Size: 21" x11" framed
Medium: Ink on Bristol Board (Comic Strip)
Artist: Terri Libenson
Inspired by: "Soccer is Life" by Robinson G. Jones 1st - 2nd grade team
Suggested Value: $250.00

"I love the connection between the poem's theme of teamwork and family "teamwork" -- whether encouraging participation, cheering each other on, or driving back and forth to sports events."

Terri Libenson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Emmie & Friends kids' series (HarperCollins) and cartoonist of the Reuben Award-winning, nationally syndicated comic strip, The Pajama Diaries (2006-2020). Previously, she was a humorous card writer and illustrator for American Greetings. Terri lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband, Mike. She is the proud mom of two daughters and a poodle, Rosie.

Size: 16" x 18"
Medium: Photography, Mixed Media
Artist: Jamie Richey
Inspired by: "Soccer is Life" by Robinson G. Jones 1st - 2nd-grade team
Suggested Value: $250.00

"Nearly everyone all over the world has played or watched soccer. We are all familiar with the sport and as a rite t of passage from when we are little to becoming a 'soccer mom'. We learn so many things from the game: winning, losing, teamwork, perseverance, and friendship. Soccer is Life!"

Jamie Richey is a Cleveland-based fine art photographer, curator, and creative generalist. Raised in Northeast Ohio, Jamie earned a BA in film and photography from Elon University and returned to Cleveland to pursue freelance film, photography studio work, and commercial publishing. After returning to the South to earn her MA in Art History with a photography concentration at the Savannah College of Art and Design, she pivoted to a teaching career in museum education in Savannah, GA, and Dothan, AL during which time she also curated art exhibits with an educational focus. Over the years Jamie has continued as a working artist and photographer exhibiting in various galleries and publications while also working as a production assistant on the occasional indie film or commercial. Firmly planted back in Ohio, Jamie has been steadily building her portfolio with a concentration in black and white photography in various genres including street, nature, travel, and mixed media.