Now is the Time

A friend of our space sent this to me months ago and I remembered it this morning thinking how beautiful it is. She shared quoting it from the book, Now is the Time:

Now is the time to support an artist.
They bring beauty into our world.
They look at things differently.
They allow us to see ourselves differently.
They inspire us to be more creative.
Yet very few of them make good livings.
They enhance our lives and deserve encouragement.
Look for those who move you.
Support them where you can.

Blossoming at the Botanic Gardens

The Denver Botanic Gardens has a one word "tagline", so you can imagine the pressure on the marketing department to make that one word good.

The word?

Flourish.

Blossoming is a member of the Gardens. It's an obvious relationship.

We'll be hosting a Blossoming at the Botanic Gardens event this Spring in honor + celebration of all the woman to woman relationships that help us flourish. We'll keep you posted with the date + details. Please consider joining us.

http://www.botanicgardens.org

Monkey Mind Design New Products + Sale!

Monkey Mind Design has created the most adorable Valentine's Day cards - check them out at Blossoming. Also, calendars are 1/2 off - $9. - with the his + hers set at $16. These would make fun birthday gifts for January birthdays!

New Letterpress Artist

colette is a sonoma area artist and all of her prints are made from a hand-cut plate with letters cut individually. the prints are pressed by hand [talk about hand-made]. this creates a few quirks: sometimes the plates are not perfectly square, the borders are (meant to be) rough, the ink coverage is different for every print.

sounds like the fabulous peculiarities of life, doesn't it?

the inked area is about 7x9, the paper is 9x12; we have signed, limited edition prints, unframed.

two of my favorites:
"may my heart (all ways) always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living"
-e.e. cummings

thanks is for giving [forgiving].

Creativity Course

Beginning the last Thursday in January and every month for 2010, we're hosting a Creativity Course that will enliven + expand how we engage our creativity.

Following the themes Julia Cameron outlines in her Artist's Way, we will use this and other creativity tools + exercises to explore.

Safety - January
Identity - February
Power - March
Integrity - April
Possibility - May
Abundance - June
Connection - July
Strength - August
Compassion - September
Self-Protection - October
Autonomy - November
Faith - December

For more information and/or to register, please call 720.226.5291 or email you.blossoming@gmail.com.

Co-Op Artists

We have two new co-op artists whose work we're thrilled to represent. One is Wanderlust Photography - gorgeous photos of Europe in frames that will make you swoon. The other is Robert Martinez who paints with a grace and passion evident in his work.

Writing

The experience of our writing workshops is transformative. The obvious is that writing is generated and transformed in writing workshops, yet the transformations take place on many other levels - creatively, emotionally, spiritually. Even as writers - who love words - how can we put words to the myriad benefits of engaging our creativity?

Fabulous Artist Robert Martinez!

We have the great, good fortune to have added a new co-op artist to our space - Robert Martinez. His work is found in some of the best galleries in Denver and we can now count ourselves among them. Come by and see his incredible talent yourself.