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Greetings!
Summer is finally here with some HOT Sacramento days and balmy nights. We just came back from a 9-day vacation in Mendocino, California, amongst the redwoods and Pacific Ocean. How refreshing! Because I am still in relax mode, I think I'll stop by the Banana Festival Saturday morning at William Land Park, then flit around to the Kuumba Collective Art Gallery, Blue Moon Gallery, and the Brick House Gallery during the Second Saturday Art Walk this month at night (6-9 PM). Won't you join me?
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Banana Festival August 13-14th
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Everything is going BANANAS August 13th (10-7PM) & 14th (10-5PM)
Join us at Sacramento's William Land Park for a weekend full of music, food, art, dance, films, and family fun. Taste banana breads, cakes, pies, ice cream, muffins, puddings, cookies, shakes, fritters, soups. And see artwork, costumes, trinkets, live performances and much more.
Tickets are $7 for Adults and Kids 5 and under are FREE all weekend! http://blogs.sacbee.com/ticket/archives/2011/08/going-bananas-i.html
Proceeds from the 2011 festival support Sacramento's Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum.Banana Festival in August!
Here's more information: www.Bananafest.org
Here's a video from News 10 TV: http://sojoarts.net/BananaFestival/banana-burgers-on-news10
Here's a line up of the entertainment: http://sojoarts.net/BananaFestival/entertainment-line-up
Cultural performances: http://sojoarts.net/BananaFestival/cultural-performances-2011-banana-festival
See you there!
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I Would Welcome Your Opinion
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I updated my www.KanikaMarshall.com website again and am interested in your impressions on:
* The colors of the pages and fonts
* The layout of webpages
* The content of webpages
* The ease of seeing clear images of the artwork
* The font styles
* The ease of navigating to various pages
* The ease of finding what you want
* The ease of contacting me
And whatever other feedback you would like to share. As thanks for your trouble, I would offer you 10% off your online purchases during August 2011. |
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Commissions Can Be Fun and Rewarding!
|  My artist friends, Dee and Ken Tschida, approached me last month with their desire to have a garden art piece for their yard. I took great delight in showing Dee and a friend of hers my new recycled steel flowers, some water fountains, and some finished and unfinished LED/lighted pieces.
After selecting a couple of the flowers, they also settled upon an in-progress 4-foot x 4" x 4" multi-colored stella (at right). I had intended to insert a rope light inside the piece so the adhered glass pieces on the outside would light up beautifully.
But Dee and her husband have a garden full of solar lights. They wanted a somewhat small outdoor sculpture to fit underneath a tree and they did not want an electrical cord spreading across their lawn. So I researched whether there were solar rope lights. Lo and behold Home Depot in Elk Grove had one set of solar rope lights, 16' long, that they had just received in stock on trial. That was the only place that I could find in the Sacramento/Elk Grove area. I spent a couple of weeks testing the lights to make sure they would be bright enough. 
Solar lights do not have the same bright light output as electrical, though, so I recommended that instead of the rather flat plate top that we agreed upon (at right), it might be nice to have some LEDs coming out of the top of the sculpture (left). I e-mailed Dee and Ken several samples of steel toppers with different lighting configurations. Viola! They selected something similar to this topper for their commissioned piece.
I am delighted that the piece fit so well into their landscape. Now if only they can train their pet bunny to leave the solar collector/charger alone! LOL
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Another Happy Home is Found
|  My art-loving friend, Camil, was kind enough to send me a picture of her new recycled steel flower that is now gracing her front porch area.
It looks so welcoming, with its open arms and face tilted up to let the sunlight bounce off its blue and copper colors from the propane torch.
Thank you, Camil, for letting me see what your newest Kanika art piece looks like in your lovely home!
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Where My Art May Be Purchased in August:
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KANIKA MARSHALL WEB SITE: www.KanikaMarshall.com, Artwork tab. BLUE MOON GALLERY: 2353 Albatross Way, Sacramento, CA, 95815, Weds - Saturday, 12 - 5 PM. SUNLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT: Hearts and African figurines, 2314 J Street, Sacramento, CA, 95816, Mon/Tues/Thur/Sat 11AM-6PM, Wed/Friday 11AM-7PM, Sunday 11AM-5PM. KUUMBA COLLECTIVE ART GALLERY: 3-D sculptures, square plates, jewelry, hearts, 1001 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA, 95815, (916) 613-0099, Thursdays - Saturdays, 12-6 PM. |
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THANK YOU!
I truly appreciate your support of my art. Any time you want to add something extra special to your art collection, please let me know. And if you think someone else would like to receive this newsletter, please feel free to click on the "Forward email" link near the bottom of this newsletter.
Sincerely,
Kanika Marshall
www.KanikaMarshall.com
Kanika African Sculptures |
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