MARCELLA'S SCHEDULE COMING UP:    

  KANSAS PUBLIC LIBRARY EXHIBIT - in Kansas City, West Wyandotte Branch, in the Fine Art Gallery, section December  2003.  All displayed Art Pieces are available for purchase thru the library. 

      CEDAR ROE LIBRARY EXHIBIT - in Kansas City, Johnson Count Library System, in the Fine Art Exhibit area, November .  All displayed Art Pieces are available for purchase thru the library.  Call for directions  913-495-2489.  Call Marcella For Purchases - 913-381-1436.

   VANDEUSEN PHOTOGRAPHY & GALLERY - THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTHWEST: PEOPLE, PLACE, PURPOSE, show runs Sept 12th - Oct 27th, reception September 12t - come meet the Marcella ! - 6951 Tomahawk Road, Prairie Village, KS 66208   (913) 384-5252.

  SANTA-CALI-GON DAYS FESTIVAL, a four-day family festival featuring one of the Midwest's largest juried arts and crafts shows, country western and bluegrass music, and family entertainment.  August 30 - Sept 2, 2003.  Check out the festival website to get all of the festival information, http://www.santacaligon.com/Index.htm WOW, what family fun!!  Marcella will have a fine-art booth with her latest semi-precious stone on her drippy pottery and some smaller crafty items for sale at a  lower cost for the festival atmosphere!  Come join the fun!

  PRESS RELEASE for MARCH 2003 KCAC EXHIBIT: Drips on DRIPS!  Marcella continues her well know drippy glaze style on her newest of pottery art.  In her latest show at the Kansas City Artist Coalition, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Missouri  64105,  (816) 421-5222,  March 7 thru April 4, she reveals to her Kansas City audience, her progression in the collections FLOWING SPIRIT and GOLD RAIN. From the beautiful yellow glazes in the inside of her pottery, which is Marcella’s representation color of our inner souls, to the multicolor drips of beautiful bright flowing glazes and wisps of colors on the outside, she achieves the movement and ‘meanings’ she strives for in each original piece.  If you follow Marcella’s art, you will now see the newest addition to her pottery art, the use of semi-precious stones, which symbolize to her, ‘wisdom’ and ‘adventure’.  Some of these most recent pieces having Opals, Turquoise, and Jade dripping down their sides will be displayed in this show.  Again Marcella brings to her patrons an unusual dance in colors and spirit! 

    METCALF ART FAIR - Overland Park, KS, at the Metcalf South Mall, March 7, 8th, & 9th.

    CULTURES WITHOUT BORDERS - traveling display, March 1st - May 31st, Kansas City, MO,  816-483-1210, will be traveling to:
March 1st - The Kansas City Museum, Corinthian Hall, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64123, 816-483-8300, Artist Reception 7:00 - 9:00 pm.   April 1st. -   UMB Bank Lobby, 6400 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO 64125, 816-860-3333.   May 2nd - Central Bank of Kansas City Lobby, 2301 Independence

    KANSAS PUBLIC LIBRARY EXHIBIT - in Kansas City, West Wyandotte Branch, in the Fine Art Gallery, section January 6 thru 30, 2003.  All displayed Art Pieces are available for purchase thru the library. 

     VANDEUSEN PHOTOGRAPHY & GALLERY - Multi Artist Holiday Art Exhibit, Nov-Dec 2002, reception November 1st - 6951 Tomahawk Road, Prairie Village, KS 66208   (913) 384-5252.

     WESTPORT ART SHOW - Sept 7,8, & 9, 2002.  Kansas City.

    METCALF ART FAIR - Overland Park, KS, at the Metcalf South Mall, March 6, 7, 8th, 2002.

    KC CLAY GUILD - One woman exhibit in gallery, Kansas City, MO, Month of June 2002, Opening Friday June 7, 2002 at 7pm-9pm.  (816) 363-1373.

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CALL ME (913) 271-5849

OR EMAIL ME - Marcella@livinggallery.cc

If you are in the Kansas City area, please come see me at my studio at the Kansas City Clay Guild!  Call ahead for an appointment at: (913) 271-5849.

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Marcella is an Official KC COW PARADE ARTIST 2001 

Click on here to see -'THE MAKING OF THE TECHNICOLOR DREAM COW' The Story !!

"I was given the great opportunity to design and paint two life-size fiberglass cows provided, for the 2001 Kansas City Cow Parade, and here they are!  

  'YELLOW BRICK ROADIE' was at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City thru the summer till auction in the fall.  The yellow brick road on the sides of the cow is made of approx 150 sheets of 23 karat gold leaf, and leads to the Kansas City skyline, thru fields of poppies.  She has purple sunglasses and boots!  She was on the left hand side of the actual stage at the Starlight Theatre for a short time, after that, she greeted everyone coming to the ticket booth at the Zoo side of Starlight!! 

NEWS FLASH! - YELLOW BRICK ROADIE was sold on October 5th, at the Sotheby's auction, for $7,000! Hurray for the kids!!!

  'TECHNICOLOR DREAM COW' was autographed, on June 7th, 2001, by Donny Osmond who starred in  'Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat'.   She was located at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City,  thru the summer till auction in the fall, she greeted thousands of people coming thru Gate 3 at Starlight.  There are over 1,400 handmade ceramic 'Technicolor dream bubbles' flowing down her sides! 

