31 Days of Thanks: Day 16
To my 150+ galleries who supported and promoted me throughout the contest on their gallery and personal Facebook pages and to their friends. Thank you. And an even bigger thank you for your patience as the lead time to receive the orders you had placed before the contest began grew longer and longer as I advanced through each and every round of the competition. Thank you not only for supporting me throughout the contest and for carrying my DyeSigns, but for your dedication to supporting handmade art and U.S. artists 365 days a year. Special thanks to Kim at Zig Zag Gallery, Ann and Melanie at Completely Kentucky, Annette at True Kentucky, Dawn at Quad City Arts, Sherry at Art on Symmes and Linda at GALA!...
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You have probably seen or heard about my feature on the cover of The Courier Journal Neighborhoods section. Many thanks to Courier Journal intern Zahra Farah who spent over two hours doing a phone interview with me and later came by the studio to see my art in person. I am so happy with how the article turned out and of course being featured on the cover was pretty cool too! Also, a special thank you to Bill Luster, who took the photographs for the article and a man who has shared two Pulitzer Prizes and photographed nine sitting U.S. Presidents and now me. As a photographer myself, it was quite an honor to be in front of the camera lens for a change with such a photography icon behind...
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To Elizabeth Kramer, the woman behind The Courier Journal Arts Bureau blog. Thank you for answering your phone that morning in July during the third round of the cover contest, for listening to my story, for blogging about my quest, but more importantly, for instilling in me the desire to have my artwork featured on the cover of a national magazine not because it won a contest, but because it deserves to be there. It will be one day. When it is, I will be calling you...
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To my theater family near and far. Special thanks to the singers, musicians, stagehands, and production team of the Cincinnati Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier, for all of your support during the second round of The Crafts Report cover contest. Thank you for listening to my campaign speech in between your cues and scenes and for your votes. My theater family grows with every production I work. Thank you to all of my theater family, new and old!
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To everyone at The James House B & B… A.K.A. the Round One headquarters for my cover contest campaign. Thank you so much for your hospitality! I began the day thinking I would send out an email, post a few Facebook messages throughout the day, and go about my little get away enjoying my vacation. It quickly morphed into a campaign that would rival that of any highly publicized political race. Glued to my computer, spreading the word, posting hourly and sometimes half hourly Facebook posts and appealing to any group or affiliation I could think to appeal to. By the end of the night I had received a warning from Facebook saying it believed I was using Facebook for methods other than which it was intended. I called it quits for the night knowing I had done about all I could do, got about three hours sleep before the excitement and anticipation kicked in again, and campaigned for a few more hours before the voting ended. Thanks again James family for the yummy meals, the relaxing get away (when I wasn’t a nervous wreck trying to campaign), and of course your...
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This was the second year for The Crafts Report cover contest. I was guilty. I saw the call for entries last year and thought about entering, but I did not make the time to enter the contest and let the opportunity pass by. Last year an awesome fiber artist friend of mine, Kent Epler of The Laughing Boy, entered, was selected, and made it to the final round. Kent was not the ultimate winner but did an amazing job. I knew that winning was possible and when I saw the call for entries this past May for the second contest I was all in! Thank you Kent for inspiring me to enter the contest in the first...
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