FREE Studio Services~ COVID 19 Update

FREE Creative Wellness Program 

During these strange times, as portions of the content may be useful to some people right now; I have decided to make my five module Creative Wellness Independent Study Program available for free.  

Anyone interested in finding out more can watch the video and access the complete pdf in my public patreon feed here: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/creative-program-34938106

As I didn't take the time to make a brand new video...please disregard any references to payments for the content. 

Though this content may not be useful for everyone, feel free to share the link with anyone you feel might benefit from it.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

If you enjoy this program, 

You might also like the book: 

99 Keys to a Creative Life; Spiritual, Intuitive, and Awareness Practices for Personal Fulfillment by Melissa Harris. 

It is available from numerous locations used and new.

I just bought a used one so that I wouldn't feel bad about writing in it. 

FREE Art Supplies for Allegany County NY residents

 As a single-employee business my studio is excluded from the NYS closings of non-essential businesses. Though I won't be open for regular retail business or sales, as a central location near the grocery store and pharmacy; I will be open by appointment to offer support services to our community. 

Allegany Arts Association has FREE Art Supplies for local youth working to meet
creative and academic goals. These will be distributed to Allegany County, NY residents from my studio in Wellsville, NY.

In June 2019, the Allegany Arts Association received a large donation
of these new, old-but-never-opened, and lightly used art supplies and puzzle books.
These are currently being stored at Sheilalynnk Art Studio in Wellsville.

Though this large assortment of items has not been out of storage or exposed to the studio environment since August, operating on the side of caution; to the best of my ability I am using CDC-compliant methods to clean any unwrapped items
and bundle things together for distribution to local families who have a use for them.

Contact the studio if you would like to pick up some of these items.

In compliance with CDC guidelines,  all pick-ups will take place outside of the studio
and appointments will be staggered to maintain safe social distance guidelines.

After you confirm your pick-up time, please send ONLY one person to pick up your items.
 (Home delivery is not available.)

It's a lot to sort and bundle. The Goal is to have some of these available for pick-up
by Tuesday March 24th and to continue scheduling pick-up until the supplies are gone. 

UPDATE (3.24.2020 3:00pm)

 Some packs are labeled Family pack "teen-adult"  and some are labeled Family Pack.

 The "teen-adult" contains sharpee markers and some activities which may be too advanced for elementary level learners. 

While the plain "Family Packs" have things that may be appropriate for Pre-K to Adult minus the sharpee markers. 

Pick Up times are available from 4-6pm today and noon to 4pm Wednesday the 25th. 

Additional options TBA  while supplies last. 

Please call ahead so we can keep the density low.  

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DONATIONS WELCOME
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A TIME
TO DROP OFF CLEAN, UNUSED ART AND ACADEMIC
SUPPLIES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY VIA THIS METHOD. 

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Governor Cuomo's Guidance on essential business determination 

Disinfectants for Use Against (Sars-Cov-2) Covid 19 

2020 SWAN Days Postponed until further notice

2020 SWAN Days Allegany County NY COVID 19 Updates

As the health and safety of studio patrons and visitors is of utmost concern, the public studio activities originally scheduled for March 2020 have  been postponed pending updates from the CDC, WHO, and our county health department. 

 Watch for updates about this and other SWAN Days activities in my public access feed on patreon:   https://www.patreon.com/SheilaLynnKart 

 Allegany County officials stress that these measures are precautionary in nature, it is better to err on the side of caution through support of social-distancing measures as we learn how this virus reacts. This is not a time for fear and panic but rather planning and precaution. 

Update 3.15.2020 9:10pm 

Two COVID 19 cases confirmed in Allegany County, NY. 

The NYSDOH has developed a Coronavirus hotline (1-888-364-3065) where the public may reach out with questions or concerns about travel and symptoms. If any Allegany County resident has questions or concerns regarding Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) or travel related questions, please feel free to contact their office directly at 585-268-9250 

~Wellsville Daily  

New CDC recommendation: 

Starting immediately and for the next 8 weeks, CDC recommends cancelling all events of 50 or more people.

Ongoing guidance recommends that, in areas where there is even minimal COVID-19, events likely to include 10 or more people at high-risk for serious issues should be cancelled. People at higher risk include older adults and people who have chronic medical conditions such as lung and heart disease, as well as diabetes.

