Upcoming artsy happenings/ shows/ crafty fairs or whatever you want to call them:

August 27th, 2010 - CRITICAL EXCHANGE- Progressive Support of Local Arts & Culture, 7-12pm, 115 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN,
(at Joseph Lehner’s super sweet house/ recording studio also known for the artsy wine wednesday happenings). All art priced between $20 - 250. All sales go directly to the artist. Featuring the work of: TJ Reynolds, Sarah Zeta Zuckerman, Mike Graves, Rhiannon Sweet, John Crowe. Lora Johnson, Echo, Mab Graves, Kenneth Rhem, Joselyn Virgin,Vanessa Monfreda, Mallory Hodgkin, Michelle Craig, Chris Magee and Scott Spitz. Music will be provided by El Floundero Dub Club & DJ Kyle Long of Cultural Cannibals. This art happening will be fabulous!
Admission is FREE!!!



September 18th, 2010 – FOUNTAIN SQUARE ARTS FAIR, 10 am – 6.00 pm, FSAF will be strategically placed between two great events...Masterpiece in a Day and a Wheeler Arts Community Open House.

October 1st, 2010 - 5 p.m.- 10 pm,( First Friday), Mini - INDIEana Handicraft Exchange at the Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN

October 16th, 2010
Handmade Promenade at the Broad Ripple Music Festival, Indianapolis, IN

October 30th, 2010, Irvington Halloween Festival under the IHE Tent, Indianapolis, IN






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Come by my booth to say hi to my imaginary friends at the Handmade Promenade on Tuesday, July 27th from 4 to 7.30 pm at the Stadium Village Farmers’ Market which is located on Shapiro’s Downtown Parking lot, 808 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, In 46225. There will be over a dozen unique crafters and artists offering handmade goods. There will also be a coloring contest at the Handmade Promenade tent. Adults and children can win prizes from the vendors!

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The grand opening of homespun: Handmade Modern was last Friday. This boutique, gallery and teaching space devoted to contemporary craft looks absolutely amazing. I am pleased to announce that my imaginary friends out paper mache are for purchase at this fantastic store. Homespun is located on 5424 East Washington Street., Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 (Irvington).
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The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange and IMAF at The Harrison Center on June 12th 2010 was a success. There were over a 100 vendors selling their crafty art. My booth was outside and it sure was hot but not too hot to miss out on the fun. I enjoyed being a part of this. Amanda Mauer Taflinger did an amazing job in organizing the whole big shindig. Thank you, Amanda! ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Great news!

Amanda Mauer Taflinger from INDIEana Handicraft Exchange located me and offered an available booth for "Las Comadres". My paper mache crafts/ pinatas will be for sale! Yeah! So mark your calenders for June 12th at the Harrison Center of Indianapolis!
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KNOW NO STRANGER will debut a brand new show at the Earth House Collective, April 9th at 6 PM. Their new show is called "The Interweb" which is part of a fundraiser called SPARK A REVOLUTION: TWENTY TEN. This should be loads of fun.

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I have been asked by Caroline Richardson from Partners In Housing to decorate a birdhouse along other local artists for a fundraising event called "Partners Inside: People and Places Up Close". This will take place on May22nd, 2010 at 1238 North Park Avenue from 6 -9 PM.

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After Liliana wouldn't leave me alone, because she was determined to find out the truth of KNOW NO STRANGER 's puppets, I decided to contact Michael & KNS and mention my daughters' fascination - he emailed me back:


"....I'm glad you and your daughter enjoyed it. I have a separate room for all the puppets in my house so they are very comfortable. I feed them
grilled cheese and lemonade everyday to keep them strong."



Luckily that answered a lot of questions.
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Happy Valentines' s Day and Happy Chinese New Year,

THANKS for all the collaborateurs on the opening night of Proyecto: corazon/ project: heart at the Earth House Collective. It was absolutely beautiful. Know No Stranger performance was fabulous.( "think Pee Wee's Playhouse Live Action Jukebox"). My 4 year old daughter, Liliana Khadijah, has been mesmerized by the giant puppets' performance. We had seen the giant dragon before at the IMA parade in 2008 on Fountain Square. But this time she got to dance with silly, funny, quirky-looking monsters and a giant dragon.She has been intrigued in particular by the dragons' smoke coming out of his nose,... (she has been asking me non-stop where the puppets are at now,. and what they eat and such,.. I told her that they were most likely to be sleeping in a box....)

It was incredible for the young people who got to see their art along side that of Indy greats, or dance all night with a nice pink giant shark. We appreciate the long hours that everyone put into making sure everything looked amazing.

The money from the door is going with Key Learning Community on their senior trip to the Dominican Republic. The donations will be used in a Haitian Refugee camp there, on an art project with the children of the camp.

Check these pics out from Nuvo,

http://www.nuvo.net/arts/gallery/haiti-benefit-earth-house



It was an evening to remember.
Paz Y Amor

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I am excited to tell you about an upcoming show.

Las Comadres present: Proyecto: corazon/ project: heart

Friday, February 12 (the Friday before ValentinesDay), students will be
participating in a show along local artists. This will take place
from 5-9 pm at Earth House Collective located on 237 East Street in downtown Indianapolis. There is a 3 $ suggested donation and a canned food drive happening. 100% of the door and a portion of art sales will be used to fund work done by our Key Seniors as they work with Haitian refugees in a batey (refugee camp) in the Dominican Republic.

Primarily, students from the Key Learning Community will be showing
works created in response to the theme of love. K-12 students have
created work in response to this compelling theme, showing the broad
dimension of this human condition from a variety of perspectives.

In addition, students from Center for Inquiry will be selling buttons to
help Haitian Refugees, and students from The Children’s House
(a Montessori school) will be showing a beautiful series of handmade
papersculpture. This is a great collaboration with Indianapolis' best
schools.

Artists include:
Andy Short,
Vanessa Monfreda,
Sara Pugh,
Sarah Zeta Zuckerman,
Keith Monfreda,
Know No Stranger,
Albert Beller,
Darrell L.Anderson,
Geoff Davis,
Annette Vazquez-Perales .

Work featured will be soft sculpture, stop motion animation films, paper
sculpture, tons of heart piñatas, a giant octopus, singing puppets,
painting and more. There will also be a piñata bash!

We will also have a DJ, and Earth House Collective has a delicious restaurant, so come and make a night of it. If your appetite has been stirred, please
stay at Earth House, as their weekly poetry reading “Free Speaker” will
be sponsored by the NAACP! This will be a memorable night.
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