2017 April

Breathing Art into life one stroke at a time!

Classes. Workshops. Paint Parties
Greetings!
Its with great pleasure I release this Newsletter on April 15th World Art day! 

Time flies when you are having a good time. The past few weeks have been filled with action. My time is spent between getting ready for the YouthLive Gala fundraiser and preparing for the Silicon Valley Open Studios in May.

I also attended a workshop hosted by Silicon Valley Creates and  I decided to kick it up a notch and get a loan micro financed  by Kiva. You can read more about it in this Newsletter. 

Have some ideas you want to share? On art, life... I would love to hear from you. Please hit the' reply' button and send me a note.

My Mission is to Breathe Art into your life and bring people together to celebrate life one stroke at a time! 

Artfully Yours,
Majella Pinto
About the Artist
Getting ready for the Silicon Valley Open Studios on May 20th & 21st from 11am-5pm.


Whats on the palette right now?
Getting Ready for Silicon Valley Open House 2017
Save the date: May 20th/ 21st from 11am-5pm

Silicon Valley Open Studios is an event that encourages a close personal relationship between artists and art enthusiasts.

Fayne Muldoon who lives next door is also participating. Do mark your calendars and visit Fayne and me on May 20th and 21st for some refreshments and good conversation while you take in the Art.

2017 Silicon Valley Open Studios
Fayne Muldoon - my next door neighbor, friend and Artist
Fayne has no formal training in art and only several years of experience.  She is what some would call a “newbie” to the art world. Almost entirely self-taught, she credits her grandmother, who was an amazing artist, as passing down her talent.

At age 59, she experienced what many refer to as a spiritual “aha” epiphany. She had come across one of her grandmother’s old paintings and as she held the painting, she heard a gentle, caring voice in her mind say… “paint the beauty that you see”. 

So, Fayne started oil painting.  

After 17 years working at her current job, Fayne was laid off in 2014 at age 62.  It was a blessing.  This allowed her to paint full time.

Fayne’s unique story is discovering her life’s path – a burning passion to paint the beauty she sees in the world, to paint from her heart, to share that with others and that special person who is meant to give her painting a home.

Learn more about Fayne
Fayne's Paintings

Afternoon Magic, 12x24, Oil

Yellow Sky 6, 30x40, Oil

Giving Back to the Community
The 4x3 ft collaborative Art piece is almost done

It is an honor as the Art Chair to work with the youth every week to create art pieces that will be auctioned off during the Gala.   

Unity Care is a local non-profit organization serving thousands of Bay Area's  foster youth.

Click here if you are interested in learning how you can support the youth
Sharing the Knowledge and Spreading the Color
Teaching students of all ages. 

Self Paced Drawing and Painting Classes (Acrylic, Mixed Media and Oil) for all ages.
Mondays 4-6pm
Wednesdays 9:30-11:30 
Saturdays 2-4pm

Upcoming Workshop at University Art on May 27th , 12-4 pm (Redwood City)
June 3rd, 1-4 pm (San Jose)


Also Teaching at
Belmont Village Senior Living
Leadership Academy, Santa Clara

Paint Parties
Boy Scout Merit Badge Counselor


Featured Student Art work 

Kiva - Loans that change lives! 
I am happy to announce that Art by Majella, my Art venture is crowdfunding a 0% interest loan on Kiva. Kiva is the first and largest micro-lending service in the world that has distributed $709 million over 10 years, in 85 different countries, among 1.5 million small businesses.
 I am honestly so grateful to each of you who have supported me!   Thank you!

Become a Kiva Lender today and help an Entrepreneur.
To follow my progress and support me click here.
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