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NOLA Rising presents it’s fourth ever PAINT PARTY. In association with the St. Claude Arts District!

“we’ll be out in the Marigny at 2833 Dauphine on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. painting our happy little booties off.”

- going to New Orleans. its yours take it. 10″x10″ acrylic. Musical Theme

It’s a day of community art, and they are going to be collaborating with four other cities to have an “IT’s YOURS, TAKE IT” public art event. - You can check out pic’s from Tel Aviv, Honolulu, Southsea, Chicago, Tempe, Phoenix, and Germany.

So are you still confused about what the “It’s Yours, Take It” is all about - well this sums it all up:

“Artwork placed on the street for any member of the public to enjoy and take home!”

The Brooklyn Indie Market is coming out in spring kickin’ - they will kick off their seasonal opening with an Indie Fest. That sounds like fun!
It is all happening on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 11 am - 7 pm in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. BIM is one of our favorite markets in NYC. There’s always new artists and the collections are always fresh and hip.

Opening festivities include: unplugged indie musicians, temporary tattoo parlour for kids of all ages, face painting, kiddie artisan-craft workshops by Stars and Sprinkles and BIM’s designers, giveaways and meet-and greet with indie designers. FREE

So head on down to the corner of Smith and Union Street and look for the red and white striped tent

You will find some of your favorite indie artists at the weekly indie market: jewelry by Wabisabi-Brooklyn, hats by Rocks and Salt, kids wear by Wonder Threads, and frocks by Melissa Bell.

So get ready to shop and join BIM in this kickin’ celebration.

And remember BIM is open May-Aug, Saturdays, 11a-7p and Sep.-Dec. Saturday and Sundays, 11a-7p

If you are a vendor you can find details on how to apply to sell your goods at Brooklyn Indie Market.

Directions:
Subway: Take the F/G train to Carroll street. Exit at President street exit.
Car from NYC: From the Brooklyn Bridge turn RIGHT onto Atlantic Ave. Turn LEFT onto Court Street. Turn Left onto Smith Street

The DIY Salon with the Church of Craft - NYC Event

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:00 - 10:00 PM

Join MAD and the Church of Craft for a night of hands-on art-making, music and refreshments in celebration of the Museum’s current exhibitions Pricked: Extreme Embroidery and Cheers: A MAD Collection of Goblets. Local do-it-yourself artists will demonstrate their personal skills and help guide you in creating your own projects. Techniques will range from unconventional embroidery to button-making to fiber text and many other contemporary twists on classic crafts. In addition to do-it-yourself workshops, the Salon will include hand-decorated snacks and live DJ. The DIY Salon is a free event, open to the public with all
materials provided. Guided tour of Pricked: Extreme Embroidery at 8:00 PM.

The Church of Craft is a non-denominational organization that promotes a connection to humanity, a love of life and proactive spiritual practice through the art of creating.

Participating artists include:Cal Patch, Alison Shanik, Iviva Olenick, Mary Izet and Callie Janoff, who will each provide instruction for the beginner to the advanced creator. DJ Brett Webb will spin all night and Elaine Cohen will serve up artistic treats.

Call 212.956.3535 - Education Department with any questions.

Well we’ve launched our first issue of DIY City mag. Our mag is dedicated to all of the independent artists and the DIYs that we’ve met in New York and around the globe this past year. We hope that DIY City mag, the Web site, and DIY City Community will be great resources for New Yorkers as well as those traveling to the city for a little DIY fun.

DIY City mag is available in three great formats to meet your needs:

Flash based magazine style - just make sure you have your broadband kickin’ (diycitymag.com/flash/2008-diycity-mag-nyc.html)

Web based Magazine style blog - this one is searchable and you can find posts in all of your fav categories - diycitymag.com/themag

PDF - for the price of a movie rental ($5) you can get a pdf version that you can print out - that way if you are looking for some of your favorite shops in town you will have a handy reference. Just send us an e-mail (diycitymag@gmail.com)and we can arrange a download for you.

