Absolute Beginners Event + gift ideas!

Another Holiday shopping event since Hanukkah’s coming up in just a few days!

A new store recently opened by students of Parsons, Absolute Beginners, is having an event on Friday called the 50 Dollar Bill Event. Everything in the store will be exactly $50- and featuring work by several designers, including AuH2O. See flier and info below:

Absolute Beginners 50 Dollar Bill Event:

Also, I’ve started to add items to my online shop, including these Yankees earrings that are selling like crazy. Something about a World Series win. Check out my online store here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/auh2odesigns

And two more gift recommendations!

Check out my very good friends’ documentary: Klein Pictures “What Are We Doing Here?”

Four years ago, the four of us (Brandon, Nicholas, Daniel and Tim Klein) set out to cross the continent of Africa hoping to make a film that would challenge, entertain and inspire. After six months of filming, a year and half of editing, and two years of film festivals, TV appearances and University screenings, we are happy to finally announce the DVD release of “What are we doing here?” This controversial documentary investigates why after 50 years of Western involvement, billions of dollars in foreign assistance and countless promises, Africa is still so poor.

Buy the film & help spread the message for $25 HERE: http://store.whatarewedoinghere.net

And finally, check out the WAM! (Women, Action, and Media) bidding for good auction. WAM! is an  organization dedicated to building a robust, effective, inclusive movement for gender justice in media that is transforming into an independent, national non-profit. Click here for more info, and HERE to bid on the goods, like getting Margaret Cho to take photos for you, or a guitar signed by Ani DiFranco.

More info on WAM!, why I love it, and why it needs to be a national non-profit:

Every day, WAM!mers help each other place op-eds and articles, get powerful media jobs, leverage new technology, hold the media accountable, produce and promote books, films, and other projects, get stories told about our lives and work, and change the very structure of the media itself.

In the next two years, we can launch thriving local WAM! chapters in major cities across the country, which will foster on the grassroots level the kind of cutting-edge thought and action WAM! already inspires nationally. We can build an engaged online WAM! community through monthly webinars on timely topics, a brand-new WAM! website designed to foster action, and of course, our ever-flourishing listserv. And we can ensure that the next WAM! conference is the largest and most influential yet, creating an unstoppable force for gender justice that will change the media landscape for good.

So go bid for WAM!

And hope to see you Friday at the Absolute Beginners $50 Event!

Open Portfolio Show at AuH2O Saturday! (and Halloween costume photos)

Hi all!

It’s time for Holiday shopping, and photography is always a great gift, so this Saturday AuH2O is hosting an “open portfolio” showing of Ann Sanfedele’s photography. There will be black and white proof prints made during the 70’s and 80’s, early Cibachrome prints, and a selection of recent digital work. 8 x 10 prints will be available for $10 to $25, and 5 x 7 prints- pay what you wish. See the flier below for a taste, or Ann’s photo-sharing site http://annsan.smugmug.com. In addition to the photos, AuH2O will have a special section of $10 necklaces, including cameos, anchors, feathers, leaves, elephants, horses, etc, all the little treasures people love for only $10. And of course, next door TEICH is also holding a Holiday shopping event, featuring Elizabethan Jewelry.

Hope to see you this Saturday! Come find photos and $10 necklaces, they make great, easy gifts!

Also, here are a few photos of Halloween costumes that I helped make for friends and customers:

This is me as Jean Grey (as a Phoenix) from X-Men, and my good friend Tracy as Penny from Inspector Gadget. We’re holding up a patchwork quilt I made for her out of her old String Cheese and Phish shirts from her old hippie days. I mean, she’s still a hippie. This is basically Tracy in a blanket.

Here’s Keelan as Danger Mouse. I made his DM pin and his belt. Who even knows who Danger Mouse is?

Disha Patel as a Peacock: I helped sew on her beautiful feathers.

Eric Kohn went as the Public Option for Halloween. How creative and relevant, right? I stenciled “Public Option” on the front and back of scrubs for him.