I have decided to support an international holiday for the arts and artists of all disciplines and hope that you will do the
same. It is called Art Day and was started in Glendale, California in 1998 by award-winning writer Becky Mate. It comes
around each year on the second Friday in August.

There are many ways to celebrate the culture and arts of a country, city or person.

I am extending my site for all artist to display their art of any type. Click here for the details of the Plan.
Here are some additional suggestions:

1. Hold an Art Day party.

2. During July, write an Art Day newsletter to family and friends to let them know your arts accomplishments since the last
Art Day. Enclose the newsletter in a card that wishes them Happy Art Day!

3. Especially during July and the first week in August, promote the arts somehow. (Examples: wear piano key suspenders
or a musical note necklace, set an arts mug on your office desk, hang an arts poster in your window, hang up happy/sad
theatre masks where visitors will see it, etc.) Did you know that you get what you promote? 3. Ask your Mayor to proclaim
the second Friday in August as Art Day. (This will be Glendale's third year receiving a proclamation by the Mayor, and
plans are underway for proclamations in Burbank and Los Angeles.)

4. Encourage someone to buy your art to give as a gift for Art Day.

5. Send a poem to someone you'd one day like to meet.

6. Give a child a gift of art or art supplies on Art Day. A fun way to do this is to hold an Art Hunt (similar to an Easter egg
hunt.)

7. Attend a theatre performance or a gallery or go to a movie with family or friends. 8. You get the idea. Appreciate the arts
and artists on Art Day, for they are the cultural leaders of the world.

For more information on ART DAY, Click here.
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