outside. Beautiful as long as you dont have to travel in it!
I have been experimenting with screen printing on silk using thickened stem set dyes and I am really enjoying the process. Todays prints remind me of birds nests, which fits in with my contentment at being nice and cozy inside watching the snow pile up outside.
Now I just have to decide if I want to take them further, perhaps using some discharge paste, maybe adding a raven or two or embelishing them in some other way to create works of art out of the or if I should leave them as is and sell them as scarves. I'll see how they speak to me after they are steamed.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Vermont Artists Send Love Letters to Obama
I have been experimenting a little in my studio but until I am back in remission and get my energy back I can’t really get into any big projects. I do feel like I am getting better every day but it is a slow process. So I was grateful for a fun little project that came along called “Love letters to Obama”. It was brought to my attention on Facebook by my friend Delia Robinson.
My Obama valentine was of course a silk painting. It is the statue of Liberty holding up a heart torch and a book of poems titled “To Obama with Love”. She is sitting upon rough seas and a darkened city is behind her. The painting represents Obama standing strong and helping us to navigate these stormy seas.
Love Letters to Obama was started by Vermont artist Callie Thompson as a way for people to show Obama their support for all he has done. The description Callie has posted in the information section of the projects Facebook page says:
We were there to help him get elected, now we need to step up and send him some love throughout his presidency!
Americans complained about Bush for eight years, now we've continued the same un-empowering, unhelpful cycle of complaining as soon as we feel that a leader is not doing exactly what each of us personally thinks they should have done by now. The truth is, the man needs some support. We worked together, in every grassroots method possible, to get Obama elected. Now we need to keep up the support and honor his work as he fulfills the mandate we gave him.
Get involved again! In honor of this, for Valentine's Day, send a Valentine to Obama. Let's tell him we're still here to help. If your Valentine is particularly rad, put a photo of it up here.
Send the man some love:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
And send them they did! Everyday there are new works of art posted on the page by Vermont artists who are creating Valentines and mailing them to Obama to show him their support. Like Callie says ”Get involved again! Send the man some love.”
Link to the Love Letters to Obama page on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194350479998&ref=ts
Link to an article published in Seven Days about the project: http://7dvt.com/2010vermont-artists-address-valentines-white-house
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Linda Marcille
Love Letters to Obama was started by Vermont artist Callie Thompson as a way for people to show Obama their support for all he has done. The description Callie has posted in the information section of the projects Facebook page says:
We were there to help him get elected, now we need to step up and send him some love throughout his presidency!
Americans complained about Bush for eight years, now we've continued the same un-empowering, unhelpful cycle of complaining as soon as we feel that a leader is not doing exactly what each of us personally thinks they should have done by now. The truth is, the man needs some support. We worked together, in every grassroots method possible, to get Obama elected. Now we need to keep up the support and honor his work as he fulfills the mandate we gave him.
Get involved again! In honor of this, for Valentine's Day, send a Valentine to Obama. Let's tell him we're still here to help. If your Valentine is particularly rad, put a photo of it up here.
Send the man some love:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
And send them they did! Everyday there are new works of art posted on the page by Vermont artists who are creating Valentines and mailing them to Obama to show him their support. Like Callie says ”Get involved again! Send the man some love.”
Link to the Love Letters to Obama page on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194350479998&ref=ts
Link to an article published in Seven Days about the project: http://7dvt.com/2010vermont-artists-address-valentines-white-house
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Linda Marcille
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