{"id":9,"date":"2026-04-29T18:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:47:30","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Past<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve held a number of events to support the Memorial Scholarship Endowment over the past several years. These include a Memorial Art Show, sales event, yearly fundraising campaigns and FaceBook birthday fundraisers just to name a few. We have continued to offer designs Kitt loaded on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/simplykitt\">Redbubble.com<\/a> and added them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/simply-kitts-illustrations\">Teepublic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We had the opportunity in attend an Endowment Luncheon at KCAI where we learned that Illustration is now the largest department on campus. Our scholarship is the only one specifically for illustration students. Unfortunately we are only able to help 3% of this group.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-167.fg-masonry .fg-item { width: 250px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-167.fg-masonry { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-masonry fg-ready fg-light fg-border-medium fg-round-medium fg-shadow-medium fg-shadow-inset-medium fg-loading-partial fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-semi-zoomed fg-captions-bottom fg-hover-instant fg-hover-zoom4 fg-fixed\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-167\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;panel&quot;:{&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;download&quot;:false}},&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;columnWidth&quot;:250,&quot;gutter&quot;:10}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maura_bot.png\" data-caption-title=\"Endowment Luncheon Thank you gifts from Maura Cluthe, the chair of the Illustration Department at KCAI\" data-attachment-id=\"168\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Endowment Luncheon Thank you gifts from Maura Cluthe, the chair of the Illustration Department at KCAI\" title=\"Endowment Luncheon Thank you gifts from Maura Cluthe, the chair of the Illustration Department at KCAI\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/Maura_bot\/1011071898.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Endowment Luncheon Thank you gifts from Maura Cluthe, the chair of the Illustration Department at KCAI<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_1.png\" data-caption-title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" data-attachment-id=\"169\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_1\/2877350815.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_2.png\" data-caption-title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" data-attachment-id=\"170\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_2\/3797729616.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22334%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20334%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_3.png\" data-caption-title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" data-attachment-id=\"171\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/Memorial_arrt_3\/2069640061.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22333%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20333%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/winken-blinken-and-nod-2.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" data-attachment-id=\"64\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/winken-blinken-and-nod-2\/1447799527.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22249%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20249%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/memorial-quilt-2-scaled.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" data-attachment-id=\"60\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" title=\"Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt\" width=\"250\" height=\"253\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/memorial-quilt-2-scaled\/491881096.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22253%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20253%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Memorial Art Show Pieces entered\/donated for the Memorial Art Show that were inspired by Kitt<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Present<\/h2>\n<p>We are working on getting autographs from cast members of the series Firefly on a Firefly\/Futurama print Kitt created. Once complete this piece will be placed up for auction. To do this we have attended several comic conventions. We only have one autograph left to go.<\/p>\n<p>While at Awesomecon in the DC area we ran into comic book artist David Mack who offered several autographed prints to the Foundation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We were approached by Gini Holtzman, the voice actor of Peppermint Patty from the 80\u2019s Charlie Brown cartoons at the Epic Toy Show in Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n<p>. She expressed an interest in helping the Foundation in any way she could.<\/p>\n<p>We are also organizing another Memorial Art Show for the Spring of 2027.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-173.fg-masonry .fg-item { width: 250px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-173.fg-masonry { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-masonry fg-ready fg-light fg-border-medium fg-round-medium fg-shadow-medium fg-loading-partial fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-semi-zoomed fg-captions-bottom fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom4 fg-fixed\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-173\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;panel&quot;:{&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;download&quot;:false}},&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;columnWidth&quot;:250,&quot;gutter&quot;:10}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Fan-Fusion-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"2024 Phoenix Fan Fussion\" data-attachment-id=\"174\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2024 Phoenix Fan Fussion\" title=\"2024 Phoenix Fan Fussion\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/Fan-Fusion-1\/991755885.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22141%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20141%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">2024 Phoenix Fan Fussion<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260315_205903-scaled.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"After 2026 Awesomecon\" data-attachment-id=\"41\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After 2026 Awesomecon\" title=\"After 2026 Awesomecon\" width=\"250\" height=\"317\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/20260315_205903-scaled\/336433691.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22317%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20317%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">After 2026 Awesomecon<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260222_092240-scaled.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Simply Kitts Foundation set up at the Epic Toy Show, Phoenix, AZ\" data-attachment-id=\"40\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Simply Kitts Foundation set up at the Epic Toy Show, Phoenix, AZ\" title=\"The Simply Kitts Foundation set up at the Epic Toy Show, Phoenix, AZ\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/04\/20260222_092240-scaled\/2364716568.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22223%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20223%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The Simply Kitts Foundation set up at the Epic Toy Show, Phoenix, AZ<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Future<\/h2>\n<p>Our future plans include increasing the number of pieces offered on third-party sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/simplykitt\">Redbubble<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/simply-kitts-illustrations\">Teepublic<\/a> as well as opening up an eCommerce section of this website to offer prints of her works along with buttons, cards and stickers. Through this we hope to keep her work out there and available for new lovers of whimsy.<\/p>\n<p>Through increased fundraising efforts we hope to increase the number of scholarships we can offer each year and help more of these bright, creative young illustrators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pink-dashed-box\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Please note, all profits brought in through our fundraising efforts go to the scholarship fund.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past We\u2019ve held a number of events to support the Memorial Scholarship Endowment over the past several years. These include a Memorial Art Show, sales event, yearly fundraising campaigns and FaceBook birthday fundraisers just to name a few. We have continued to offer designs Kitt loaded on Redbubble.com and added them to Teepublic.com. We had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplykitts.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}