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A
Report on the Dim Sum Breakfast
Saturday, May 20th, 2000 10am to 12 noon
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The
American Foundation and the Laynor Foundation Museum joined forces
to give a lucky winner a painting (picture at left with Gloria Laynor)
by the late, American genius, Harold. A. Laynor. The painting is
valued at $10,000. The tickets were limited to the first 200 responses,
giving each participant a very real chance to win. The raffle was
held during the Dim Sum Breakfast at the new American Foundation
building at 45l8 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ.. The purchase price
of each ticket was $100.00, tax deductible. Funds raised will help
a needy art student, and will further promote the important story
of Harold A. Laynor.
The lucky winner
who received the elegant Laynor painting is Niki Glen of Tempe.
Niki is an artist herself, an award winning muralist. |
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T. Tervort, Vice President, Foundation Specialist with the American
Foundation welcomed everyone to the American Foundation, which cohosted
the festivities. The American Foundation building features an exhibit
by the Laynor Foundation Museum and its prestigious Advisory Board.
Both organizations
focus on scholarship programs that pertain to the arts. The money
you spent on tickets helps fulfill the mission to foster the creation
of art. |
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Jennifer
Wright, former receipient of a Laynor Foundation Museum grant, was
present and graciously said a few words in praise of the Foundation's
mission. |
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Also present
were Rosendo Gutierrez, former Phoenix Vice Mayor (above left), who
handled his chop sticks pretty well and Ted Troxel (above right),
the new curator of the Laynor Collection. Gloria Laynor's daughter
and Foundation Board Member, Lois Goldblatt, brought her children,
Shana and Ben. Newlyweds, Dr. Bernard Villegas and his artist bride,
Teresa, made time to watch the painting demonstration by Jim Covarrubias,
as did Jim's daughter, Shauna (left). |
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live painting performance by Laynor Advisory Board member Jim Covarrubias
was a real highlight of the morning. He announced that the portrait
that he would do this morning would be of Cochise. Jim started the
painting by painting two symbols in red, one of a buffalo and one
of a bear. This was to honor the ancestors, he said. |
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Jim
described the process he went through before even coming to paint.
He did several studies of Naichez, the son of Cochise, of whom we
have several photographs. There are no known photos of Cochise himself.
Cochise means "hardwood". Jim told how he burned some
cedar, meditated, opening his imagination, and asked the spirit
of Cochise to reveal his visage to him. As the audience watched,
Jim chose striking, vivid colors for his portayal of Cochise. He
finished the painting in less than an hour. |
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For
more information about possible upcoming events, or for any other
information we can provide, please contact:
The Laynor
Foundation Museum at
6252 E. Aire Libre Lane, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
or call the Museum at 480-922-0538 or 480-348-3277. |
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