1st GPP ART SSCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED

Two young women from Denny, Scotland have been selected for Green Phoenix Art Scholarships for twelve 3-hour classes at Delta Studios in Larbert Scotland (www.deltastudios.net). The award letters went out in June 2010 to Sophie Mourant and Viola Duzynska, and the two artists have met with the director and artist Craig McKechnie to plan their course, select their art materials and begin their classes.

Ms. Mourant and Ms. Duzynska were selected based on a showing of artistic aptitude and promise, and based on a referral from a local art professional who made GPP aware of their talent and the creative work they have done with children and teens at a community centre.

During their time at Delta Studios, it is hoped that the artists will create at least one piece to be shown in an upcoming Delta Studios group show. Also during their scholarship period, they will have an all expenses paid "away day" to either Glasgow, Edinburgh or some other art destination via train, to visit an art museum or gallery and have lunch with a Delta Studios artist/teacher and representative of GPP to discuss their Delta experience.

Green Phoenix is pleased at the launching of this scholarship; Delta Studios has a friendly and open atmosphere in which students may explore their talent in any way they wish, under the guidance of the gifted teachers there. The hope of the scholarship panel is that the experience will help "turn on a light" for scholarship winners, to find new ways to enrich their lives through artistic accomplishment.

Two more scholarship winners will be selected by September 2010 and then four more in 2011, after which time the scholarship programme will be evaluated for the next stage.

If you would like to contribute to the GPP Art Scholarship, please contact us by email to discuss options. spiritbear1@btinternet.com

A NEW GREEN DIRECTION

After seven years at our .com address, having originated in Jemez Springs, New Mexico in 2002, Green Phoenix Productions has made a few changes. We are now a .org and this website is hosted by Amador Publishing, which is an interesting way to leave home and end up back at home in one fell swoop. (Amador has published our books since 1992 after all!)

Green Phoenix Productions' president Michelle Miller Allen (a/k/a McCallum) now resides in Scotland, with pilgrimages back to New Mexico GPP's official business home is still in Jemez Springs and things are handled from both sides of the pond. This way we have the benefit of two amazing cultures and incredibly beautiful parts of the world, and the global exchange of creative energy.

Our last big New Mexico event was the launching of Scottish/ American writer Elizabeth McBride's memoir in 2007 (see Last of the Nice Girls).

Over the years GPP has given a lot of lip service to stewarding the land, to the love of nature, to following one's passions — and to the Green Man. So there is a certain logic that GPP's president has become seriously involved in environmental work in Central Scotland. Creative energy which might normally be going into fiction writing and publication is now going into projects to clean up post-industrial litter, the Green Dog Walkers project to raise awareness about dog poo problems in the UK, and into community engagement and awareness-raising activities.

In other words, the Green Man has manifested and the Green Phoenix is very busy laying eggs and flying about!

If you have an interest in green activities, check out www.cgiscotland.org and subscribe on line (free) to the Community Green Initiative (CGI) newsletter NEW LEAF NEWS (edited by Michelle) at that website.

Later in 2010 Green Phoenix Productions will launch two new creative ventures in Scotland to help raise funds for CGI. Watch our new page “Phoenix in Scotland” as details unfold.

Meanwhile, our CD, books and custom ritual scarves are still available through this website.

NEWS ARCHIVES

2007 — Green Phoenix Joins Hands with Amador Publishers
2006 — Green Phoenix Migratory Patterns Emerge
2005 — Green Phoenix in Flight Again
2004 — Artist ShaRi Brooks Joins Forces with GPP
2003 — Miller Allen's Novel Wins Prestigious Award