2022 Art is Ageless® Calendar

’22

A R T I S A G E L E S S®

A program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America ®)

Cover artist information on back cover.

Best of Show A M A T E U R Bookshelf quilt is threaded with personal details

Jan Warren

Jan Warren’s bookshelf quilt doubles as a portrait of her family. The blanket in the shape of a five-shelf bookcase is chockablock with clues about the Warrens. The piece was the Best of Show Amateur winner in the 2021 Art is Ageless® masterpiece competition.

“I tried to incorporate books in it that have meaning to us, that refer to our hobbies or places we’ve been,” Jan said.

A Bible and other religious texts attest to the importance of faith in the Warren household. Spines made from patterns featuring saxophones and notes demonstrate their love of music. Three Kansas universities each have their own volume.

So do many holidays, which reflect Jan’s enjoyment

of seasonal decorating.

On the top shelf, some books reference Jan’s Scotch-Irish and Swiss heritage.

A stitched title on one spine reads “Lindsay,” her grandmother’s maiden name, and “Scotland,” her homeland. The Warrens’ nationality is represented by fabric in red, white and blue.

The pleasure of Jan’s bookshelf quilt is in all the details she layered into it. In these choices, you can see her mind at work: a scrap of a red-and-white gingham print became a volume labeled “Cookbook.” Most home cooks will instantly recognize the reference to the “Betty Crocker Cookbook” and its iconic gingham cover.

To add other titles to the spines of some books, Jan used pieces of selvage—the edge on the side of woven fabric that prevents it from unraveling. It’s often printed with the name of the fabric pattern, and Jan turned many of these into book titles. For example, she matched the title “Fiddle Dee—It Was Meant to Be” to a book in the children’s section.

In addition to books, Jan styled her shelf with a globe, fishbowl, blue and white china plates, and prints from four national parks: three the Warrens have visited and the Grand Canyon, where they’re headed next.

“It was fun to put it together and see what fabrics looked good next to one another,” Jan said. “And I wanted to be sure I put in leaning books and stacked books and some other objects to make it look like a real bookshelf.”

Though Jan is new to quilting, she learned to sew in junior high. First, she made several holiday-themed quilts to add to her holiday decorations. Then a bookshelf quilt caught her eye on Pinterest, an online image-sharing service.

“I thought that would be a good way to use up scraps,” Jan said. It turned out so well that an artist friend urged her to enter the Art is Ageless competition at Salina (Kan.) Presbyterian Manor where she qualified for the masterpiece competition.

Jan Warren, 66 Salina, Kan. Book Shelf Quilt Quilting

Best of Show P R O F E S S I O N A L Developing a line toward perfection

It took Carol Rondinelli about 30 hours to sketch out her Professional Best of Show-winning piece “Just me and Teddy in a Strange new world.”

But the story behind the work and the reasons why she drew it developed over a lifetime.

“My husband died three years ago,” Carol said. “He knew he was dying, and we talked about it. We had this big Teddy Bear in the closet. I told him if you go first, you know who will replace you?

That Teddy Bear in the closet.”

When she saw a photograph of a deeply wooded, and unfamiliar place, and remembered the conversations she’d had with her husband Carl, Carol Rondinelli the story she would put to paper became clear.

“I’m in a group where photographers provide photos for artists to use as reference,” Carol said. “I saw that one, and it hit home emotionally. When you’re left by yourself, when you’ve been together for 57 years, it’s kind of scary.”

In Carol’s masterful drawing, the foreboding denseness of the unknown woods ahead, seem less frightening by the warmth of the Teddy Bear held in a girl’s hand.

“I wanted the bear to stand out,” Carol said.

It did—as did the piece—which won the Professional Best of Show in the annual Art is Ageless® masterpiece competition. The piece was a local winner in the competition at Aberdeen Village in Olathe, Kan. Carol has been studying and crafting artwork for more than 40 years.

Until recently, she taught a weekly art class at Aberdeen Village. In the 1980s, she took classes from nationally recognized artists such as Robert Gunn and Lee Hammond, a Leawood, Kan. resident, who has written more than 30 art instructional books.

