2013 Art is Ageless Calendar

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We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

Mission Art is Ageless is a program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America

Verla Ruth Horton, Farmington, MO

Best In Show Winners

Rose Marie Hanson, Lawrence, KS Photography — “Inner Beauty”

Painting — “Double the Fun” “Art gives you a feeling of being able to accomplish something ... it’s an outlet for your expressions.”

— Verla Ruth Horton Verla Ruth Horton’s “Double the Fun” is a portrait of her grandchildren at play. As a child, Horton liked to paint and draw but it wasn’t until recently that she began painting seriously. She took classes to hone her oil-painting skills and is surrounded by family who support and encourage her.This, in turn, helps her encourage others to find an expressive outlet and build self-esteem. “It’s something God has given us ... that feeling of being able to accomplish something. My faith has helped me express myself.”

“I like to inspire. It’s exhilarating when people see my photos and get it.”

— Rose Marie Hanson While sculpture was the medium she worked in first, Rose Marie Hanson decided after retirement that she wanted to take pictures. Not just of family and travel, but those close up and intimate pictures of nature that show the myriad of shades of color, the light as it illuminates the textures and highlights the pattern of a flower or leaf. Her “Inner Beauty” macro photo of the first bloom on the magnolia tree in her yard perfectly illustrates and “reveals a whole new perspective of nature.” Hanson said most people never get that close to something and it gives her a great deal of satisfaction to hope that it will inspire others to “get close.”

When Presbyterian Manors first began in 1949, we promised to always put service to seniors and their families first. You’ll see it in everything we do – from quality retirement living and care options full of choices to our celebrated Art is Ageless program, and growing list of five-star communities.

Today, you’ll see a Promise Board in each one of our communities, signed by every employee as a tangible representation of this commitment.

At Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, we believe in our mission.

That’s why we’ve been here for more than six decades – building 18 communities throughout Kansas and Missouri, serving more than 2,400 individuals – and why we’ll be here for you, too. If you have a question, Just Ask.Together, we’ll find the answers.

Serving 18 communities in Kansas and Missouri

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1 Aberdeen Heights, Kirkwood 2 Aberdeen Village, Olathe 3 Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor 4 Clay Center Presbyterian Manor 5 Emporia Presbyterian Manor 6 Farmington Presbyterian Manor 7 Fort Scott Presbyterian Manor 8 Fulton Presbyterian Manor 9 Kansas City Presbyterian Manor 10 Lawrence Presbyterian Manor 11 Manor of the Plains, Dodge City 12 Newton Presbyterian Manor 13 Parsons Presbyterian Manor 14 Rolla Presbyterian Manor 15 Salina Presbyterian Manor 16 Sterling Presbyterian Manor 17 Topeka Presbyterian Manor 18 Wichita Presbyterian Manor

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Diversity of Creativity

They are teachers, farmers, homemakers, veterans, business owners, pastors, nurses, engineers and railroad workers. One was a concert violinist, another a professional wrestler. One entertained celebrities at her small town tea house, another spent his career as a surgeon.

They are the residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America – all over age 65 -- whose richly diverse lives have intersected through the Art is Ageless® program since 1981.The artists’ inspiration and motivation are as diverse as their modes of expression. Many resumed their artistic endeavors after putting them aside in their youth. Some experimented with different forms of art throughout their lifetime.

A few didn’t pick up a brush until after they retired.

The program’s competition encourages diversity through nine distinct categories of artwork: drawing, fiber arts, mixed media, needlework, painting, photography, quilting, sculpture/3-D and Christmas. Amateurs as well as professionals are welcome to participate at their local PMMA community’s juried exhibit.The result is an eclectic mix of fine art, photographs, crafts, wood carvings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, quilts and amazing creativity.

The best of the local exhibits are collected and judged at the systemwide level to determine the pieces to be included in the calendar.These judges are diverse in their areas of expertise as well.This year we have representatives from the international Society of Decorative Painters; Salina (Kansas) Arts and Humanities; and the Mid-America Arts Alliance, located in Kansas City, Missouri.

The 2013 Art is Ageless calendar is no exception – diversity abounds. It holds an array of art sure to elicit a range of emotions. Some pieces are whimsical, such as the “Bunnies” quilt. Some are endearing, such as “Double the Fun.” And some may stir deep emotions, such as “Anguish and Anger:We All Live on Borrowed Time”, or “Monarch” painting.

These sometimes extreme differences in the seniors’ artwork are testimony that there is no age limit on creativity, no time limit on being an artist. Encouraging older adults to take up the arts and express themselves is a natural fit for PMMA’s overarching focus on individual well-being. Studies show that seniors active in the arts report better health, have more positive attitudes and are more active.

Bob Neace, Graphic Artist and Calendar Designer Inspiring seniors to be creative through words and pictures is the purpose behind graphic artist Bob Neace’s 2013 Art is Ageless calendar design.

