What’s New at
The Scrap Exchange
548 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
phone 919-688-6960 fax 919-688-2792
www.scrapexchange.org
Store Hours
MTWF 11-5, Thu. 11-6, Sat. 10-5, Sun. 12-5
June/July 2009
a monthly e-newsletter
Greetings ~
I went to the train station earlier
this week to see off my friend Cookie
Harris, who was heading back home to New York
City. She’d been down for a few
days to visit her momma, who is originally from Durham and now lives in Wake
Forest.
Cookie’s departure from Durham (rather
than Raleigh or Wake Forest) was not random—Cookie
wants to move to Durham, and she wants
her momma back in Durham.
While
we waited for the train, Cookie’s mother, who is 80 now, told me about
the “good
old days” here in Durham, haunting
dance halls with her girlfriends in the Hayti/Fayetteville Street neighborhood, how
she worked for the Durham Housing Authority and NCCU as a switchboard operator
by day and as a singer by night.
It was fascinating
to be a visitor in my own home, as I
listened to Momma Harris talk about her
past experiences and her desire to continue to work and be part of a community.
We talked about what it might be like if
she lived in Durham again, how we could get her into the downtown
neighborhood with the new
Amtrak station opening
next
week, new bus station across
the street, Warehouse
Blues series at West Village and free
music at Brightleaf and American Tobacco through the summer,
the Performing
Arts Center, the Durham Farmers’ Market and Crafters’
Market, Durham
Central Park, great
restaurants and galleries, the Senior Center and public
library, to name just
a few of the resources she could tap into.
I saw the same
spark in her eyes as
when she talked about the good old days in Durham. And I see
it in others too. As art therapist and Durham Art Star Martha Dyer said to
me last week, “We
are truly at a great moment in time here in Durham.”
There is a creative river flowing through
this town right now, because of the amazing individuals that make up our community.
So many people are making magic
in so many ways—through music,
art, gardens, poetry, philanthropy, food, neighborhoods, events, festivals,
volunteerism, activism, and on and on.
I’ve noticed it and you might have too—and
we think the New York
Times might
have picked up on it as well. There’s going to
be an article in the Sunday New York Times Travel section on June 14 about
our area, including information about us truly, The
Scrap Exchange. (The reporter came in a few weeks ago for a
visit and loved the store.)
We can’t wait to see how it turns out!
In the words of Beaver Queen Pageant emcee John
Parton to one of the contestants on Saturday,
“Thank you for all of your gifts.”
Ann May Woodward
Executive Director
The Scrap Exchange
P.S. ~ The May
Swap was awesome! Thank you
to all who attended, brought clothing, took clothing, supported the event,
volunteered,
donated food, money, time
and talents! See below for a list of some of those we want to thank. I
hope
to
see
you
all again at the Raleigh Swap in September....
P.P.S. ~ Be sure to check out the Gallery section
below for info on next month’s Friends
and Family Show. Here’s
your chance to sell some art!
Store News
Here are some fresh items just in...
1. Body Shop gift bags ~ purple and green flowers with purple tissue paper and ribbbon ~ only $1.25
2. NEW Wayne Webb metal sculptures ~ birds, dragons, mosquitos...
3. Paper collage bags ~ check out our custom-made
goodie bags ~ $3 per bag
4. Fancy vintage tiles ~ speckled blue and white ~ 50 cents each
5. Bright red and orange cones ~ from P&A Industrial Fabrication in
Roxboro
6. NEW in the Artists’ Marketplace... Beautiful
new talisman pendants ~
made with real Macaw feathers, beads, and more!
7. White fuzzy paint-roller material ~ large panels for $2.00 ~ from P&A
in Roxboro
8. Tons!!! of matte board ~ perfect for your Friends and Family
Show art
piece! (see the In the Gallery section for details)
9. NEW in the Artists’ Marketplace... Magic
Fabric Wands by local artist Pat
Shiebel ~ looking for inspiration to get you through that creative
block? We’ve
got just the thing...
10. Tea Saucers ~ from Counter Culture Coffee ~ 50 cents each
Up-to-the-Minute Updates
You can get the latest Scrap Exchange stories and news at our blog, thescrapexchange.blogspot.com,
and if you really can’t enough of us, we’re contributing to the
world’s
information
overload through Twitter. Sign up at twitter.com,
user
name scrapexchange.
Check Out the Pix!
