tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88813775355190667102024-03-05T01:04:26.051-08:00Parade of SoulsHalloween art show in Phoenix. Dolls, folk art, wood carving, jewelry, fiber arts. A Fall art show for Scottsdale, Phoenix and surrounding areas.Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-61392985356436209682012-10-24T20:36:00.000-07:002012-10-24T20:36:17.558-07:00Lucky 13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">The 13th of October was a LUCKY day indeed...</span></div>
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<em>(pumpkins by Lynne Bonnell)</em></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">A beautiful day full of beautiful (and spooky) art!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">From woodcarving by Rita Offutt and Linda Hubbard to Beautiful baked goods from Teresa Miller of <em>The Main Ingredient,<span style="font-size: small;"> LLC</span> ,</em> The <span style="font-size: x-large;">Parade of Souls Art Show</span> was an event to remember.</span></div>
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(chair and art dolls by Olivia Thomas of Olive Rose)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Thank you to all who attended and participated in our Raffle</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;">We had some wonderful raffle prizes and raised money for a </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">good cause!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.luckydogrescue.org/" target="_blank">(Lucky Dog Rescue)</a></div>
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Jewelry by Marlene Sabatina</div>
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Sweet Treats were offered by Teresa Miller of The Main Ingredient, LLC.</div>
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Pretty kitties from Paula Shuler</div>
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Colorful buckets and candy to match from Tracey Dombroski</div>
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The Fabulous Debra McGee</div>
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Emily Costello looked Devilish and Delightful</div>
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Haunting hats by Marlene Sabatina</div>
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Work by Olivia Thomas</div>
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Debi Siegerts mummy bunch</div>
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Work by Lynne Bonnell</div>
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Sweet B Folk Art</div>
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Scary cute by Tracey Dombroski</div>
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The Twisted Sisters</div>
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Wicked good art at Donne Goldsteins table</div>
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Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-16221552750009928912012-10-09T11:22:00.000-07:002012-10-09T11:22:13.408-07:00Meet Emily Costello<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Emily Costello of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Emily Costello ART</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">will be bringing her unique style of work to the <br />Parade of Souls Art show this Saturday.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> I'm mainly a self-taught painter and mixed media artist that finds much of my inspiration from my heritage and its cultural icons and images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm irresistibly attracted to the curious and bizarre and create images that amuse and intrigue me. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) are abundant in my work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also love to paint my skully babies and try to give them their own creepy but cute personalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></em></div>
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<em> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> I left my corporate job several years ago and I now paint full-time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then I've exhibited in over a dozen local and out-of-state groups shows, including Vision Gallery, the Arizona Historical Museum, Arizona Latino Cultural Center, XICO Gallery, The Desert Botanical Garden, Adelante Gallery, Alwun House, The City of Tempe, The Ice House, ChimMaya Gallery in East L.A., and Puente Allegre in San Francisco, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emily Costello's</span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">art has been featured on azcentral.com, Arizona Foothills Magazine, Visual Source, and Latino Perspectives Magazine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BIC recently released a special collection of their lighter with her art images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recent commissions include Chicanos Por La Causa/Parenting Arizona 2012 Champions for Children; and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emily was also selected this year as one of eight Arizona artists to create art for the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To see more of Emily Costello's work, and to learn about her </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">click </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/emily.costello1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">or contact her through email by clicking </span><a href="mailto:emcostello1@cox.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amelia Schaefer will be bringing Treats and a few Tricks to the </span></div>
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In the World of <em>Sweet B Folk Art</em>, lollipops smile sweetly, tiny pumpkin pies wink before you take a bite and vicious cream cakes defend themselves with miniature forks and knives. </div>
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<em><span style="color: #e69138;">To say that I have a "sweet tooth" would be putting it mildly! </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #e69138;">I love everything about candy.. the shapes, colors, packaging... even my artwork is influenced by my love of all things sweet!</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">Working with paper mache has allowed me to create the candy and desserts that are served in my imagination. In my mind cakes and sweets come to life ...right on the plate!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #e69138;">Many of my pieces are accented with vintage trimmings and findings. Vintage bow ties may be found around lollipop sticks, Victorian beading and silks adorn my romantic candy boxes and retro fringe often finishes my custom tree-skirts.</span></em></div>
