CALL FOR ARTISTS

https://hmhsfeminism.wixsite.com/mysite The web address above is the contact for an upcoming Art Exhibition and Contest being held by the Haddonfield Fornightly in cooperation with the 50 50 Club of Haddonfield High School. Registration fees go toward scholarships to girls all over the world for higher education. It is a worthy effort in every way.

The piece I am working on, for their theme: S T E A M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) is based on the piece I wrote about in the previous post POCKETBOOKS, only this time it will be one Pocketbook, and a larger size. My subjects for the small portraits are: Patricia Bath, who invented and patented the Laserphaco probe, an opthalmologic device to remove cataracts, Rear Admiral Grace Paley who developed COBOL the major compiling computer programming language for decades in the development of computers. She also worked on the UNIVAC. And my old favorites, Frances Moore Lappe, whose book DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, emphasized the role of animal agriculture in climate degradation, and Rachel Carson, whose book SILENT SPRING drew attention to the the impact of pesticides on the health of the earth as well as the rest of the creatures living on it. Finally, I always want to mention Rosalind Franklin, whose electron/microscopic photograph of DNA gave Watson and Crick the last piece to the puzzle for assembling the spiral helix of the DNA Model.

The deadline for registration has been extended, so to any artist out there who might want to join this noble effort, you have time! Registration is 2/9/23.

The show only goes up for a day, so you drop off on Feb. 24th and pick up on the 25th after the show. Even if you aren't interested in entering a work, you might want to take the opportunity to see the work! It is always a good show! Oh, and I almost forgot, there are cash prizes!

This is a project full of Heart, so I think I can use this as my wish for you to have a Happy Valentines Day! Also, think of this as a good early motivation to get something special for that one you love be it a friend, a lover, a spouse, a parent, a sister/brother, neighbor, whoever. Hopefully you have lots of people to love! By the way, the Winter Group Show is still up at The Station, 10 E. Chestnut, Merchantville, NJ and you can not only have a GREAT meal there, but the shop is full of wonderful things for a unique valentine gift, as well as delicious baked goods for the same purpose, if you arent' ready to spring for something big like a work of art, although the prices on the Art there are very very reasonable! Also they have cards, and you can always get a gift card for a lunch for that special someone!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Jo Ann

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