by Jinx Davis | Oct 31, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
Vanessa Pequeno was pregnant with her new daughter when she made these shoes for the Living Arts Corporation’s Soul Shoe Project. As a young, working parent-to-be she had a lot on her mind. Her thoughts swam backwards and forwards, from her own childhood,...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 9, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
Students are making Soul Shoes down in Orange Texas, thanks to their teacher Krista Richard. The classroom discussed violence against children around the world and in their own community and decided to create shoes that celebrated their environment in Orange. Moss...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 9, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
Over the course of my adult life I have taken solo journeys throughout America, sometimes living with the homeless and sometimes following the trials of Native Americans and African American migration. I remain off the beaten path in search of our nation’s...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 7, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
The first shoes made from the Soul Shoe Project were created by Angela D’Antonio, an international businesswoman, mother of two exceptional sons and an accomplished designer. I am a dreamer who believes in love! I gave some thought to my title and to what came...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 7, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
She’s spirited, fun-loving,industrious and by all bets one fine teacher. Erin LeBrock from Baytown, Texas connects with children and infuses them with her energy and passion for life and learning. What better Soul Shoe Maker? These are the shoes that would skip...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 5, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
Witnessing Kathryn Arena with children, whether they be her own grown daughters, her two grandsons or an anonymous child, is to watch ardor, diligence and attention in high form. Kate knows that parenting and learning is not attained by goodwill or chance. It...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 2, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
I did a soul shoes project with a mixed group of kids. We talked about the ways in which children survive everyday in ways that we could never possibly relate to. They decided it would be cool to create shoes as organically as possible to represent the earth and the...
by Jinx Davis | May 31, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
It would be an injustice to add anything about these Soul Shoes. Lea Ann Gardners own words, and the soles of her beloved flip flops, speak with both hands and hearts for the hearing impaired and deaf children in the world. “I used my own shoes that have...
by Jinx Davis | May 12, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery |
Holly Cagle created Soul Shoes so whimsical and playful, we think she should become a designer. The care, thought, and effort put into these shoes is humbling. Thank you Holly, for thinking of a child and immersing so much of yourself in these shoes. Holly lives...
by Jinx Davis | Apr 19, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery
The mother & son team of Clare Arena Haden and Ben have created shoes that any child would love to wear for the Soul Shoes Project. Clare, who is a theatre professional and actress in Wisconsin, is known for her painstaking & conscientious work both on and off...
by Jinx Davis | Apr 12, 2015 | Soul Shoe Makers Gallery
Soul Shoes! Mother and Daughter team of Paetra and Amy Wendt from Boston spent a day thinking of a child that died from violence. They found outgrown boots & shoes in their closets, pulled out markers and art supplies, chatted away while designing and did what...
by Jinx Davis | Apr 2, 2015 | Views & News
Our May, 2015 performance series All Nets Have Holes will include a piece written by Clay McLeod Chapman, who has generously given me the performance rights to his stories in rest area. If you can get to Estes Park, Colorado for the Stanley Film Fest you will have...
