The Special Lady Line Homeless Shelter spot-light

Featured Artists Joanna Ballard The Spotted Olive About Johnna Crider Question for this week (answer will be pub-lished in the next edition)

JohnnaCrider

Who is a special lady and

what is her purpose? I am a

special lady and my purpose is

to use my art to help others.

While doing that, I thought

that I should spotlight all the

Special Ladies out there and

include artwork for them—

artwork that benefits women

and children’s shelters.

Currently, the Special Lady

products can only be pur-

chased on Zazzle.com by a

member, but membership is

FREE and, though most of the

sales will go to Zazzle for the

product creation, the design

(my part) pay will be accumu-

lated to help selected wom-

en’s and children’s shelters.

If you wish to purchase or see

the Special Lady line, go to:

http://www.zazzle.com/

The new Special Lady design!

Homeless shelter spotlight: Atlanta Union Mission

Atlanta Union Mission provides

emergency shelter to as many as

354 men, women and children at

two separate campuses. Guests

of the shelters are provided hot

showers, clean clothes, nutritious

food and a safe place to sleep.

Guests also have access to social

workers who make referrals to

community resources for those

seeking health care, addiction

recovery or job help.

Emergency Shelter is provid-

ed at:

Downtown Atlanta Shelter (The

Shepherd's Inn) AND

Howell Mill Road Campus (My

Sister's House)

If you need emergency shel-

ter, contact: Men’s services (404-367-2493)

Women and Children’s

Services (404-367-2465)

The shelter also provides recov-

ery programs and transitional

housing.

For more information you can visit

their website at

http://

www.atlantaunionmission.org

WAYS TO GIVE

There are many ways to give,

but check out their website for

lists of in-house needs, dona-

tion centers and more.

“Atlanta Union Mission is a

Christian ministry that brings

Christ's healing power to any

person in crisis through pro-

grams of rescue and recovery.”

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Inside this Issue:

I am your next issue’s Featured Artist. Wanna know who I am? Be sure to check out the Next Issue of A4TH Zine

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Joanna Bal-

lard is a tal-

ented artist

from North-

west LA,

whose art

cannot be

put into one

category—its

virtually im-

possible! Her poetic art, storytelling skills,

digital photography, her performance—and

did I mention her writing skills?—are off the

chain.

Joanna is a member of the Shreveport

Bossier Trapped Truth Society and is one of

the founders of the West Edge Artist Co-Op.

She is also a member of the Shreveport

Writers Registry, the Northwest Louisiana

Art Gallery—just to name a few. She also

promotes the Louisiana Folk band, Henry

Turner Jr. and Flavor—whose music is just

jazzy.

Ms. Ballard began her career as a storytell-

er when she was just a child—she loved

making up her own songs and stories. She

also earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Eng-

lish with a minor in Theater Arts from

Southern Arkansas University in Mag-

nolia, AR in 1986. Her art has won

numerous awards and shows over the

years.

I want to encourage you to take a look

at Joanna’s stuff on her MySpace

page at www.myspace.com/

ballardsbytes and check out her home

page as well at http://

www.ballardsbytes.com

Quote from the artist

“Words, sound and color to me, are

exciting, and challenging in any medi-

um! I enjoy exploring and sharing my

‘stories’ in many avenues to a wide

and varied audience.

Harmony and Peace,

Joanna Ballard

Feature Artist Joanna Ballard, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Top: Southern Summer Bottom: Child’s Play

Feature Artist: The Spotted Olive

Top from the left: The

Spotted Olive Logo,

Useless tee, Queen Bee

keychain, Love American

Life postage stamp

Debbie Pruess is a professional graphic designer with over 14 years of crea-tive experience in both the hospitality and leisure industries. Specializing in

advertising print design, Debbie has won numerous awards for her work on ads, logos, catalogs and more. She is currently the Creative Manager for Waterstone Resorts & Vacation Homes in Destin, Florida and owns two galler-ies on Zazzle—The Spotted Olive and Two Hearts Wedding Shoppe. The Spotted Olive features funky, cute & cool designs on a variety of prod-ucts including t-shirts and apparel for men, women & kids, baby onesies,

earth friendly canvas tote bags, trendy paper goods, custom USPS postage and other unique gifts. http://www.zazzle.com/thespottedolive*.

Two Hearts Wedding Shoppe offers a simply elegant selection of custom wed-ding postage, cards, postcards, seals, cute bridal party t-shirts and other goodies for your celebration. http://www.zazzle.com/twoheartsshoppe*.

Examing social issues From a unique perspective: www.topcatlive.com/speaks

Johnna Crider currently runs the Art4TheHomeless blog, a blog ded-icated to raising homeless awareness in America and her art. The

blog currently features homeless shelter and help links for each US State. Johnna also has her online sales gallery where she creates designs and through Zazzle.com, her designs are purchased and her share of the proceeds go to shelters in the US. Johnna is an

“Out of town” member of the Shreveport-Bossier Trapped Truth So-ciety, Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery, Red River Writes Poetry Pag-

es, Arts in Atlanta Directory, and some of her clientele include An-dre 3000 from Outkast (Atlanta), United Way of Atlanta, Chanel Murry (Chicago), Virginia Wayne (St. Simons Island, GA), Tanya

Trotter (Shreveport, LA), Lajoya Harris (Miami) and Denise and Dar-yl Thompson (Atlanta) to name a few.

Some of the events she has been in include: YWCA Women of the Arts exhibit at the Shreveport Riverfront 2005, The Second Annual Northwest Louisiana Art gallery 2005, Hurricane Katrina Relief Ben-

efit Silent Auction at Artspace, Shreveport, 2005, Little 5 Points Findley Arts Festivals Atlanta 2006-2008, Cafe Nico's presents Art

Beat 2 and Open Mic Downtown Atlanta, 2007,Atlanta Journal-Constitution and United Way of Atlanta presents Lighting the Way

art show 2007 and Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Atlanta Christmas Stocking Fund; partnered with Denise Thompson with the

Elegance Boutique in Little 5 Points 2007 just to name a few. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

About Johnna Crider

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Question for this week:

The Hunchback of John McCain is for those of you who are for Obama! To

see more visit http://hunchback.democratz.org/

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