So there you have it, a DIY mag for a DIY City! And stay tuned as each day we will bring you tidbits on what’s happening in the DIY world. We will meet artists from around the globe. Our next mag will focus on New Orleans - and after that - we may be coming to a city near you.

In our first issue you will find NYC themed products, as well as some of our favorite DIY resources. We will also bring you an inside look at some indie designers living and working in New York. We also have some DIYs from outside the Big Apple because the world is a big place you know. Look for the NYC symbol – this will be an indication that the indie designer or shop is located in NYC.

Be sure to join our DIY City community at diycityguides.ning.com to help us build the most comprehensive resource guide for DIY. DIY City Community will be your place to locate do-it-yourself supplies, resources and indie artists in a city near you.

We are always looking for contributors and DIY project submissions – e-mail us at diycitymag at gmail.com with your ideas.

Special thanks to all our contributors, designers, shop owners and friends that we have met along the way – without all of you DIY City would not exist.

Deb and Wendy

well the secret is out - DIY City mag will launch it’s online mag on Valentine’s Day! All details about the launch will be posted here on DIYthing. NYC is the city and DIY is the focus - be sure to visit us at diycitymag.com on V-day and share in the DIY spirit!

Join our DIY City community at diycityguides.ning.com to help us build the most comprehensive resource guide for DIY stuff in your favorite cities!

We love finding great art from New Orleans. These shotgun houses are made by some artists that we met via Etsy - Kerry and Heather. They have made them in honor of the Make it Right Foundation’s drive to rebuild homes in the lower 9th ward. And the great thing is that the artists have committed to give 50% of the purchase price to go directly to the organization.That we find just wonderful. You may be familiar with these efforts as The Pink Project which Brad Pitt has been promoting.

As many of you may know, New Orleans is known for its shotgun houses. You can purchase the houses which are made of wood salvaged from 9th ward debris piles and are signed & numbered, at bayousalvage.etsy.com

Check out their shops for more great Louisiana art.

Kerry’s Shop bayousalvage.etsy.com
Heather’s shop nolasalvage.etsy.com

Also, Wendy and I will be launching our 1st issue of DIY City mag on Valentine’s Day so stay tuned. The first issue will highlight New York City - then we will head to New Orleans next. So stay tuned. We will keep you posted.

Auto is hosting a trunk show event featuring new metal and glass jewelry by Jane D’Arensbourg.

When: Thursday February 7 from 6-8 PM

About Jane
Jane D’Arensbourg was born in Ohio, and grew up in New Orleans, La.. Jane moved to San Francisco, CA. in 1986. She received her B.F.A. in glass at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA., 1996. In 1999 Jane moved to New York City, NY, where she now currently lives and works.

Where:
803 and 805 Washington Street
(between Gansevoort and Horatio) in the Meatpacking District
Subway A,C,E or 1,2,3 to 14th St. or L to 8th Ave

DIY City mag will officially launch on February 14th…our “love gift” to the indie community! For now here is a little sneak peek of what to expect. DIY City mag’s first issue will feature over 70 artists - and countless shops in NYC where you can find DIY supplies. Pass it on and help us launch this great mag on V-Day! Feel free to copy and paste the sneak peek on your blog or community.

We invite you to join us as we build a community - DIY City Guides. This will be an ever growing community where you can upload photos of your favorite shops in your city.

Sign up at http://diycityguides.ning.com/. We will help you find DIY resources in a city near you and you can help share the scoop on the shops and resources that you know and love.

As Deb and I prepare for the launch of DIY City mag we have noticed the need to have a place for designers/artists that may not be featured in an issue because we focus on certain cities. Within the website for DIY City we will have a place called DIY World - which will house designers from around the world.

As is the case with Shelby Healey - she is from Tenerife, a Spanish island. It is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.

I discovered Shelby’s work today while on Trunkt a few moments ago. Shelby has been crafting since a little girl> She finds inspiration walking in the forests where there is little noise and few people. She allows her imagination to run free and somehow the trees seem to take on characters of their own. You will want to check out more of Shelby’s work on Etsy and Trunkt!