In addition to the Best of Show piece, the Art is Ageless judges also recognized Carol’s talent for her entry “Kansas Girl,” which is a drawing of an up-close view of a sunflower.

“I’m kind of narrow-minded and go down the path of detail and realism,” Carol said of her work. “I’ve always been an organized person. I’m the kind of person who goes around and straightens pictures and pushes chairs up to the table. I sort of just like things neat.”

Carol Rondinelli, 76 Olathe, Kan. Just Me and Teddy in a Strange World Drawing

Lori Weir, 70 Topeka, Kan.

Jane Parish, 67 Parsons, Kan.

Mountain Serenity Painting

Sir Loin Painting

Sharon Nelson, 77 Olathe, Kan. Christmas Memories Christmas

Sunday

Monday

January Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

30 December

S

M

T

February

W

T

F

S

S

M

1

2

3

4

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

5

6

7

8

9 10 11

6

7

8

9 10

11 12

12

13 14

15

16 17 18

13

14

15

16 17

18 19

19

20 21

22

23 24 25

20

21

22 23 24

25 26

26

27 28

29

30

27 28

31

Friday

Saturday

31 1 New Year's Eve

New Year's Day

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 Kansas Day

30 31 Originally from New Jersey, Lori moved to Kansas in 1972 where she taught elementary school for the next 34 years. When it comes to painting, the mother of two and grandmother of six, is completely self taught.

Lori Weir, 70 Topeka, Kan.

Linda Kobs, 79 Dodge City, Kan. Lovers Lane Painting

JoeAnn Burris, 86 Parsons, Kan. Fun in Snow Christmas

Carol Keeler, 72 Salina, Kan. Just a Splash of Red Quilting

February

Sunday

S

Monday

January M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

12 13

7

8

9

10 11

16

17 18 19 20

21 22

23

24 25 26 27

28

31

Tuesday

1

2

Thursday

3

Friday

Saturday

4

5

14 15

29

Groundhog Day

30 31

6

Wednesday

7 8 9 10 11 12 Lincoln's Birthday

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

22

23

24

25

26

Valentine's Day

20

21 President's Day

27

28

Linda Kobs, 79 Dodge City, Kan.

Washington's Birthday

1

2 3 4 March

“I painted this from a photo taken of my husband and myself strolling under a sycamore tree canopy in a small Medieval town along the Rhone River in southern France. It is a very special memory and time for us.”

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 11

13

14 15

16

17 18 19

20

21 22

23

24 25 26

27

28 29

30

31

12

Lyn Kirk, 81 Parsons, Kan. House of Dreams Mixed Media/Crafts

William Andrews, 77 Salina, Kan.

Jan Warren, 66 Salina, Kan.

Keepsake Box Mixed Media/Crafts

Book Shelf Quilt Quilting

Sunday

S

Monday

February M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10

11 12

13

14

15

16 17

18 19

20

21

22 23 24

25 26

Tuesday

28 1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

Saturday

4

5

Ash Wednesday

27 28

6

March

7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Daylight Saving Time begins

St. Patrick's Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 First Day of Spring

27 28 29 30 31 1

Jan Warren, 66 Salina, Kan.

Jan was introduced to quilting by a couple of friends, and if she gets stuck on a project she either consults them, checks out a book or watches a YouTube video.

April

S

M

T

W

T

5

6

7

F

S

1

2

8

9

3

4

10

11 12 13 14

15 16

17

18 19 20 21

22 23

24

25 26 27 28

29

30

Janice Hale, 66 Arkansas City, Kan. Indian Woman Drawing

Pat Bird, 93 Dodge City, Kan.

Martha Kaelble, 87 Kirkwood, Mo.

My Mother Mixed Media/Crafts

Fairy Flowers – Seri Style Mixed Media/Crafts

Sunday

S

Monday

March M

April

Tuesday

May

T

W

T

F

S

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

7

8

9

10 11

12

8

9

10

11

12

13 14

13

14 15

16

17 18 19

15

16

17

18 19

20 21

20

21 22

23

24 25 26

22

23

24 25 26

27 28

27

28 29

30

31

29

30

31

29

Wednesday

30

Thursday

31

Friday

1

Saturday

2

April Fool's Day

3

4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

18

19

Easter Sunday

24

16

Tax Day Good Friday Passover

Palm Sunday

17

15

20

21

22

PMMA® Founder's Day

23

Earth Day

25 26 27 28 29 30

““

Janice Hale, 66

Arkansas City, Kan.