Have y’all seen the great photos of our store posted on the photo sharing site Flickr? If
you search for “scrap exchange,” you’ll find a bunch of cool stuff, including a great collection of shots of the store and the warehouse posted by our collections coordinator Daniel Bagnall. Thanks, Daniel! Check it out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/9536600@N08/
We’ve also had some nice PR from some other folks around the web. It's taken us a while to get this link up but here is a fun video with a little intro to our store and interview with Ann Woodward from local blogger and NBC17 reporter Ginny Skalski.
Outreach Events
Do you need a fun, hands-on activity for your upcoming fair, festival, company or school event, conference, or party? Call
The Scrap Exchange’s “Events by the Truckload” program! We provide a vanload of fascinating materials and trained staff who set everything up, help facilitate the creativity, and clean it all up afterwards. There’s nothing else like it.
Here’s a look at where we’ll be...
6/17 Quality Education Institute, 9 - 11:30, Durham
6/20 Durham Library Summer Reading Kick-Off, 10 - 1:30, Durham open
to the public!
6/20 WUNC Festival, 1 - 3, Durham
6/26 APS of Durham Summer Camp, 10 - 11:30, Durham
6/27 Crafters Market Community Parade, 10 - 11, Durham open
to the public!
7/4 Tons of Fun/Carrboro 4th of July, 11 - 3, Carrboro open to the public!
7/4 Durham Fourth of July Parade, 9 - 10:45, Durham open to the public!
7/9 Hope Valley Camp, 12 - 2:30, Durham
7/11 ADF Community Day, 1 - 4:30, Durham open
to
the public!
If you’d like to book an event or get more information, call Rowan Martell at 919-682-2751 (program office number) or email her at .
FYI: The events coordinator position is partially funded by a Non-City Agency grant from the City of Durham. Thank you City of Durham!
In the Green Gallery
The Scrap Exchange has an art gallery dedicated to showcasing artists who are using repurposed materials in their work. Gallery openings feature beverages and snacks and free art-making in our open studio room. Openings are held on the third Friday of the month, from 6 to 9pm, in
conjunction with Downtown Durham’s Third Friday gallery walk events.
This Month’s Show
Jim Kellough and Paul Dean: LOOSE DIAMONDS & W O S
June 19 - July 11
Opening
reception June 19 from 6-9pm .... it's going to be off the hook!
Friday’s reception will feature Free
LOCOPOPS! Thank you,
Locopops for your support!!!
Next Month’s Show
Friends and Family Show
July 14 - August 18
Call
for artists!... Friends and Family ~ that means YOU ~ we would like to show
off what people are making with reclaimed, reused, and reusable materials.
We will have an open hanging from Tuesday, July 14 to
Friday, July 17 during store hours. All work must be for sale.
Artists’ reception on third Friday, July 17 from 6 to 9pm.
More Scrap
Exchange Events
Coming later this summer...
Outer Galactic Costume Creation
Workshop to be held Saturday, August
8 from 3 to 4:30 in our Make-N-Take room, in celebration of the Durham
Art Guild show featuring a touring exhibit of Sun Ra ephemera, Pathways
to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's
Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-68.
Jim Kellough is helping plan a free-form,
pre-exhibit Spectacle which will include a sidewalk procession from Durham Central Park to the
Durham
Art Council building on Saturday, August 8 beginning at 4:30pm.
This procession
will feature Sun Ra-inspired costumes and music and
will meander throughout downtown,
ending
at
the Durham Arts Council where there will
be a combination of film and music within the empty DAG gallery space.
For more information, contact Jennifer Collins-Mancour, Director, Durham
Art Guild at 919-560-2713 or by email at artguild1@yahoo.com. www.durhamartguild.org
Swap-O-Rama
Rama Thank You’s!
Many, many thanks to
all who gave and participated in the May Swap-O-Rama Rama at
the Durham Armory!
Thanks to the Durham Arts Council for
providing funding to help support this project, through gifts to the Durham
Arts CouncilÕs Annual Arts Fund, and support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that "a
great nation deserves art."
Thanks also to our many other sponsors and supporters...
Singer sewing machines, Piedmont
Restaurant, Bread & Butter Screenprinting,
Martell Designs (awesome poster!), Durham Whole Foods,
Bull City Fiber Loft, Little Jimmy,
DJ Piddipat, See
Saw Studio, Anne Evans and her amazing clothing and models.
Also a great biggie
thanks to Anne Gregory, chairperson and fabu board member, staff
members Rowan Martell and Maria
Britton, and
Wendy Tremayne, Swap-O Rama Rama guru! As well as volunteers and staff, including
Candace Thomas, Rebecca Currie, Craig Finnegan, Sara (no h), Molloy
Rogers, Bryant Holsenbeck, Barbara Beechwood, Julie Currier, Ruth Warren!
