ArtStart/ArtScraps Spring 2021 Fundraiser

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page for ArtStart, a non-profit arts education organization that’s been so important to me as a parent and a creative during my nearly 20 years of living in the Twin Cities.

I discovered ArtStart when I was a young parent, and it has played a vital role in reinforcing my daughter’s love for making art and appreciating a variety of global cultures. She attended ArtStart’s multi-media and multi-disciplinary summer camps almost every year between the ages of 4 and 12.

Since COVID, ArtStart has had to pivot and adjust their teaching models and offerings. You’ll now see many online class offerings and workshops for all age groups. I took a virtual collage class at the beginning of the year with artist Anne Sawyer and have since made at least one collage a day as a way to stay connected to how I process and understand our changing and fragile world through imagery.

Especially during the pandemic, the ArtScraps storefront has been perhaps the most important resource for inspiring and nurturing my experiments in art and design. The store itself is always changing, as the merchandise is made up of donated and recycled materials that would otherwise be thrown away. And as I write this, the storefront is slowly reopening for in-person shopping. If you’re out of state, no worries! You can find many of their unique offerings online, and there are amazing Creativity Kits (my favorite) that you can order and have mailed to you.

I hope you will consider donating to ArtStart during our SpringForward donation drive. Your generosity will not only support regular operational functioning, but it will also go toward one of the organization’s initiatives to offer arts and cultural education to children and young adults who otherwise don’t have adequate access to these opportunities.

With every donation of $100.00 or more, you will receive a FREE Creativity Kit.

For more information as well as a BTS (behind-the-scenes) look at how ArtStart/ArtScraps figures into my daily life and work, please check out my video!

*Orders for custom bracelets w/donations of $20.00 or more only through May 11, 2021

Thank you so much for your support!    xx, Lola.