Pat Rayman and Art-to-Art

Please read Ben Rayman's touching tribute to his wife and her special project, Art to Art, Building Friendships Through Art. Art-to-Art is the exchange of art, ideas and interests among schools k-12 around the United States. This was Pat's brainchild twenty years ago.

In an email to me Ben wrote: "In 1986 Pat was nearing her 16th year teaching art in the Delphos, Ohio public school system. She was burning with a desire to expose her students to a world beyond their own. During the initial years Pat spent much time at the library gathering school addresses, and then taking them home to write invitations. Every letter she sent was handwritten."

The response was excellent and the program continues to be successful today. Click the links above for more.

Art-to-Art Palette print edition

The new issue is jam-packed with articles, events and information of interest to artists everywhere, but especially in the western Ohio/eastern Indiana region. Everything from museums to art groups to individual artists working in a great variety of media is in the magazine. My article titled, "All Art is Abstract," is included in this issue.

To read the online edition.

Small World Department

Ben Rayman, publisher and online webmaster of Art-to-Art Palette tells me he has created a new page for book reviews online. Katrina Exposed by Steven McClansky and Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques:Raku by James C. Watkins are both reviewed, as well as The New Creative Artist.

Commenting on my upcoming workshop in Manahawkin, New Jersey, for the Pine Shores Art Association, Ben remarked that his wife, Pat, is from the East coast, born and reared in the Passaic-Upper Saddle River area. After college, she ventured West, and took a teaching job with the Delphos, Ohio, City schools some years ago. Ben says Pat soon starts her fall classes at the Wassenburg Art Center. She told him, "Nita's book is really going to come in handy, and become part of my classes and workshops." Pat also teaches occasionally at Wright State University--Lake Campus.

Here is more information on Pat Rayman.

New Creative Artist Reviews

I'm deeply appreciative of the people who've posted reviews on the Art-to-Art Palette Online and on Amazon.com. Palette publisher and editor Ben Rayman suggested that I might want to thank them on my blog. Sounds like a good idea. Thanks to these people for Palette Online reviews: Joan Crawford Barnes, artist, Lima, Ohio; Kate Eglan-Garton, (Indiana) senior editor, Art-to-Art Palette; Dr. Ralph Stuckman, educator, potter, editor, Celina, Ohio; Ben Rayman, editor and publisher, Art-to-Art Palette, print edition; Kay R. Sluterbeck, artist, writer, Van Wert, Ohio; Suzanne Kinstle Nocera, artist, Lima, Ohio; Janet Ravas, artist, Scotia, New York; Patricia Rayman, Ohio artist, educator, founder of Art-to-Art school program.

Many thanks, too, for five-star reviews on Amazon.com by Judy Galford, Sharon, Massachusetts; Pauline H. Healey, Fort Myers, Florida; Joan Barnes, Lima, Ohio; Kate Eglan-Garton, Indiana; and Roy Boston, New Zealand.

To all who are reading these words, please take the time to send an email to your favorite author or write a review on a book that has meant a lot to you. You have no idea how much it means to an author to read these reviews and know that his or her book has become an influence in the life of another person. This is what keeps us going. Thanks a thousand times.

Art-to-Art Palette

A new review of The New Creative Artist has been posted on Art-to-Art Palette online magazine. This one goes into more detail on the contents of the book and how you can read through it or skip around and do whatever strikes your fancy. I've never met any of these reviewers, but I'm delighted that they're putting in writing how they feel about my book.

Reviews of The New Creative Artist

My cup runneth over. Art-to_Art Palette online magazine has posted three great reviews in the News briefs column. I'm enjoying reading how each artist reacts to different aspects of the book. A couple of the reviews have been posted on the book page at Amazon, along with others that were posted early on. I'm psyched. (Sorry, I keep saying that. But it's true.)