{"id":307,"date":"2016-12-14T20:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T01:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=307"},"modified":"2016-12-14T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T01:18:15","slug":"059-lou-ann-the-gelli-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2016\/12\/14\/059-lou-ann-the-gelli-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"059: Lou Ann &#038; the Gelli Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4479\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-307-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/059-LouAnnGleason.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/059-LouAnnGleason.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/059-LouAnnGleason.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/059-LouAnnGleason.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=307-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('307-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_307-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_307-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=307-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! \u00a0Today&#8217;s podcast\u00a0features Lou Ann Gleason:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c8bcde1d970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c8bcde1d970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c8bcde1d970b-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLou Ann is CEO and co-founder of a growing company, Gelli Arts LLC.\u00a0 Gelli manufactures a unique<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CLALEJI\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00CLALEJI&amp;linkId=515905704ee62377ee4ddc16c8d16616\"> gel printing plate<\/a> that is used by teachers and artists.\u00a0 Gelli started with her partner\u2019s great idea.\u00a0 Clever manufacturing, savvy marketing and lots of getting the little things right have turned that idea into a brand with an expanding customer base around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469010970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469010970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469010970c-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLou Ann was born and raised in Michigan, one of 10 children in her family.\u00a0 She worked at a department store to help pay tuition at her all-girls high school, and then put herself through college. She graduated from Michigan State.\u00a0 After college, she worked first for a department store, making decisions about which women\u2019s clothes to stock, then for a bank.\u00a0 Eventually, she went to get her MBA at University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469015970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469015970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469015970c-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe MBA degree opened up new opportunities. Lou Ann worked at Procter &amp; Gamble.\u00a0 There she worked in brand marketing, making decisions about product development and advertising on household brands such as Cascade, Dawn and Joy.\u00a0 She was also lucky to spend a few years developing new products\u2014which became a big asset at Gelli Arts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb095fc51a970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb095fc51a970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb095fc51a970d-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLou Ann stayed at P&amp;G for 15 years.\u00a0 Later she served as chief marketing officer for a vacation real-estate firm, then started her own consulting business. Today she divides here time between the consulting business and Gelli Arts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d246902d970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d246902d970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d246902d970c-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLou Ann met her husband at P&amp;G.\u00a0 They have two children, one son in college in California (who has already started his own business) and a daughter who is serving in the Peace Corp in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469034970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469034970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d2469034970c-500wi\" alt=\"from the Balzer Designs Blog: Adventures in Arting Podcast\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The artwork samples in this post are by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliarts.com\/pages\/about-us\">Joan Bess<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/birgitkoopsen.typepad.com\/\">Birgit Koopsen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/marshavalk.com\/\">Marsha Valk<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliarts.com\/pages\/about-us\">Lou Ann Gleason<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find Gelli online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CLALEJI\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00CLALEJI&amp;linkId=515905704ee62377ee4ddc16c8d16616\">buy a Gelli plate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliarts.com\/\">website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gelliprintingprojects.com\/\">Gelli project instruction sheets for teachers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/adventures-in-arting-podcast\/id561813081#\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! \u00a0Today&#8217;s podcast\u00a0features Lou Ann Gleason: Lou Ann is CEO and co-founder &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[56,322,321,17,326,164,323,318,319,320,42,48,119,324,325,51],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-art","tag-art-business","tag-business","tag-career-path","tag-creative-world","tag-creativity","tag-gelatin-printing","tag-gelli","tag-gelli-arts","tag-gelli-plate","tag-germany","tag-julie-fei-fan-balzer","tag-learning","tag-monoprinting","tag-paper-world","tag-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}