Music of Richard Mekdeci at the Cafe at Unity Church of Peace April 30, 2011

Richard Mekdeci, famed New Thought/ Unity musician, singer and song writer will be here for a UNITY CAFE on Saturday, April 30th! The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7:00 p.m. Richard will be joined by the musical Michele VanHoose Family! Come and enjoy this beautiful evening of uplifting, joyful and soulful music

Richard Mekdeci is President and co-founder of Itoi Ministries and Itoi Music whose mission is to bring positive, uniting, transformational music and its artists into the mainstream awareness. An award winning New Thought songwriter and singer, Richard worked at Unity Village for 5 years as Music And Creative Arts Coordinator for Unity Village Retreats and now heads up the first Sacred Music Resource department at the Association of Unity Churches International. He is a Licensed Unity Teacher who tours the country speaking, performing and facilitating workshops on peace and self-worth. His music appears in several songbooks and is used extensively throughout the Unity movement and beyond. Event is held in the lower level of the Church, known as Fellowship Hall. Decorating the walls at this event will be featured Art And Photography of Local artist Jeanne Hahn and photographer Milton Loessberg.

About Jeanne Hahn,
Photographer, artist in oil painting:

"From the time I can remember I had a good eye for a beautifully composed photograph, and that is what I look for in nature. I tend toward landscapes rather than the macro-vision of things. Beautiful colors in the autumn landscapes, the icy starkness of winter,
the fresh new growth of Spring are my favorite photos. Two of my photos were selected for bulletin covers for a world-wide church, and they were views from St. Louis parks.

My paintings are a bit more varied and I have even ventured into the abstract with some. I began painting in oils at the St. Louis Community College in 2002, and that is still my favorite medium. My first art lesson took place when I was in my fifties when I decided to go for a degree in Occupational Therapy at Meramec. I had to have an elective so I chose drawing. The class was so much fun, but I still had that dream of painting.
In 2000 my husband and I retired and decided we would give away our worldly goods and go to the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky to volunteer at the Christian Appalachian Project. They told me that I could work toward a grant from Americorp for the type of work I was doing with children and it could be used for education. I was elated! This could be a way to pay for art lessons. So after 17 months we returned to St. Louis and I enrolled to the Community Colleges to study painting.

I have had many teachers since then but recently have been working more or less on my own at a friend’s studio. We help to inspire each other.

I have recently gone back to work part time and still enjoy painting and photography."