december 20 & 21 rebekah's art for sale - boulder solstice arts at boulder public library

come to the sale at the boulder public library main branch from noon-4pm on either saturday, december 20 or sunday, december 21 for a fabulous art exhibit and sale. i've seen the art and exhibit; it's gorgeous and exciting to be part of.

what am i selling? 50 delightful canvas bags for $35 each - we have tough economic times but we still need art! these are large tote bags with the above fun image, in a signed, limited edition of 250; I'll have 50 for sale. please come and buy gifts, my art or others'! if you check out the exhibit in advance, i have filled one of my bags with flowers and framed it. it's on the wall straight ahead as you walk in the main gallery doors. if you can't come to the sale, call me and i'll arrange for you to purchase a bag or two.

here's the postcard, and a view of the style of bag (mine has black sides and handles with the fun red/grey image above). the image started with a photograph of Mary Wohl Haan from Haan Dances that i shot, then later morphed through photoshop. the women at atlas thought this was the most artsy image for the bag and so it lives. may your gift giving and shopping be artful.
From Art to Life Canvas Bags
Limited Edition art bags by Rebekah West
I put my money where my mouth is...

Dear Editor,
“There’s a hole in the bucket, dear ‘Liza, dear ‘Liza, there’s a hole in the bucket, dear ‘Liza, a hole.”

I am but one citizen. To all who shop, sell, and to all who care about our environment.

At the cashier, transactions are made, bags are filled, bags are filled, bags are filled. At home, bags are trashed, bags are used, bags are trashed. Double bag, triple bag, don’t fill the bags. Boutique bags, non-recyclable bags. Drawers of bags, landfills of bags. Perfectly good bags. Bags cost money. Money in the bag. Bag in the trash. Money in the trash. Money in the bag. Money in the bag.

Can we create a new solution? Can we deliver a message? Can we say, “We use our resources to create resources? Our money is in our bags, we found our money in our trash, we found our resources in our trash, our money is back in our bags. We contain our money. Our money stays in the bucket. Our money stays in the bucket. Our bucket is full. Our bucket is full enough.

• Welcome! To those organizations and individuals in our environmentally concerned community with expertise in Green behavior, recycling, marketing, and engaging community to advise us on the real problems of recyclable containers and offer solutions we cannot yet imagine.

• Welcome! To our wonderful arts organizations, artists, and inventors who can stimulate the creation of artful container designs and solutions to put an element of beauty and aesthetic to the solution of this issue.

• Welcome! To our area’s manufacturers who can provide expertise in materials, fibers, construction, stitching and design.

• Welcome! To our much-appreciated independent and chain business owners, boutiques to gas stations who are our neighbors and who can lend their expertise in retail concerns to this conversation.

• Welcome! To the elders and youth of our community who have experience from different decades, passion, energy, and humor, resources waiting to be tapped.

• Welcome! New members of our community, from communities far away, English speaking or otherwise, to bring the experience and solutions of your cultures to this issue.

• Welcome! To our indigenous peoples who once practiced stewarding our land’s resources and can teach us how to live these principles.

• Welcome! To our community’s homeless population, who have experience with weather and longevity of material while carrying what they value.

Time to close the hole in the bag, time to close the hole in the bag, time to close the hole in the bag. And work together in the most creative, lively way. And work together in the most lively, creative way. Time to be lively. Lively. Act up. Act up. Act.

Small bag, large hole through which our resources drain. Small issue, large potential for creative social change. One voice, entire community acts. Exchange resources. Build resources. Enjoy resources. Gap. Opening. Choose.

--REBEKAH WEST (BASED ON THE QUASIDAH, ARABIC PRAISE POETRY, FORM)

Let art live in your daily life. Enjoy!