“I had fun entering last year’s Art is Ageless®, so I began thinking about an entry for this year early last year. I found a technique called stippling which uses paper and a fine-point marker—it took many hours, but it’s very unique.”

Sam Malsbary, 84 Olathe, Kan.

Joan Vogel, 73 Dodge City, Kan.

Carved Wood Loop Sculpture/3-D

Crazy Daisies Sculpture/3-D

Herbert Morton, 84 Emporia, Kan. Hale’s Trestle Sculpture/3-D

Sunday

1

Monday

May

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

2 3 4 5 6 7 Cinco de Mayo National Day of Prayer

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mother's Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Armed Forces Day

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 National Senior Health Day

29

30 31 1 Memorial Day

2

April

S

M

T

W

5

6

Emporia, Kan.

S

S

M

T

1

2

8

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

8

9

10 11

3

4

9

5

6

10

11 12 13 14

15 16

12

13 14

15 16

17 18

17

18 19 20 21

22 23

19

20 21

22 23

24 25

24

25 26 27 28

29

26

27 28

29

30

7

W

As a kid, Herbert always wanted an electric train set, but it wasn’t until he was an adult that he actually got one. Today, he has an entire bedroom in his apartment dedicated to his train—”Hale’s Trestle” is just one part of the train station.

7

June F

Herbert Morton, 84

T

30

Vada Galvan, 77 Farmington, Mo. Hovering Over Lunch Painting

Jeanette Bishop, 78 Farmington, Mo.

Sophia deLaat, 72 Rolla, Mo.

Butterfly on a Flower Drawing

Ave Maria Sculpture/3-D

Sunday

June

Monday

Tuesday

31 1 May

July

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

2

8

9

10

11

12

13 14

3

8

9

15

16

17

18 19

20 21

22 23

24 25 26

27 28

29

31

Wednesday

30

S

M

T

W

6

T

4

5

7

10

11

12 13

14 15

16

17

18 19 20

21 22

23

24

25 26 27

28 29

30

Thursday

2

Friday

3

Saturday

4

31

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 D-Day Rememberance Day

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Flag Day

19 Father's Day

26

20

21

22

23

24

25

Summer Solstice

27 28 29 30 1

Jeanette Bishop, 78 Farmington, Mo.

“These are my favorite flowers. I so enjoy summer because watching the butterflies has inspired me to draw and use colored pencils.”

2

Helen Nuzum, 83 Fort Scott, Kan.

Judy Otey, 80 Olathe, Kan.

Rona Rooster Quilting

Bob’s Navy Memories Quilting

David Breuer, 69 Rolla, Mo. Uncle Sam Santa Christmas

Sunday

3

July

Monday

Tuesday

August

June

S

M

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

8

9

12

6

T

7

13 14 15

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

10

11

7

8

9 10

11

12 13

16 17

18

14

15

16 17

18

19 20

25

25

26 27

19 20 21 22

23 24

26 27

30

28 29

Wednesday

21 22

23 24

28 29

30

29

Thursday

30

Friday

1

Saturday

2

31

4 5 6 7 8 9 Independence Day

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31 David completed his first carving in 1974 but didn’t begin carving seriously until he retired in 2005. “Uncle Sam Santa” is one of the many Santas David creates for friends and family.

David Breuer, 69 Rolla, Mo.

Joey Giblin, 67 Newton, Kan. Firefly Painting

Dorothy Jeffries, 88 Topeka, Kan. You Light Up My Life Sculpture/3-D

Ken Suchy, 79 Emporia, Kan. Mabry Mill Photography

Sunday

Monday

1 July

S

F

S

1

2

8

9

3

M

T

4

5

W

6

T

7

August

10

11

12 13

14 15

16

17

18 19 20

21 22

23

24

25 26 27

28 29

30

Tuesday

2

Wednesday

3

Thursday

4

Friday

Saturday

5

6

31

7

8 9 10 11 12 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Senior Citizens Day

28

29 30 31 1 2

Joey Giblin, 67 Newton, Kan.

