Our friend Amanda from Mello Press has curated a lovely group of crafters that will be set up & selling at Tattooed Mom’s on February 12th. We will be there along with many other talented Philly crafters (Foxglove Factory, Amy B Jewelry, chez-sucre-chez….) Pick up a gift for your Valentine & have a drink with us!
The more you shop, the more you save!
Saturday, December 1st, 11-8pm + Sunday, December 2nd, 11-6pm
The NoLibs Holiday Spree is a progressive sale – customers get increasing discounts the more they shop.
*Nominated for “Best Shopping Event” by Philadelphia Magazine in 2012*
Here’s How it works:
1st Participating Store: Customer receives 10% off their purchase + a spree card w/ one sticker on it
2nd Store: Customer shows spree card w/ 1 sticker & gets 15% off their purchase + a 2nd sticker
3rd Store: Customer shows spree card w/ 2 stickers & gets 20% off their purchase + a 3rd sticker
Once the customer’s spree card has 3 stickers, they will receive 25% off at any additional participating store that they shop at throughout the event.
Participating Shops Include:
(shop in any order you choose!)
Arcadia
819 N. 2nd St
Art Star
623 N. 2nd St.
Bloom
1001 N. 2nd St.(The Piazza, Suite 20)
Casa Papel
804 N. 2nd St.
City Planter
814 N. 4th St.
Concrete Polish
716 N. 3rd St
Duke & Winston
633 N. 2nd Street
Fiona’s Childrenswear & Special Occassions
1050 N. Hancock St. (#60 in The Piazza)
Framing Philadelphia
631 N. 2nd Street
Jinxed
1050 N. Hancock St. (# 86 in The Piazza)
Once Worn Consignment
910 N. 2nd St.
Philly Phaithful
737 N. 4th Street
Swag Boutique
935 N. 2nd St.
Light refreshments & tons of holiday cheer at each participating shop!
Please join Amy Abrams and Adelaide Lancaster, co-founders of In Good Company Workplaces, for a conversation about business growth, success and sustainability. In their new book, THE BIG ENOUGH COMPANY: Creating a Business that Works for You Adelaide and Amy offer a fresh approach to entrepreneurship. Rejecting the notion that entrepreneurial success is about size, the authors encourage entrepreneurs to instead lead with their own goals so they can build a sustainable and satisfying business that meets their needs.
Where: Art Star, 623 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
When: October 11th, 7-9pm
Free & Open to the public, but space is limited. Please contact us to reserve your space.
Artist Statement for Rooted
“Rooted” was inspired by a scrapbook I discovered at an antique store. It documents the activities of a rural American 4-H club in the 1940’s. I belonged to 4-H as a child, the same club as my Mom and my Grandpa Ed (Go Hubbleton Hustlers!).
Each winter 4-H kids choose their projects for the year from a catalogue listing all the things you can enter at the County fair. Of course there are the farm animal projects but also all sorts of arts and crafts, small engine repair, gardening and crops, baking, sciences, sewing, music, butterfly collecting and more (my Mom would never let me do the butterfly project). Then, kids meet with adult mentors and kids from other clubs throughout the county working on the same project. My parents wanted us to be excited and fully committed to our projects and so we were limited to 3 per year. I settled into sheep, rabbits, and art.
For a contemporary urban woman, I know a lot about small animal husbandry. I don’t think the art part of 4-H really shaped me much as an artist. What was formative for me was the year long commitment to a specific area of study and a corresponding project with an end goal.
The antique scrapbook was aesthetically and nostalgically compelling to me, certainly. But the reason I choose to make art inspired by the scrapbook came from comparing photos of individuals posing proudly with their ongoing projects and the fall group photo, which is labeled in handwritten ink “100% Completion, 20 members, 28 projects”.
In this body of work, I have used artifacts; found items and uncommon mediums: prints on antique handwritten letters of love and loss, feed sack bags from my family farm, antique atlas pages, and the string from last year’s morning glories among other things. Rooted celebrates 100% completion, hard work paying off, fall festivals, and earnest endeavors.-Amy Rice 2011
Beginning with not-so-traditional print making methods (hand cut stencils and a Japanese Gocco printmaking toy) Minneapolis based mixed-media artist Amy Rice makes original, one-of-kind pieces by additionally employing acrylic, gouache, ink and collage. Her “canvases” range from weathered wood panels and discarded objects to antique envelopes, age-worn love letters, and found journal pages yellowed with time.
Amy’s imagery, nostalgic and wistful, is largely biographical and reflective of her pensive nature. She draws inspiration from childhood memories growing up on a Midwestern farm, the urban community in which she live now, bicycles, street art, gardening, collective endeavors that challenge hierarchy, acts of compassion, downright silliness and things with wings.
Amy has exhibited her work in galleries throughout the United States, Canada and the U.K.
We are excited to announce that the inspiring Candy Depew will be joining us for our July 14th “Thirsty Thursday”!
For those of you who don’t know, Candy is an incredibly talented Philadelphia artist & master printer. She has set up a silk screen printing school in Olde City called The Studio School of the Decorative Arts. She teaches a variety of silk screen classes there from basic beginner/refresher courses to wallpaper & fabric design/printing. Many of her students have gone on to create fashion collections, small business start-ups, limited edition archival prints, T-shirts, textiles for interiors, and unique artist editions.
Candy will be demonstrating fabric yardage printing at Art Star from 5-8pm during our July 14th “Thirsty Thursday”. She will also be debuting her new line of silkscreen textiles known as “Fat Quarters”. Stop in for a complimentary frosty beverage (non-alcoholic this week b/c Girls Rock Philly will be visiting), get a glimpse of the art of fabric printing & snag a Candy Depew Fat Quarter for a weekend DIY project! This event is free & no registration is required. Just bring your beautiful selves & some friends for a fun night at Art Star!
BTW, Candy is still accepting students for her July & August classes. Go here for a complete class list & prices: http://www.candycoated.org/school.html
Art Star will be hosting “Thirsy Thursdays” through the summer. Each week we will feature a new complimentary summer beverage. This week we will be mixing up some ice cold mojitos. So come in for a frosty drink to cool off while you shop! Take 15% off regular priced items & an additional 10% off of sale items during the event. Receive an additional punch on your Frequent Buyer Card for each valid purchase.
6/9/2011, 5-8pm, @ Art Star
visit our facebook invite & let us know you are coming or forward along to friends. See you there!