GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
Please join me in WELCOMING . . .
Welcome New Members Alexander W., Chandra W., Paul Kurrey, Vickie F., James B., ECHO GREY, and Melinda C. to our Artistic Minds® Gather Group!
They have all gotten acquainted with the workings of our Artistic Minds® Gather Group and some of their artistic works have been FEATURED, and many more will be FEATURED during the month of MAY!
Many of our New Members were personally invited here, and also are friends with many of the members here. Some of them are also Members of one of the other two participating Gather Groups connected to our ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT. [ Artistic Therapy and MiniMoments Therapy ]
Some of our Members here are into MUSIC, and are in NOW (or were in) the contest on First Tracks. Those still in the First Tracks contest are into the FINAL ROUND. WE look forward to listening to all of the original MUSIC created by the Members here, and WE provide our support by way of comments and feedback. Our goal is to support ALL artistic minds in this Group in their various ARTISTIC MEDIUMS in any way that we can.
We also have many Authors in our Artistic Minds® Gather Group. One such Author is Maryanne Raphael, who is my Mentor, and an accomplished Author of many fine literary works. You may visit Maryanne Raphael's Website by CLICKING HERE.
DeLaune Michel is also amongst us! She is also an accomplished Author, and you may VIEW her WEBSITE by CLICKLING HERE.
Both Maryanne Raphael and DeLaune Michel will be doing DREAM WORKSHOPS and INTERVIEWS in our connected Dream Depths Gather Group coming up in May!
Another Member here ~ Paidra Delayno is an Emerging Author! You will see more FEATURED literary works and Video journeys by Paidra coming up in May!
ABOUT OUR NEW MEMBERS:
Chandra is from Las Vegas, and has some cures for us!
Paul Kurrey, is from the Appalachia Mountains of Kentucky ~ lol, and Philly! Paul Kurrey was one of the TOP 25 in the FIRST TRACKS CONTEST! His LOVE is MUSIC!
Vickie F. is from Oregon, is a very good ARTIST and Writer, and is also a very good person to get to know!
James B. is from MO. James has a FEATURED Article here in our Artistic Minds®Gather Group entitled, "The Moon and the Eclipse: JPEG or RAW, how to process the photos?". Be sure to check it out on our FRONT PAGE of our Group!
ECHO GREY is a MUSICALLY TALENTED Group that was in the TOP 25 of the FIRST TRACKS CONTEST! They have some AWESOME MUSIC! Many here remember their past FEATURED ARTICLES. You will be hearing more from ECHO GREY!
Melinda C. is from California and is a Musician who you just MUST HEAR to appreciate! Melinda C. was in ROUND 2 of the FIRST TRACKS CONTEST!
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Let us also not forget Ryan Nicholas! Remember this . . . First Tracks Competition...and THIS! . . . Ryan Nicholas is in the Finals!!! (New York, New York!!!!)
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NEW MEMBERS ~ WE are in the middle of our ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT including three Gather Groups . . . Artistic Minds®, Artistic Therapy and MiniMoments Therapy Gather Groups. Jump right in and browse around. This Project began in February, and will continue through the end of JUNE [EXTENDED] as many members wanted to participate. So you have plenty of time to get involved and acquaint yourself with what has been going on with our current Project. For now, you just need to keep good notes, check out what the other Members have created thus far, and ask of any of us any questions that you have on your mind.
Please VISIT the FEATURED ARTICLES section to see all of the FEATURED ARTICLES for Artistic Minds® Gather Group. Make sure you press the "view all" button because there are more FEATURED ARTICLES than what you see on the front page. The FEATURED ARTICLES change frequently! So please feel free to give us what you have in terms of content!
You may also respond to all posts you find here in Artistic Minds® -- no matter what date they are, as we are always receiving new members who make comments.
We are also working on Art Diaries to keep our Daily Notes with regard to our ART JOURNAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. More on the Art Diaries this week! You'll find additional artistic and creative concepts and ideas being posted here daily. Do add yours ~ whatever they may be! We like to engage our minds, our gifts, and our talents as much as possible. We enjoy having a lot of artistic material to read and VIEW . . . So feel free to post your Music Tracks, Poetic Videos, Original Film Creations, and Literary Videos in the Group!
