 What will your New Year resolutions be?
This year I will work on myself.. and what makes me happy. Last year I wrote a blog about doing what makes you happy and I have to say this year has been great. Aside losing my Mom and some family members all in all it has been a full year of experiences good and bad. New things I have been doing this year is pursuing more activities insofar as what items of entertainment I offer. One is adding paint parties for adults. I have been doing it for children for years. The popularity of paint nights have boomed. I am wondering how long it will stay for. Let me tell you about a heartfelt experience I had with one paint party I did for children. So at my average party I get there early, set up and away we go. 1.5 hours into my 2 hour party some of the parents came down into the basement to check on the kids because for that amount of time they heard NOTHING. One lady says, "I had not heard a peep out of my kid for 1.5 hours, is everything ok?" So she walks over to her child and looks at me puzzled. I asked her if she was ok? She proceeds to ask me if I helped him paint in any way? I said, "no not really, why?" She now starts explaining to me that her child is Autistic and often needs a bit of more help than others. Well I looked at her and said I didn't even know. She looked at me and her child in amazement and started to cry. Of course I started to cry and both of us blubbering idiots were crying. This is exactly why I do what I do. I just love kids. Here is another story but a funny one. So now entering into the realm of adults I get a call to teach a paint party for a lady who retired. Upon walking into the event I see about 12 ladies between the ages of 40-65 yrs old. So as I proceed to set up a lady comes up to me in her broken English accent of Italian dialect she says "I don't know why I am here, I will never be able to do this" I assured her she will be fine. So we paint for about 2 hours and as I gather up the ladies for a group picture she yells out.." I did such a good job maybe I can sell this on Ebay" I looked at her and my heart was full. She went from being completely unsure of herself to pure confidence. What a great day, I said to myself. I would love to hear stories about what you do for yourself that makes you happy. Although I get paid for what I do, being an Artist is my life calling and by far it has given me the best experiences of my life.
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 2015 may be the best winter I've experienced in New York in the 23 yrs I have lived here. Although we are not out of the woods yet. Let me tell you I have been through some tough ones. So the Christmas season is upon us and I just want to say I am so grateful for the parties I have been booking. Just this month alone I have been booked for Henna, Face painting, Glitter tattoos, Airbrush T-shirts and Airbrushed tattoos and Canvas painting parties..I am grateful to be given the opportunity to show my diverse love for the arts.
Speaking about Art, President Obama has signed and passed the Every Student Succeeds Act. This is the end of the no child left behind act. (NCLB). This new law holds great promise for restoring arts education as central to the school day and in the lives of students and our nation’s future workforce.NCLB policies resulted in many unintended consequences to schools, teachers, and students across the country. It demanded accountability steps that resulted in a hyper-focus on testing in a few subjects, leaving other core academic subjects—like the arts—to be reduced, or in some places, abandoned. The bill signed today removes this onerous element of NCLB and provides support for a well-rounded education, with all the arts disciplines represented, to be realized throughout the country. Stated in the article by Robert L. Lynch on Dec 10,2015. I for one believe that this act that was passed is the best gift we could give our children. I also believe that there should be an assistant in all Art rooms across America. I teach Art at a summer recreation program in a local school for the district and whole heartedly believe I could not do it without my great volunteers. Planning out lessons and preparing them for multiple ages can be overwhelming. We as a community need to step up and demand that Teacher assistants be put in Art rooms. It would really benefit a lot of individuals who really need the jobs and help out the Art teacher who clearly needs the extra hands. So some fun news: Fun4UFaces will be teaching workshops on multiple types of media at a new gallery opening up in Rockville Centre, NY. I will also have some artwork displayed there in the gallery. I will have more information coming on that soon. I would love your feedback to find out what you would love to learn as individuals. Getting the new year in full swing. I will be taking appointments for parties coming in the new year. I will be adding tons of new things such as elite entertainment, costume designing and bringing on more models that I cannot wait to work with. So stay tuned. Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas, Yule, Chanukah, Eid, Rohatsu, Kwanzaa and any other religious holiday you may celebrate. Be well my friends.. Blessed be, Andrea |
AuthorAndrea Colletti, Owner and Operator of Fun4UFaces and ArtistrybyAndie Archives
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