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Mini Bike Notebooks for charity

This is the second post in a week about a charitable effort, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me! Jessica Pollack is an artist based in Providence and together with her boyfriend, Robin, they’re raising money while training hard for a 100 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe on June 5th. The cause means a lot to the two, since Robin is a cancer survivor and his mother is currently undergoing chemotherapy.

In addition to completing this ride in one day, they are also raising $8,500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. As part of her fundraising efforts, she’s made these mini bike notebooks to sell, and all proceeds will go directly to LLS along with any prints sold in her Emu Attack Etsy shop from now until May 23rd.

Go Jessica and Robin!

Dear Japan NY

Fumiha Tanaka contacted me about Dear Japan NY exhibition that she’s organizing with Aya and Miwa, where 170 renowned and emerging artists from around the world will write 170 messages of hope at the back of their artworks. These artworks will be available for sale at the one night benefit party held at Art Connects New York (ACNY) in the SOHO gallery on June 4th, 2011.

For a complete list of participating artists, head to their website for more details. If you’re there, do stop for a visit and support the ongoing relief efforts in rebuilding Japan!

Let sleeping logs lie

Let’s hear it for some hand-painted logs by Matt aka Rabbitportal! I highly doubt that you’ll use them as firewood though, because they’ll have faces on them, and seriously, how can you even think of tossing these cuties into the flames?