MaryAnn F. Kohl, process art and treasures of childhood

Mudworks Bilingual: Bulk Purchase Special Announcement

To take advantage of this amazing offer, contact the delightful and ever enjoyable
Eliezer Gonzalez at egonzalez@ipgbook.com
He is ready to help you with bulk purchases of Mudworks Bilingual at a huge discount. 

 

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March 2012 ArtsyKidsNEWS

My blog post today shows you picture clips (the links won't work in these clips) from the March ArtsyKidsNEWS.

If you would like to subscribe to this once a month mailing with art ideas for kids of all ages, go to my webpage, lower right corner, and sign up! Join the creative fun!

Your email will be safe with me, and I only send the mailing once a month.

I would love to have you join.

 

MaryAnn

 

 

Special Sale: First Art for Toddlers and Twos

Hi, Everyone.

SPECiAL OFFER for
ALL MY Artsy BLOG FRIENDS!!

I have a box of  First Art  regular retail price $14.95,
which I'd like to offer for
$10.00 each book,
INCLUDING shipping.

Write to me at maryann@brightring.com with your
full address, and I'll send you a copy
(or as many copies as you'd like to buy). 

All you have to do is mail me a check for
$10 for each book, to MaryAnn Kohl.
Easy!!

This book has rave reviews and I think this is a
great opportunity to get a copy at a great price.

All copies are brand new and in perfect condition,
black and white interior with really cute illustrations.

I'm planning to put this up on my website, but will wait and give
my blog friends the first chance. There are only 24
so when they're gone, they're gone.

Remember: I need your address by email,
then I confirm with you and send you the book(s),
and you send me a check for $10 for each copy to:

MaryAnn Kohl
PO Box 31338
Bellingham, WA  98228 

SPECiAL OFFER
for ALL MY Artsy BLOG FRIENDS!
Hurry before they are gone!

You're invited to sign up for the ArtsyNEWS (MaryAnn Kohl)

Join MaryAnn Kohl's
new mailing list!

::::::::::::You will receive:::::::::::

• four artsyNEWS mailings each year
at no cost and no obligation.

• updates on special offers and events.

• schedules of workshops
MaryAnn may be offering in your area.                                  click on the bug or click here

• announcements, give-ways and
prizes to mailing list members only.

The first artsyNEWS  
will go out to subscribers in October,
with great October art projects, give-aways,
surprises and other announcements and offers.

JOIN TODAY
Your email will never be shared with anyone
other than Bright Ring and MaryAnn 
http://www.brightring.com/signup.html 

Art Book Give-Away * 3 WINNERS ANNOUNCED! *

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 ... and the WINNERS are ... 

Cathy Wilson - Mudworks

 Christina Spencer  - Storybook Art

 Jenna Freck - Great American Artists for Kids 

Winners:
Please send your mailing address to my email
                 maryann@brightring.com
and your books will go out in the mail right away! 

* Note:
The winners were chosen by a blind random drawing 
in the offices of Bright Ring Publishing.
Names or entries of winners or other particpants 
will never be used for any other purpose 
without their express permission. 
 

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! 

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Cathy Wilson said:

I already have your Great Artists books and I use them for my junior high art classes. AND I would love to have MudWorks. As a child, I didn't have much confidence in making art, but I do remember finding a side yard that had been recently seeded. To my ten-year-old mind, it looked like the perfect place to make some designs. I didn't have a clue about seeding! I got shovels and a garden hose, and carved out a beautiful city with bridges and rivers and tunnels and buildings. As I recall, my parents didn't punish me for this, even though it ruined their seeding job. I remember the huge delight of running water through the muddy waterworks!

Christina Spencer said:

MaryAnn, I would love to have a copy of your "StoryBook Art". I'm an Artist and Art Educator trying to develop a curriculum to bring art to all ages at our local Arts Center. They have never had classes for the toddler/preschool age. I'm starting up a class called ARTventures: A Story + Art What a Great Start to an ARTventure! I love the age group! I taught toddlers at a daycare for 4 years and have a 2 year old at home. I was hired at the Arts Center as an on site Artist and Education Coordinator. Your book would give me ideas for so many stories and art projects to play off of! I love the teaching about story telling, visual literacy and illustrators as working artists. I hope that it will inspire them to create their own stories.

