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Hello Rick and Maria,
Maria writes…
In the dawning of this beautiful art form, Rick and I, in our unabashed enthusiasm, thought that we would simply teach the world about our newfound passion. If someone invited us to teach, then we would go and teach. We jumped at every opportunity. We did that for a couple of years, until one day we found ourselves in the lovely state of New Hampshire at a meeting for the Women’s Caucus of Art. There were about thirty animated teachers of all types of art. Lovely people they were and so hungry to know more about our Zentangle Method of drawing.
We had the best time, tangling together, excited to see the mosaics, hear the comments, revel in the smiles on everyone’s faces.
The woman that invited us, Bette Abdu, wanted more. She said these fine people wanted to teach others this magical method AND, would we teach them how we would like it to be taught? Duh! Of course. How could we even think that the two of us alone would be able to teach every eager student in the world the Zentangle Method? We wouldn't even have time leftover to tie our shoes.
Well, we decided then and there that we would have seminars to teach people how to teach the Zentangle Method. In no time, we had our first CZT Seminar here in our tiny town of Whitinsville, Massachusetts. We rented an old estate to host the event. We had people from China, Europe and beyond travel all the way to our tiny town to become what we decided would be called a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT).
Five of the ladies from that class in New Hampshire joined us at that first seminar.
And that, dear friends, is the story of the first CZT.
Ironically, Rick and I are not CZTs, as there was no one to teach us. Oh well. Maybe someday. . .
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