Sadly, for health reasons, we will be relocating to Rome, Italy.
Our address is:
Mario & Susan Sogaro
Via Castelleone di Suasa 34
00132 Giardini di Corcolle (RM)
Italy.
E-mail contacts will remain the same.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
from Yahoo Groups
To: ChristmasMangerScenes@yahoogroups.com
People don't pay money for classes to build a Christmas
decoration that they buy off the shelf at Walmart. They
don't know it's something that can be built (unless they
read the recent story about Don Haas). The Art League of
Daytona Beach offered a crèche building course. Three
people signed up. Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Daytona
Beach offered a crèche building course. Three people
signed up.
Until people learn about crèche artists/builders, they
won't view it as art and they see it as a Christmas
decoration that is put out when you decorate the tree.
That's why it's so important to get stories in the media
about builders who are ARTISTS -- not people making pipe
cleaner or button figures. It needs to be viewed as an art
form that has master crèche builders like Celso, Luigi, and
Ruben. Notice that they're all outside the United States.
We need media stories about people like Susan Sogaro,
a Maestro Presepista, trained in Italy but creating in the
United States. http://www.shsartandgift.com/
We need media stories about people like you, Larry, who can
create a fantastic setting for purchased figures. Something
that wows the neighbors. We need media stories that show
Ada and Pepe making a huge display in their home. People need
to see that a manger scene is more than a Christmas decoration.
People don't know that they can do that. People take their
Walmart or family-heirloom Woolworth's figures and put them
on a shelf as a Christmas decoration.
Bill (Egan)
People don't pay money for classes to build a Christmas
decoration that they buy off the shelf at Walmart. They
don't know it's something that can be built (unless they
read the recent story about Don Haas). The Art League of
Daytona Beach offered a crèche building course. Three
people signed up. Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Daytona
Beach offered a crèche building course. Three people
signed up.
Until people learn about crèche artists/builders, they
won't view it as art and they see it as a Christmas
decoration that is put out when you decorate the tree.
That's why it's so important to get stories in the media
about builders who are ARTISTS -- not people making pipe
cleaner or button figures. It needs to be viewed as an art
form that has master crèche builders like Celso, Luigi, and
Ruben. Notice that they're all outside the United States.
We need media stories about people like Susan Sogaro,
a Maestro Presepista, trained in Italy but creating in the
United States. http://www.shsartandgift.com/
We need media stories about people like you, Larry, who can
create a fantastic setting for purchased figures. Something
that wows the neighbors. We need media stories that show
Ada and Pepe making a huge display in their home. People need
to see that a manger scene is more than a Christmas decoration.
People don't know that they can do that. People take their
Walmart or family-heirloom Woolworth's figures and put them
on a shelf as a Christmas decoration.
Bill (Egan)
Sunday, October 4, 2009
From todays' AP Buzz
"Recession-stung stores plan old-fashioned holidays
..
Buzz up!50 votes Send
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer Anne D'innocenzio, Ap Retail Writer – Sun Oct 4, 7:02 am ET
NEW YORK – Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.
Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.
..
"It's old-fashioned and traditional, and therefore much more in vogue," said Jim McCann, 1-800 Flowers president.
_Saks Fifth Avenue developed a store-brand line of traditional ornaments costing $8 to $32. That compares with the $50 average price for well-known designer brand and key Saks supplier Christopher Radko.
Ostentatious outdoor displays are also getting the boot.
HSN is moving away from holiday lawn decor to interior decorations, including adding nativity scenes. That means fewer of the big inflatable lawn decorations that have dominated suburban yards in recent years.
"People are spending more time inside. They are doing less of the showoff" on the lawn, Nicola said.
...."
Friends,
this is great news for Artists like me...I make Nativity Sets, or better said, Artistic Nativity Dioramas!
..
Buzz up!50 votes Send
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer Anne D'innocenzio, Ap Retail Writer – Sun Oct 4, 7:02 am ET
NEW YORK – Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.
Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.
..
"It's old-fashioned and traditional, and therefore much more in vogue," said Jim McCann, 1-800 Flowers president.
_Saks Fifth Avenue developed a store-brand line of traditional ornaments costing $8 to $32. That compares with the $50 average price for well-known designer brand and key Saks supplier Christopher Radko.
Ostentatious outdoor displays are also getting the boot.
HSN is moving away from holiday lawn decor to interior decorations, including adding nativity scenes. That means fewer of the big inflatable lawn decorations that have dominated suburban yards in recent years.
"People are spending more time inside. They are doing less of the showoff" on the lawn, Nicola said.
...."
Friends,
this is great news for Artists like me...I make Nativity Sets, or better said, Artistic Nativity Dioramas!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Italian Style Exhibition 25 to 27 September '09
This event was our best ever!
Attendance for the 3 days is estimated at 40,000 people.
At times we were not even able to assist customers, they took items off the shelves themselves!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo at exhibit
Saturday September 12th. we were graced with the visit of Cardinal DiNardo who was kind enough to Bless us and our works.
Here he is admiring one of my most eloquent 'Roman School' pieces, La Torre.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sacred Art Exhibit
A Call to Holiness - 11 & 12 September '09
George R. Brown Convention Center,
BOOTH 118
This event is sponsored by the Arcdiocese of Galveston Houston, and it is a great honor for me to have been called as a member of the Sacred Art Directory of Austin to exhibit my Roman School Dioramas.
For more information and to register please review:
www.cth2009.org
Monday, August 17, 2009
La Teca Diorama bound for Austin
This week I will be consigning my smallest Diorama, the Neapolitan scene called 'La Teca', to the Pastoral center, Diocesan Fine Arts Council of Austin.
Contact Information:
Contact: Mark Landers
Location: Landers Studio
500 West St. Elmo Road
Austin, TX 78745
(512) 472-9663
This second exhibit in the Sacred Art Gallery will last from August 21, 2009 until February 19, 2010 and will consist of 56 pieces of artwork by 30 different artists.
We hope to see you there!
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