CHAP is one of my favorite local organizations supportiing the children of our community. Please take a moment to read this newsletter and find out more about them.
UPCOMING CHAP EVENTS
Saturday, February 14 ART CLUB!!! AND
OPENING DAY of the CHAP ART FACTORY 1030 NW Marshall (2 blocks from the old CHAP studio) CLICK HERE: map to CHAP ART FACTORYFEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
CHAP ART FACTORY:
Opening on a plug and a prayer!!!!!!!
In keeping with CHAP’s love of “Recession Retail” and the litany of miracles that came our way during CHAP HOLIDAY BIZARRE 2008, we are opening our new and improved CHAP ART FACTORY on Valentine’s Day! Our new location at 1030 NW Marshall in the Pearl faces Tanner Springs Park and the beautiful Fremont Bridge. We are in another LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building that is so perfectly built that CHAP is opening our 4,200 square foot factory with only a single electrical outlet — just enough to spark up a computer and a stereo. There’s no heat yet (wear warm clothes and you will be fine), but two massive walls of floor-to-ceiling glass allow us to work all day in the glory of sunlight. We now have indoor plumbing!!!
As usual, wear your CHAP art uniforms and get ready to make art for the New Year. Right now we are focusing on painting in its many forms, creating mandalas, and building spirit towers with Kara and Mary (CHAP’s “Thelma and Louise” of teaching artists). We will be open every Saturday from noon to 5pm (and maybe on Sundays soon). The CHAPART FACTORY will help fund our ongoing mission of bringing the healing power of art to children in crisis. So this is the plan: all kids are welcome to come explore CHAP-style for $5 an hour (this is NOT daycare — parents/guardians must remain on-site). Moms, dads or nannies can help with CHAP art projects, like creating ART HUTS from raincoat fabric donated by Columbia Sportswear. These magical portable (and rainproof) art studios will be packed with paint, brushes, paper and the best wishes of Portland and will be sent around the world with the first heading to a children’s hospital in Afghanistan.
The CHAP ART FACTORY will also host Art Birthday parties, and “I AM DONE” parties celebrating a child’s (or adult’s) last day of chemo. It is a work in progress — we move ahead with excitement & joy.
February 14th is ART CLUB for kids from the hospitals, Jack’s Wild Birthday Party, the GRAND OPENING of the CHAPART FACTORY, and Valentine’s Day. This will be a day to remember (and film). Come be a part of CHAP’S pro-service, non-profit world.
ART CLUB on 2/14: 2-5pm
GRAND OPENING on 2/14: noon-5pm
ART FACTORY: OPEN noon-5pm EVERY Saturday
Friday & Saturday, February 20 & 21 Patch Adams is coming to PSU, and CHAP is a sponsor of the event.
Tickets are about 10% of admission fees in other cities,
so do not miss this arts in healthcare opportunity. CLICK HERE: link to PATCHADAMS INFO & TICKETS
Mr. Bossy (aka: Art Guy, dba: Frank) LINDSAY ROSS
Executive+Artistic Director Managing Director
JParadisi RN, OCN emeritus, is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Julianna is a frequent contributor to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing as a blogger and illustrator.
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