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Kids + Art = Awesome Community Awareness Campaign
On 03, May 2012 | No Comments | In Artists | By Lane
The Texas General Land Office recently announced the winners of the 2012 Adopt-A-Beach Children’s Art Contest, and a Dallas student took the top prize! Beating out over 4,000 other entries, 11-year-old Clayton Graves wowed the judges with his colorful drawing, which cleverly intertwined a powerful message: “Trashing Texas Beaches Isn’t Cool.”
Clayton, a fifth grader at J.P. Starks Elementary School, will get to see his artwork grace the cover of the 2013 Adopt-A-Beach Children’s Art Contest Calendar. In addition, the young artist will have quite the summer vacation — he’s also won a Caribbean cruise, two round-trip airline tickets, and a class party at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in New Braunfels.
Congratulations, Clayton!
Sunshine State of Mind
On 16, Mar 2012 | No Comments | In Artists | By Lane
Happy Friday! I will be relaxing for a few days in Florida and taking some time off from blogging. Believe it or not, this is my first vacation ever without my laptop! I’m excited (and a little nervous) to get away from it all! I’m leaving you with a beautiful collection of watercolor paintings inspired by the Sunshine State. Be sure to check out the artists on Etsy (links below). See you all next week :)
1. Key West Map by Jocelyn’s Inkwell
2. Three Florida Pelicans by artistannie
3. Tall Pink and Handsome by kristensimons
4. Sea Turtle by Sarah Rosedahl
5. Manatee by Teri Kman
6. Rosemary Beach Street Scene by LeshasArtShop
7. Iguana by Manukaman
8. Florida Trip No. 33 by Sumiyo Toribe
9. Manatee by Mandy Besek
These Are Things
On 12, Mar 2012 | No Comments | In Artists | By Lane
Jen Adrion and Omar Noory run a travel-inspired design studio and shop out of Columbus, OH. These Are Things was born out of a desire for a beautiful, simple world map that did not exist in 2009 — so they created it. I have been admiring their work ever since, and am happy to announce that their State Side Prints are on sale over at Fab.com today! I’m torn between getting Virginia or Texas – it’s hard to decide which one to call “home” now. I think that means I’ll just have to get both :)
Images via These Are Things
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