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Blank Canvas Art Group [Jan. 20th, 2012|09:30 pm]    The Blank Canvas Art/Creativity Circle meets approximately once a month on a Saturday from 5 to 7, at the Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, PA, in an accepting, nonjudgmental atmosphere of creative adventure and fun. We gather and DO art, crafts or writing, seeking to listen to the stillness inside in order to honor intuition and inspiration: that sacred surprise when art turns you in an unexpected direction in the labyrinth of the artistic journey. And we end our art experience with a short period of silence and stillness Everyone is welcome: "talent" not required: only a spirit of adventure and the courage to name yourself "artist" or "writer". We are open to all and honor diversity in all its forms. We are not affiliated with any other group or organization. We are open to all. Children must be accompanied by an adult who will be responsible for them the entire time: we do not provide separate "play space" or babysitting. Use your judgment whether a particular month's activity is appropriate.  Upcoming Events: Saturday February 18th: Introduction to Watercolor: NEW DATE: POSTPONED FROM JANUARY 21ST DUE TO WEATHER Saturday March 3rd: ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) Click Here to see the great stuff we did at past gatherings. Contact info: Laurie: webpoet1@aol.com or 610-259-5761 Join our Yahoogroup for up to date info on our activities: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_blank_canvas Please join us and discover the artist or writer within!

Steve & Co. Boutique :: Grand Opening Celebration

 

Steve & Co. Boutique is all about stylin' it and allowing you to express your inner diva so that you can express your best self through clothes, fashion, one of a kind handbags along with power jewlery and many other items that all ages, all styles can be found regularly at Steve & Co. Boutique of Chester PA. Please stay tuned for many exciting events coming to Steve & Co. where many women find their "go to place" when you have a special occasion with so much to offer at any budget.  Steve & Co. has plenty of men flocking to the boutique in order to find that special someone that extra special somethin' somethin' for any and all occasions.  Thank you for stopping by our sight and be sure and keep coming back and tell all your friends.  Gift Certificates are available year round.

Model is styled by: Ms. Fannie of Steve & Co. Boutique

Peace Wall :: Mural Arts Project of Philadelphia

After racial violence in the Gray's Ferry neighborhood made national headlines, Jane Golden and community organizers went door-to-door pitching the idea of a mural. Cynics sneered, but other residents chose this design, then lined up to have their hands photographed.  The diverse, yet converging hands symbolize the community's commitment to ending racial division.

A photograph was taken of hands of people from the community Peace Wall :: Mural Arts Project  and was transferred to a slide that was projected directly onto the mural wall at night.  Golden and her crew then traced the hands and numbered the different color areas so that they could return later and fill them in.

Steve & Co. Boutique has relocated to Chester PA 19013 which is just outside of Metro Philadelphia. Steve & Co. Boutique specializes in the one of a kind finds that you need in order to ramp up your style just in time for the fall season. You will be sure to turn heads and open doors when you shop at Steve & Co. Boutique. Ms. Stephens began as a personal shopper for some pretty big names but she is a very humble individual so you will just have to stop in and discover it for yourself. Ms. Stephens' is a highly qualified woman with a flair for design, fashion and developing the youth of the community. Ms. Stephens' has many local, regional and national affiliates that are vital to the future of the neighborhoods that energize and encompass the economy of Chester PA. & beyond.

Steve & Co. Boutique still offers personal shopping services. Ms. Fannie is looking to increase her venue of clothing to include accessories along with handmade jewelery from locally made one of a kind pieces by: Mr. Ola Cannon Fountain III of International Fun Jewelery. Ms. Stephens' continues to offer her personal touch along with professional attention to each individual since this is what has fueled her success thus far.

Steve & Co. Boutique is located @ 2214 w. 9th Street in Historic Chester PA 19013. 

Rosa Parks 

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the Mother of the freedom movement".^[1]

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil rights issue, and there had been others, including Lizzie Jennings in 1854, Homer Plessy in 1892, Irene Morgan in 1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955 andClaudette Colvin, on the same bus system nine months before Parks, who had taken similar steps. But Parks' civil disobedience had the effect of sparking the

                                                                                         Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.

At the time of her action, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and had recently attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for workers' rights and racial equality. Nonetheless, she took her action as a private citizen "tired of giving in". Although widely honored in later years for her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S. Representative John Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered from dementia, and became involved in a lawsuit filed on her behalf against American hip-hop duoOutKast.

Parks eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Her death in 2005 was a major story in the United States' leading newspapers. She was granted the posthumous honor of lying in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

Ms. Stephens Boutique

Steve & Co. Boutique has relocated to Chester PA 19013 which is just outside of Metro Philadelphia. Steve & Co. Boutique specializes in the one of a kind finds that you need in order to ramp up your style just in time for the fall season. You will be sure to turn heads and open doors when you shop at Steve & Co. Boutique. Ms. Stephens began as a personal shopper for some pretty big names but she is a very humble individual so you will just have to stop in and discover it for yourself. Ms. Stephens' is a highly qualified woman with a flair for design, fashion and developing the youth of the community. Ms. Stephens' has many local, regional and national affiliates that are vital to the future of the neighborhoods that energize and encompass the economy of Chester PA. & beyond.

Steve & Co. Boutique still offers personal shopping services. Ms. Fannie is looking to increase her venue of clothing to include accessories along with handmade jewelery from locally made one of a kind pieces by: Mr. Ola Cannon Fountain III of International Fun Jewelery. Ms. Stephens' continues to offer her personal touch along with professional attention to each individual since this is what has fueled her success thus far.

Steve & Co. Boutique is located @ 2214 w. 9th Street in Historic Chester PA 19013.