GPP FUND RAISER PHOTO GREETING CARDS

GPP has launched a new limited edition line of greeting cards in Scotland . These cards are event or agency specific, serving to applaud such recent projects as the Green Dog Walkers campaign, the Denny Oral History Project and Community Green Initiative. The visuals on the cards are drawn from the work of a group of local photographers who often volunteer their services at CGI events. The inside of each card has an environmental quotation and an area for handwritten notes. The next in the series will be to applaud the work of Communities Along the Carron Association (CATCA). The proceeds from the cards go to the environmental work of CGI and CATCA while helping to promote the work of the talented photographers.

1st GPP ART SCHOLARSHIPS 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