Press Releases

About the contest:

The contest was open to all school age children and young adults. There were three age categories. Each of the winners will be sent a 1Gb MP3 Player and a CD of Thirteen for Halloween.

You can view all the entries from this years contest in the Thirteen for Halloween Gallery. Make comments, rate them, even send eCards.

The Winners:

Click on the winner’s name to visit their page in the gallery, leave comments, see the full-sized image or send an eCard. 

Elementary K-4 : Marilyn Moyer
A great use of space, creativity and inventiveness with materials.

Middle 5-8 : Carly Carter
Presents a fun and interesting skull still life.

High School 9-12 : Traven Sherrod
A wonderful use of colors and shading.

Thank you to all who participated. It was difficult to narrow it down to just three winners!

Link: http://thirteenforhalloween.com/artworks/index.php

Thirteen for Halloween Gallery 

A new place to see and share exciting, fun, Halloween Art Work

Three main galleries:

• Halloween Art of M Ryan Taylor : blockprints, drawings, animation stills and more . . . 
• Thirteen for Halloween Public Gallery :You can post your creative, family-friendly Halloween art here. There are albums for your art, crafts, homemade decorations, outdoor displays, table spreads and sound effects.
• Halloween Art Contests : This is the place to see the wonderful Halloween Art that has been submitted in our Halloween Art contests.

Hope you enjoy this new resource to share your Halloween creativity! Please feel free to post links to your Halloween website or Art auctions, etc. in the description for your photos.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Family-Friendly Halloween Made Easy by Musician-Artist’s New Website

ThirteenForHalloween.com - 10/13/2007 -  New website features fun family-friendly music, art, recipes, games, projects and more from musician-artist M. Ryan Taylor

Kids, families and teachers will benefit from the new Halloween-themed website by musician-artist M. Ryan Taylor, ThirteenForHalloween.com. The site contains Halloween songs for kids from Taylor’s album "Thirteen for Halloween" as well as "The Part of Thirteens" which features art, games, recipes and craft ideas grouped in sets of thirteen. The site and all it’s content was created by Taylor to give families and classrooms a good source of family-friendly Halloween fun. The content stems from Taylor’s long-time love of the spooky holiday and his experience hosting extended-family Halloween parties and public Halloween concerts.

The "Thirteen for Halloween" album features 13 songs; some are based on classic folk songs but most are Taylor’s own work. Taylor was inspired to create the album from his own childhood memories of singing Halloween songs in school and with his family as a child. "Music made Halloween more than ‘trick-or-treat’ for me. Some of my favorite memories involve singing songs with my mum and brothers. I wanted to share that kind of experience with kids today." Titles on the album range from simple songs like “‘Welcome,’ said the Spider” to more sophisticated part-songs like “We’re Back!” where each person can sing the part of a different ‘undead’ creature (mummy, vampire, skeleton or zombie): all at the same time. The website lets kids, parents and teachers listen to the entire album online. Free review copies are available for members of the press.

ThirteenForHalloween.com also features Taylor’s original artwork, recipes and other creations that he has compiled over the years of hosting his own extended family’s annual Halloween party. An example of one of the recipes, which should prove popular with Harry Potter fans, is "Red Hot Cauldron Cakes" : a gooey brownie with a crisp “red hot” candy crust. Among the 13 crafts featured on the site are a "Canned Spider," glow-in-the-dark placemats, "Imps," and other fun projects. All the recipes and crafts feature high-resolution color photos so visitors can get a good picture of what they will be making.

M. Ryan Taylor’s children’s music is informed by his education, and his art by the humor and whimsy of the Halloween holiday, rather than the gore. Taylor has degrees in vocal performance and composition and is the author of two operas (both of which have been produced), numerous choral works, art songs, and other instrumental works.