Success by Working Together
March 18, 2013
Inspirational Art, Polymer community news
My apologies for this being late today. Travel plans were a little more hectic than expected, but I am safely back in Colorado after a most energizing week. Now that the majority of the fun is over, the hard work is about to start. I’ll be going through all my notes and recordings soon, putting together a picture of what Synergy was about. There were numerous important discussions, but they were only discussion – taking action is the important step and we’ll be doing our part here at The Polymer Arts to ensure, in whatever way we can, that discussions continue and the material we love is raised to higher ground.
We did have two extremely successful fundraising efforts at the show. The primary one was for the IPCA, and a good number of well-known artists donated to the auctions. This beautiful piece was donated by Julie Picarello who was not able to attend but sent this to be auctioned to help raise funds for the IPCA’s efforts.
The IPCA auctions broke records, which is fantastic considering all of the whispering about big plans for the IPCA. On top of this generosity, individuals and the IPCA itself, as well as Ron LeHockey (each putting in $1,000; and Ron was matching funds … not the first time he’s done that!) pitched in to help raise the rest of the money needed for the Samunnat project. Not only did the group manage to meet the project’s goal, but it was actually surpassed by nearly $2,00o. Now, the women in Nepal who benefit from this can get the building they need, as well as furniture and other things that will make their lives and efforts easier and more impactful.
We’ll get out a bit more news this week along with some pretties but right now, I need to catch up on some sleep. Until then …
My apologies for this being late today. Travel plans were a little more hectic than expected, but I am safely back in Colorado after a most energizing week. Now that the majority of the fun is over, the hard work is about to start. I’ll be going through all my notes and recordings soon, putting together a picture of what Synergy was about. There were numerous important discussions, but they were only discussion – taking action is the important step and we’ll be doing our part here at The Polymer Arts to ensure, in whatever way we can, that discussions continue and the material we love is raised to higher ground.
We did have two extremely successful fundraising efforts at the show. The primary one was for the IPCA, and a good number of well-known artists donated to the auctions. This beautiful piece was donated by Julie Picarello who was not able to attend but sent this to be auctioned to help raise funds for the IPCA’s efforts.
The IPCA auctions broke records, which is fantastic considering all of the whispering about big plans for the IPCA. On top of this generosity, individuals and the IPCA itself, as well as Ron LeHockey (each putting in $1,000; and Ron was matching funds … not the first time he’s done that!) pitched in to help raise the rest of the money needed for the Samunnat project. Not only did the group manage to meet the project’s goal, but it was actually surpassed by nearly $2,00o. Now, the women in Nepal who benefit from this can get the building they need, as well as furniture and other things that will make their lives and efforts easier and more impactful.
We’ll get out a bit more news this week along with some pretties but right now, I need to catch up on some sleep. Until then …
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