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<em>The Candies and treats that I create are fun to display on their own, or may be incorporated into a real candy or dessert buffet for an added bit of fun!</em></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><em>Growing up in New Zealand I missed out on many childhood Halloweens (no Halloween in NZ). My most memorable costume, however, was a glamorous mummy queen of a few years ago. </em></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><em>I made my costume from scratch using a vintage evening gown and layers and layers of gauze sewn to the dress. The costume was beautiful, and it fit like a glove... a really,really, tight glove... after getting zipped in I discovered that I couldn't sit down the entire night! </em></span><br />
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See more of Amelia's work on her blog<br />
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It is the only show of it's kind in Arizona this year and there will be some fantastic Halloween and Fall shopping!</div>
Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-15567347220554777432012-10-05T20:21:00.000-07:002012-10-05T20:21:49.361-07:00Meet Paula Shuler<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">
Paula will be welcoming Fall with warm knits and creative fiber arts.</div>
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</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">My name is Paula and I am crazy about yarn! I'm in my mid-20's and have been working on different types of projects and hobbies through the years until I found my nice with yarn craft. When I was in grade school I learned how to cross stich as a requirement for our art class and at first I was opposed to the idea. After my first flower design, however, I couldn't stop! I was then creating butterflies, wolves, cartoon characters and anything I wanted to frame and put on my walls.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Several years later (and after all my walls were covered) and after I moved to Arizona from Mexico, my fiance's mother taught me how to crochet, and weeks later I was on to making cats, koalas, tops and more. Now I was filling the closet with my creations - needless to say , I was "hooked". By 2011 I had self-taught myself to knit and began making things for family and friends; cozy sweaters for winter and fun critters to decorate the house.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I love most about knitting and crocheting is creating fun items for special occasions and holidays, especially for my favorite holiday of all - Halloween! It starts to get a bit chilly around that time so it's a perfect occasion to wear a soft scarf and a perfect fit hat; and to decorate the home with croched baskets filled with pumpkins or spooky ghosts and clever kittens. Not to mention wearing a pumpkin shaped hat to amuse the kids while giving out candy - they always ask where I got it.</span></span><br />
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Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-81978402916020462302012-09-30T22:27:00.000-07:002012-09-30T22:27:34.297-07:00Meet Marlene Sabatina<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">When I was a little girl I would spend hours in the yard finding rocks that would mimic a grand stone for a necklace, bracelet or ring. I had polished tumbled stones before they were popular, as my mother would wash them in my clothes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">My training first started when I was in grade school, I made a ceramic rabbit with forest green glaze. (wish I still had that piece)</span></div>
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My favorite Halloween story is a bit quirky. I wanted to dress like a hippie, when I was about 9 or 10, we would always make our own costume's so I took an old blanket and made a poncho, but it was not just right until I decided to write "bad words" in spray paint all over it...boy did I get into trouble. We still got to go trick or treating and we always used a pillowcase for our treat container. There was a stop along the way that was a farm stand market and we were treated with cider and donuts at that place. Not like the Halloweens of today for sure.</div>
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I live in Phoenix, AZ with my husband, two teenage kids, three dogs and one cat.</div>
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I'm excited to be showing Halloween art at The Parade of Souls show with so many other talented artists. I enjoy stretching my usual style of art into a holiday theme and Halloween is always a favorite as it bounces from dark and scary to just plain fun!</div>
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Visit my website, <a href="http://www.mysweetart.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">www.mysweetart.com</span></a> to see all of my artwork. For prices and/or more information please email me at <a href="mailto:debi@mysweetart.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">debi@mysweetart.com</span></a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some of my favorite Halloween Costumes as an Adult: a witch, a tourist, a cat, the bullet ridden bride from <em>Kill Bill</em> and my #1 fav ...Indiana Jones! </span></div>
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Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-67805813607001553662012-08-31T15:00:00.000-07:002012-09-03T20:45:55.542-07:00Meet Mary Heldenbrand<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I find that I am able to combine all the mediums I’ve learned, beading, PMC, glass fusing, chainmaille, wire twisting, and fashion unique designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take great pride in each piece I make and revel in the notion that I have creativity within me; I just need to let it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know there are many doors I have yet to open in my art, and I look forward to my continued enrichment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-42142233291745961452012-08-21T15:14:00.000-07:002012-08-21T15:14:40.861-07:00Meet Linda Hubbard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I began woodcarving in the late eighties after being inspired by a friend and wonderful woodcarver. Thinking I would just carve a few things....well twenty some years later I still love carving. Seeing what becomes of a block of wood is challenging and exciting. I carve a variety of subjects, but I must say I have a soft spot for Santa. I have lost count of all that I have carved and usually have given them to family and friends for Christmas gifts. I am always looking for new ideas and projects; a great place to look is at the local annual carving show. My friends and I go every year and love to see the carvings that have been entered in the contest; and I try to load up on enough wood to hopefully last me until the next year's show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-7885434423684592252012-08-12T23:03:00.000-07:002012-08-12T23:07:58.415-07:00Meet Rita Offutt<div style="text-align: center;">
