She Sells Seashells on the Seashore of The Seychelles? (We’ll see in October!)

Women Entrepreneurs/Women’s Empowerment Hosted by Friends of Seychelles USA, founder and Consul General Dame Anne Lise Church, and the US Consular Corp, we will be conducting a multi-day training workshop for women and girls in the Seychelles during the October 2016 Seychelles Consuls Conference. The training is focused on encouraging women to start their own businesses in order […]

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What an Amazing Experience! Reflections on I Am Art

Remember that trip I wrote about in November? The one where I’d be joining people from all over the U.S. I didn’t know to do an art camp at a home for abused girls in Guatemala? It was an amazing experience! I returned in early December and thought I’d share some thoughts and pictures. Athentikos […]

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Is this the only Zoltar machine in Tacoma?

The building my Tacoma art studio and the Jet Artist Cooperative are in is awesome but the conference room is boring. I mean, really boring. seo information . So boring I won’t even post a photo. From time to time I take my classes and workshops to more interesting locations. I’d heard Angela, owner of Crescent Moon Gifts, […]

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Jewelry Making in the Amazon!

We’re off for jewelry making in the Amazon. And next year, a project in The Seychelles! Jewelry Making in the Amazon: Art-Preneur Empowerment Sessions with Tacoma Artists/Business Owners Linda Danforth and Sue Pivetta Local jewelry designer, Linda Danforth, has been invited to work with 80 native Waorani, Quichua and Mestizo women from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. […]

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A European Adventure…Right in Gig Harbor!

I could not be more pleased to announce my jewelry is now being sold at a boutique in Gig Harbor…one I could’ve practically ridden my bike to when I was a young girl growing up on Danforth Street! How I was not aware of this place, Chalet in the Woods, is sort of a surprise […]

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Working from Anywhere in the World!

Many people have asked what in the world I’m doing! In March, I quit a job I loved, working for Cong. Adam Smith (WA state) and with constituents of the 9th Congressional District, to be able to work from anywhere in the world. Over the last several years I lowered my expenses (turns out that’s […]

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I’m Going to Harvard!!!

I’m going to Harvard!  Well, kind of.  Ok, not really. But, I am attending the “Jumpstarting Entrepreneurship” presentation by Harvard Business School professor and leader of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit Lynda Applegate.  It’s a program in Tacoma (WA) on Monday, July 2nd, at 5pm at the William Factory Incubator run by the awesome Tim Strege. […]

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Another Collective in the Works

I’m excited to be organizing a new popup fashion boutique/art gallery in downtown Tacoma. Catwalk has an opening party this Saturday, June 9, from 2pm to 6pm. Staffing the shop are local fashion designers and visual artists…stop by Tuesdays through Saturdays Noon to 6pm and Sundays Noon to 5pm and extended hours for Artwalk/ ART […]

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