Make Art Local Tour Coming in September!
Sign up now! Space is limited!
Local First Indiana is presenting an Art Tour, a day-long tour, visiting 3 Bloomington businesses, where you will create your own work of art.
The tour starts at Twisted Limb Paperworks, where participants will learn how to make paper. After a quick stop for lunch at The Owlery, a new, very tasty vegetarian restaurant, we’ll head over to Collective Press, where participants will print their own images onto the homemade paper. (Participants should bring their own images to use for cutting their own block. If they don’t like how it turns out, pre-cut blocks will be on hand to choose from.) After printing, participants will walk a short block and a half to Reframe to choose a frame and put it together. Your art will be ready for the wall by the time you get home! This particular piece of art will be infused with your own experience of making it and with the three remarkable business owners who will walk you through the process. A Tour leader from Local First Indiana will also be there to help guide participants from one business to the next.
This tour will be a walking tour, so participants should be prepared with good walking shoes and ready for the weather. All the businesses are located either on the B-Line or near the B-Line, so the walking should be pretty easy.
**Note: This tour must sell at least 8 tickets by September 3 in order to run the tour. If we don’t reach 8 participants, we will notify you and issue refunds.
- Date: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, please sign up by Sept. 3.
- Time: 10am-6pm
- Cost: $190, includes lunch from The Owlery.
- Tickets: www.makeartlocaltour.eventbrite.com or by emailing una@localfirstindiana.org to arrange payment by check. Payment is due by September 3.
- Bring: Your own image to transfer to the relief block (similar to a linoleum block.) We will send more info about this to folks who sign up. There will be some cut plates that the students can print, but we would like for everyone to cut their own block. Collective Press will help participants transfer their images onto the plates and help them carve. If participants don’t like how it turns out, there will be pre-cut images to choose from. No experience necessary! The experts at Collective Press will guide you through this fun process.
Information about the businesses:
- Twisted Limb Paperworks: Twisted Limb creates 100% recycled handmade paper, stationery and invitations for personal and business celebrations, with a focus on exceptional customer service and sustainable business practices. 22% of profits are donated to environmental and community groups.
- Collective Press: A collective print shop in Bloomington, Indiana working toward non-profit status. Collective Press is an inclusive group of artists that works to provide access, education and encouragement to all people interested in printmaking. Collective Press provides low-cost workshops, instruction, equipment and a supportive environment to the general public.
- Reframe: Reframe is a custom picture framing company that specializes in environmentally-friendly materials and conservation practices.
- The Owlery: Located in Bloomington’s historic Near West Side neighborhood, The Owlery offers high quality, vegetarian food at affordable prices. The Owlery, works to find responsible sources for their ingredients and ethical ways of doing business.
