August/September 2010
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The Scrap Exchange
548 Foster
Street
Durham, NC 27701
Store Hours
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Mon
11-5 |
Tue
11-5 |
Wed
11-5 |
Thu
11-6 |
Fri
11-5 |
Sat
10-6
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Sun
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Greetings
from Our Director
Dear Friends,
Last month, I took a road trip with my father, travelling from
North Carolina to Michigan in a 1969 Ford Falcon Sport Coupe to attend
the national convention of the Falcon
Club of America. It was a heartwarming sight to see more than 300
Ford Falcons, Coupes, and Sprints, together in one place, restored to their
full glory.
While in Deroit, I took the opportunity to visit the
amazing Heidelberg
Project as well as the wonderful Henry
Ford Museum. And I went on a little busman’s holiday, taking
side trips to two of Michigan’s creative reuse centers: The Scrap Box in Ann Arbor and Art & Scraps on the east
side of Detroit.
I’ve been to only a few creative reuse centers in
my life—The Scrap Exchange (of course), Urban Ore in Berkeley, Materials for the Arts in New York City
(where I used to work), and now these two in Michigan—but one of my dreams is to visit all of them. There are only about 44 creative reuse centers in 13 states so that feels like a realistic goal.
While I work out the details of the Great American Reuse
Center Tour (anyone know a benefactor who might want to fund that trip?), I’m looking forward to getting together with industry folk at the ReuseConex, an upcoming conference organized by the Reuse Alliance. The conference will be
held October 18 – 20 at the North Raleigh Hilton and is shaping up to be quite an event. Check out the website
for complete details, and be sure to pass along the information to anyone you
think might be interested.
And I have to say that my visits to the reuse centers in
Michigan left me feeling pretty good about what we’ve been able to accomplish here at The Scrap Exchange. The biggest difference between what they have going on and what’s happening here? We have YOU!
We have an incredible community, with lots of artists and other creative and concious folks, both those who work here
and those who shop, sell, exhibit, and visit here, adding to the cultural juice and making things happen. We’re open seven days a week (both of the centers in Michigan had much more limited hours), we support folks in their efforts to buy local, and we have an Artist’s Marketplace and gallery showing some of the great work people around here are doing.
I could go on and on about all the great things here,
but instead I’ll invite you to come out and see for yourself.
This week is the opening of a not-to-be-missed gallery
show—Safe
Passage Guatemala: Fotografia desde la zona 3,
an exhibit of photographs taken by students at Safe Passage,
a
nonprofit that works to provide safe alternatives for children living
around and working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. The show will
present photographs taken by the children, along with jewelry made by some of the mothers involved with Safe Passage. Photos and jewelry will be for sale, with proceeds benefitting Safe Passage program participants. Please see the In the Gallery section for complete details.
So come on out to the opening on Friday, August 20, from 6 to 9pm and be sure to check out some of the other Third Friday events going on around town. As usual, we’ll have snacks and drinks, including PBR provided by our friends at Pabst Blue Ribbon, along with
art-making and the usual great stuff on display and for sale in our store.
Hope to see you
soon!
With love and gratitude,
Ann May Woodward
Executive Director
The Scrap Exchange
Store
News
Introducing
our Item of the Week!
We’ve added a new promotion to provide even more great savings to all of our loyal customers! We’re excited to introduce our Item of
the Week sales special. Each week, we’ll put one item
in
the store on sale at a big discount.
The Item of the Week
special begins every Monday and runs through the following
Sunday. We’ll announce our Item of the Week every Monday on
Facebook and Twitter, so be sure to follow us on one of these
social media networks!
Teachers can save up to 30% in
August!
| The Scrap Exchange was actually started by teachers and has been
supporting teachers with great classroom
and project materials ever since we opened 19 years ago. We are
continuing the tradition in August with Teacher Appreciation
Month!
During August, all teachers will receive 20% off their
retail purchases with a current teaching ID. Teachers who have
their ID and a current
Friends Membership will receive 30% off their purchases!
(Sorry, discounts do not apply to Artist Marketplace or Green Gallery
items.)
So teachers, grab your Teacher ID and head on out to The Scrap Exchange!
This promotion ends August 31.
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The
Scrap Exchange will be closed on Labor Day
The Scrap Exchange will be
closed on Monday, September 6 in observance
of Labor Day.
Here
are
some fresh items just in...
These are just a few of the fabulous items currently in stock at The Scrap
Exchange.
