The Millet House

On January 17, Martin Luther King Day, we will be opening the gates to our Courtyard for “Making All Things New: Unity and Diversity.” The event will run from 10 am to 4 pm and will include an outdoor community workshop by artist Andrea Rogers, as well as an inspiring outdoor program featuring performances by Therosia Reynolds and Marva Harris!

Andrea’s project will begin at 10 am: throughout the course of the day, visitors will be able to help create two beautiful mosaics. Andrea writes, “Two benches will be restored with tiles of various colors around the phrases, UNITY on one and Unity in Diversity on the other. Community members will be installing the tiles and the benches will be grouted after drying.”

The program will begin at 2 pm. Both Therosia Reynolds and Marva Harris are gifted, inspiring performers and artists and are well known members of the Valley art community. We are fortunate to have their participation.

Plus, as always at The Millet House – yes, there will be snacks.

Date: Monday, January 17, 2022

Time: 10am – 4 pm (performances at 2 pm)

Place: 440 West 1st Street, Mesa AZ

After a summer break, we are starting up our Open House Art Evenings once again. Typically there will be an art topic – and YOU are encouraged to suggest one. And, if you have art to share, please bring it.

Want to join us? email themillethouse@gmail.com

This amazing show will be happening in close collaboration with Mesa’s Artspace Lofts! The Millet House will provide the virtual exhibit.

Each Friday, 5:30-7 pm Arizona/PDT our Artist Collective meets on Zoom to discuss art, our current show (“Autism: Super Wondrous Spectrum”) and our plans for what we are doing next! Check here each Friday for login information and be sure to bring a guest.

Do check out the art exhibition for Autism: Super Wondrous Spectrum as well as Daniel Walter’s “Sunburst Project” RAFFLE of original art!

April is Autism Awareness Month, and our exhibition is curated by well-known member of the Valley art community, Killian “Peach Cinnamon” Nauman. Peach and her committee have been holding an inclusive virtual art exhibition, along with virtual but live Saturday concerts! poetry readings! a raffle! weekly Zooms! and more.

Everyone is welcome to participate, on or off the Super Wondrous Spectrum. Check the Art Call and email The Millet House if you have art or ideas.

The raffle will be for art by Daniel Walters, on the Sunburst Project. Tickets for the raffle are still available! For each dollar towards any of eight pieces, you have one chance to win. For $10 you have ten chances, etc.

Thank you for supporting Autism Awareness.

A word of thanks is in order as we say goodbye to March 2021: We loved being part of Art Detour..now April is here, and so we say farewell with gratitude to #ArtDetour33.

Let’s Paint Together, with Vanessa Ortiz Zapata! You are invited! We will gather via Zoom on Wednesday, March 31, 5:30-7pm PDT, the last day of Art Detour 33. Bring your art supplies to the Zoom meeting. Vanessa will supply the subject. Let’s paint/draw/create art TOGETHER!

The Millet House schedule includes four events during the final days of Art Detour 33, March 24-31! All are virtual.

Live Painting with Therosia Reynolds! Wednesday, March 24, 5:30-7 pm. If you missed it, check out The Millet House on Facebook, where the FB Live event can be seen. Art Detour is almost over – time to fill your spirit with all the art events you can!

Therosia’s event is still available on the Millet House Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheMilletHouse

The Art of Tori Weston! Thursday, March 25, 5:30-7 pm. This was an amazing and inspiring evening. Tori Weston hosted an evening on Zoom that was also streamed as a Millet House Facebook Live event. You can watch most of it on our Facebook page. Tori is one of the contributing artists in Marva Harris’s “I Know Why,” currently on virtual display at The Millet House (see link in the menu above.) Tori received her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College and oversees their Art & Communication Pre-College Program. 

Tori’s event is still available on the Millet House Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheMilletHouse

Marva Interviews: Children and Art! Friday, March 26, 5:30-7 pm PACIFIC time. Marva Harris interviewed children about their art, on the Millet House Zoom. All children are artists! Children were invited to attend and to bring their art if they wish to be interviewed, or they could attend as audience members. Young children attended with a grownup of course. On Zoom only – this was not streamed to Facebook Live due to the age of the participants. Marva is an experienced drama teacher and knows how to interview children while setting them at ease.

Let’s Paint Together, with Vanessa Ortiz Zapata! You are invited! We will gather via Zoom on Wednesday, March 31, 5:30-7pm, the last day of Art Detour 33. Bring your art supplies to the Zoom. Vanessa will supply the subject. Let’s paint/draw/create art TOGETHER!

And stay in touch: April is Autism Awareness Month, and our exhibition will be curated by well-known member of the Valley art community, Killian “Peach Cinnamon” Nauman. Want to be involved? Email us at themillethouse@gmail.com or check out the info under the Art Calls menu item, above. Have art to submit? include images with size, medium, suggested price. You will be sent a form to sign giving The Millet House permission to display your art. Have other ideas for Autism Awareness Month? Contact us by email.

Friday, March 19, 5:30-7 pm Pacific time: We gathered at the (virtual) Millet House Open House on Zoom to plan for/discuss OUR plans for Autism Awareness Month. Nine people attended. Killian “Peach Cinnamon” Nauman has chosen the theme: “Autism: Super Wondrous Spectrum.”

Our (virtual) Autism Awareness Month exhibition begins April 2 and will run all month.

All interested are apply: to get started, send an email to themillethouse@gmail.com

Marva’s “I Know Why” is rapidly gaining recognition. Her art and her poetry come together in a brief but powerful video covering her personal as well as our shared 2020 experiences; her work is also a Black History project that was coincidentally set to open at the end of February to honor her grandmother’s birthday – and now it’s part of Art Detour 33!

To see her virtual exhibition on the Millet House website: Just click the “I Know Why” link, above, in the Menu.

Zoom with us beginning at 5:30pm! Therosia Reynolds brings her popular Live Painting with Therosia event to the Millet House Zoom! Wednesday, March 10, 5:30-7pm. Charismatic, authentic, passionate and talented, Therosia will enlighten and entertain you.

Thank you for attending! The recording is available on our Facebook page, http://facebook.com/themillethouse – it’s pretty wonderful, especially after the 13-minute mark, as during the first part we were learning how to connect Zoom to Facebook Live.

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