Loved what you made... Thank you thank you
thank you!!!!
Swap-O-Rama Rama,
Round 2!
September 5, 11am to 4pm
in the Zanzibar Room, Marbles Kids Museum
For all you folks in Raleigh who haven't been able to make it over to a Swap,
we're bringing the Swap to you! More details to come as the date nears...
Socially Responsible Investing Seminar at The
Scrap Exchange
August 5, 6-8 pm
Do good, while making money.
This seminar
focuses on the ways and types of socially responsible
investing, as well as how investing responsibly leads to the ability for
you to do good. There is no charge for the seminar, but please RSVP and
let us know if you are planning to attend.
Seminar offered by David Hellinger,
CRPC® ,
Financial Advisor,
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, Ameriprise Financial Services,
Inc., 5511 Capital Center Drive, Suite 100 | Raleigh, NC 27606,
Office: 919.851.1011 | Fax: 919.851.4001,
Direct: 919.227.3177 | david.j.hellinger [AT] ampf [DOT] com ameriprise.com
Yoga in the Park
Now in its 6th year!
in Durham Central Park, on the hill above the Farmer’s Market
Come enjoy free yoga for the people, by the people!
Join us in a beautiful outdoor setting...
Learn more about the ancient tradition of yoga...
Explore flexibility, balance, and strength...
Create a practice of inner peace...
Help create a sustainable, healthy
community.
when: Saturday mornings, May 23 through September 5, 9 - 10:30ish
where: above the hill from the Durham Farmer's Market pavilion, across
Roney Street and under the trees (same spot as the past five years).
who: this class is taught by local teachers, volunteering their time.
This means you'll have a different yoga experience each week!
Questions? Contact Jewel Wheeler: , 660-6535,
493-5220
Are you a yoga teacher? If you are interested in leading a session or two please email
please bring: a towel or blanket and some water to drink
sponsored by: The Scrap Exchange, stone circles, the Resource
Center for Women in Ministry in the South (RCWMS), and Durham Central Park, Inc., with space donated by Measurement, Inc.
Classes at The Scrap Exchange
Would you like to teach a class here?
Are you an artist or crafter making things in the Durham/Raleigh/Chapel Hill area? Would you like the opportunity to share your skills with others?
The Scrap Exchange is currently accepting applications
for instructors for
our spring series of Artist's Classes. We offer a variety of
single-day or multi-part classes led by local artists in their field of expertise.
All classes are held at 548 Foster Street in downtown Durham and must incorporate reused or reclaimed materials, or promote waste reduction or materials reuse.
Past classes have included bottle cap jewelry making, screen printing, fabric postcards, and creating mixed media totems and altars, to name just a few.
For more information, call Rowan Martell at
919-682-2751 (program
office number) or email her at email her at .
Open Studio at
The Scrap Exchange
Did you know you can visit our
Make & Take room and participate in self-directed creative arts
projects? The cost is $5 per participant and you can make
whatever you want out of the materials in the room, and take
home whatever you make!
Please note that because of the increasing difficulties
we've been having scheduling the room, open studio participants must
now call ahead to check on availability and schedule a time to come
in. Our apologies
for any inconvenience this causes.
Support The Scrap
Exchange with GoodSearch and GoodShop
Would you make one extra
click to help The Scrap Exchange?
More than 700 name-brand
stores are now participating in GoodShop.com—including
iTunes, Amazon.com, Expedia, and Best Buy, to name but a few—and will
donate to up to 30% of each purchase to the charity
or school that you select. The next time you buy a new pair of shoes,
book, computer, birthday present, flowers, plane ticket or just about
anything else, go to www.GoodShop.com and
then click over to your favorite store.
Yes, it’s that easy!
Just one extra click can change the world. Who will you
GoodShop for?
And don’t forget to use www.goodsearch.com the
next time you search the Internet. This Yahoo-powered search engine
donates about a penny per search to The Scrap Exchange when you register
us as your charity of choice!
Community Partners
The Scrap Exchange partners with a variety of individuals and organizations who work with us to promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse. Here is some information and links for a few of them.
The Scene of the Crime Rovers
Check out our favorite marching band on their MySpace page
www.myspace.com/sceneofthecrimerovers
And here are some photos from a collaboration between the SOC Rovers and Paperhand Puppet Intervention.
