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IAAPA to Partner with International Artist to Help Give Kids the World

ALEXANDRIA, VA. USA (Oct. 22, 2003) – Internationally recognized impressionist painter Kay Kandra is donating an original 22" x 30" watercolor painting and subsequent prints to the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions' annual convention and trade show in Orlando to raise funds for Give-Kids-The-World (GKTW).

The retail value of the painting is expected to be in the $3000-$4000 range for the children's charity that benefits kids with life-threatening illnesses who visit the Give Kids The World Village each year in Kissimmee, Florida. GKTW is a non-profit resort that creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Wish-granting organizations coordinate transportation to Orlando, while GKTW provides accommodations at its whimsical resort, attractions tickets and meals for a weeklong fantasy vacation. On September 30, 2003 GKTW welcomed its 60,000 family to the Village since 1986.

Each of the approximately 250 finished watercolor prints including matte and presentation sleeves will retail for $100.

Annapolis , MD resident Kay Kandra has held numerous art instruction positions primarily in New England where she had resided for 25 years before relocating to the MD area in 1990. In 1995 she was awarded a fellowship to paint in Brittany, France by Maison d'artiste de La Grande Vigne, a locally prominent art museum in Dinan. Her artistic impressions from this trip were subsequently exhibited at the Embassy of France in Washington, DC. Her work has also appeared in a number of diverse art exhibitions that include the Currier Gallery in Manchester, NH, The Museum of The Great Plains in Lawton, OK and the White House in Washington, DC.

Kandra holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Philadelphia College of Art in PA and has a broad post-graduate background in drawing, painting, and printmaking. She offers some private teaching and group sessions at the Kay Kandra Studio in Annapolis. For more information visit members.aol.com/KayKandra/Studio.html . For more information about the Give Kids The World Village, visit www.gktw.org .

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