Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII and Amado's Antique Pedal Car

Amado always tries to present something unique and different for his submission to Legacy Art Albuquerque.  This year, we spent many hours trying to find the "perfect" antique pedal car.  It wasn't easy!  These cars are hard to find and expensive when you find them.  This is a 1957 Mercury (we think).  We got the car, stripped the paint, applied bondo where needed, and put primer on it.  It is now ready for the Amado Pena touch.   I thought some of you would enjoy watching the transformation so I am posting pictures of the process.  Enjoy!

Update:  We now know all the background on this pedal car.  It is a 1950 model Murray Champion sedan.  It originally sold for $11.98 at Sears.  It was manunfactured at the Murray Ohio plant.  It is called a Murray Champion Dipside Sedan.  As you can see, it has all original parts and the Pena touch.  Come to Legacy 2013 and you can bid on it!!!

     

And the Winner of the Pena Sketchbooks is.................

 Mary McGibany of Atlantic Beach, Florida.

81 people donated or requested participation without a donation.  One donor is affiliated with the foundation and was ineligible.  We raised $4,710.   We thank all of you who supported the foundation and I wish everyone could receive the sketchbooks but alas, there could only be one!

We'll be back with another "Be Our Valentine" next year and I will get with Amado to develop a suitable giveaway.

Congratulations to Mary!!!  Enjoy the sketches because there are very few of them around.  In fact, I only know of one sketch in private hands. 

Manuel S. Franco Named Featured Artist for Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII

Manuel S. "Manny" Franco has been named the featured artist for Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII folowing some of these other outstanding and well known artists that have also held the honor:

Amado M. Pena, Jr., Dave McGary, JD Challenger, Thom Wheeler, Carla Romero, CJ Wells, Anthony Matinez, John Axton, David DeVary, Kevin Red Star, and Ben Wright.

Manuel's bio can be seen at www.legacyartabq.org and click on the 2013 featured artist link. 

A Major Art Donation Made to Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII.

 

Internationally known photographer Cybelle Codish of Detroit, Michigan has donated 10 original photographs from the highly acclaimed movie, "Grab", to Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII.

In 2011, three photographers wre allowed unprecedented access to the Laguna Pueblo to document its daily life and activities related to "Grab Day", a day of Thanksgivng and prayer for abundance and renewal.   It was the first time the pueblo had ever allowed photographs to be taken and presented for public view.

The exhibit related to "Grab Day" was presented at the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center here in Albuquerque and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City.  Cybelle Codish, one of the photographers given access to the pueblo, has donated 10 of these museum quality and historic photographs to Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII.

To learn more about Cybelle Codish, the "Grab" collection, and Legacy Art Albuquerque XIII, please visit www.legacyartabq.org. 

Be Our Valentine (February 1st through February 28th)

 

Art Has Heart has an annual fund-raising drive every year in February.  This is the time when we ask you to make a tax deductible donation to the foundation with no gift attached.  If everyone on our email list donated $10, we woud raise $12,500.   We hope you will help the foundation with a donation during the current "Be Our Valentine" campaign. 

All donors have an opportunity to receive two Pena sketchbooks.  The first one I recently bought for Amado and he didn't like the paper.  He drew three sketches and stopped.  The 2nd one he made himself back in 2000 and "lost" it and recently "found" it.  When I was with him this past week, he did four sketches in it and promised to do more.  These will all be unpublished works on handmade paper so that is pretty neat, I think.   The donor/winner will get both of these.

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People have asked to see the sketches.  The following three are from the first sketchbook; the one that Amado disliked the paper.

February 1:  $50.00

February 2:  ---0---   (ugh)

February 3:  ---0---   (I hope we lost to the Super Bowl and this is not a trend!)

February 4:  $25.00 (75.00)

February 5:  $75.00 (150.00)

February 6:  $40.00 (190.00)

February 7:  $195.00 (385.00)

February 8:  $75.00 (460.00)

February 9:  $10.00 (470.00)

February 10: $25.00 (495.00)

February 11: $125.00 (620.00)

February 12: $250.00 (870.00)

February 13: $10.00 (880.00)

February 14: $250.00 (1130.00)

February 15: $15.00 (1145.00)

February 16: $20.00 (1165.00)

February 17: ---0---  Yuck!  Here we go again.

February 18: $15.00 (1180.00)

February 19: $265.00 (1445.00)

February 20: $250.00 (1695.00)

February 21: $25.00 (1720.00)

February 22: $2400.00 (4120.00)

February 23: $200.00 (4320.00)

February 24: ---0-----  (4320.00)