My sister is awesome and what she does is worth supporting
Suppose there were an island in New York, just a quick ferry trip ride from the city. And suppose that island used to be a military installation, but now is abandoned.
What would you do with all the space in these now-abandoned military homes?
The possibilities are endless, no?
The reality — because there is such a place, called Governors Island — is that these spaces are lent to 100 NYC artists: painters, photographers, sculptors, and more.
And then, during the month of September, the whole place becomes an amazing — and free to the public — art fair.
It’s a brilliant, wonderful use of the place, and it’s all run by a few volunteer/artist types.
Like my genius artist sister, Lori Nelson.
She, along with the other good folks at 4Heads.org, are running a Kickstarter to make ends meet. They’ve hit and passed their goal of $15,000, but they could use a little more help.
and since a lot of the incentives for helping fund the Kickstarter are artwork my genius sister created, I’m going to extra-strongly recommend you check out and fund the Kickstarter (which ends Sunday).
For $50, you can get a fine art print of her “Stupid Hair” painting, from the Cryptotween series:
Or the one I picked: “Overbite:”
Or you can get a t-shirt with this very weird squirrel on it:
How odd that this very strange-looking squirrel obscured some of the text. I wonder what it says? I guess we’ll never know.
Oh, here’s my niece, modeling said t-shirt:
She probably makes it look better than you will. Don’t feel bad about that, though.
One last time, click here to go to the Kickstarter.
And have a great weekend.
Comment by Cyclingjimbo | 10.3.2014 | 9:10 am
Does the art show extend into October? If not, I wish I had known about this a few weeks ago.
Cool T shirt, and your are right that your niece makes it look much better than most of us could ever think about.
I will check out the Kickstarter site. It is a clever approach for fundraising for projects that might otherwise fly under the radar.
Comment by New Zealand Ev | 10.3.2014 | 10:40 am
Governors Island. Oh the memories I have from there as I was there in the early 80’s when I was in the Coast Guard for electronics technician training. Such a long time ago. . .
Comment by Lori | 10.4.2014 | 6:08 am
Thanks Elden,
We did it! Your community was a help and my community appreciates it.
Now, I should let you bikey people know: Govs is a great place for cycling! No cars.
And also? There’s a truck that sometimes magically appears on the island where they serve grilled cheese with ham, all soaking in maple syrup.
And there is art.
Comment by Papa Bear | 10.5.2014 | 12:56 pm
Happy Halloween Fatty and Hammer!
Comment by Papa Bear | 10.5.2014 | 12:57 pm
Sorry about the huge picture, I don’t know how to down-size it for you.