A: Is for artist who see the world as wonderous

I run an organization called "Women of Substance". I started it because I saw the movie "Pay it Forward" and was so moved that I wanted to incorporate that into my life. At the last meeting my friend Sue Gilad brought her friend Sherry Mills to meet me. Sue and I had done a show together years ago and we have stayed friends all this time, supporting each other and believing the best in people. You could say we are each others personal cheering squads. Here was another person to cheer and I take great pleasure in introducing her to you. Sherry is a renaissance artist. The University of New Hampshire is where she began her foundation in drawing and oil painting. A year in Europe found her with a master marble sculptor in Pietrasanta, Italy, which she followed with a six-month apprenticeship with a renowned Venetian leather mask maker, who was one of the last true Commedia dell’Arte street performers. His unique trade became her daily life as she joined him in taking Carnivale by storm. Her work in clay sculpture together with leather originated a leather sculpture bag. Since moving to New York 1999, her studies have taken the form of improvisational theatre, Bel Canto voice, and a unique form of dance performed in the basement of St. John’s cathedral. It has been her passion for capturing “street paintings” with the camera that has dominated her focus. Now integrating this work with her poetry, she’s formulated a species of performance that brings the photography to life in time with an intensely visual sung dialogue. Performing in venues throughout the city expect "Good News" in November when Sherry will announce the date for an event with Metro Media. Sherry’s curatorial work can be seen in NY Arts Magazine. She rounds out her life as the artistic director for a documentary about Teotihuacan, Mexico, and was selected by the CEO of Metro Media Technologies’ International Headquarters to represent their Arts in an outdoor program. Sherry is someone to watch and watch closely. To see more of her art log onto www.sherrymills.com. All her photographs are unadulterated moments of the splatters and mishaps that breathe like paintings from the street. Our world is only as wondrous if we choose it to be and that is a wonderous F.A.C.T.