Comments on: Artist helping pandas and earthquake victims in China http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/06/artist-helping-pandas-and-earthquake-victims-in-china.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alyson Stanfield http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/06/artist-helping-pandas-and-earthquake-victims-in-china.html/comment-page-1#comment-14740 Alyson Stanfield Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:29:14 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/06/artist-helping-pandas-and-earthquake-victims-in-china.html#comment-14740 Mary: How neat that you were able to volunteer with the pandas! I'm so jealous. I used to collect panda bear items, but grew out of that (I was in my 20s!) and grew tired of having "things." But the Giant Panda is magnificent. It would be such a treat to see them in China. Thanks for sharing your story. Mary: How neat that you were able to volunteer with the pandas! I’m so jealous. I used to collect panda bear items, but grew out of that (I was in my 20s!) and grew tired of having “things.” But the Giant Panda is magnificent. It would be such a treat to see them in China. Thanks for sharing your story.

]]> By: Mary Schultz http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/06/artist-helping-pandas-and-earthquake-victims-in-china.html/comment-page-1#comment-14705 Mary Schultz Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:40:18 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/06/artist-helping-pandas-and-earthquake-victims-in-china.html#comment-14705 Hi Alyson, I don't usually write email comments, but this subject touches my heart! Last year my husband and I travelled to China for the 3rd time. The Wolong Panda Reserve was on our original itinerary but sadly that didn't happen for obvious reasons. The earthquake was so very devastating to the region! Instead we visited the Bifenxgia Reserve and volunteered there for 3 days with the giant pandas! Pandas International is a wonderful organization, and I have donate painted panda items to themfor the last several years. They always bring nice money at their silent auctions, but my work is not in the league with the artists whose work gets auctioned on Ebay like Richard Heisler. In keeping with the subject of donating art, I also donate my panda art to fundraisers at the Simthsonian National Zoo in Washington DC, (where my husband volunteers with the giant pandas) and animal art to the York County SPCA where I volunteer. And I donate my best and most commercial items to them since these organizations are near and dear to my heart. It made me very happy to read that you have a soft spot for pandas! How can anyone not love a panda?! Thanks for your wonderful blogs and insightful articles. Mary Schultz Dallastown PA http://www.picturetrail.com/maryschultz Hi Alyson,
I don’t usually write email comments, but this subject touches my heart!

Last year my husband and I travelled to China for the 3rd time. The Wolong Panda Reserve was on our original itinerary but sadly that didn’t happen for obvious reasons. The earthquake was so very devastating to the region! Instead we visited the Bifenxgia Reserve and volunteered there for 3 days with the giant pandas!

Pandas International is a wonderful organization, and I have donate painted panda items to themfor the last several years. They always bring nice money at their silent auctions, but my work is not in the league with the artists whose work gets auctioned on Ebay like Richard Heisler.

In keeping with the subject of donating art, I also donate my panda art to fundraisers at the Simthsonian National Zoo in Washington DC, (where my husband volunteers with the giant pandas) and animal art to the York County SPCA where I volunteer. And I donate my best and most commercial items to them since these organizations are near and dear to my heart.

It made me very happy to read that you have a soft spot for pandas! How can anyone not love a panda?!

Thanks for your wonderful blogs and insightful articles.

Mary Schultz
Dallastown PA
http://www.picturetrail.com/maryschultz

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