Show Gratitude. Pollinate Locally this Friday.
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving. I’m grateful that in this challenging economic time, I’m fortunate enough to have a bit of income to support local businesses and help to support the community I want to be part of. For that reason, I’ll also do a little shopping this Friday. Black Friday is not so bad if you decide to go shopping with locally owned stores and in artist studios, and you get to meet your neighbors and those stimulating the local economy, helping to make Asheville the place I’m grateful for.
It’s Friday. You stop in to your three favorite shops–you know the ones you would miss if they disappeared–and spend $20. Check out the 3/50 project for why this is important. You grab a cup of tea, take a look at some hand-made green coffins– Bury Me Naturally and Farm Girl are creating a cool, collaborative business model you might want to check out. You find yourself in the River Arts District at some point during the day supporting the work of local artist entrepreneurs. You need a break!
This Salon Friday (11/17/09), the Fine Arts League commemorates ‘Black Friday’ with an all day long (12-7) respite for holiday shoppers. Cocktails and light fare will be served to refresh the holiday spirit, and small drawings and etchings will be on sale so you can find the perfect hand-made gift for the holidays. Informal, impromptu, in the neighborhood, come celebrate art, artists and the art of good living.
Also coming up next week…
Fine Arts League Benefit at the Grey Eagle (185 Clingman Ave, 828.232.5800)
Members of Town Mountain and the Trainwrecks perform
Thursday, Dec. 3rd
$10, 9pm
Silent auction and raffle for art items
www.fineartsleague.org
828.252.5050
Come out for a night of the blue grass and alt-country stylings of Town Mountain and the Trainwrecks to support the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, a non-profit art school in River Arts District. Art by students and faculty will be on auction and raffle with all proceeds going to the school. Call 828.252.5050 for more information.
