Arts and craft(iness)

arts |ärts|
noun
the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance : the visual arts | [in sing. ] the art of photography.

For those of you who follow us, you know how much we support music education.  Music is just one part of the arts and they are all interconnected in many ways.  Yesterday we came across this tweet from @ArtalaCartePDX:

It is a very sad day when someone steals $50 from a cash box of a small business trying to make a difference with children in our community!

Well, one thing led to another and we found this campaign to help Art ala Carte PDX relocate and achieve their dreams for the community: http://www.indiegogo.com/helpaacrelocate

So now for the craftiness!  In typical fashion we're offering up a 37 people challenge.  This may be our most interesting one yet ;-)

• If at least 10 people donate any amount (alliek323 counts as #1) we will write a blog post explaining what got us started as 37 people.
• In keeping with the spirit of art, for everyone who donates at least $37 we will send them a picture of an old portrait that a then very young member of 37 people drew of yours truly (and if you don't already know my first name, it's written on top of the portrait).
• And just for kicks, for everyone who donates at least $370 yours truly will meet them for a coffee at Eataly in Manhattan and tell them everything about 37 people...alas you'll have to make your own way there :-)

In all seriousness (not that this challenge isn't serious), please consider giving what you can to this wonderful organization.  Every dollar will help and there are only 6 days left before this campaign expires (as of October 13th).


craft-i-ness |ˈkraftēnəs|
noun
the quality of being crafty

craft-y |ˈkraftē|
adjective
clever at achieving one's aims by indirect methods

#savethearts