my love for you.

The Trading Tortoise: Celebrating the Act of Sharing.

Artist Souther Salazar contacted me this week about a new project he and his wife, Monica have begun called The Trading Tortoise. The overall idea, they say is to "celebrate the act of sharing". Stop. That's basically all I need to know to support this project. But for those of you interested in a bit more, here's an excerpt from their project and blog:

The Trading Tortoise, a traveling art installation/trading post that we would set up in different communities around America to barter objects and stories with people. In exchange, they get something special from another place we’ve been. Either something we’ve collected ourselves or traded for.

They have fully backed the project in a whopping 3 days...but if you are so inclined, please consider adding more, they still have 15 days to go.

Keep in mind you won't be funding just a trip cross country -- The Trading Tortoise will be at many different and very important events along the way. Including, an Ed Emberley - inspired collaborative mural with Caleb Neelon at Children's Hospital Boston (In conjunction with a display of original work by Mr. Emberley)

To find out more check out their Kickstarter page.

 

Honest Man Poster Series.

Ferris Plock, Porous Walker, Jason Vivona, Skinner  and David Young have created a limited edition run of posters for the upcoming documentary Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer from Eighty Four Films. The documentary explores the bribary scandal that ultimately led to Dwyer's public suicide on television in 1987. Honest Man features exclusive interviews and footage that calls Dwyer's guilt into question.

I was 14 when I saw the shooting take place on tv, needless to say it left a lasting impression on me. I was intrigued big time when Kristin Farr tipped me off to the doc and the prints for sale. Each design has a run of 20 (11x17 giclée archival print, printed on acid free 300gsm paper), so they are super limited edition. 100% of the profits will be going directly to the R.Budd Dwyer Scholarship Fund a non-profit organization dedicated to providing funds to adults and students from Blooming Valley, PA who are seeking higher education.

You can purchase the prints here.

Inspiration: Josie Morway.

Josie Morway shares with us the inspiration behind her newest piece With Barely, which will show in Thinkspace Gallery's upcoming benefit group show Love Conquers All:

"Andrew [Hosner, co-owner of Thinkspace Gallery & co-curator of Love Conquers All] contacted me a few months ago asking if I'd make something for the show, something exemplifying love, partnership, etc. I had the gulf on my mind, so I decided that if I could make a protest piece about one under-served group I could make it about two...so while the piece is being shown for marriage equality, it features two brown pelicans. The piece is called "With Barely", a little word pairing from a Margaret Atwood poem:

'I search instead for the others, the ones left over, the ones who have escaped from these mythologies with barely their lives; they have real faces and hands, they think of themselves as wrong somehow, they would rather be trees". An old personal favorite, and one that seems relevant to the equality struggle, as well as the escape of nature from the mythology of human progress.' - Songs of the Transformed by Margaret Atwood"

Love Conquers All opens this coming Saturday at Thinkspace Gallery 20% of the proceeds will go to Equality California.

Poppytalk Handmade Oil Spill Response Market.

We just closed our Fundraiser to raise money for The Gulf Restoration Network. Missed out? No worries, head on over to Poppytalk Handmade where each vendor is donating a piece to help Poppytalk raise money to donate with the clean up efforts. I am a big fan of Bliss in a Teacup's bunting ribbons, they've donated this one. Love it, I may have to purchase...Read more here.

Healthy Gulf Fundraiser Shop: Open for a Day or Two More!

Wow, we have had such an incredible response to the Healthy Gulf Fundraiser! As of today we have raised $5400 to be donated to The Gulf Restoration Network! Rad, right?!  I've decided to keep the store open for a few more days, in the hopes that we can raise a cool $6000. Make sure you check out the shop, we've still got such great things! Thanks for all your support and of course to all of the artists who so selflessly donated. I'll keep you posted over the next few days of what the final amount we raise is. Check out the store here.