







Ed, you are the winner! Congratulations! Ed is a friend of mine from Indiana University, he just relocated to Chicago. What a great way to shake hands with the community! Just show up and your two tickets will be at the door under my name. I'll let my contact know that you are the winner! Have a blast!
As promised, here is a way for you to go to Inspired Art Chicago for FREE!
The tickets are available for Inspired Art Chicago! Click here to buy your tickets for the event on Thursday, October 1, 2009!
If you'd like to search for one of my canvases but you can't remember them you can go back to my post about them. 
Isn’t it strange when people tell you things that aren’t true?
You feel so sad and disappointed.
So your thoughts go around and around.
Your head moves like an airplane flying around in circles
and tastes like chocolate with spices of meanness and sourness.
Smells like a world with meanness.
But when you’re with a real friend you feel sure.
It’s strange when you’re happy and suddenly
you feel so depressed and nervous that your thoughts just disappear
and don’t remember what you were going to say.
They move like a magic book flipping over and over the pages.
So it tastes like candy you don’t remember what it was called.
But sometimes you just say I don’t know what I was thinking of.
So your thoughts just disappear like a magic cape that is invisible
that you can’t see.
Vanesa A., age 10
Corkey School, Chicago
Isn't it fantastic? The words and images go together beautifully. That's why I love art. In my original blog post about You Name It III, I think that details 1 and 3 really are really highlighted in the poem. I love how the two creations are now hand in hand.
Detail 1, You Name It III
Detail 3, You Name It III
If you would like to view some of the other artwork that has been selected visit the Inspired Art Website - http://inspiredartchicago.wordpress.com/.
It's not too late to participate. The website is easy to follow. Or you can refer to my previous post about the project.
Thanks for reading and send those kids a high-five!
My friend, Brian, contacted me a few weeks ago about this amazing project he is putting together for the youth of Chicago. The basic concept of the project is to bring together the students and artists. The students all wrote poems (an amazing range of subject matter, at the very least you should read the poems - http://inspiredartchicago.wordpress.com/the-poetry/) and then artists have the opportunity to browse the poems and then select one to pair with a current piece of work or to create a piece based on the poem.September 1st: Submission Deadline for Cover Art Contest
September 10th: Final deadline for interested artists to register and select a poem.
September 20th: Final Deadline for submission of pieces to the Inspired Art Project.
October 1st: America SCORES Chicago’s first annual Inspired Art Show and Auction.
If you do not choose to participate please at least spread the word. This is an amazing cause and a lot more than just a charity auction, it's giving these kids a way to creatively express themselves and get rewarded for it.
I'll let you know which poem and piece I choose. After reading some of the poems I have a You Name It piece or two that I think will work well.
At the very least re-blog this on your blog or copy this information and send an email! Thanks!
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On another note - WE ARE FLYING HOME TODAY!!!!!! We leave our apartment in 30 minutes! Wow, I'm so excited!
Happy Weekend!
Kate