A commercial interior designer for 30 years, it was Joey’s sense of adventure—and the need to always push herself outside of her comfort zone—that initially led her to take up painting.

September

S

T

F

S

M

T

1

2

3

4

5

8

9 10

11

12

13 14 15

16 17

6

W

7

18

19

20 21 22

23 24

25

26

27 28 29

30

Verna Lee Musselman, 82 Clay Center, Kan. Log Cabin Flower Garden Quilting

Steve Dittmann, 66 Lawrence, Kan. Morning Fishing Painting

Carol Rondinelli, 76 Olathe, Kan. Just Me and Teddy in a Strange World Drawing

September

Sunday

Monday

August S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 10

11

12 13

14

15

16 17

18

19 20

21

22

23 24

25

26 27

29

Tuesday

30

Wednesday

31

Thursday

1

Friday

Saturday

2

3

28 29 30 31

4

5 6 7 8 9 10 Labor Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

19

20

21

22

23

24

Grandparents Day Patriot Day

18

First Day of Autumn

25

26 27 28 29 30

October

S

M

Carol Rondinelli, 76 Olathe, Kan.

W

T

2

3

4

5

9

10

11

12 13

F

S

6

7

8

14 15

16

17

18

19 20

21 22

23

24

25

26 27

28 29

30 31

After experiencing how art had helped her cope with the loss of her husband, Carl, Carol began teaching an art class at church called, “Something for Saturday,” in order to give those grieving the loss of a spouse something to do on the weekend.

T

1

Necia Rillema, 78 Wichita, Kan. Texas Country Shelter Painting

John King, 71 Emporia, Kan. Friends Painting

Sharon Nelson, 77 Olathe, Kan. Pumpkin Harvest Drawing

Sunday

October

Monday

Tuesday

September

2

S

M

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

8

9 10

6

7

11

12

13 14 15

16 17

13

14

20

21

22

7

S

November

T

6

W

Wednesday

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

8

9

10

11

12

15

16 17

18 19

23 24

25 26

18

19

20 21 22

23 24

25

26

27 28 29

30

27 28 29 30

28

Thursday

29

Friday

Saturday

30 1

3 4 5 6 7 8 Yom Kippur

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

18

19

20

21

22

27

28

29

Columbus Day

16

17

Missouri Day

23

24

30

31

25

26

“Several years ago, on the drive to Dallas to visit our son, I spotted an old, rundown farm with this shed with Halloween Leta Sherwood, 88 equipment sheltering under its deep roof. My husband Arkansas City, Kan. slowed down, so I could take a photo. This painting was created from this roadside scene.”

Necia Rillema, 78 Wichita, Kan.

Dennis McKay, 73 Newton, Kan. Rail Journey in Europe Painting

Skip Kreibach, 76 Wichita, Kan.

Glenn Knak, 66 Salina, Kan.

Contemplation Painting

Watch Your Tail Sculpture/3-D

November

Sunday

Monday

31 October

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 13

16

17

18

19 20

21 22

23

24

25

26 27

28 29

Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

Saturday

4

5

14 15

30 31

6

7 8 9 10 11 12

Daylight Saving Time ends

Election Day

Veterans Day

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Thanksgiving

27

28

29

Glenn Knak, 66 Salina, Kan.

30

1 2

A wood carver since 1979, Glenn’s sculpture, “Watch Your Tail,” depicts a WWII P-52 Mustang pilot returning after a near fatal engagement.

“He does not really need the advice of the crew chief to ‘Watch Your Tail’.”

December

S

T

F

S

M

T

W

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9 10

11

12

13 14 15

16 17

7

18

19 20 21 22

23 24

25

26 27 28 29

30

31

Juanita Rapp Wyman, 73 Farmington, Mo. Christmas Market Christmas

Mark Ward, 70 Wichita, Kan.

Paul Johnston, 88 Emporia, Kan.

Christmas Bells Christmas

Poinsettias Christmas

December

Sunday

Monday

29 November

Tuesday

S

M

January 2023

T

W

T

F

S

S

M

T

W

T

F

S

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

6

7

8

9

12

8

9

10

11

12 13 14

13

14

15

16 17

18 19

15

16

17

18

19 20 21

20

21

22

23 24

25 26

22

23

24

25

26 27 28

27 28 29 30

Wednesday

30

Thursday

1

Friday

2

Saturday

3

29 30 31

4

5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Hanukkah

25 Christmas

Winter Solstice

26

27

28

Christmas Eve

29

30

Kwanzaa

Mark Ward, 70 Wichita, Kan.

31 New Year's Eve

“Being a traditional watercolor artist—along with other mediums of acrylic and oils—I have a passion to paint subjects and objects and ask, ‘What if?’

Taking the subjects that I have composed from different subjects that have been captured and create a story or bring life to the subject.”

Honorable Mention

Diane Hootman, 85 Kirkwood, Mo.

Esther Minter, 88 Olathe, Kan.

Keeps Me in Stitches Fiber Arts

Trash to Treasure Mixed Media/Crafts

Edward Duman, 89 Olathe, Kan.

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

BY COMMUNITY

Donna Thompson, 77 Arkansas City, Kan.

Self Portrait #1 Painting

Snowmen: A to Zzzz Christmas

Donna Long, 73 Clay Center, Kan.

Janet Rice, 76 Clay Center, Kan.

Joan Butts, 86 Emporia, Kan.

Dream of the Ocean Painting

Scaredy Cats Needlework

PURRfic Friends Quilting

Lorraine Morton, 80 Emporia, Kan.

Karen Wiley, 78 Emporia, Kan.

Betty Chapman, 74 Farmington, Mo.

Manny Maskateer Mixed Media/Crafts

Fallcones Mixed Media/Crafts

Christmas 1954 Christmas

Mary Burchill, 85 Lawrence, Kan.

Joan Hampton, 85 Farmington, Mo. Cards to Share Mixed Media/Crafts

Helen Nuzum, 83 Fort Scott, Kan. Take a Ride Needlework

COVID Masks Fiber Arts

Honorable Mention

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

BY COMMUNITY

Vernis Flottman, 81 Lawrence, Kan.

Marjory Nazarenus, 87 Dodge City, Kan.

All Stars Quilting

Victorian Room Fiber Arts

Rick Prosser, 78 Lawrence, Kan. Nana’s Rose Needlework

Betty Duffy Eller, 78 Newton, Kan. In My Garden Drawing

Hugh Charles, 86 Parsons, Kan. Walter Friesen, 89 Newton, Kan.

Ruby Kleymann, 74 Newton, Kan.

Christmas Day in Newton Medical Center Mixed Media/Crafts

Voyage Home Quilting

Birdfeeder Sculpture/3-D

Jaunita Shepard, 79 Parsons, Kan. David McConnell, 68 Parsons, Kan.

Autumn Breeze Quilting

Walnut Vase Mixed Media/Crafts

Bill Weaver, 67 Salina, Kan. What Choo Lookn At Mixed Media/Crafts

Erma Brand, 73 Rolla, Mo.

Agnes Maples, 84 Rolla, Mo.

Shimmering Sunset Photography

Black Beauty Mixed Media/Crafts

Karen Funcheon, 67 Wichita, Kan. Peggy Shrewsbury, 84 Topeka, Kan. Friends Quilting

Winter’s Dream Mixed Media/Crafts Carolyn Jean Stahl, 80 Wichita, Kan. Christmas Tree Farm Christmas

Providing quality senior services guided by Christian values

PresbyterianManors.org

Front cover art: Sharon Nelson, 77 Olathe, Kan. Pumpkin Harvest Drawing

For more information about Art is Ageless®, visit ArtIsAgeless.org.

“Until this year, I thought all pumpkins were organge in color.

After discovering a picture of blue, white and multi-colored pumpkins, a whole new world opened up to me. Art is not only relaxing and fun, but it is also a learning experience."

/ArtIsAgeless