Lansing Child Artist Partners With 85-Year-Old Printer on Greeting Cards
An 11-year-old artist and an 85-year-old printer, both from Lansing, Michigan, have partnered to create and print greeting cards featuring the child's original animal drawings. This intergenerational collaboration helps fund the young artist's dance classes.
Lafayette, IN, October 27, 2026 —
An 11-year-old artist and an 85-year-old printer from Lansing, Michigan, have teamed up to create greeting cards featuring the child’s original animal drawings. The collaboration also helps fund the young artist’s dance classes.
The project brings together two Lansing residents separated by generations, with the child contributing the artwork and the older partner printing the cards. The trend summary does not identify either person by name or provide details about how the partnership began.
The cards feature animal drawings created by the young artist. The summary does not specify which animals appear, how many designs have been made, or how the cards are being distributed. It also does not provide information about pricing, sales figures or how much money the project contributes toward dance classes.
The collaboration connects the child’s creative work with a practical goal: helping pay for dance instruction. No details were provided about the type or schedule of the classes, the amount of funding needed, or whether the card project is intended to continue.
While the available account describes the central elements of the effort, it does not include comments from either participant or additional background about their work. The printer’s name, the artist’s name and the date the partnership began were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by David Andrews, InvestigateTV staff on www.wlfi.com, see more information here.
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