THE MAKING OF THE TECHNICOLOR DREAM COW click on here to read the story !!

60 of the Kansas City Cow Parade cows, were auctioned off October 5, 2001 at Starlight theatre by Sotheby's and the remaining 100 cows (some were not sold due to one reason or another) at  Amazon.com  with the proceeds going to benefit the Kansas City Zoo, Kemper Museum, and the American Royal.  If you wish to visit the Cow Parade website  CLICK HERE .  The basic cow body  themselves was created by Artist, Pascal Knapp.

NEWS FLASH!  October 30, 2001, Technicolor Dream Cow was sold on Amazon.com for $3,100!  She received the highest price of all the other cows in that batch!  Hurray for the children!  Praise the Lord!

To God be the Glory!

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      MARCELLA'S BIOGRAPHY:

MARCELLA GRACETTE SMITH

Christian Artist,  POTTERY / SCULPTURE

BIRTH DATE:   October 5, 1957

STUDIO:   I currently have my large multi-faceted 2 & 3D studio at my home in Overland Park, Kansas.  There I do artworks in 2D paintings, or 3D sculptural works in ceramics, stone, egg carvings, and bonded bronze.

WEBSITE:   http://www.livinggallery.cc , I am the founder and builder of this large art gallery website, with over 220 artpieces and 20 artists from around the world.  My personal page is located at: http://www.marcellasmith.com , it has representative images of my works.

EMAIL:   fineartmarcella@kc.rr.com

PHONE NUMBER & ADDRESS:   (913) 271-5849.    For snail mail correspondence:  P.O. Box 4072, Overland Park, KS  66204.

SUBJECT MATTER OF SPECIALTY:   RELIGIOUS / CHRISTIAN  &  WILDLIFE / NATURE

CURRENT COLLECTIONS:   FLOWING SPIRIT - Ceramic

                                                                SEED OF FAITH - Ceramic

                                                                ZEBRA WARE - Ceramic

                                                                "COVERED" - Bonded Bronze, Ltd Ed 12

BRONZE FOUNDRY / TECHNICAL ADVISOR:   Professor Elden Tefft, Master Sculptor, Lawrence, KS

KANSAS CITY COW PARADE ARTIST 2001: Technicolor Dream Cow &

Yellow Brick Roadie

KANSAS CITY TEDDY BEAR MARCH 2002: Technicolor Dream Coat Bear (Starlight Theater)

SCHOOLING:    One year working as Apprentice to Professor Elden Tefft, Master Sculptor, Lawrence, KS

    Two years class study with Marshal Hoyt, Sculptor, JCCC

    One and a half years class study with Ron Hicks, Ceramics, JCCC

    I have taken many fine-art classes in 2D & 3D, at Johnson County Community College, a color theory class at the Kansas City Art Institute, and various workshops with private artists.

MARCELLA'S ARTIST STATEMENT:

        "Even from the time I was a small child, I wanted to be an Artist, but as I grew, people lovingly discouraged  me that it would be a poor career choice, as 'there would never be enough money in it to live on', so I pursued a nursing career instead.  After 21 years in nursing, at the age of 39, I returned to art as a 'happen chance', while taking humanity classes for an increased nursing degree.  In those art classes, the old flame that God had once put in my heart as a child, exploded into a BON-FIRE!  Now, I aim all of my goals and focus towards the artistic gifts God has given me.

        My primary passion in art is 3D.  It allows myself, as the Artist, to touch and feel the work as it is being created.  The sculptural piece can be pottery, clay work, egg carving, bronze, or stone, it all is very stimulating to my soul, and encourages me to create more thru this inner passion the Lord has given me.  I also enjoy wall mural painting, and did Cow Parade & KC Teddy Bear public art, of course with some added sculptural elements!  With all of my art work,  I like to make it appear as if it is 'flowing' or 'moving', not stagnate or stiff.  I respect my viewer's time and emotions, I do not want to 'bore' them with meaningless work.

        I worked as an apprentice in bronze with Master Sculptor, Professor Elden Tefft in Lawrence, Kansas, for a year, and still visit and work with him occasionally.  I marvel at how marble or alabaster (my favorite) can be ground and carved into gentle and delicate shapes.  The whole long process of the creation of bronze works also fascinates me, in how we can actually melt solid metal into a 'lava', then control it and make it into the detailed shapes and wonderful forms the artist chooses.  When I paint in oil or acrylic medium, the colors are so intriguing to me, the blending and planning of color combinations and a wonderful composition.  When I do achieve that 'well developed' art piece, that brings the 'ooohs' and aauhs', it is usually while focused for hours on end on that one piece of work in my studio, some people call it the 'zone', what ever it is called, I work well in there.

        Integrating spirituality into my work, is very important to me.  If I can touch a heart or move a soul thru my work, I feel I am helping that fellow traveler down their spiritual journey to become closer to Jesus or Lord.  I may use religious art, wildlife, or nature subjects expressing God's creation, or an illustration in being a good steward with earth's environment.  Every piece I do comes to me from within my soul, when I become quite and focused on the Lord.

        A few years ago in those small art classes, the Lord Jesus had removed my blinders, reminding me of His original plan for my life.  It is now a Joy filled life, as He returns me back to my first, childhood passion... ART!      PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

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