If you are in the Northern Alabama area, I invite you to come watch me paint and participate in five fun filled days of plein air art in the making. I will have copies of our book “A Year Of Good Manners” by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk with me so just ask. I will be happy to autograph one for you.
New Paintings will appear each day of the event on the museum blogspot, http://gadsdenmuseum.blogspot.com//
Paintings will be displayed during May in a “Wet Paint” exhibit at the Museum, and the event will culminate with a live auction on Friday, June 5, 2009.
There will be a people’s choice award. Please vote for me and ask your friends to vote. To all my fans, friends, family, and patrons, thank you for your support!
Hours: Mon. – Sat. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed Sunday
Please visit my website for links to the other artists participating in the GMA plein air festival. www.janpolk.com I also have posted new paintings on my Original Oil Paintings page.
April 18 and 19, 2009, Saturday and Sunday, Jan Polk, Judy Barton, and Marybeth Dowlin will be plein air painting at Natorps Garden Store in Mason, OH. This is Natorp’s Yardarama Extravaganza weekend. I will be signing copies of “A Year of Good Manners” by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk. http://www.ayearofgoodmanners.com/
Come meet their garden experts for free advice from their Landscape Designers and Garden Coaches . Sunday’s special guests will be Culinary Expert, Rita Heikenfeld and Natorp’s Garden Expert, Ron Wilson. Hours: Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. www.natorp.com
Food, Fun, and Gardening for Adults and Kids. Free admission. 1% of food and sales benefiting the Autism Society. Please visit this link for Weekend Schedule of Events at both stores: http://www.natorp.com/GS-2009Yardarama.htm
April 18, 19, 2009….This is the last weekend to view the Cincinnati Art Club Signature Members Spring Show, 1021 Parkside Place, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Free Admission and Free Parking.
This is a great show featuring some of CAC’s most talented artists. Jan Polk’s painting “Pencarrow Lodge” from Wellington, N.Z. is on display. www.cincinnatiartclub.com
Its all over the news, Susan Boyle - Singer -
Respect and Good Manners will give you the same warm feelings. We encourage you to practice your A, B, C.’s– especially with your family. Always be charming. http://www.ayearofgoodmanners.com/
Thank you for being an honorable, civilized, law-abiding citizen! Today is the day we celebrate our common bonds and our American Heritage, which we all have if a citizen of the USA. We invite you to celebrate by Thanking a fellow Law-Abiding Citizen and displaying one of Jan Polk’s Great American Flower Collection “respect series” images on your computer screen. No charge. Please follow this link for additional information about L.A.C. Day and GAFC images: www.janpolk.com/1220.html
Our nation could not have become the greatest nation on earth without the majority of its people being honorable, civilized, self-governed, law-abiding citizens. We respect life, our fellow citizens, and the rule of law. We can manage very well on our own, until the government can help us out. The key word is “help,”…. not do it for us. We believe in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but not at the expense of someone else. In a civilized society, when in public, respect for fellow citizens is what makes our way of life work. We are all valuable citizens. United We Stand – Divided We Fall. As a way to show respect to our country, we speak English. The way we dress in public shows respect to our fellow citizens. When we don’t like a law, we peacefully change the law; until then we obey the law. Thank you for being an honorable, civilized, self-governed, law-abiding citizen!
If you visit a website, and want a closer look because it is just too small to read, hold the control key down,
and press the “plus sign” key (upper left by the backspace key). Continue holding control key down and hitting the
“plus sign” key and the type will get larger. To make things smaller, hold control, and press the “minus sign” key
until it is the size you like. Works for pictures too! Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t know why
but it is nice when it works. If you know other tips like this, please feel free to share.
Please help us make the world a more civilized place, one person at a time, by reading our book “A Year of Good Manners”
by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk. www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
The blue ribbon is the national symbol of Child Abuse Prevention.
Child abuse is preventable. Awareness is only the first step.
Stop the abuse before it starts.
For information about Blue Ribbon activities throughout the
month of April go to www.familynurture.org.
Family Nurturing Center is one of my favorite charities.
Each of us determines what kind of home we will have.
The government cannot do this for us. Our beloved free,
civilized society could not exist without the majority
of us being honorable, law-abiding civilized citizens.
We all have a civic duty to behave as civilized people.
“Teaching manners to children is the kindest thing you can do for them,
and it is a long-term project. Teach by example, gently correct,
encourage, quietly remind, praise when you can, and keep on doing it.
Start when they are toddlers and you will have lovely teenagers.” says
Margery Sinclair. You do not want a home where people are
shouting at each other.
Everything you need to know to become confident and comfortable at home,
in school, in your social life and in business is in our book “A Year of Good Manners.”
You can purchase this book at my website: www.ayearofgoodmanners.com