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Artist Grant Recipient: Theresa Swain
Thanks to the generous support of people and organizations that share our passion for animals, HeARTs Speak is able to provide member artists with the resources and tools they need to prioritize their work in the animal welfare community. Theresa Swain is our second featured recipient of the HeARTs Speak artist grant.
Read MoreWelcome, Sarah!
In February of this year, HeARTs Speak welcomed with open arms, our new President, Sarah Tomolonius. Sarah is dedicated and passionate, and we’re overjoyed to be offering her the seat at our steering wheel. She has been a supporter of HeARTs Speak since it was a seed of an idea, and her steadfast commitment to the ultimate success…
Read MoreArtist Grant Recipient: Sherry Stinson
Since it’s inception, HeARTs Speak has rested confidently atop a foundation of supreme collaboration, compassion, and courage. By nurturing and developing a growing community of like-minded individuals we’ve pushed artistic expression to the forefront of what’s considered beneficial in the fight to help shelter animals.
Read MoreFeatured Artist: Sara Cozolino
Remember when there were no DVRs and you couldn’t wait to sit down and soak up every minute of your favorite TV show, commercials and all? Well, that’s what Long Beach Animal Care (LBAC) Facebook fans and potential adopters do every week after HeARTs Speak member, Sara Cozolino, spends the day photographing their adoptable animals.
Read MoreDanielle Maveal Offers a Subscription to Happiness
Friends are the family you choose and, for HeARTs Speak, Danielle Maveal of BarkBox is as deeply loving and curiously intuitive as a grandmother toting a purse full of sweets. The sweets she discreetly hands you when Mom isn’t looking; one glossy, sugary treasure instantly lifting the spirits.
Read MoreFeatured Rescue: Hooves and Paws Animal Rescue
Betty White and Shakira would like to invite you down to the ranch for a little meet n’ greet. Both are available for adoption at Hooves and Paws Animal Rescue in beautiful Littlerock, CA. By the way, Betty is a white, fluffy chicken and Shakira, well, she’s a sassy, mane-tossing mare.
Read MoreFeatured Artist: Dianne Bouchard
Dianne hails from Vermont. She is the founder of Fluffermutter Rescue Photography and Kids 4 Paws. She first picked up a camera when she was six years old. She has a special gift for capturing an animal’s personality. After her cat Noah passed away on May 6, 2011, she was looking for a way to…
Read MoreFeatured Artist: Amanda Jones
Amanda Jones zigzags across the country—Tucson, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles. She photographs dogs and cats and the occasional horse or duck. Her images appear on the cover of magazines and on greeting cards, posters, and calendars. She is often called the Annie Leibovitz of pet portraiture.
Read MoreLocal Bartender Prepares the Perfect Mix for HeARTs Speak
Orlando, FL – If you get on your tipsy toes and peer beyond those mouse ears Central Florida is most known for, you will see an alternate wonderland teeming with vibrant culture. Flowing in and around all the locally grown charm is a Wonka-caliber river of spirits. We love our drink here and we’re home…
Read MoreFeatured Rescue: Good Mews
Jean Cocteau once said that cats become the visible soul of a home. HeARTs Speak member and photographer, Hannah Michalski, discovered upon her recent visit to Good Mews Animal Foundation that this theory holds true even if the ‘home’ is a temporary one. Hannah is a self-confessed lover of all creatures great and small, but her fascination…
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