If there is substantial spread in your area, all gatherings should be cancelled.
https://bit.ly/2xyUfDQ

2020 SWAN Days Allegany County NY

2019SWANDays Art Show entries by local artists: 

Kathryn Garrison, Betsy Orlando, Sarah Phillips, 

Vicki White, Kami Oberst, Kristen Kruger, and Eleanor Cott

Allegany County, NY artists, entrepreneurs, libraries, and other public venues are invited to host and post events and activities by, for, and about women in the arts. Through the months of March and April, updates are posted HERE in the order in which they are received. This FREE listing is shared with the international SWAN Day Calendar at Statera Arts. Held annually in honor of the local creators and patrons keeping the arts accessible to all members of our rural community, 2020 SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Days Allegany County, NY invites you to join us in celebrating women in the arts.

HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 2020

$100 #SWANShelfie fund for a local library

One Allegany County, NY Library participating in the 2020 SWANShelfie social media contest 

March 1st – 25th, will be selected to receive a $100 SWANfund toward the purchase of any women in arts media of their choice. 

SWANShelfie Registration information is HERE 

$100 SWANSongs fund for a local female acoustic artist

One local female acoustic artist will be the recipient of a $100 stipend to perform a thirty-minute set at the SWAN Day Party on March 28th. Accepting work samples March 1 – 15th. Late entries will not be considered. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IS HERE 

SWAN Days Annual Art Show & Sale CALL FOR ARTISTS

Local women artists age 18 and up residing or working in Allegany County, NY, are invited to display their work in the annual art show & sale in the David A. Howe Library exhibition room. Pre-registration is required by March 6th. 

Ready-to-Display Media Accepted:  Illustration, Drawing & Painting, Fabric Arts, Wood Works, Mixed-media, and Up-cycled Art. Participating artists who submit a bio will be featured on our event pages.  

Entry Fee $10 per entry  

(Limit: THREE entries per person. This entry fee is required for works to be included in the voting process for the cash awards. Please indicate on your entry form if you are submitting a work without payment for "display/sale purposes only". Buyers will contact the artist to arrange purchase. Purchased art may be picked up after the end of the exhibit.)  

Art Show entry forms and details are HERE 

The 2020 SWAN Days Art Show & Sale will be free and open to the public 

March 16th – March 27th and March 30th – April 3rd during regular library hours.

Winners are determined by visitors’ votes. Voting will take place at the library 

March 18th 4:30-7pm. Light Refreshments provided. 

Each visitor wishing to vote will sign in at the door to receive ONE ballot. 

Winners will be selected based on the number of votes received for each award category.

AWARD Categories

“BEST IN SHOW” $100, “Best Craftsmanship & Presentation” $50, “Most Unique” $50, 

“Favorite Entry Featuring a Swan” $45  Winners TBA at the SWAN Day Party on March 28th.                                                                                   

SWAN Day Party March 28th 11:30-1:30 

at David A. Howe Library Exhibition Room in Wellsville, NY 

Receive your ticket to attend when you RSVP to SheilaLynnK Art Studio by March 6th. 

The SWAN Day Party is a free event to celebrate our local women artists and those keeping the arts accessible to all members of our rural community. Attendees are asked to bring a dish to pass. Those wearing or bringing a swan (no live animals please) will be entered for a chance to win a fun door prize. A table will be available to present your artsy news and biz cards. 

Now in its 13th year, Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day is an annual international celebration of women’s creativity and gender parity activism, co-founded by Martha Richards of WomenArts and Jan Lisa Huttner of FF2 Media in 2008. SWAN Day is now a grassroots international effort that is being coordinated by Statera Foundation and WomenArts through the Statera Arts Website.  

SWAN Days Allegany County, NY is a charitable project of SheilaLynnK Art Studio in partnership with the Belfast Organization for Artists in Belfast, NY 

FIND OUT HOW TO SUPPORT SWANDays Allegany County NY 

2020 NEWS AND LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATORS

THINGS ARE CHANGING AT THE STUDIO IN 2020 

A fun adventure while it lasted (2016-2019),
The Gallery and class space at the studio are now closed.
For the first time since the spinal cord injury (2007), I am attempting to work outside of my live work studio space.
Studio visits are available by appointment during open studio hours,
and special events because The Art still happens.

FIND OUT MORE about this and opportunities for local creators

in the 2020 SheilaLynnK Art Studio News  

Creative Everyday? AEDM Day 3

Full-time temp job to fund creative activities at SheilaLynnKArt.com

Being creative every day can be a big challenge. 

Let me re-phrase that... being visibly creative every day is challenging. 





