Sacramento, a City of Art in Action
Summary
Sacramento, CA, September 22, 2009 --( Leisa held an open air painting session and lesson for young artists on the lawn of the State Capitol to protest the slashing of state funding for children and art and promote the message that artists and parents need to help fill the void and use their talents and art for change.A native of New Zealand, but international in scope, Leisa is now combining her activist and artistic skills under the motto of art with a message.The art from this session will be the first displayed in the gallery.Heading out of Los Angeles ten days ago, the tour first traveled to the Grand Canyon and in now heading back through California before moving up the coast and advancing east.In this regard, Leisa is partnered with Free Arts for Abused Children so as to get this message across.Leisa then traveled up the coast via the Redwood National Park, heading for Seattle then over to Yellowstone National Park and the Badlands in South Dakota, Sioux Falls City, Minneapolis/St Paul in Minnesota, Green Bay and Milwaukee in Wisconsin.Following will be the Niagara Falls and the Pennsylvania cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia before they reach their final destination of New York City.A native of New Zealand, but international in scope, Leisa is now combining her activist and artistic skills under the motto of art with a message.