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public art on the side of a building
Taos Pueblo
Bandelier National Monument
The word on the street in Santa Fe is that 60% of the population makes a living on the arts. This did not come as a surprise to us as we hopped from gallery to gallery, enjoying many great public art installations along the way. We also enjoyed the museums, especially the Georgia O’Keefe museum.
We took a couple day trips, not far from Santa Fe. The first was Taos. Here we got to see the famous Taos Pueblo, parts of which were built about 1000 years ago. The Pueblo is adobe (a mixture of straw, soil and water). The second trip was to Bandelier National Monument, which offered a wonderful lesson in how ancestral people lived. We were able to see their homes, built into the steep rock faces of the Frijoles Canyon.
We had a wonderful experience in Santa Fe and the surrounding area. We enjoyed great art and architecture, culture and food. A “must” visit in the US!
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Tracy, one of the partners of seed Interiors started an organization called The ReUse Market about 4 years ago. The focus: to take all of those materials that we would throw away (fabric, tile, wood, wallcovering, etc) and redistribute to artists, crafters and other creative individuals. Now in downtown Nampa, The ReUse Market has become a major resource for teachers, daycare owners, art parents and many others. We collect donations from businesses and individuals who have anything that could be repurposed into a art or craft project. The ReUse Market is a 501 c 3. You can find more information at www.reusemarket.org.
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Haiti needed our help long before their southwest shore was rocked by the devastating earthquake last Tuesday.
Haitians now need our help like never before.
15 years ago, some past clients of ours founded an organization in Haiti called Mercy and Sharing. They have built and run 2 orphanages, 3 schools, a clinic and an abandoned baby unit. If you are looking for a place to donate, this is one great option.
http://www.haitichildren.com/
If you “Facebook” you can find them there, by searching for “The Mercy and Sharing Foundation”
posted by
tracy on 2010.01.06, under
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I thought this collection of photography from The New York Times was well worth sharing… and well worth your 10 minutes of viewing.
It is a great review of 2009, and an important reminder of the events that took place around the world.
You can view them here, at The New York Times website.
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