Papermaking demo for @allentownrefringe at @allentownassociation !! It was such a great day, despite the rain because I got to hang out with Amy whose project, Mending Our City: One Stitch at a Time was teaching people how to sew using antique and modern sewing machines!
I can’t say enough about @allentownrefringe so far. It’s reminding me about all the reasons I fell in love with the Infringement Festival over 20 years ago…We are bringing art to the people, not trying to bring people to the art, and I’m HERE for it. ❤️
Haven’t heard of it? Check it out at:
We’ll be doing a drop in papermaking demo on Saturday 5/16 at the @allentownassociation at 3:30!
Come learn about papermaking and get your hands in the pulp as part of the @allentownrefringe
See you there!
As part of their #migratorymay celebration and in honor of #smallbusinessmonth the BRRA is holding a birdhouse decorating contest until May 30th. A group of businesses and orgs in the Niagara Street - Grant-Amherst corridor have decorated birdhouses and put them out for public view.
Participants are:
· Papercraft Miracles, 1888 Niagara St.
· The Story Garage, 1875 Niagara St.
· Sportsmens’ Tavern, 326 Amherst St.
· The Cave, 71 Military Rd.
· Bee Sweet Cakery, 1006 Grant St.
· The Black Rock Historical Society, 436 Amherst St.
· Allentown Music, 497 Amherst St.
· Joe’s Service Center, 1602 Elmwood Ave.
· Moriarty Meats/Moriarty Café, 1650 Elmwood Ave.
· The office of Common Councilor Joseph Golombek Jr., City Hall Rm 1502, 65 Niagara Square
More info, including hours of operation for each participant and a link to the voting form, are at the BRRA website . The winner of the contest will receive a prize at the BRRA's 15th anniversary celebration in June.
A link to our contest web page:
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We can only add 5 collaborators on this post but we're going to @ everyone else we can!
@blackrockhistoricalsociety@allentownmusicllc@joesservice@moriartymeats@buffalonorthdistrict
This Earth Week was jam packed with sustainable projects, including these custom seed bombs for @hphood Reach out to us for your own custom project today! #customseedbombs #buffalosmallbusiness #sustainablegifitng
This year we got the opportunity to decorate for UB’s annual Panasci Pitch competition! All of the decor was designed with reuse in mind! #sustainableevents #universityofbuffalo #buffaloevents
Mother’s Day is almost here! Stop by the studio or check out our website for plantable Mother’s Day cards, crepe paper bouquets, plants and seed bombs! Local pickup available, which special gift will you choose? #mothersday #paperflowers #mothersdaygift
We had so much fun working on this Earth Week project with @lexingtoncoop making paper with their scraps and floral waste from their stores! You can find these spring cards printed on this special paper and all of our other plantable cards at both locations today! #handmadepaper #foodscrappaper #buffaloartist
We’re so excited to be a vendor at Tifft Nature Preserve’s Earth Day Market! Join us TOMORROW on SATURDAY April 25 from 11am-3pm to discover and support some of WNY’s best eco-minded small businesses at this second annual indoor market.
We will have plantable seed bombs, our new Spring cards, Mother’s Day cards, stationery, journals and so much more!!
Enjoy a make-n-take craft for kids, venture on the trails with an Earth Day scavenger hunt, and bring a used book to trade at our book swap!
The event is FREE, indoors and open to the public!
TODAY'S THE DAY! IT'S EARTH DAY and you can come make paper with us TODAY only at the Lexington Co-Op Markets at BOTH LOCATIONS!
We are so excited to announce this magical From Scraps to Seeds collaborative partnership where we are taking food and floral waste from the Co-op stores and using it to create specialty handmade seed paper that will be turned into these super sweet limited edition greeting cards! We've already made one batch that are available for sale starting today at both locations but we need YOU to come make more paper so we can make more cards!
Free Papermaking workshop schedule--
Elmwood Location from 11-12:30pm
Hertel Location from 1:30-3pm
See you there!
Come make Cooperative Co-op Community paper with us tomorrow for FREE on Earth Day at @lexingtoncoop (BOTH LOCATIONS!)
We have been working on this magical From Scraps to Seeds collaboration to take food and floral waste from the Co-op and turn it into to seed paper and it’s FINALLY here! See the process in this video!
You can come and make this paper too that will be turned into these limited edition Spring themed greeting cards that will also be available at both locations starting tomorrow (4/22)!
Papermaking demo schedule:
Elmwood Location 11am-12:30pm
Hertel Location 1:30-3pm
Let’s make something special together!!
#earthday #papermaking #reducereuserecycle #buffalony #seeds
The SUNY school system in NYS enacted a policy to reduce their consumption of single use plastics and other products designed for single use. And guess what…that includes balloons for decorations, which we think is fantastic because balloons are not only wasteful but they are terrible for wildlife once they are disposed.
But now what will they do for events?? We’ve got the answer for that too! Sustainable paper florals & decor are the perfect alternative to balloon arches.
We worked with the fabulous @ubuffalocolab at @universityatbuffalo to create handmade paper flowers and decor for the Panasci Pitch Competition…but that’s not all! We designed all these pieces to be reused and repurposed for other events throughout the year, to keep them in use, out of the landfill and to reduce the costs of decorating in the future.
We made sure everything was branded in their colors but not event specific so they could easily set parts of this project up for a wide variety of events and to decorate their offices.
Another fun repurposing tidbit, the Welcome sign you see in the first slide?? We made that for their offices last spring and they brought it out to reuse for this event! Fresh flowers could never do that.
Everyone was so happy with how it all turned out.
Swipe to see some fun BTS shots of our studio covered in blue and yellow flowers and carrying a giant white paper sculpture in the wind! 🌬️🌬️
And huge credit goes to @sydstrano for creating every single one of these flowers while the rest of our team has been in neck deep in Earth Day seed bomb and seed paper jobs. You NAILED IT!!!
Who knows a young artist??
Submission Deadline Extended — Youth Art Exhibition
We know Buffalo has many more young artists ready to share their superpower of joy—and we look forward to seeing the work come in.
Artwork is continuing to arrive, and we’re extending the submission window to allow more young artists to participate.
The Jewish Museum of Buffalo is actively accepting work for My Superpowers of Joy, a youth art exhibition celebrating creativity across Buffalo. We’re pleased to collaborate with Locust Street Art, with Executive Director Emma Brittain serving as juror for the following categories:
Pre-K–Kindergarten–Grade 1
Grades 2–4
Grades 5–7
Selected works will be recognized with prizes, including art supplies generously provided by the WASH Project and purchased at Hyatt’s All Things Creative.
Submissions are now open through April 21. Participants must complete the online registration form (link in bio).
Drop-off location:
805 Delaware Ave., Buffalo
Back entrance at Temple Beth Zion
We know Buffalo has many more young artists ready to share their superpower of joy—and we look forward to seeing the work come in.
Open to all—everyone is welcome.
#YouthArt #ArtSubmission #BuffaloArts #StudentArtists #CommunityArt
@the_wash_project@hyattsallthingscreative@locuststreetart
