Music To Save The Arkansas River

March 5th, 2008 admin

A few months ago we talked about Gabrielle Louise’s mission to get touring musicians to use biodiesel fuels while on the road. Now I am here to talk about her efforts to raise awareness about the Arkansas River.

What is going on with the Arkansas River you ask? According to the web site Save The Arkansas River, "The Lake County Commissioners declared an emergency on Feb. 13, 2008. The reason for this declaration was a build-up of underground water on the east side of Leadville. This water build-up has been rising steadily for years. Because of certain conditions, including the heavy snowpack this year, this action was taken to help protect the area, its residents and visitors." The problem is much larger than that paragraph can cover. Go to www.savethearkansasriver.org to get all the details.

Back to Gabrielle. She has written a song to help get the word out on the issues surrounding this environmental crisis. And she is offering the download for free on her web site. (Find it here.) And if your interested you can sign a petition to the powers that be here.

And in even more Gabby news she has also recorded a song for Willie Nelson’s Peace Research Institute. Read about that right here. Being noticed by the Red Headed Stranger can’t be a bad thing. Good job Gabby.

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Roundhouse Gallery 2 Woman Art Show

January 27th, 2008 admin

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Musician’s Biodiesel Network

January 9th, 2008 admin

Gabrielle Louise is a singer song-writer from Colorado who tours a lot. She realized all that driving she does takes a toll on our planet. So Gabby decided to switch to Biodiesel. She is even going further and looking for other touring musicians to do the same. That is why she created the Musician’s Biodiesel Network. (Willie Nelson would be proud.)

Here is a video she has created introducing the idea:

Gabby will be in Fort Collins to play a show this Friday night, the 11th at Everyday Joe’s Coffee House.

Click here to check out Gabrielle’s brand new website.

Click here to read the ZAF622 interview with Gabrielle from the summer of 2006.

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Culture Art History Science

December 6th, 2007 admin

“Creativity is an essential part of everyone’s humanity and needs to be cultivated.” The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida

That quote was taken from the website of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District. This is also taken from the site: Fort Collins and Loveland are exploring a cooperative venture to create an SCFD in northern Colorado based on Denver’s successful program. The SCFD would provide a consistent source of funding to a wide and diverse group of cultural, art and scientific organizations in our communities.

And based on that website this sounds like a project that is in the very beginning stages. At first look it seems like a good thing. Art funding in this part of the country is pretty hard to come by. So if the SCFD can generate some that would be great. Maybe it could fund a Fort Collins Art Festival?

Click here to check out the SCFD website.

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Brad Pitt Helps Create A Solution For New Orleans

December 3rd, 2007 admin

The New York Times published an article on Brad Pitt’s efforts to help the people of New Orleans get back into houses. After all “They’re coming up on their third Christmas.” Good point Brad. But instead of complaining about the lack of recovery happening he teamed up with leading designers and architects to create affordable, green, clever housing. It is nice to see so many creative minds come together on something that should have been solved at least 2 years ago.

Read the New York Times article by clicking here.

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Amelia Caruso Painting Action

December 2nd, 2007 admin

The above painting entitled “Waves” is 48″ by 48″ and up for auction. It was painted by Fort Collins artist Amelia Caruso. Amelia is currently undergoing cancer treatment. The auction is to help raise funds to help cover her medical bills.

The auction ends 4PM, Saturday December 8th, at the Bellvue Store. You can show up and bid that day or you can email your bid to kerrie.hilgefort@gmail.com. The painting’s retail price is $3460.00, bids as I write this are at $2550.00.

You can also click here to read a bit more about Amelia’s battle as well as donate directly.

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Create For A Cause

November 19th, 2007 admin

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Amelia Caruso Could Use A Little Help

November 7th, 2007 admin

Amelia Caruso is a beacon in our community, supporting and encouraging new and established artists and building our art community in Fort Collins for years. She has given so much, and now she is in need of a bit of help battling uterine cancer. 

Pay if forward for Amelia Caruso a Benefit and Silent Auction, an
artists’ benevolent event to offset medical expenses.  Nov 9th 7:00pm to
10:00pm at the Bellvue Store 5032 W Cty Rd 52E.  Door prizes, silent
auction, kissing booth, cake walk, food and fun.

Silent auction art has been donated by the following artists:
Bob Coonts, Laurie Fowler, Shelly Hearne, Cole Thompson, Sibyl Stork,
Marcie Silverstein, Jeanie McKensie, Lisa Cameron, Diane Findley, Chris
Wolf, Dre Williams, Leonard Pettus, Laua Kadlec, Don Vogel, Amber
Lovelace, Bev Perina, Jan Brett, Robert Howard, Lynn Fecteau, Mark
Howard, Mickey Bookstaber, Maggie Kunzie and more daily.

Many local business have donated as well:
Hixon Interiors, Maya Bleu, Pudge Brothers Pizza, Fiona’s Catering,
Grease Money, Johnson’s Corner, Big O Tires, Journey magazine, Europa,
EsScentual, Coopersmiths and Toolbox Creative.

For more information call Bev Perina 556-0887 or Janet Scott
690-5507.

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A simple Way To Make A Difference

September 23rd, 2007 admin

I got this email from Lorri Acott Fowler and I thought I would share it with you all:

Hey everybody this is an EASY way to make a difference for someone. Please pass
onto at least 5 people, and there will be lots of us making a little bit of a
difference for a whole lot of women.

In November Nan, Lorri, and Ronda are going to Zimbabwe to plan taking the Women
with Wings Project to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and other countries in Africa. We
were contacted by Rev Mwanza and others that have a mission to empower the
women in Africa. We want to lift them up, inspire them, and restore their
dignity. We’re so excited to be able to participate in this mission with them.
The website telling about this project is www.womenwithwingsproject.org

You Can Participate!!

We are gathering small gifts from you that we can give to the women that we
meet. We would like you to attach a slip of paper with a few sentences about
why that item is meaningful to you, and what you hope for her to receive in
getting that gift. Can you imagine the power of a gift that represents the
courage of your grandmother, the love of your children, the strength of your
father? That’s what we want to give them from you. Some examples of gifts and
notes are here: http://www.womenwithwings.citymax.com/page/page/5000956.htm

We will collect their reactions and responses, their stories, and photographs
of the entire trip to bring back to the US. We hope to bring back molds of the
items that you gave them pressed into the clay overlaped and intertwined with
the items that represent their lives..a visual reminder of how we are all
connected.

Please forward this to anyone that you think wants to touch the heart and
uplift
the spirit of a woman in Africa!!

Here is how to participate:

1. Mail us your small objects By Nov 1 (remember, we only are allowed 50 lbs per
bag) along witha short note attached giving some symbolic meaning that item.
Notes should be on lightweight paper (not cardstock).

Lorri Fowler 1602 Charleston Way, Ft Collins, CO 80526

You can learn about an uplifting community art project at
www.womenwithwingsproject.org
You can see my sculpture at www.lorriacottfowler.com

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The Real Thing

August 10th, 2007 admin

Did you know there are places in the world were people can not get clean drinking water because the demand at the near by Coca-Cola bottling plant is too high?

Neither did I until I came across this sculpture by Helmut Smits.

It is called The Real Thing and it is a machine that turns Coca-Cola into clean drinking water. Which of course is the real thing.

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