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M. Nicole van Dam art at Santa Barbara City Hall for Nearly a Decade

A great memory is having my art at Santa Barbara City Hall for almost a decade – from around 2006 until August 2016, encompassing several mayors and city council members over many years.  My artwork “Voting Booth” was the first … Continue reading

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TV Interview Being Filmed July 6!

Exciting News – I just learned last night that I will be interviewed July 6 by the engaging George Alger for the award winning Ventura Cable Channel 6 TV – which is the number 1 weekly community cable tv and … Continue reading

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My “Tempo” Show Coming Soon at the iconic Ojai Art Center!

I am thrilled and honored to have been asked to present a show featuring my writing and art at the lovely Ojai Art Center in July (Saturday July 23 at 2pm).  I will be sharing a blend of my art … Continue reading

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Named One of 5 Creatives You Should Know

I just received the most FUN email today – I’ve been chosen as one of 5 “Creatives You Should Know” by the Creative Network Blog (sponsored by StudioVox). It’s such an honor – the article is so well written and … Continue reading

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Nicole’s Artist Boots at the MovieGuide Awards!

Fun fun fun! The rainboots with Nicole’s art were selected to be gifts given to the celebrities at the MovieGuide Awards, and it didn’t bother Nicole one bit to be referred to as a “modern day Monet.” Watch this video … Continue reading

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Hot off the Presses: M. Nicole van Dam Rain/Garden Boots on Fox TV!

I just learned that the Good Day TV Show on Fox TV did a segment that shared the rain/garden boots based on my artwork with their viewers – luckily they posted it on YouTube so I can share the video … Continue reading

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Newly Released Limited Edition Artworks on Their First Exhibit

A few weeks ago, M. Nicole van Dam got another call for an exhibit of her artwork – since there are already so many exhibits of her artwork going on concurrently, this meant releasing a Limited Edition series for several … Continue reading

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Bank of America requests M. Nicole van Dam to Exhibit Artwork

Bank of America contacted Nicole recently asking her to once again display her art – and here are the photographs – the pieces currently exhibited at Bank of America include the ever-popular “Summer Afternoon,” “Cello Fantasy,” “Voting Booth,” “It’s Spring,” … Continue reading

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Santa Barbara City Hall Exhibit Fun News

This morning I met wonderful, ever-patient and supportive (and excellent musician) Debbie at Santa Barbara’s beautiful and historic City Hall, and we added my “Lake of Dreams” and “Mission at Santa Barbara” artworks to join “Voting Booth” and “Summer Afternoon” … Continue reading

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Last Night’s CreativityCentral Session WILDLY Fun!

Last night’s CreativityCentral session was a hoot! (Owl by Gillian!) We worked on the next phase of our “Jammin Jungle” project.  As a reminder, the background was painted in February.  This month we created the forms for the 3D animals … Continue reading

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Last Night’s Creativity Central was a BEAUTIFUL Success!

We had so much fun last night creating phase 1 of our latest project, “The Jammin Jungle,” based on a jungle scene that Nicole outlined for the group to paint.  This painting will serve as the background for 3D animals … Continue reading

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New Public Exhibition of Nicole’s Artwork & Poetry

The new Cancer Center of Community Memorial Hospital is a beautiful architectural masterpiece, and Nicole was so proud to be a small part of the building’s introduction to the community when the City of Ventura and the Cancer Center offered … Continue reading

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Voting Booth Painting now at City Hall

“Voting Booth” has now been rotated into my ongoing exhibit at Santa Barbara’s City Hall, along with several other of my works.  I am so honored that my work has been exhibited at City Hall for several years now.   “Voting … Continue reading

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Schedule of Upcoming Creativity Central Classes

At each session, we will share our creativity in all its forms —art, handcrafts, written, music—and learn together to embrace our creative inner selves. As time goes on, Nicole will curate ongoing exhibits of our creations in our new building, … Continue reading

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Please Join Us Monday January 17

Please join us Monday, January 17, 2011 from 6:00—8:00pm for this colorful exploration of the creative spirit that lies within each of us. At this session, we will also be joined by Multi-talented Musician (and Doctor!) Dr. Kenneth Kafka. At … Continue reading

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Great Pictures from Creativity Central Event for the Cancer Resource Center!

Our Cancer Resource Center group fearlessly, creatively starting on the painting!  From the start, everyone was a great team! Everyone worked on their corner, to start… -But it wasn’t long before everyone was moving around, and the colors were beautifully balanced … Continue reading

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Next Session of Creativity Central for the Cancer Resource Center Scheduled

We have scheduled the next session of Creativity Central!  Please join us Monday, November 15th, 6:00pm—8:00pm at the Cancer Resource Center of Community Memorial Hospital for another colorful exploration of the creative spirit that lies within each of us.  At this … Continue reading

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Fun Greeting Card Project

This design, called “Sailing Steady,” is one of the fun projects we will work on at the next Creativity Central session taking place October 25 at the Cancer Resource Center.  For this particular project, each artist will choose a word to write in … Continue reading

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Art Tour transforms our home into a gallery!

What an adventure – we’ve never been part of a home tour before. We cleaned (and cleaned and cleaned), and put as much art in the entry area as we could squeeze, and I have to say, we really loved … Continue reading

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New Poem – About masks and our choices about who you are

This poem was written to accompany a painted mask donated to the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum for their fundraising auction, and is about what happens to us when we don a mask, and a metaphor for our daily choices about … Continue reading

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