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<v:shape alt="http://www.twistedsistersdesigns.net/images/catalog/rita1.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_1" o:allowoverlap="f" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 24pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; mso-position-horizontal: left; mso-position-vertical-relative: line; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 24pt; z-index: 1;" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap></v:shape><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">My name is</span> Rita Offutt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My whole life I have loved to make things with my hands. As a little girl I could entertain myself for hours creating and it has continued through my adult life. I want to try everything and as a result I have an abundance of hobbies and more projects than I can ever finish in a lifetime. I honestly believe that all of these endeavors have helped me to grow artistically. </div>
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About 25 years ago I wandered into a tole painting shop and they were offering a wood carving class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, I signed up on the spot and have been carving ever since. I love the feel of wood and discovering the endless possibilities of creating a piece of art. Often I spend time carving with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sometimes carve the same project and they all turn out so differently because of our own unique style. I am fascinated with carving tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I see a knife with an unusual or pretty handle I am a sucker for purchasing it!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with any art or craft, tools are very important. Keeping my knives sharp and in good condition is essential. I prefer using knives and gouges when carving; I feel that I have more control than when using power tools.</div>
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Preparing for Parade of Souls has been very fun. I have always loved Halloween and remember my brother and me, as children getting ready for Trick or Treating. Living in the Midwest was a challenge deciding which costume to wear. Because of the cold weather, my mother always vetoed the beautiful princess and superman costumes in the stores, so we usually wore my dad’s clothes and dressed as hobos. We rubbed charcoal all over our faces to give us a heavy beard. I loved carving my jack-o-lantern…maybe that is where my love of carving originated.</div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">One was a self taught painter, the other an amazing dress maker. <br />I guess that is why I use so many different medias in my work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That works out well as it is also my <br />birthday. So a ghoul girl I am. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find my art at <a href="http://etsy.com/shop/wickedarts">etsy.com/shop/wickedarts</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Come and Visit Donne at the PARADE OF SOULS SHOW!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">It will be a wonderful opportunity to purchase from a selection of her original works. </span></div>
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Olivia's work has been featured in <em>Art Doll</em> magazine as well as <em>Sommerset Magazine</em> Holiday Editions, her work has been sold and shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and in the American Folk Art Museum NYC.</div>
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<em>Art has been a part of my life from an early age. </em></div>
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<em>My father was an accomplished artist and illustrator. </em></div>
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<em>I have many fond memories of coloring with pencils and chalks alongside dad as he worked at his<br />drafting table.</em></div>
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<em> </em><em>My grandmother unleashed my sewing creativity when she <br />taught me to make a doll dress from her scrap basket. </em></div>
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<em>Who knew this would lead to designing doll clothing. </em></div>
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<em>Olive Rose, my FolkArt line. </em></div>
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<em>Growing up with a strong church influence, a nun outfit was my go to costume for trick or treat . </em></div>
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We are excited to have Olivia joining us at the <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">PARADE OF SOULS</span> show!</h4>
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You may also find Olivia and her amazing work at the following locations: </div>
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Art Unraveled <a href="http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU12/AUindex.htm">Art Unraveled </a><br />
Oliverose.com<a href="http://oliverose.com/">oliverose.com</a></div>
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To email Olivia <a href="mailto:oliverose@q.com">CLICK HERE</a></div>
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</div>Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881377535519066710.post-60424710430802650032012-06-06T16:07:00.000-07:002012-06-06T16:08:27.893-07:00Preparing for the first Arizona Parade of Souls<div style="text-align: center;">
Join Local Arizona Artists as we Celebrate the Art and Craftsmanship of Halloween.</div>
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The 2012 <span style="color: #b45f06;"><em>Parade of Souls</em></span> Show will offer Halloween Art in a variety of mediums: Jewelry, woodcarving, Art Dolls, Fiber Work, Painting, Sculpting, Mixed Media and More. </div>
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The show is to be held at a private residence in Paradise Valley <br />
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and will be a wonderful way to kick off the Fall Season in Arizona!</div>
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Visit this blog frequently to learn more about the participating artists and their work, important show details, and the Art of collecting Halloween.</div>Sweet B Folkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04245638974125156330noreply@blogger.com0