ThirstyCanvas organizes Art events with an array of local Artists…

                             These events generate funds and awareness for local nonprofits.

Art. Music. Philanthropy.

 We are pleased to announce and introduce the beneficiary of the upcoming ThirstyCanvas event: ArtConspiracy!

For those who are not in the know of ArtCon, they are a local nonprofit whose mission is to inspire Artists and Musicians to join forces for the benefit of local nonprofit Arts organizations. This ThirstyCanvas event will help ArtCon with some of the necessary funds they encounter when organizing and hosting such an impactful event which they continue to do year after year. Since 2005, ArtCon events have raised over $200,000 dollars for small groups that provide Arts and Music programming in North Texas.  For more information onArtCon, please visit their website by clicking their images below.

     Featured Artists for the event will be Desmond Blair and Roger Belveal. These two masters of craft will blow your mind away with talent. To learn more and see some of their work, click on the images below.

Desmond Blair                                                                  Roger Belveal

 There will be LIVE MUSIC  starting at 5pm by three extreemly talented individuals.

First to take the stage will be (a)therapeutic smile: two local musicians from McKinney, TX. Musicians/ Singers/ Songwriter extraordinaires Justin Clark and Sean Collins approach their craft with a unique direction and sound that only themselves can produce. Listen to them onSoundcloud or see and jam with them in their interview with Mckinney’s Town Square Buzz. Connect with (a)therapeutic smile on Facebook. To lean and see more, click on the images below.

Listen on Soundcloud                                              Interview with Time Square Buzz

Also playing will be the amazingly talented Anna Thomas. Lets start by stating this, which is taken from her official webpage:

         Grammy Award Winning Producer Guy Eckstine describes her this way;

     “I was immediately entranced by Anna’s voice and the depth of her songwriting abilities, which were well beyond her years...”

I have had the pleasure of hearing Anna play a few times, and everytime I am amazed all over again.

 “Immersed in music even before birth, her grandfather played trombone in the legendary Stax record sessions in Memphis for Elvis, The Box Tops, and Isaac Hayes. Like many successful artists, Anna began her own musical journey in church, where she started singing in musicals at the age of 8. Shortly thereafter, she began writing and arranging her own music. Anna has been featured on “Good Morning Texas” as one of Dallas’s “Hot Young Performers”. (click to watch the video)  Anna’s music can be heard on various indie radio stations across the US (including KXT Dallas) and plays regularly at several venues in the Dallas area.

     Anna is currently working on a 14 song CD produced by Levi Bradford to be released on the Noise Umbrella label later this year. Anna has been actively involved in the University of North Texas Summer Jazz camps and plans to attend UNT in the fall of 2014. You can also find Anna’s EPs Break Apart and Splash of Red on iTunes.”  – www.annathomasmusic.com

Also, much sincere thanks and gratitude to another sponsor, Vivify Health who has given this event a home and really help to make all of this possible. Please visit their webpage and see what they are all about!