Open Call For Artists: Scrap Exchange Fundraiser June 18 at MoBo

Dear Artist,

I'm writing to invite you to participate in Durham’s second Pop Up Art Show andfundraiser in honor of The Scrap Exchange, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH 7PM-10/11 PM

(ARTISTS ARRIVE AT 4-5PM with work)

GENESIS OF THE PROJECT: The Scrap Exchange was forced to move out of their space on Foster St.after city inspectors condemned the Liberty Warehouse building. We want to help with the costs of relocating, and their ongoing capital campaign.Many local artists value The Scrap Exchange; this is an opportunity to give back by exhibiting a piece of art in the show and donating a portion of the sale.

RVSP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148036041934126&ref=ts

HOW TO ENTER:

Print this email, fill out the consignment form at the bottom and bring it with you to:

Monkey Bottom Arts Collaborative

609 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27705

between 4-5 pm on Saturday, June 18th

( if that time will not work for you and you want to contribute please contact difreund@yahoo.com to arrange another date/time)

• You may exhibit only one work of art (if there is enough space available at 7pm, we will try to accommodate a second piece of work by artists who wish to show more than one piece.)

• Artists are responsible for pricing their own work (see consignment form below.)

• Upon receipt we will cut below the dotted line on your form and display the bottom half with your work so patrons know the artist, price, and other basic information.

• NOTE: Artwork should be ready to hang or display. Organizers will have pushpins on hand and reserve the right to select placement of art and hang work. If you have a pedestal for your work please bring it for use if needed.

•The reception/party will be from 7 – 10/11 PM on Saturday, June 18th

Bring Your Own Beverage and Snacks – There will have a table for food and beverages and some paper products will be provided. Come to network, show your work and have a great time in support of community, music and art! Thank you!

MARKETING:

We want to let everyone know about the event and about your artwork.

The success of this sudden opportunity depends on getting the word out now: please support the effort by inviting bloggers, curators, collectors, journalists, family, friends and artists you know and others who will want to come and support the event.

LEGAL NOTES:

There is no insurance for artwork on display and artists are responsible for drop off and pick up of artwork. We will make every effort to handle artwork with care and ensure no damages occur; however artists should participate knowing this is a community event and neither Monkey Bottom Arts Collaborative nor the organizers are responsible for your work. Unsold artwork left after 11 PM on Saturday June 18, 2011 will be left at your own risk and no guarantee can be made for pickup arrangements, although we will do our best to help you get your unsold work back to you.

SALES:

An attendant will be available and on hand to make art sales. We are asking artists to donate 100%, 50%, or 25% of art sales to The Scrap Exchange. (Organizers and Monkey Bottom Arts Collaborative will not profit from any portion of sales or donations.)

WAIT, I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS:

Questions about the show:

Please email Adrian Schlesinger at sparklehoof@gmail.com She will be checking her email daily and can be reached on evenings and weekends at (919) 448-5186.

Questions about the venue:

http://themonkeybottom.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkey-Bottom-Collaborative/68896765038

Dianne Freund difreund@yahoo.com

Thanks, once again. We are honored and thrilled by your support, and look forward to a very successful event – in honor of The Scrap Exchange and in celebration of art, community and fun. See you June 18th!

Sincerely,

Adrian Schlesinger and Monkey Bottom

Pop Up Art Show II: Scrap Exchange Fundraiser

ART CONSIGNMENT FORM

Artist Name: __________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

Email: __________________________Phone: _______________________

Title of Work: _________________________________________________

Date of Work: ____________________________________________________

Media: ____________________________________________________

Retail Price of Work (in U.S. Currency): ___________________________________

MY DONATION AND COMMISSION: (choose one)

___ I will donate 100% to The Scrap Exchange

___ I request 50% of the purchase price of my work, and donate 50% to The Scrap Exchange

___ I request 25% of the purchase price of my work, and donate 50% to The Scrap Exchange

I have read and understand this entire agreement. I understand that artwork is displayed at my own risk and that neither MonkeyBottom Collaborative nor the organizers are responsible for my artwork before, during or after the event.

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Pop Up Art Show Scrap Exchange Fundraiser

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Ukulele by Bike Tour: concert sat April 30 6 PM

Monkey Bottom Collaborative will be hosting a concert April 30 as a part of the spring/summer 2011 continuation of Aaron Lee's "Ukulele by Bicycle Tour".

The concert will start at 6 p.m. Bring food to share for a potluck, and bring your ukuleles/ other acoustic instruments for an open jam afterwards. And/or bring your hands for clapping, your feet for stomping, your body for dancing, your hoop for hooping!

Read on for more details (and links) about Aaron Lee and the show. We hope to see you; help us show what a great community we have and welcome this cycling musician to our hood.

Lisa Marie Albert's provocative documentary photo exhibit , Streetkids Have a Voice, is currently showing at MoBo also: if you missed the discussion event this is your chance to see the show before it goes to wilmington.

