Gift center Journal Entries

2 creative works found

• The Gift of Community
  by doanart

  Please consider helping me attend the Vermont Art Center artist residency in November 2008! As many of you may remember, I was accepte…

  Please consider helping me attend the Vermont Art Center artist residency in November 2008! As many of you may remember, I was accepted to the Vermont Studio Center residency from November 21st through December 21st this year. I was granted a partial scholarship to cover a little over half the expenses of the residency. I have since been working on raising money to cover the remaining fees and I am glad to report I only have $1000 left to collect! I appreciate the support of those who have believed in my work enough to donate and help me produce work that continues to explore nature, spirit and healing. As an added incentive I am offering a special limited time print for donations of $100 or more. The print is titled “The Gift of Community” (view print at www.doanart.blogspot.com) Each print is hand colored by me with artist grade colored pencils, matted and signed. Once the fundraiser is over prints of this piece will no longer be available. I believe the print speaks to how every member of a community has a role and supports each member as well as benefits all. The Honeybee is a perfect representative of this ideal. The print shows honeybees working together in their hive collecting pollen and nectar. Attending this residency is a crucial step not only in developing my career as an artist, but also in supporting the community at large by allowing creative work to be made. Your donation will go directly toward supporting art to flourish, which, in turn, helps make our society healthier and balanced. While at the Vermont Studio Center I will be creating paintings that relate figures from mythology to objects in nature and the cosmos. The purpose of this series is to help people see and experience the beauty and diversity of the natural world in a new way. With our misuse and neglect for the well-being of the environment and the over consumption of nature’s resources, I believe that people need to once more find respect for and appreciate the natural world, which we are not separate from but intimately connected to. If you have enjoyed reading my blogs or benefited from the artwork and information that I have shared with you, please consider contributing. No amount is too small. However, my appreciation for your gift will be limitless! Donations received will go toward: Fees for attending the Vermont Studio Center residency To support me in continuing to produce artwork that stimulates thought To support my goal to produce work that is environmentally and socially aware For donations under $100: / DoAn Art is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of DoAn Art may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. / You can donate by credit card at https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate/1343 For donations $100 or more: / DoAn Art is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of DoAn Art may be made payable to Fractured Atlas. The value of the hand-colored 5×7 matted print, “The Gift of Community“, is $20.00. Any contribution above the amount is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Please make checks payable to: / “Fractured Atlas” / 820 West Hamilton Ave, / Sherrill, NY 13461. If you have any questions or concerns about donating to DoAn Art through Fractured Atlas, don’t hesitate to contact me at doanart@gmail.com. Thanks for your support! It is only like busy honeybees working together can we combine energies and resources to help everyone around us to see how fascinating and beautiful our world is and how much we need to help protect it! DoAn

• Could the Honeybee be the end of Us?
  by doanart

  For several years now there have been reports of dramatic declines in honeybee populations around the world. There is even a name now for…

  For several years now there have been reports of dramatic declines in honeybee populations around the world. There is even a name now for the phenomenon. It is called Colony Collapse Disorder. Entire colonies of bees have mysteriously disappeared, leaving the developing bees to die, and caches of honey and pollen to rot. There is a lot of speculation to what is causing this, but no consensus yet. When I hear about such things happening, it concerns me deeply. It drives me learn more about the creature (or culture) that is threatened so catastrophically that its very existence hangs in the balance. In the case of the honeybee, I have not only read about its biological history, I have also explored its history with humanity It is a long and fascinating story, which I never knew about and I suspect many people don’t know of. Though, due to the honeybee’s situation perhaps, many of us are starting to learn bit by bit. I also look to nature as a teacher and guide, and in exploring the honeybee, I have also learned more about what the honeybee can teach me. One of the first things I noticed about the honeybee is how organized it is. It works and lives in a very efficient community, where all members have a role and work toward a common goal. In folklore and spiritual traditions around the world, the honeybee represents community and organization. In reflecting on this, and the decline of the honeybee, and the condition of Colony Collapse Disorder, I can’t help but look at this as a symbol of the human community as a whole. Could the honeybee be telling us to watch out? Perhaps it is time to take a good hard look at the communities, both large and small, around us and evaluate their well-being. I suspect that they need help and, since each of us are in some way a part of many communities of one kind or another, we need to get organized and participate in healing them. Perhaps, in the process of healing our own communities we may end up helping out the honeybees who are in need of aid. I think nature can teach in both directions. And, after all, humans really are not separate from the honeybee at all, we are both part of the great community of life that exists on earth. I will share more about the fascinating honeybee in the next few posts. If you find this interesting and would like to learn more about the honeybee and other teachings from nature, please consider donating to DoAn Art. I am currently raising money to attend a residency at the Vermont Studio Center where I can synthesize this kind of information into artwork to share with society. It is my hope that by sharing my teachings and paintings from nature, I might help inspire others to seek ways to make our world and all the beings on it a beautiful place to live. Donations can made in any denomination. However, for donations $100 or more, you will receive a gift of a hand-colored print “Gift of the Community” by DoAn. (the print can be viewed at www.doanart.blogspot.com) DoAn Art is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of DoAn Art may be made payable to Fractured Atlas. The value of the hand-colored 5×7 matted print, “The Gift of Community“, is $20.00. Any contribution above the amount is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Please make checks payable to: / “Fractured Atlas” / 820 West Hamilton Ave, / Sherrill, NY 13461. DoAn