Steve from Giving Tree Music came by yesterday and led the group in an enchanting drum circle.
From the Giving Tree Music site: “Steve has been making drums since 1993, receiving design input from some of the best known drummers in this country. In addition, he has provided Drum Circle Facilitation at large and small festivals around the country for 15 years, serving patrons of Corporate, Children, Senior and Community environments.”

This was a new experience for many of our member artists, but Steve’s motto “drumming is easy!” inspired everyone to loosen up and have fun! (more…)

Deanna Lawrence of Fox 13 News came to interview two of our amazing Folkfest performance acts this morning as they jammed on voice and acoustic guitar in
the art studio at Creative Clay. Member artists were dancing and singing along with Lorna Bracewell’s moving rendition of Amazing Grace while cameras looked on. Venus Jones captivated the group with her uplifting rhymes and sweet melodies. Both women are extraordinary, local wordsmiths who giggled like sisters from the time they walked in the door. Deanna Lawrence appeared
genuinely touched by the two acts, who perform separately but collaborated beautifully when asked this morning. As Lorna and Venus were leaving, a member artist burst through the studio door and presented Lorna with a completed art work entitled “Smokin’ Snake”as a token of his affection; an apropos expression of the keenness we all felt for the duo after we spent just one morning with them.

- Jenny Lee

UPDATE!   The video can now be found on Fox 13’s site.

ATTENTION FAMILIES & LOVED ONES OF CREATIVE CLAY MEMBER ARTISTS!
There will be a Bake Sale benefiting Creative Clay during Folkfest weekend! If you would like to contribute baked goods, time, or both, please contact the studio by calling 727-825-0515 or e-mail Grace - grace@creativeclay.org. Let us know what you’d like to bring and/or how much time you can devote to the sale.

8/27/07 - Jane Johnson, Director of APD, has proposed to eliminate independent support coordination in favor of state-run support coordination. This could be a devastating change on top of the proposed service cuts proposed earlier. We have provided a few sample letters to send to elected officials HERE.

8/24/07 - Jenny and Sommer just returned from the APSE Conference! Read about their experiences and what they learned in our blog.

5/14/07 - The State of Florida budget has passed with significant cuts to Medicaid Waiver funding, which provides services to persons with disabilities. We have created a letter that you can send to our elected officials and it can be found HERE.

A tenative schedule of musical events has been announced!  You can check out the line-up HERE!