Durham
Folders
Red plastic folders
50 cents each |
Ceramic
Molds
Funky plaster molds
$1 - $3 each
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Carpet Sample
Boards
Rainbow of
samples
$1.50 each
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Sunbrella
Fabric
Ultra durable
1 yard cuts for $2
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1940-70s Vintage
Magazines
Great pics & articles
$2 - $6 each
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Mini Glass Beakers
100 ml
$1 each |
Large Wooden Dowels
Approx. 5 feet long
$3 each
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VXI Tuffset Headsets
Unbelievable value
$3 for new-in-box
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Back to School
Supplies
Almost
everything you need for school!
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Big Roll of Plain
Brown Stickers
Clean up old boxes for shipping- $5 each
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Up-to-the-Minute
News on the Web
Find out up-to-the-minute news and happenings from The Scrap Exchange
by
following us on the web! Whether you are a fan of Facebook, a
Twitter Tweeter, an avid blogger, or an Ebay shopper, we are there.
Facebook Fans ~
Join our Skill-Share Photo Challenge
We’ve started our monthly Skill Share Photo Challenge on
Facebook!
Beginning this month, our Facebook
friends can share pictures of items they’ve created with
scrap and
repurposed materials. Friends will be able to vote for the items
they like, and the photo with the most votes each month will receive a
prize! The contest will run monthly, with a different theme and
different winner each month. Complete details can be found on our Facebook
events web page.
The August contest is now open and the theme is CD cases.
New Short Documentary
Featuring The Scrap Exchange!
The support we receive from the community to help spread the word
about our mission is simply amazing!
Here’s a link to a short
documentary about The Scrap Exchange that was produced this summer through
the Center
for Documentary Studies at Duke
University. The film was created by students in the Summer 2010
Documentary Video Institute program.
We thank them for providing such a
vivid and colorful profile of The Scrap Exchange! And we
encourage you to view other documentaries produced by CDS
students, available at Duke
University on Demand.
Here’s the link to the documentary about us: CDS
Video Institute: 'Knickknack: A Story of Durham's Creative Reuse'
Outreach
Event News
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 the Scrap Exchange white vans will be...
| In
August |
Durham Partnership for
Children |
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Durham |
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| In
August |
Jaycee
Burn
Center Family Camp |
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Efland |
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| September
11 |
Bugfest
2010
NC Museum of Natural
Sciences |
9 am
- 6
pm |
Raleigh |
Open
to the public |
| In
September |
Northridge Elementary
School |
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Raleigh |
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September
18
September 19 |
SPARKcon |
11
am - 6 pm
11 am - 4 pm
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Raleigh |
Open
to the public
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| September
25 |
Morehead
Planetarium Science Celebration |
11
am - 4 pm
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Chapel
Hill
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Open
to the public |
| September
25 |
Brightleaf
Hoedown |
10
am - 2:30 pm |
Yanceyville |
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
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New
in the Green Gallery
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About Our Gallery
The Green Gallery
at the Scrap Exchange is
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 every month, from 6 to 9 pm, in
conjunction with Downtown Durham’s Third Friday gallery walk
events. The public is always welcome to attend our gallery
openings. If you can’t make it out to an opening on Third Friday,
then stop by any time our retail store is open. The Green Gallery
is always open (and always free!) any time the store is open. |
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Safe Passage
Guatemala: Fotografia desde la zona 3
August 20th - September 11th
Opening Reception: Friday August 20 from 6-9 pm
Safe Passage
Guatemala: Fotografia desde la zona 3,
an exhibit of photographs taken by students at Safe Passage, will open
at The Scrap Exchange on Friday, August 20. Safe Passage is a
nonprofit organization working to provide a safe alternative for
children living around and working in the Guatemala City garbage
dump. Eight Guatemalan students have been learning basic
photography techniques and have taken pictures of many vivid aspects in
and around their lives. The photographs will be for sale, and
proceeds will benefit the Safe Passage photography club so
they can continue taking pictures! The exhibit will also
feature wonderful handmade jewelry fabricated by a group of mothers
from Safe Passage. The recycled paper jewelry is for sale and
proceeds benefit the mothers, who are part of the Adult Literacy
Program.
The Scrap Exchange/Safe Passage exhibit grew out of a trip to Guatemala
by Durham artists Bryant Holsenbeck, Julia Gartrell and Bonnie Wright
who taught a Scrap Exchange-style art workshop there earlier in the
summer. They worked closely with Safe
Passage Art Program Director (and Durhamite) Carlyn Wright-Eakes, who
has worked tirelessly to bring art to the children.
The opening reception will be held on Friday August 20 from 6 to 9 pm.
The opening will include beverages, snacks and free
art-making in our Make and Take room.
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Next
Month’s Show
Meditations
by Candace
Thomas and Friends
September 17 - October 9
Artist Candace Thomas and friends will explore meditation through
sewing machine, cloth, fiber, and other muses. An
opening reception will be held on September 17 from 6 to 9 pm
with beverages, snacks and free art-making.
