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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

CRAFT CON 2008 will be in San Francisco in just a few short weeks - April 4-6, 2008. The applications are now live! It will be held in Brava Theatre in the historic Mission District. If you are new to Craft Con, it was born in 2007 as Craft Congress in Pittsburgh. The launch event was very successful with over fifty indie craft show organizers from across the US, Canada, as well as the UK. This event seems to be a great way for indies to share their experiences with others in regards to business development for the craft community. So if you can make it, you should hurry and register - there are 250 seats available for this year’s event.

Do you ever wonder about the process of printing? Printing has always facinated me - the smell of the ink - the touch of the paper - the old handcarved print blocks. There are a few people who still take pride in hand carving each block for print. A shop by the name of “Tugboat Printshop” in Pittsburgh and owned by Paul Roden & Valerie Lueth still hand carve each print block.

Visit them at:
www.tugboatprintshop.com
www.tugboatprintshop.blogspot.com
www.tugboatprintshop.etsy.com
www.flickr.com/photos/tugboatprintshop

Kate Karchner of OhSoSuite has started a new column here at DIY City entitled “I Heart Paper.” We have launched it today on our new DIY City Blog. Kate’s idea is to give paper artists of all varieties a visual voice and a way of introducing themselves to all you DIY City readers.

First up, Kate interviews Cheryl from ScotiaMade paper goods, based in Halifax, Novia Scotia.

We will also have other bloggers joining us with regular posts on the new blog. So stay tuned.

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.

Little Shout out for Faythe over at Handmade Nation - They are selling Raffle Tickets to raise money to keep production going. Jump on over and help them out by buying a few tickets or donate a few items so they can sell in their Etsy Shop!

Handmade Nation the book is in the design edit phase, Faythe has been getting to see mock layouts - which I’m sure is very exciting. Cris has been working hard on the editing of Handmade Nation the documentary.

We are so excited for Faythe and are eagerly awaiting the release of the book and the documentary!

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!