If you live in Tacoma / Pierce County, consider supporting Fab-5, a non-profit group that offers music, art, dance and other active creative expressions for urban youth.
[Fab-5’s] main outcomes are cultivating communities where youth from diverse backgrounds can gather, collaborate, learn and share ideas.
Twelve years in the community…serving 250 kids directly and thousands youth and families through community events…positive art, mentoring, music and a place to hang out. Watch the video and see how fun and life-changing a group like Fab-5 can be!
I stopped by last week while visiting Fulcrum Gallery. Kenji Stoll and an enthusiastic “assistant” took me on a tour. They need a few dozen of us to give $20 a month to pay rent on this amazing location (initiated through the Spaceworks program). For the cost of just five caramel macchiatos a month, you can invest in a creative center for kids!
Interesting example of conceptual poetry (and nice use of urban storefront space). It’s self-explanatory and a creative piece of art and poetry.
“This text and the one beside it are equal.” Lessons from this collaborative work by artist Micah Lexier and poet Christian Bok:
via Font Bureau’s Twitter by way of Booooooom, using a photo by Jacklyn Atlas.
- Composing can often be rearranging.
- Everything is material.
- Wastelessness is elegance.
- It’s more fun to do it with friends.
Hi, it's me, Maria Gudaitis--a writer & designer in the Pacific NW. I blog about art & architecture, poetry, water, justification by grace, music, servanthood, Asian food, film and Tacoma. I guess you could say I'm extraordinarily fond of good and noble people and things. More background info 