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More
Scrap Exchange Events
Summer
Fundraiser!
DIY Screenprinting and Iron-On Party
August 29 from 6 pm to 9 pm at The Scrap Exchange
$10 per participant
Come to the Scrap Exchange and make some retro t-shirts using a hot
press and screen prints! We recently received a very generous
donation from the Lee Family consisting of a hot press machine and hundreds of vintage hot press decals.
Artist Nicole Hogan will be hosting this event where
participants can use the hot press transfer machine to
make their own t-shirts (or totes, or clothing, or quilt squares or
whatever is desired). We will also have a few silk screen
stations set up where you can screen print Scrap Exchange designs that
we have created over the years.
Your $10 fee will allow you
to pick out three vintage transfer decals and three silk screen
prints. Bring your own shirts, tote bags,
or other material to transfer or print on.
To
register, please contact events coordinator Rowan Martell
at 919-682-2751 or by email at .
A Community
Portrait of Durham
A Community Portrait of Durham is a collaboration that seeks to
transform dialogue into visual art using creative reuse. This
weekend event in October will be a neighborhood art party and will
benefit The Scrap Exchange, which seeks to purchase a permanent
location in the Central Park district and increase capacity
by expanding programming, services and jobs within the community.
The project is ongoing, and the public is encouraged to
participate.
The remaining project schedule dates are:
Tuesday,
August 24, 5:30 pm —
Informal planning gathering at Parker & Otis, back
porch
Tuesday,
August 31, 7 pm — Event Planning Extravaganza at The Scrap
Exchange
TBA in October — Construction of the Community
Portrait with art
and music in the park
TBA in October — Deconstruction with a family picnic and games in the
park.
This event is free and open to the public. The Durham Arts
Council will exhibit the final image of the portrait in an upcoming
portrait exhibition in October.For more information, visit
the Community Portrait of Durham blog at http://acommunitypod.blogspot.com/.
Now
in its 7th year ~
Free Yoga!
“Yoga
in the Park” ~ 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
... Every Saturday morning this
summer, now through September 4, from 9 to
10ish
Where...
Up the hill from the Farmer's Market
pavilion, across Roney Street and under the trees (same spot as prior
years). See a map on the official website.
Who...
Local volunteer teachers are teaching this class. That means
you’ll
have a different yoga experience each week! See more info
about
the teachers at the official website. Please bring a towel or yoga
mat and some water to drink
You can find more
information at www.cs.duke.edu/~wheeler/YogaInThePark/
Sponsored
by The Scrap Exchange, stone circles, the Resource Center for Women
and Ministry in the South, and Durham Central Park
Reuse
Conex 2010
October 18 – 20, 2010
North Raleigh Hilton, Raleigh, NC
The Scrap Exchange is proud to be a co-sponsor for the Reuse Conex, the
first national reuse conference and expo, hosted by Reuse Alliance.
This conference will be held from Monday, October 18 to Wednesday, October 20 in Raleigh, NC.
Registration for this event is now open.
As outlined on the Reuse
Conex website, conference attendees will benefit from:
- Networking
Opportunities: ReuseConex
is your opportunity to network with colleagues, clients, prospective
partners, vendors, and industry leaders. By having everyone under one
room we’ll be able to save you precious time and travel
expenses.
- Informative
Sessions: Learn how to
take advantage of the economy to maintain and grow your reuse
operation. Leading experts will present extensive case studies and best
practice, including reuse in residential, business and institutional
settings. We will also talk about how reuse will change the way we
combat
global climate change and how we move into a new green economy.
- Exciting
Trade Expo & Evening Activities:
ReuseConex will feature a trade expo showcasing the latest innovations
in reusable products, deconstruction services, and other companies
providing and reclamation and reuse opportunities, consulting services
and more. In the evening we’ll offer a few fun reuse-related
diversions, including a reFashion Show and movie screenings.
- Return
on Investment: We’ve
made sure our conference rates are extremely affordable.
Registration includes meals, admission to all sessions,
trade expo, and evening activities.
More information and registration forms can be found at reuseconex.org
Fall
Classes:
Call for
Instructors!
The Scrap Exchange is currently
accepting applications for instructors for our Fall Artists Classes
Series! We offer a variety of one-day or multi-session 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. Past classes have
included bottle cap jewelry making, home screen-printing, quilting
fabric postcards, and creating mixed media totems and altars!
See the classes page for details, or contact Rowan Martell by phone at 919-682-2751 or by email at
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Open
Studio at The Scrap
Exchange
Did you know you can visit
our
Make-N-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
open studio
participants should call ahead to check on availability and
schedule a time to come in, as the room is often in use for birthday
parties and workshops.
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Support
The Scrap Exchange with
GoodShop and GoodSearch
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!
