This was a very sad week here at Verve Vertu, we lost one of our artists, Matt Ell is moving to the West coast where his brother, an artist with Dreamworks lives, the artistic talent obviously runs in the family. We had a little going away party for him on monday, his last day, he will be greatly missed and we all wish him and his family peace, joy and success in all they do wherever they are.

We've been busy this week working on a commission for 200 greetings cards and a banner for a graduation party, here's the results: the banner is being displayed by Patti, Erin and our 2 newest artists, Jeanne and Andrea

New Galleries

I have also updated all the galleries, there are some new artists added and new artwork in the other galleries too so please check them out. Last but not least, I wanted to share a beautiful batik piece the children of the Luzerne County Downs Syndrome Network created: They all drew around their hands on paper and then the design was transfered onto the silk for waxing and dyeing. The finished peice is 35" by 35"1! Shine was purchased at the Fine Arts Fiesta!!! It has found a new home with the Luzerne Foundation. Enjoy it's good energy!!!

We also visited Kings College on Earth Day and some of the artists helped Kathleen Godwin (of Arts Youniverse) decorating her recycled musical instruments

Today we went for a quick visit to the Ewe and I sheep farm to pick up some more wool and Erin made a new friend, it was love at first sight, we had a hard time separating them when we left:

Three of our artists created Earth Day pieces for Earth Day Reveval at Artworks in Scranton, Here's Matt, Erin and Roxanne with their artwork:

I finally have some time to update the blog so i'm trying to catch up. Here are some pictures from The Community Focus evening here at Arts Youniverse on march 19th: Here are some of the kids from the Luzerne County Downs Syndrome Network, drumming with Rachel Loefflad and Gwen and young Ryan taking a bow. Here's Laura reading her poem, Matt singing and several of our artists up on stage with the kids, dancing to the music from George Wesley

Here are the rest of the wallets for the commission. Almost all the artists here worked on them

Wallets

We're working on a commission for 10 wallets for wedding party gifts,all green with navy blue designs. we have 4 completed so far and the other 6 are in progress. Here's the first 4 they clearly show the different styles of the different artists who have created them.

New Galleries

We're adding new galleries for the artists who attend wednesday evening classes, here are a couple of examples of their work: "Sponge Bob Square Cat" by Eric Dodson "Red Ball" by Erin Purcell