Jenna Freck said:

I completely enjoy your books. I'd love to have Great American Artists for Kids - I've checked it out from the library twice and renewed it twice...so many fabulous projects and I love that the kids drew the portraits of the artists! All of your books are awesome. My mom, a very creative soul, was always making things when I was small, and I remember when she put a paintbrush in my hand when I was two, walked me over to my easel, and let me paint away, while my dog Blazer licked my ear, looking over my shoulder. Another time she let me help make huge paper mache animals that were as tall as I was, from the messy mache time to painting the spots on the giraffes she made... Also there was this great after school art class at a studio right at school called "Cloud 9 studio" - where my teacher gave us big balls of clay and we made these cool 'matterhorns' with tunnels that traveled through them, and he'd start a marble at the top and we'd watch in suspense as it traveled to the bottom...endless fun. I remember making tickets for the airplane, and pretending to be a passenger on board, making all of the things you'd need to make the flight comfortable, etc...all creating, imagining... Then when I turned 10, Mom signed me up for an oil painting class with her friend Louise. It was there that I leaned that I loved to paint, and catch facial expression and paint portraits of people, and animals. The rest is history...

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Dear *ALL* Blog Participants ~

How I wish I could give 215 books as prizes, because that's how many childhood memories were shared during this contest! The time you took to go back into your childhood memories and share those moments with us is truly appreciated. I had no idea that your memories would be so powerful and moving. You had me laughing and crying as I read through each one. 

I hope you enjoyed the experience, and if you have time, do read through all the comments because they are inspiring (and entertaining at times)! I think more than anything your memories of your own art experiences as a child remind each of us how important we are in the lives of the children we touch, and how the things we do, the opportunities we offer, the way we interact... it all makes a difference.

We matter!  :)

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Thanks to each and every one of you for participating
and sharing your childhood memories of art!

 

And special congratulations to Cathy, Christina, and Jenna.
I hope you each enjoy your prizes! 

 

 

MaryAnn   
(1950)

25th Anniversary Sale extended

25th Anniversary • Bright Ring Publishing

So many people have requested that I keep 

 my anniversary sale going through all of 2010 

 that I have done just that! 

 The sale prices are reduced to include 

 free shipping and tax
and 
 will continue 

 through the end of 2010.

Visit www.brightring.com for prices and ordering.

 

25th Anniversary Book Special, from MaryAnn

It's My (MaryAnn's)
25th Anniversary  
 bringing art to children through the books I write. 
 All through the coming year I will be doing special things to celebrate.

Through July 30
   Any Bright Ring Book is Yours
   for $15.00 each including shipping and tax! 
  Big  Anniversary Savings! Free Shipping!
  (Most of my books retail for $18.95, and usually ship for $4.  
 See Special Prices below each book.)
 * Note: Prices stay the same, no matter how many books in one box.
* Canadian friends: Due to the significantly higher shipping costs to Canada,
 add $6 for each book and write "US Dollars" on your check. (Sorry.)

Write to me with your name and address,
 and I'll send the books you wish, and ask that you pay by check to MaryAnn Kohl:
  maryann@brightring.com

The books are:

Great American Artists    Discovering Storybook Art  
for Kids Great Artists

 $18.95 NOW $15.00        $18.95 NOW $15.00    $18.95 NOW $15.00     

Mudworks ScienceArts Scribble Art  
  $18.95 NOW $15.00  $18.95 NOW $15.00  $18.95 NOW $15.00  

  $18.95 NOW $15.00  $14.95 NOW $12.00

All of my Gryphon House published books are on sale too!

* Prices stay the same, no matter how many books in one box. See note about Canadian shipping above.

Individual prices as follows: 

Making Make-Believe $16.95     *** NOW $14 with shipping

Big Messy Art $14.95  *** NOW $12 with shipping

First ARt $14.95  *** NOW $12 with shipping

Preschool Art $24.95  *** NOW $20 with shipping

Primary Art $19.95  *** NOW $16 with shipping

Math Arts $24.95  *** NOW $20 with shipping

Cooking Art $16.95 *** NOW $14 with shipping

Global Art $16.95  *** NOW $14 with shipping

NEW!!! Art with Anything $19.95 *** NOW $16 with shipping   

Offer valid through July 30, 2010.