Art Representation, Jewelry, and Inspiration
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 […]
Read MoreRemember 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 […]
Read MoreAn Inspiring Offer! In less than two weeks, I fly off with others from around the United States to meet up in Guatemala City to teach art for a week at Oasis, a safe haven for girls who have been forced into child labor or experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. (Click here to watch a short video […]
Read MoreThe 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, […]
Read MoreI had such a great trip teaching in Ecuador but as often happens I came back to life/work and didn’t share any photos! Here is a reminder of what I was doing and a link to photos of the women (and a few men too) and what they created. One highlight is seeing a “lightbulb” […]
Read MoreWe’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. […]
Read MoreMany of you know that one of my life goals has been to visit all fifty states while making my way around the globe as well. Why? It was a little embarrassing when people from other countries asked about places like the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore or Niagra Falls and I hadn’t seen them. I […]
Read MoreI 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 […]
Read MoreMany 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 […]
Read MoreI’ve been to 48 out of 50 states now but I did not know there was any other Miami than the sunny one in Florida! As it turns out though, there’s another way in the top right corner of Oklahoma. Here it is on a map in case you didn’t know either: You might wonder […]
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