BRIGHT SCHOOL INC – Pajama Party Auction 2024
Auction Ends: Oct 30, 2024 09:00 PM EDT

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Limited Edition Bright School ornament - heirloom cloisonne by Kitty Keller Designs

Item Number
355
Estimated Value
Priceless
Leading Bid
220 USD
Next Minimum Bid
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The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to BRIGHT SCHOOL INC (tax ID 620476284) on behalf of the winner.

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2024-10-30 21:00:00.0
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Item Description

This is the perfect gift for someone who loves Bright School! Limited edition! Heirloom cloisonne by award-winning artist Kitty Keller Designs.

 

Kitty Keller, Artist & Founder


Having known from day one that I am an artist and set on that path early by parents who encouraged me with supplies and lessons and the words, “Make a mess,” I entered The University of Texas at Austin where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a minor in Art History. Immersion in that turpentine infused air at the University filled me with wonder and excitement imagining a life spent in the pursuit of art and so far, I have done just that. Early on one of my teachers proclaimed that I should change my major, I didn’t. This comment continues to remind me that I could have made another decision and have been set on a different path.Much like the poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken, I looked down one road as far as I could l until it bent in the undergrowth and choose the one that was grassy and wanted wear, the path of the artist. It helped me greatly to have grown up in a family of entrepreneurs who had created businesses and did not hear the word no lightly.

Paint-spattered days started it all in 1987 as I hand-painted dozens of T shirts daily with Texas wildflowers. My first customer was called Something Different in Fredericksburg, Texas.My Mother, Betsy and I hand delivered the T shirt order and managed to squeeze in a lovely lady’s lunch at the Peach Tree Restaurant. Leaving just in time to pick up our daughters from school, my mother and I returned home to Seguin that day receiving a call that the entire order of shirts had sold out in a few hours, thus starting my hand-painted T shirt business in earnest.Four years and so much paint flinging later, I decided to find a silk-screener. We still sell our T shirts, but walking through doors as they opened, I have added Cloisonne, Glass, and Ceramic ornaments, as well as custom tea towels to our offerings.

I celebrate the journey that I am still on and look forward to great challenges ahead and by the way, thank you for coming along for the ride.

- Kitty Keller

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