For the past 10 years or so he has created many of the Art is Ageless calendar designs as well as numerous marketing and public relations projects for Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.

The 63-year-old’s inspiration for this year’s calendar came from his desire to show — through photos of the contest winners married to quotes by famous people speaking about and to older people on the art of aging and creativity — that it’s OK to take the plunge and start a new hobby or passion. Eleanor Roosevelt said,

“Beautiful young people are works of nature but beautiful old people are works of art.”

Neace hopes people viewing the 2013 calendar will be inspired to add to their own “work of art.”

Enjoy the calendar. Be inspired.

Best In Show Winners Virgil Penner, Newton, KS Drawing — “Newton High School” “It’s all in the details.”

— Virgil Penner For Virgil Penner it really is all about the details.The accomplished painter and pen-and-ink artist said people often don’t see the reality because they don’t see the detail.

In “Newton High School,” he inked in every line for his class of 1956, the school they attended and was built in the year most of them were born — 1938. Penner wants to show with his art the beauty most people fail to see and never imagine is there. “The world is full of color,” he said.

“Some see all the shades ...” For those who are looking to take up drawing, painting or another form of art, Penner said people need to “escape that right or wrong way of doing things and be free to express themselves and not worry.”

Ray Pitman, Olathe, KS Sculpture-3D — “Pens” “Creating something new is just really a great feeling.

I like getting rid of boring.”

— Ray Pitman A fascination with pens led Ray Pitman into a hobby that has become more than just a way to occupy his time. “Pens” is a collection of miniature works of amazing art that brought passion, activity and friendship into his “retirement.” “Kicking back, that’s no fun,” he said. He was looking for fulfilling activity after a career in industrial design and manufacturing. Decorated pens fascinated him, and after taking a class, he began experimenting with designs, materials and precious stones to make a functional pen that was also beautiful and unique. Now, along with being a volunteer entrepreneurial mentor, Pitman teaches others about making their own pens. “I strongly urge others to get involved. It gives you an outlet, keeps your mind working.

I love being involved.”

Clarion Woods

by Clyde Engert, 83 Wichita Presbyterian Manor Kansas Sunset

by Lorene Peterson, 82 Clay Center Presbyterian Manor A Winter’s Day

by Dixie Lee Haddock, 73 Salina Presbyterian Manor

Kansas Sunset

Clarion Woods

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher

A Winter’s Day

Leading by Artistic Example Varying resident preferences challenge activities director Jeff Young, Fulton Presbyterian Manor Activities Director “I like working with people,” said Jeff Young, activities director at Fulton Presbyterian Manor.Those people, Fulton residents, constantly challenge him as a human being, he said. “They are at an age where they don’t play games and tell you the truth. If they don’t like an activity, they are not shy about telling you.

But when residents do like an activity, they support it with enthusiasm and loyalty.”

One popular program these days is the Quilting Circle.The circle is open to anyone, and when the group recently started work on a Christmas quilt,Young said the ladies were “lining up” to piece together a block for it. Also popular is the War Buddies group

for veterans.The men recently took a series of trips photographing old barns for the local historical society.

With a bachelor’s degree in cinema and photography and as a nationally certified activity professional, it’s Young’s job to find stimulating enrichment projects and events for residents.With Fulton since 2006,Young also leads by example, entering needlework creations in the county fair, for example (and winning ribbons).

“I like working with people”

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Gordon Zahradnik, Sterling, KS “Lacy Lip Porcelain Raku” vase “All of us need to have something to look forward to ... art is one of those things.”

— Gordon Zahradnik Introduced to clay as a child, Gordon Zahradnik said he enjoyed working with it but it wasn’t until college that he realized how much more there was to art.When asked what he should major in, a friend said he should declare art because she thought he would enjoy it. After a pottery class taught by a favorite teacher, Zahradnik was “hooked.” A lifetime of working in pottery, clay and “whatever we’re doing at the time” shows in this delicate porcelain Raku vase celebrating nature and God’s gift to us.Working in art, Gordon said, helps people use their hands and head together. “We need to encourage others to keep this in mind, young and old alike: Art can be forever.”

Dawn Habiger, Cimarron, KS Quilting — Chocolate Bunny “People who come to the quilt shop are happier when they find something they can create.”

— Dawn Habiger Living with a grandmother who quilted made it likely that Dawn Habiger would grow up to like quilting — and she did.Today’s quilting hardly resembles the quilting bees of the past. Modern tools and technology take the place of scissors and hand stitching. For Habiger, the most important thing about quilting is the bond sister (and brother) quilters form.

Her adorable Chocolate Bunny quilt was assembled a block a month at Country Dumpling Quilt Shop. “Quilting is such a wonderful expression of art,” she said. “You can create beautiful scenery and tell stories with it.”

