Finally! Performing Arts has its feature:  The Toe Tappers!  It's a senior tap dance group that performs all over . . . Community Centers, Laughlin NV, Churches, Membership Groups: Kiwanis, Elks, large entertainment functions and more!  Go to Tour the Gallery and click on Performing Arts!  See these snappy seniors perform stylish Jazz on Taps! and don't forget to visit their website:  www.toetappers.info!

– mosaic art in Olivia's Studio.  And, yes . . the studio has been reconstructed to accommodate new media forms:  WordArt, Installation Art & Mosaics.

What is WordArt?  here's a sample:

from Essays:  (excerpt from "A Servant’s Song") Divine pleasure brings a sense of consolation, energy, and peace.  How freeing it is to serve God out of a heart flooded with the love of the Father and filled with a sense of His approval.  Such deep assurance fortifies God’s servant against human disapproval and protects Him from the vanity that seeks self-satisfaction.  Nourished by God’s endorsement, the Servant can withstand criticism and rejection.  And this assurance of God’s delight surely lifts Servanthood into the realm of relationship.

from Letters:  (excerpt from "Love") Sadly many people find it hard to believe they are loved.  During my many years I have met more people than I can count who have told me their stories and admitted that they have never received from their parents, friends or family the love they longed to know.

The truth is, of course, that no one has ever loved us in the way our hearts long for.

from Poetry & Prose:  (excerpt from "Air and Water") Air and water dance together; they mix and mate; they are sympathetic. 

- See the new photo art!

- We have two new kids!  Evan, at age 9, winner of an art contest!  and little Cole, not yet 2-years old!

– The ArtCellar Newsletter has a new feature:  Culinary Arts!  Click on Food/Travel in the news bar.  This section will guest feature recipes of fabulous chefs give gardening tips and educate in the culinary arts.  Our feature this time is 'beets'.

Also:  Travel . .  experience the best of travel tours with the Master's Touch Christian Charter Service & Tours:  http://www.masterstouchtours.com/  Call toll free:  1-866-228-7874 or email:  mtt@masterstouchtours.com. 

Culture & History - features Shakespeare's Artistry - For those brought up in the aura of Shakespeare an objective estimate or comparison is impossible:

             Only one who knows the language, the religion, the art, the customs and the philosophy of the Periclean Greeks will feel the unequaled dignity of the Dionysian tragic drama, the stark simplicity and inexorable logic of its structure, its proud self-restraint in word and deed, the moving commentary of its choral chants, the high enterprise of seeing man in the perspective of his cosmic place and destiny. 

             Only one who knows the French language and character, and the background of the grand siècle, can fee, in the plays of Corneille and Racine, not merely the majesty and music of their verse, but as well the heroic effort of reason to overspread emotion and impulse, the stoic adherence to difficult classic norms, the concentration of the drama into a few tense hours summarizing and deciding lives.

             Only one who knows English in Elizabethan fullness, who can ride with gusto the Elizabethan winds of rhetoric, lyric, and vituperation, who puts no bounds to the theater’s mirroring of nature and release of imagination, can bring to Shakespeare’s plays their merited acceptance with open arms and heart; but such a man will tremble with delight at the splendor of their speech, and he will be moved to the depths of his spirit to follow and fathom their thought. 

             These are the three epochal gifts of the world’s drama, and we must, despite our limitations, welcome them all to our deepening, thanking our heritage for Greek wisdom, French beauty, and Elizabethan life.  (But, of course, Shakespeare is supreme.)

Dear Artist/Olivia - has interesting new questions/answers (excerpt):

Dear Dr. Olivia:
Why didn’t God make clear the truth of the Trinity in the Old Testament?  Why did He leave it as something to be deduced in the New Testament?

- have you seen her new works?  We finally squeezed a bio from her!

- formerly named Collector's Sales.  a near future plan is to enable art collector's to buy on-line using 'pay pal' or 'credit cards'.  Many of the original artworks will be offered as Limited Edition Giclee Prints. 

- no changes

- the Arts Ministry has been incorporated into this category.  Also the School of Art is found in here. 

– has moved and been redefined.  To find previous Solo/Group Exhibitions go to Olivia's Studio and click on her photo.  This will bring you to 'Professional Summary' if you scroll down.  To find “Call for Entries” which is a complimentary listing of exhibitions for visual artists to enter, go to News & Events and click on the 'call for entries' tab.

  - he's been doing some great new works.  This site will be installing new photo art.  But . . not yet!  He's still working on it.

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- check out her latest short story.

- more news articles and headlines about this phenomenal artist!

- Now it's a family affair!  Son, Josh has become a professional photographer.

FUTURE FEATURES - Soon you will be able to click on the images and get a larger view of the artwork, buy artwork using pay pal and/or credit card and enjoy an opportunity to join the ArtCellar group.  Most importantly, we are growing!