This event is free; donations are much appreciated.
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Aaron is a solo ukulele performer who recently released an album titled "The Ukulele Project" in which each song creatively contains the word ukulele. Last fall he toured between concerts by bicycle, and performed 40 concerts while riding over 2000 miles between Maine andGeorgia. In April and May he'll be riding north through North Carolina and Virginia, then heading towards Michigan and Wisconsin in June, July and August.

For each concert, Aaron partners with a group or organization that has a community, local action or sustainability focus. For more information about his tour, and to hear some of his music, please visit his website at http://ukulelebybicycle.blogspot.com

Monkey Bottom's facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkey-Bottom-Collaborative/68896765038#!/event.php?eid=210873578923630

60 WPM critic reviews dianne's pots

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/ImageArchives?feature=Slideshows&page=3&oid=1434086

Help Us Host Ukulele by Bike Music Tour April 30

Monkey Bottom Collaborative will be hosting Aaron Lee, a cross-country cyclist and ukulele player, Saturday, April 30 at 7 pm for a concert. We'd like to have our community involved to create a spirited welcome for him: if you wish to offer your time and skills toward this effort please let me know ASAP! A community potluck perhaps?; a pre-concert/post concert family music/jamming hour perhaps?; a bike clinic/ something fun and bike-related...????

whatever gets your wheels turning and your strings humming!

please get back to me with not just your idea but your willingness to actively participate and get friends/family to show up!

"eighty percent of success is showing up."

-woody allen

windmill, legs, moose : writing exercise two

(please see "thanks for playing" posted feb 24 for info)

windmills hunkered in the field, bigger than i'd imagined. modern, utilitarian, obviously man-made: not wooden, creaky or romantic. there were many; i didn't count; one windmill won't make much energy so the whole field was planted with them. one could imagine a NIMBY situation, not one where folks were clamoring to have one in their fields. that's how that goes: the imagination is not close to the reality; it attaches meaning and dream and a story where there is a big noisy metallic hulking thing. now that is the past, and has once again entered the realm of fantasy. in truth, unless i'm referencing something that is now, right now, i'm verging on fantasy. i can tell you: the television is on mute; the american version of "the office" is playing; my husband reads "the new yorker" with his glasses on in low light, reflecting off the ceramic mug his forehead and arms. the cat, past middle age, clunks heavily down the stairs sounding like a child dragging a toy behind her.

legs only last so long: the joints are complicated, like the windmill parts they wear out, the tendons dry and strain, crack and tear and wither; the fluid gels, leaks, forms crystals; the space compresses and is not enough space to move bones through without grinding. those windmills will stop working smoothly after awhile: they will require repairs: oiling? resurfacing? screws will work loose, or the threads will rust together and disable adjustments. sitting in the field, uselessly spinning or not spinning, no energy being generated. waiting for dismemberment. a leg weighs about twenty pounds. a moose weighs about three hundred pounds full grown i'd guess, its legs comparatively smaller than ours, stalky almost spindly; again i speak about something i don't know. i doubt i've ever seen a moose: everything i read, everything i hear or do is all mixed together. i'm uncertain of it. it can't be trusted. in truth, the truth right here now: again the light, the magazine, the television, its images, the cup, the tea, the little swallowing noise.

Shawnna and Matt are hitched

and will be celebrating at MoBo tomorrow. Shawnna and Matt, may your life together be filled with joy and wondrous adventures. May all our lives be filled with joy and wondrous adventure.

art advocacy /streetkids have a voice / documentary photo exhibit & discussion

at MonkeyBottom Sat April 17, 7 pm to 10 pm

We would like to invite you to "advocacy & art :: street kids have a voice" , an exhibit of artwork & documentary photography, a discussion about how the work was used in an advocacy campaign for child rights in Lira, Uganda, and a multimedia slide-show.

While living in Uganda, Lisa Marie Albert worked with a group of street kids: she taught them to use a camera, and helped them tell their stories visually and through interviews. What grew from that is both harsh and beautiful. This show will present the children's and Lisa's stories: in words, photos and drawings.

This event is a fundraiser, and a portion of sales will go to Child Restoration Outreach Uganda, www.CROUG.org, the organization that hosted the workshops in Lira, Uganda where these street kids are able to find food, showers, skills training, and family reconciliation.

Lisa Marie Albert is a documentary photographer, videographer, and multimedia storyteller. Her passions include using images and multimedia for raising awareness about health, social, and environmental justice issues and for projects that bring support and education to communities experiencing disparities. Past projects have included: disaster relief, homelessness & addictions in the U.S., HIV/AIDS, and cultural vignettes. She also teaches photography and storytelling workshops for children and adults.

Lisa received her certificate in documentary studies from Duke Center for Documentary Studies and has taken multimedia journalism courses from UNC, while obtaining her Master’s in Public Health, which she completed in May 2010.

http://www.lisamariealbert.com/