Have a Heart

The artist I am featuring in July is especially near and dear to my heart for her involvement with Think 360, a Colorado state-wide arts organization that provides supplementary arts based education to over 40,000 students a year. Their roster includes over 90 artists who bring in workshops and do residencies that enhance the lives and light creative sparks in the youth of this state, and she is one of their stars. Small disclaimer, I do sit on the board of this organization, but what better use for a blog than to spread an important word?

I chaired a fundraiser for Think 360 this spring called Inspired Art, and many local visual artists contributed their talent in creating auction items that were inspired by poetry of school children. Artist X was a natural fit both for her involvement and commitment to Think 360 and because she has a series of pieces that fit so perfectly with one of the poems. Here is the poem:

Red Heart

Red heart in Love, hip hip hurray
Sad heart it smells like perfume
Red heart is soft it sounds like
Pom Pom Pom

By: Joann R., Age 9
Munroe Elementary

Here is a piece (similar to auctioned):

 Here is another series, more anatomically correct: