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Jackson Security Art Installment
Jul
28
2:30 PM14:30

Jackson Security Art Installment

Mr. Jackson is a new business owner of a security system company. He specifically wanted light canvasses for the brand-new walls of his public office space. He requested black, white, and brown themed paintings to match his company’s business colors and logo. Notably, in an industrial modern abstract form. It took three weeks to create and paint 19 paintings, in various sizes, only for Jackson Security. We personally installed the paintings in 1 1/2 hours, at his new establishment. Drop by to see all of the artwork, at 2305 Oak Lane suite 103. They are presently hiring as well. If you need home or commercial security give them a call 972-639-3570.

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"Heart of An Artist" Exhibit
Sep
29
to Oct 27

"Heart of An Artist" Exhibit

“Healing Dream” on display at True Life Fellowship Church. "The Heart of the Artist" Exhibit is in the River Room. This exhibit is for ALL visual artists to let others know how God inspires them creatively. It will open Sept 29th and run through Oct 27th.

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The Falling Petals Exchange 1 Jun 2019 @ TJC West Campus 75701 Rm 104
Jun
1
1:30 PM13:30

The Falling Petals Exchange 1 Jun 2019 @ TJC West Campus 75701 Rm 104

Topic: “Our Path Has Always Been With Us” : A seminar sharing the effects of trauma, inner child wounds and ways to develop tools to cope & grow for survivors of abuses, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, and bullying. Law enforcement and social services provides education and resources in reporting assaults and suicide prevention. There will be a self-defense demonstration. An Art venue will be set up, at the event. Light refreshment. A community service program sharing information and gift giveaways. Free car seats, books and Domino’s Pizza certificates. Donations Accepted

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Sonrise Prayer Fellowship
Mar
28
7:00 AM07:00

Sonrise Prayer Fellowship

  • Sonrise Prayer Fellowship-Sweet Sue's Family Restaurant (map)
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At 7 a.m., 28 Mar 2018, I attended the Sonrise Prayer Fellowship. I was warmly received. Surprisingly, there were a lot of people up, at that time.  The location was Sweet Sue's Buffet. As I entered a large room, in the rear, there were about 50-60 people.  Most are Tyler's retired, but prominent citizens: pastors, doctors, musicians, contractors, lawyers, veterans, police officers, etc ranging from ages 40 to 80 years old. They meet every Thurs and have been doing this for the last 30 years.  Their mission is to build churches, pray for members, the city, the country, support ministries, and raise money for those who do missionary work. They labor for Jesus.

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ShotGun House Tour in Georgetown Tx.
Mar
5
4:30 PM16:30

ShotGun House Tour in Georgetown Tx.

The Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association will host tours of the historic Shotgun House to share the history and commemorate the education and plight of the African American community in Georgetown. The event received grant support from the Georgetown Arts and Culture Board, includes music, re-enactments of desegregation in Georgetown and a history of the Carver School as well as historic reflections and artifacts. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and souvenirs will also be available.The City completed repairs to the Shotgun House at 801 West St. in 2016. The house opened as a museum in 2002. Thanks to a tremendous effort by the GCCMA and managed by Community Leaders like Paulette Taylor and volunteers from the Williamson Museum, the 1920s-era home includes dozens of achievements and stories celebrating the culture and contributions of African-Americans in the growth of the city.

A “shotgun house” is a narrow rectangular residence, usually about 12 feet wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other without hallways, and doors at each end of the house. A popular style of house in the Southern United States, most notably New Orleans, from the end of the American Civil War through the 1920s. While the absolute origins of the word are unclear, a New Orleans historian claimed the term “shotgun” is a reference to the idea that if all the doors are opened, a shotgun blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back.

Many residents contributed personal photos and memorabilia to the collection, including vintage letter jackets, autographed photos, historical papers and even hair styling implements from mid-20th century. Ms. Taylor narrated tours and recounted her personal history of the lawsuit to desegregate schools; the original Carver Elementary, and her encounter with Roots author Alex Haley.

 

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37th Annual Black History Program:Black Migration Empowerment To New Social Realities
Feb
22
to Feb 23

37th Annual Black History Program:Black Migration Empowerment To New Social Realities

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The Black Migration Empowerment to new social realities revisited, the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. Blacks moved from 14 states of the South, especially Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, to the other three cultural (and census-designated) regions of the United States. After the program, guests exhibited the art display.

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Jan
20
to Feb 28

The Blacklands

 “Cotton remained a key crop in the Southern economy after emancipation and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Across the South, sharecropping evolved, in which landless black and white farmers worked land owned by others in return for a share of the profits. Some farmers rented the land and bore the production costs themselves. Until mechanical cotton pickers were developed, cotton farmers needed additional labor to hand-pick cotton. Picking cotton was a source of income for families across the South.” Rural and small-town school systems had split vacations so children could work in the fields during "cotton-picking." I sat quietly as my mother described the times, when poor black sharecroppers, had to drive to rural towns, to find work. Most of those areas used to be slave plantations, which lured families to work the white man’s rural fields. They worked for meager wages. Attentively, my mind visualized the heat and the long distance drives, with their children, in tow. The old pickup trucks and vintage cars, still used the changing gears, of a clutch.  It’s a reality I never knew or read about.  Yet, there sat next to me, in the passenger seat of my car, was my source, of knowledge---my mother. She spoke of how they had to pick cotton, the new cotton and the cotton, which was too deep within, the calyx, to remove, with your hand. This cotton still had the seeds mixed in, with the cotton.  That cotton was carried to “gins”.  I watched her expressions, as she recalled to me, which was her family’s reality. Many families would go to these areas and work hard all day, for wages, which was not always a fair wage.  Their purpose to take the whole family, to work, was to be able to get clothes or supplies, just to send their children to the colored schools. It was a long and arduous trek, for some coin. They could not stay in those areas, it would be dangerous, after dark, but they could work.  They traveled with picnic baskets, with what food they could obtain, from raccoon, opossum, chicken, beef jerky or even skunk. A few morsels of bread could “Hot” water cornbread or buttermilk biscuits. I was dumbfounded as she painted a picture of how the cotton looked in detail. How the outer seed could cut or scratch your hand.  She continued about how much hard work it was and there were three phases. The first was hoeing and clearing the land to plant the cotton, the second phase was actually tilling the soil, to place the sedums in the ground.  Of course, the last part was after the cotton bloomed and it had to be cultivated by hand.  She stated there were so many black sharecroppers, as far as the eye could see.  Many who had come from surrounding areas and some, even further away, just to get what they could, to survive. At different places, she kept using the term, “the Blacklands”.  It is the first time I ever heard, such a phrase. Based on her testimony, it’s what the sharecroppers, used to illustrate, the vastness of all the people, who came, to work. In my mind’s eye, I could see fields of fatigue and anxious faces. First come, first served. To me the word serve, is farthest from the truth, it was another form of enslavement, which still “served” what the southern whites, fought to uphold---a system of slavery. I was spellbound, mortified and lucky, to hear this firsthand account, from a little girl, who lived through the period.

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CENTER Christmas PIC
Dec
10
to Dec 14

CENTER Christmas PIC

"Center Christmas PIC"

As the season gets colder and we prepare to snuggle in, INBOXlifeinspired4u.com. with your cute winter pics. Enter 1 pic. We will post them on our FB Life Inspired 4 U page. 1)The one with the most hits will be placed center stage on our website. 2) Also, the one which is most LIKED will also win a FREE 5X7 painting. 3) Enter the pic between 10-14 Dec 2018. Your name will not be shared publicly. Contact will be made to the winner, before Christmas. Have Fun!

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10% OFF ENTIRE ORDER
Nov
18
to Nov 30

10% OFF ENTIRE ORDER

Thank you for those who came to our Elemental Art Experience event. It was awesome meeting you! We apologize for any inconvenience, regarding those who had trouble finding the address. We were unaware, that the building number, is not visible, on the facility, where we held the event. Their google experience, took them to the wrong location. Integrity is important to Lifeinspired4u.com. For your future order, type in NOBLDG#, to get 10% off your entire order, at checkout. Contact us at 469-888-9867, for questions in regards to this matter.

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