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

New Year’s Day

Inauguration Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Kansas Day (1861)

Greeting Card

Vietnamese Fishing Harbor Greeting Card

by Effie Simmons, 86 Lawrence Presbyterian Manor Vietnamese Fishing Harbor

by Emmett Kaelble, 78 Aberdeen Heights Morse Farm

by T. Richard Thompson, 79 Manor of the Plains

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? ~Satchel Paige

Morse Farm

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Pearl Harbor Day

Winter Solstice

Christmas Day

New Year’s Day

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If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Christmas Wreath

by Susanne King Hauserman, 92 - Clay Center Presbyterian Manor Gracious Era

by Helen Kripplaben, 66 - Farmington Presbyterian Manor Christmas in the Valley

by Omar Schartz, 80 - Aberdeen Village Stained Glass Cross

by Clara Boulware, 77 - Parsons Presbyterian Manor

Gracious Era

Christmas Wreath

Christmas in the Valley

Stained Glass Cross

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Groundhog Day

Lincoln’s Birthday

President’s Day Washington’s Birthday

Ash Wednesday

Valentine’s Day

Old age is like everything else.

To make a success of it, you've got to start young. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Brazilian Embroidery

by Helen Thill, 77 Emporia Presbyterian Manor Chocolate Bunny

by Dawn Habiger, 76 Manor of the Plains Cut Work Napkins

by Donna Linn, 80 Newton Presbyterian Manor Greeting Card

by Effie Simmons, 86 Lawrence Presbyterian Manor

Chocolate Bunny

Brazilian Embroidery

Cut Work Napkins

Greeting Card

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Daylight Saving Time ends

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

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Hanukkah begins

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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel

Over the River Over the River

by Barbara Wood, 73 Fort Scott Presbyterian Manor Leaf Promenade

by Betty Marshall, 83 Wichita Presbyterian Manor Gifts

by Carol Brown, 74 Clay Center Presbyterian Manor

Leaf Promenade

Gifts

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Daylight Saving Time begins

St. Patrick’s Day

First Day of Spring

Good Friday

Easter

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Marc Chagall

Purple Cow Victorian Crazy Quilt Purple Cow

by Mary Anne Hendrix, 65 Manor of the Plains Quilling

by Helen Thill, 77 Emporia Presbyterian Manor Victorian Crazy Quilt

by Charlene Ackerman, 77 Manor of the Plains

Quilling

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Columbus Day observed

Missouri Day (1821)

Halloween

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Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day. ~Winston Churchill

Panda Spirit Bag Shadows

by Robert Eckles, 74 Fort Scott Presbyterian Village Panda Spirit Bag

by Sandra J. Hastings, 74 Manor of the Plains Dirty Hairy

by Joanne Clarke, 73 Manor of the Plains

Shadows

Dirty Hairy

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

PMMA Founder’s Day (1949)

Earth Day

Tea Time Tea Time

by Marty Ferguson, 78 Wichita Presbyterian Manor Yellow Daisy

by Barbara Stanfield, 69 Farmington Presbyterian Manor

Yellow Daisy

Inner Beauty

by Rose Marie Hanson, 67 Lawrence Presbyterian Manor

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ~Sophia Loren

Inner Beauty

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Labor Day

Grandparents Day

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

Patriot Day

First Day of Autumn

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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Spring House Missouri Stream Spring House

by Bill Frangel, 76 Farmington Presbyterian Manor Missouri Stream

by Jacquelyn Wynn, 80 Rolla Presbyterian Manor Visiting Grandma

by Lucy Ude, 90 Farmington Presbyterian Manor

Visiting Grandma

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

National Day of Prayer

Mother’s Day

Armed Forces Day

Memorial Day

National Senior Health and Fitness Day

Casa de Campo Dominican Republic

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made. ~Robert Browning

Double The Fun Lacy Lip Porcelain Raku Vase Casa de Campo Dominican Republic

by Eva Lankhorst, 72 - Salina Presbyterian Manor Double The Fun

by Verla Ruth Horton, 77 - Farmington Presbyterian Manor Lacy Lip Porcelain Raku Vase

by Gordon Zahradnik, 79 - Sterling Presbyterian Manor

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Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

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White Peacock

by Ernestine Keller, 98 Aberdeen Village Last Flight of the Day

by Patrycia Ann Herndon, 72 Manor of the Plains Cowley Single Arch Bridge

by Joyce Guinty, 78 Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor

Last Flight of the Day White Peacock I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way things I had no words for. ~Georgia O'Keeffe

Cowley Single Arch Bridge

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

D-Day Remembrance Day

Flag Day

Father’s Day

Summer Solstice

Night Sky on the Fourth

by Louise Shatz, 92 Aberdeen Heights You Are Invited

by Rosemary Zbinden, 73 Fulton Presbyterian Manor Newton High School

by Virgil Penner, 74 Newton Presbyterian Manor

Night Sky on the Fourth

Newton High School

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. ~Betty Friedan

You Are Invited

Pens by Ray Pitman, 87, Aberdeen Village

Independence Day

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