We always like to include the children here in our Gather Group. Member JENNIFER is working on an Art Journal Collaborative Project with her son, Gideon. Do view her FEATURED ARTICLES. There are four parts completed thus far, plus what JENNIFER has started on her own ART JOURNAL! Jennifer is also one of our JAVA Bean NEWS REPORTERS, and her son Gideon works as her art assistant.LINDA K. started us all out with the most wonderful example of what an Art Journal should look like. Make sure you view Linda K.'s FEATURED ARTICLES as well. Linda K. also had a FEATURED ARTICLE on the front page of the Group entitled "Beyond Imagining ~ 100,000 Visits" ~ it is a Tribute to Eva Cassidy which is on YouTube as well.
LYDIA has "The Story of Raven Black" going on in our Group and it is an upcoming REVISIT FEATURE for the month of MAY!
We also had our GOOD MORNING JAVA Bean NEWS ~ ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT going on each moring which is akin to our Good Morning Coffee - Gallery Crawl with CLICKABLE LINKS! Our past postings have a different JAVA flair. Do check some of the older versions out . . . "LATE MORNING ~ EARLY AFTERNOON JAVA Bean NEWS ~ ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT". You may also VIEW Good MONDAY Morning JAVA NEWS! ANNOUNCEMENT - OUR ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT. We will again be posting our Good Morning Coffee - Gallery Crawl announcements every morning between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. (new time!) re-starting in MAY! To view a past Gallery Crawl . . . CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR GALLERY CRAWL! . . . JAVA!
WE are VISITING NEW MEMBERS and original members alike and FEATURING their ARTICLES, photos and videos in our JAVA Bean NEWS, as well as our Gallery Crawl! Members are from all three Gather Groups: Artistic Minds®, Artistic Therapy, and MiniMoments Therapy (MiniTherapy). Our FOCUS right now is MUSIC, EDUCATION, our ART JOURNALS, Writers, Authors, Poets and Creative Cooks! What a time we have been having! We'll have more JAVA brewed for our journey each morning!
Our NEW JAVA Bean NEWS REPORTERS are the BEST!
We'll be doing RECAPs of past Gallery Crawls just in case some Members may have missed these interesting Studio Spots. Do JOIN IN and take a stroll with us to each Member's Studio Spot! Just look for the coffee cup, the Coffee Pot, the JAVA BEAN BAG , or the JAVA BEANS to join in on JAVA NEWS or the Gallery Crawl at any time. The Gallery Crawls are TIMELESS!
WE have another ADVENTURE called, "SUITCASE TRAVELS" ~ It is like a Gallery Crawl, except it has a different twist! Check it out TODAY if you missed our 1ST ONE! . . . "Suitcase Travels ~ ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT"
We look forward to your participation here. Ask questions, post your artworks, poetics, writings, music, photography, photo essays, engineering concepts, environmental happenings, Art Projects you'd like everyone to participate in, Creative Writing Projects you'd like everyone to participate in, Musical Projects you'd like everyone to participate in, and any other COLLABORATION IDEAS you may have.
WRITERS of all three groups are being FEATURED, including our Poetics Masters and examples of Art Journals by Members of all three participating groups!MUSIC will be KEY for the MONTH of MAY! You'll SEE MUSIC VIDEOS by our membership!
Do make suggestions, and meet others. Our Gallery Crawls and Suitcase Travels are for the purpose of meeting others within the participating ART JOURNAL COLLABORATION PROJECT Gather Groups, and others in the Gather community. You'll find a lot of interesting people, fascinating artworks, creative literary works, literary poetics, the latest in technology, interesting concepts, creative & artistic cooks, Musical Masters, Performing Arts Masters, Video Masters, Photographic Masters, Poetic Masters, Haiku Masters, Designers, Journalists, Art Instructors, Art Critics, Art & Movie Reviewers, arts & crafts creatives, jewelry makers, quilters, fine art, photographic techniques, visual art, arts education articles, images for commentary & feedback, enjoyable conversation, artistic & creative relaxation tips, and the most beautiful people from around the world from the inside out!
You'll find some things in here that are not listed, but if its ARTISTIC, it's here! And if it's not here, we're sure that some artistic mind will put it here. We're always looking for newness, freshness, creative natives . . . If you want to expand your mind in the area of the CREATIVE ARTS, VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, MUSICAL ARTS, LITERARY ARTS, SCIENTIFIC ARTS, GRAPHIC ARTS, TECHNOLOGICAL ARTS . . . you've come to the right place! Get comfy, and . . .
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Blessings ~ and again, thanks for JOINING US Alexandra, Chandra, Paul Kurrey, Vickie, James B., ECHO GREY & Melinda C.!
René A. ~ "Always Collaborating and Creating!"
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Thank You, Rene!!
And I like your group a lot, Rene - you've always got something good going on.