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Newsletter and Articles Archives:
Publication and Date Title William J Clinton Library Gallery Guide
September 2010Revolution and Rebellion: The George Stuart Historical Figures Toy Soldier and Model Figure Magazine
September 2010Welcome to the World of George Stuart Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 19
April 2010Clinton & Bush 41 Presidential Libraries Exhibit Historical Figures® * Support Mr. Stuart by Attending Summer Monologs in New 200-Seat MVC Pavilion * Final California Street Monolog Focused on Luther * Three New Figure Groups Added to Digital Image Library * New Tucson Miniatures Museum May Host Hitorical Figures Exhibit * MVC Store to Feature Prints and DVDs during Exhibit of American Patriots & Founders this Summer Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 18
Jan 2010Popular “Really Awful People” Debut on Website * Oxnard Library Hosts Ben Franklin Monolog & Figures * MVC Features French Figures for Versailles Talk * Smith-Hobson Foundation Grant Helps Assure 2010 Completion of Digital Image Library * Henri & Stuart Organize Files of 50 Years of Figure Building * Body Workshop DVD Set Completed Niada Book Project
2009Art Dolls: Rich Traditions, New Ideas Six pages of text and images - including Oscar Wilde, Caroline von Aspach, Ch'ien Lung Emperor, Marie Antoinette & Children, Louis XIV Equestrian, Louis XVII Dauphin Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 17
October 2009“Warriors of the Ages” Pays Tribute to the Front Line * “If this Figure was any more real, we’d have to fight World War II again!” * Stuart and Figures Featured in VENTANA Magazine * Founders & Patriots Debut in Time for School Year * Foundation DVDs Win Cappie Awards in Educational & Instructional and Arts & Culture * GalleryHistoricalFigures.com: Leading Art Website? * Historical Figures In Print * Shared Dreams Come True for Volunteers and Donors Ventana Magazine Newsletter
Oct 2009MAKING HISTORY: G. S. Stuart and the Art of Fine Detail includes images of Gilles de Retz, Frost Giant, G. S. Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, construction methods, Junipero Serra in progress Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 16
July 2009Annual Stakeholders Meeting to Feature Stuart Reading and Myth & Legend Figures * Supporters to Receive Rare DVD of Dramatic Presentation of Myths & Legends * Menu Historical Figures Foundation Second Annual Stakeholders Meeting Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 15
May 2009Winter Palace Historical Monologs Set for June Sell Out * Your Vote Counts: Foundation Summer Gathering * Help Bring the Founders, Patriots and Lincoln Era Figures to the Foundation Website in 2009 * Russian Group Photography Completes Grant Project * Henri and Stuart Pen Article for Figurative Art Magazine * Norse Dragon Fafnir Undergoing Major Restoration * Enhanced Website Now Foundation Project * New DVD Will Curl Your Hair—Color and Style It, Too! * Special Sale of VHS Tapes of Intros to Stuart, Figures * Introduction of Romanov Russia DVDs Delayed Adele's Creative Costuming Newsletter
Spring 2009A Life Misspent. 12 magnificant pages on G.S. Stuart and the Historical Figures including - Marie Antoinette at Court, Henry VIII, Kang Hsi Emperor, Charles I, George I, George III in Robes, King Louis XIV Equestrian, Ts-An Empress, Chien, Lung, Emperor, Maria de Medici, Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinettte with Children, Napoleon Bonaparte, John Burgoyne, Oliver Cromwell, Marquis de la Fayette, Charles II, Zulu Warrior, Mountain Man, Victoria in 1860, Peggy Shippen, Countess Jeanne de la Motte, Countess Jeanne du Barry, Queen Charlotte Sophia, Duchess Yolande de Polignac, Princess Marie Therese de Lamballe Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 14
January 2009Smith-Hobson Foundation Grant Brings Tsarist Russian Figures To Digital Image Library * Stuart Gives Publications Company to Historical Figures Foundation * C. Ewing McCartney Donates Video Archives, Inventories and Cash to Foundation Efforts * New Monologs about Famous Historical Sites Sheduled for Ventura Museum * One Figure or More? But Who Is Counting! * Lakota Warrior Adds to Native American Exhibits at Ojai Valley Museum * Foundation Remembers Enthusiastic Supporter * 2008 Foundation Contributors Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 13
October 2008Monologs Describe Famous Palaces, Give New Insights into Aztec and Chinese Cultures * Head Mistress Martinez Tops Off Workshop * Vigilance and Science, the Cost of 100-Year Old Figures * Head Sculpting DVDs Capture Stuart’s Techniques * Subscriptions Needed to Complete Photo Archive * New Video DVD “Many Faces of George Stuart” * “The Russians” Episode Wins Arts & Culture Award * Ventura Museum Features Aztec Figures * October Website Visits from 79 Countries * Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 12
July 2008New Monologs Link Figures and Architecture * Dysfunctional Tudors Featured in MVC Exhibit Museum * “Mountain Man” Takes Us Back to Early West * Manchu Figures to Debut on Gallery Website * Foundation Launch Party, Food for Body and Soul * October Head Sculpting Workshop Sold Out * Safe Journey: Hernandez-Monsanto Collection * Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 11
