Posts Tagged ‘The Pearls’

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    The Pearls Affair

    August 16th, 2011 | Event Planning, The M Projects, The Pearls | admin | 3 Comments

    PART I: REFLECTING To this day, the event is still reeling in my head. The more I think about it, the event is truly a metaphor of a pearl. It took years of planning and determination to develop the vision in my head. As more ideas were turned into reality, layers were being built. With [...]

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  • Mary Rappazzo

    Mary Rappazzo Video Interview

    April 26th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    SHEENA: Each artist has their own signature. Certainly, you have one. I noticed you tend paint people with orange faces and green hair. Why is that? MARY: The colors are so important when it comes to painting green hair and orange bodies. I wanted that to start a conversation about that. Really, the one eye, [...]

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    Being on The Nate Berkus Set

    April 1st, 2011 | Event Planning, The M Projects | by Sheena | 12 Comments

    HOW, HOW, HOW? It just so happened that Marlee Matlin tweeted at the end of February, “A talk show is looking for YOU, for women who overcame adversity and established a business.” Immediately, I thought to myself “That sounds like ME!” In a matter of minutes, an email was sent. In the back of my [...]

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  • Gertie Galloway

    Gertrude Galloway Video Interview

    March 22nd, 2011 | The Pearls | admin | No Comments

    GERTIE: All are special to me, but being the President of National Association of the Deaf is the most special to me. Because i was the first woman to be that in 1980. So, they never had a woman president before. People voted for me. That was truly special to me. GERTIE: Really, I have [...]

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  • Erica Hossler

    Erica Hossler Video Interview

    March 15th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    ERICA: What is EHDI? It stands for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention – a national organization that focuses on deaf babies from birth to three years old. How dId I get involved with EHDI? It all began in 2008 when my mom and I went to the nationwide conference in New Orleans. That was when [...]

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