I think most of us really are quite creative in all of the things that we do so that we can actually get things done in a manner which truly suits our objectives. We have to be creative in order to do all of the things and it sure seems like the lists aren't getting any shorter. ...and that is probably an entirely other creative wellness blog post for another day. 

This post is more about the time, energy, effort, logistics, and COST, of keeping that creativity visible to other people. 

Economically, intentionally bringing art into our every day lives can often be a difficult thing to do. Though creativity truly enriches my life. It's no secret that art-making is seldom "rich-making" in the monetary sense. 

If you have been following my creative art work for a while, you may have noticed a pretty vivid absence of said work over the last few months. 

Many of my projects are charitable in nature and provided to others in the most affordable manner I can manage. Unfortunately, this year I hit the money wall and without some big changes it was likely I would lose these other walls. 

So, the most lucrative solution was to attempt full-time temporary employment doing something else entirely. I am certain I am not the only artist making this choice on a fairly regular basis. However, for me, the added obstacle of physical limitations made this choice quite daunting. This is the first time since the spinal cord injury in 2007 that I have attempted to work for somebody else in a space outside of my home. 

Your patience and support while I figure this out has been greatly appreciated! 

As I am earning a sufficient living filing and sorting records the only artsy things I have managed to do have been limited to our Allegany Arts Association Newsletter and immediate access activities for local patrons at our library. With inspiration from online creators, we've done macrame sea glass necklaces, burlap pumpkins, upcycled scarecrow painted wine bottles, and next month we will bedazzle some gourds.
 (Pictures of these are posted on my patreon page.) 

All of this is the LONG way for me to say that I am ever so thankful that it is Art Every Day Month at CreativeEveryDay. 
I participate in this every year. Starting in a few days later than usual, I am not entirely sure what things I will be creating but, I have promised myself (and now you) that I will be creating something visible to share. 

Feel free to click through and follow these creative posts on my patreon page here.  
#arteverydaymonth2019

All New Stuff for Patrons Only

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HowTo4U
Starting September 2019
Patrons subscribed at $4 a month and up
will receive a monthly HowTo4U video featuring instructions and demos for drawing, painting, DIY crafts, and other behind the scenes activities in the studio.

Videos will be released in the Patrons Only Activity Feed the third Saturday of each month.

In addition to receiving the new monthly video, upon confirmation of payment, you will be able to unlock existing content in the patrons-only activity feed.
Increase, decrease, cancel anytime.
Future payments will be automatically charged
the first of every month.  

OFFER ENDS December 31, 2019

Tunnel Vision

Three Guesses.
What's around the corner?

(Posted for Patrons First 8.9.19) Decades ago, when I was working three jobs, going to college full-time, and raising three children; I found this incredibly appropriate bit of wit on a pin in a grocery store. Back then, as an Army Veteran and Single Parent, I was lucky if I could keep a candle lit in the windy caverns of my journey... let alone see an actual light glowing at the end. 

Working in the arts, as the lighting shifts; I have come to understand that it is the winding nature of the path that I travel which often blocks out the light at the end. 

Rarely one to travel life in a straight line, I am still learning to thrive in the darkness and illuminate the abundance while I am in the midst of turning a corner with no clear outlet on the other side. 

In loving recognition of my personal efforts to see as I sit at the intersection of dedicated purpose, dwindling resources, honorable intentions, and individual security; it seemed appropriate to juxtapose this pin with a doodle I created in honor of the comfort thriving in the Creative Wellness  Garden at my studio. 

Recently, I browsed the garden (photos posted for patrons first) with a view colored by the knowledge that I may have to give it up. In spite of decades of appreciation for the starts and stops of relocation, I never cease to be amazed at the ways in which the consideration of impending departure influences my perspective of a place and inspires renewed appreciation for the life residing in it. 

Though no decision has yet been made, it would currently seem that the tunnel is winding its way into another dark corner and, despite my control-freak-worthy efforts, I've no way of knowing what resides on the other side. 

"(Obi Wan Kenobi tells us) The Force is an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds galaxies together." 

The Force binds our dreams and desires with our personal gifts so they can find outward expression. 

"Follow your feelings, trust your feelings," the Jedi knight urges us, because it is within the Force that we live and move and have our being.

The Force is Love.

Love wants, wishes, and wills nothing less than your unconditional happiness, harmony, Wholeness. 

Commit to discovering, acknowledging, appreciating, owning, and honoring your personal gifts. 

And may the Force be with you."  

~Sarah Ban Breathnach