April 2008Nonprofit Foundation Launched to Support Historical Figures® and Monologs * Museum of Ventura County to Open Main Street Location * Russian Monologs and Figures: First Step to Documentary Production and Website * Hernandez-Monsanto Figures Revitalized in Two-Year Restoration Project * “West to the Pacific” Exhibit at Stuart Gallery * English Documentary Wins rts and Culture Awards * English Documentary Wins Arts and Culture Awards * Personal Media Player Puts History in Your Pocket Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 10
Jan 2008INow on DVD: Popular Documentaries on Stuart and the Making of the Historical Figures® * Russian Historical Figures Conclude Three Decades of Stuart Exhibitions, Monologs in Smith Gallery * Stuart Team Completes Two-Year Restoration of Monsanto-Hernandez Collection * Expert Artists Learn Stuart’s Figure Building Techniques in Advanced Workshop Selected Northern European Figures Scheduled for Exhibition at Ojai Valley Museum Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 9
Oct 2007“The Holocaust” Figure Symbolizes Man’s Inhumanity to Man * Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust to Exhibit Figure, Host Stuart Event * Bourbon Dynasty - French Join English Figures * Stuart to Host Workshop and Seminar on Figure Building * Oxnard Library to Sponsor Stuart Talk * Museum of Ventura County Hosts Monologs and Exhibit * Ojai Valley Museum Displays Selected Chinese Figures Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 8
July 2007Search Begins for Two Missing Figures Monsanto Fashion Models * Early California Figures Support Ojai Program * Hollywood’s “Blond Bombshell” Lived Fast, Died Young * French Entertainer Was the Toast of Paris Night Clubs for Half a Century * Public Invited to Videotaping Sessions at at TDC for Bourbon Monologs * Figure Building Workshop Scheduled for November Seminar * Early Photos Monsanto Collection Reveal Four More Missing Figures * Jedediah Smith Society Features Namesake Figure after Careful Examination * July Newsletter Ends Current Subscription Year. Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 7
April 2007New Photo Portraits of French Figures Prepared for Gallery Website and Summer Monologs * Das Nibelungenlied Exhibited at Gallery of Historical Figures * Generic Viking Warrior Joins Private Collection of Military “Grunts” * Material Shopping Takes Patience and Persistence * Monolog Videotaping Moves to TDC Studio * Schedules for Monologs, Events, Exhibits Now Listed on Gallery Website * Public Takes to New Gallery Website: Thousands Viewed Images, Watched Clips in March * English Series Ready for Broadcast and Purchase Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 6
January 2007Subscriptions Sponsor First Phase of New Historical Figures Website * English Group First on New Website * Take a Scroll Through History * Make Dolley’s Day? * What Next? A Non-Profit Organization? * Monsanto-Hernandez Figures Preservation and Restoration on Schedule Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 5
October 2006Stuart’s Earliest Figures Please Smithsonian Visitors after Fifty Years of Display * Ojai Valley Museum to Honor Stuart’s Work * Master Portraitist Completes Digital Imaging of English Figures * New Website to Bring Historical Figures to Public * A Year of Progress and a Promising Future * Thanks to Our Volunteers * Subscription Renewal Time! Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 4
July 2006Pasadena Museum of History Features Historical Figures® in Miniatures Exhibit * Stuart and Zinser Collaborate on Dentures for Historical Figures * English History Monologs Air in Ventura, Ojai, Santa Barbara, Oxnard. * Ojai Gallery Exhibit Norse Gods Runs Through November 2006 Summer Special! * Monolog DVDs Offered at Consumer Prices Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 3
April 2006Stuff of Legends: Germanic Mythic Figures Featured in Stuart’s Ojai Gallery * Zulu Warrior is Newest Commission in Collector’s “Grunt” Soldiers Group * What’s Love Got to do With It?” Summer Monolog Series Features Couples * Three-DVD Monolog Set Documents 300 Years of English History” * English History Monologs to Air on Ventura Channel 6 during April and May * Four Monsanto Figures Restored Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 2
January 2006Missing Historical Figures Tracked to Spokane * Exhibit, Seminar: Hits of Boston Expo * VCMHA Builds National Tour of Historical Figures * George III Returns for Fall Exhibit and Mozart Visits Briefly before Departing for Florida * New Gallery Website and Archive Underway * Stuart Gives First Computer-aided Monologs * Efforts Begun to Video Tape Last Reprise of Monologs * Gallery Now Accepting Membership Figuratively Speaking Newsletter No. 1
May 2004* Stuart Shares Professional History, Introduces Newest Historical Figure * Artist to demonstrate classical Chinese embroidery techniques for Stuart’s newest Historical Figure® * Book signing is an opportunity to share Historical Figures with friends and family Press Releases :
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