Summer is almost over but things are still hot here at ArtThread. Our work with VSA arts of Florida and The Creative Center of New York is going very well. We appreciate your support and we invite you to go to the Gallery to
enjoy a moment of creativity - then share it with a friend! |
| Jay Klein at the Livestrong Summit |
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 ArtThread Founder Chosen as Delegate
ArtThread's
founder Jay Klein was selected as a delegate to the Lance Armstrong
Foundation's Livestrong Summit in July in Columbus, Ohio. Delegates
were there to support the Foundation's efforts to make
cancer a national priority.
"I was inspired by the incredible courage of the survivors and by the program that Livestrong puts on," said Jay. "I was also very humbled and excited about the reception that ArtThread received from all the survivors that had a chance to see the Gallery in action."
As a 35-year cancer survivor Jay was there to share and learn from other survivors, but he was also there to lobby for the importance of psychosocial support programs that emphasize positive forms of creative expression.
 "I had a chance to spend time planning future ArtThread initiatives with some of our partners who were also attending," said Jay. " And I enjoyed catching up with friends of ArtThread like Doug Ulman, CEO of the Lance Armstrong Foundation."
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| ArtThread Welcomes Pamela Sullins |
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 New Director of Community Outreach
We are so pleased to welcome Pamela Sullins to our team - she brings a wealth of enthusiasm and expertise to ArtThread. She is amazing!
Pamela is serving as our primary liason to regional and national partners. She
is a Registered Nurse and has more than seventeen years of management experience
in program development and marketing in the areas of healthcare, technology,
eCommerce and new media.
She spent six years as a critical care nurse before earning her bachelor's
degree in Marketing and entering the healthcare technology market. Having
ridden the wave of the Internet boom and bust of the 1990's and ignited by her
training in coalition building at Harvard, Pamela left the corporate market in
2000 to expand and promote social enterprise and social marketing for
community-based non-profit organizations. During that time she helped to secure
over $12 million in grant funding and directly managed over $2 million in local,
state and federal program funding.
Pamela is an alumna of the Center for Creative Leadership and brings proven
leadership, business acumen and innovative solutions to all of her endeavors.
She moves effectively between the for-profit and nonprofit worlds, and is
passionate about engaging in challenging and creative social development
initiatives.
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