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Gomm Stained Glass, LLC 837 N 2200 W, Provo UT 84601 (385) 392-7989 [email protected] [email protected] Jeanne's Story
Stained glass, to me, is a creative outlet, a brush with history, an emerging talent, an opportunity to encourage others to create something beautiful and hopefully, a way to support my family doing something I love. As a teen I loved theater. I gave to the audience my heart and soul. In turn, they gave me their applause. As a mother of seven I served, taught, entertained and encouraged those amazing little individuals. In turn, they thought of me as their mentor, their leader, their protector, their advocate. Now they are all independent and I am still giving of myself in ways that include opening my heart and sharing what I have learned. Stained glass is a vehicle of expression. I want to encourage in my students a mindset of life appreciation, cutting away the negative self talk and reaching with enthusiasm into their artist self to build an amazing window to their soul. When I was just ready to graduate from high school, I had a counselor tell me "Young lady, you just aren't college material." I was crushed. Now I know I was perfect college material. Why? Because I wanted to go. Since then I have been consistently learning and growing in so many ways. My yearly goal is to read at least 50 books, make more windows than I did the previous year, learn more about business by attending seminars and classes, be in 10 gallery shows, launch a new book and teach at least 100 students to love creating glass art. We are all college material, gallery worthy or anything else we decide to be. When I was little I loved living on a farm and roaming the Colorado fields near our home.I thought that was the perfect time of life. Then when I was a youth I performed in community plays, school acting contests and state wide competitions in theater and track. I knew that was the best time of life. When I became a new mother and spent every moment surrounded by my family, I thought no other time of life could be closer to heaven. Now, I love this time of my life, not because it's better, but because it's now. A stained glass window illuminates the artist's design with the assistance of light. Our experiences illuminate our lives with the assistance of love. |
David's Story
In first grade, I came home with my first report card. My Mother was stunned that her son had failed reading! And so began my odyssey as a reader. Mom signed me up for the Easy Reader book club and had me read to her every night as she washed the dishes. Then I began to branch out, reading harder books with more complex stories, I read many books. Readers often become writers, and that's what happened to me. My sister and I tried to write a newspaper when I was in fourth grade and she was in second. With no sales and the readership of our less enthusiastic parents, it didn't last long, but the desire was there. In high school I began to dream first of college and film school, but then of being a writer. I wrote over 120 poems for my high school literary magazine, all were accepted, then they had me choose the 15 I liked most to be published. I wrote a small book of poetry and sold some copies door to door. It was about the writing. I didn't know how to market myself, but I loved the creativity of the written word. Later in life I began writing fiction and went so far as to self publish a science fiction novel. https://amzn.to/3TIdrr1 Others are at various stages of completion. As life lead me into drafting and engineering jobs, I found several opportunities to work as a technical writer and illustrator. But the big break that I found was that I needed content for my stained glass website. That has been a wealth of practice and experience as I've written a monthly newsletter (now weekly) and answered peoples questions as an expert on "I How" and "AllExperts". In high school, as I mentioned that I'd like to be an author, every single teacher said, "Oh you don't want to do that!" Every single one. No voice of encouragement at all! I sure am lucky to have found a chance to do what I love (writing about stained glass, filming videos about stained glass and helping Jeanne in promoting stained glass) Link to my first SF Book, https://amzn.to/3TIdrr1
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STAINED GLASS
ART SHOWS CERTAIN wOMEN SHOW AT ANTHONY'S FINE ART AND ANTIQUES 401 E 200 S, SLC 84111 FROM SEPT 30 TO NOV 13 RECEPTION SEPT 30, 6 TO 8 PM 801-328-2231 Above is Jeanne's entry for the Show. It is a depiction of Mother In Heaven. The show should be great, see you at the reception.
$100 Dollar Show
One Day Only Show Springville Museum Of Art 126 E 400 S, Springville, UT 84663 Thursday December 1st, 2022 From 6:30 to 8 pm At least 30 artists will be represented throughout the museum. All art is $100 and the artists are only allowed to bring 20 pieces. The lines form early so that eager buyers can get the best pieces. This is a great opportunity to get affordable art for your home. Here's a 12" X 12" piece we will be selling at the show (sales tax is included in the $100 price)
Spiritual and Religious show at the Springville Art Museum Oct 13 to Jan 12 waiting for acceptance Galleries Covey Center For The Arts, 425 W Center St, Provo, UT 801-852-7007 Permanent display in the North secure gallery and a dozen pieces on the second floor as well as the new mosaic to be displayed in the South stairway. www.coveycenter.org/ Winter Art Sale
Numerous Artists will be displaying throughout the Covey Center from Nov 1 to Dec 29 Come visit OUR TABLE at the top of the main staircase. |
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