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AI is GARBAGE Screen Printing / TOMORROW MAY 1 / 3-4pm / Please Share

In support of I created a T-shirt design to protest AI in art and how companies are shoving AI down our throats. And where you might say, oh what I’m doing is harmless - all together it’s sucking up natural resources, creating an easy button that no longer requires knowledge, and fooling people into thinking they are creative. 

So stop by Ink Lounge tomorrow (Friday May 1) and bring a T-Shirt(s) and/or choose a FREE blank shirt at the event: Limit 1 free shirt per person while supplies last. You can bring additional shirts but will request you hop back in line to allow others the chance to print their first item.

Commercial print project income funds my Good Ink projects!  

Good Ink / Rainbow Park Palooza / May 9

Ink Lounge donated studio resources and provided shirts at cost to help support lead a group to screen print volunteer shirts for Rainbow Park Palooza! A collaboration between Rainbow Dome, Friends & Lovers and Sapphic Social Club with an afternoon of nostalgic field day games and friendly competition. Celebrate meeting new people and building community, while raising funds for Rainbow Dome’s future space. Twelve teams of four will compete in a series of games that whittle down to a winning team. Staged as a spectator event, the public is invited to cheer on and watch the games unfold. Accompanying the games is a resource & vendor fair, live DJ and MC, drag time story hour for kids and families, pay-to-play interactive carnival games, and food trucks. 

For more details on what looks to be a super fun event visit to get tickets today!

Commercial print project income funds my Good Ink projects.   If we all do something extra ordinary – together we become extraordinary!

VOLUME / $43.8K / FINAL

A final thanks to the 50 artists, the Community Partners, the event Volunteers, the anonymous donor who matched every donation, and the 780+ individuals who donated directly to 40+ Colorado Nonprofits to support this vision.

Together we raised $43.8K – that’s proof on paper that VOLUME was a success. And the intangible part - the exhibit gave 50 local Artists an opportunity to use their art - to amplify the work of 40+ Colorado Nonprofits and educate a new audience about the community work they do - and create connections past the exhibit.

The name VOLUME was also intentional as not only was it about the scale and scope of the exhibit - I was optimist, that if it was successful, moving ahead this exhibit will be known as VOLUME One, the beginning of an annual exhibition that allows me to use my resources to support the community.

If we all do something extra ordinary – together we become extraordinary.  

Support came from:

Good Ink / Mrs. Kirkwood’s Kindergarten Field Trip

You might remember Beau from a few posts ago where he volunteered to help out on the Saturday that his design from the VOLUME exhibit was one of the options to screen print. He reached out to ask about getting a small batch shirts screen printed with a design he did for his kids upcoming field trip.

99.9% of the time I refer projects like this to other printers, but since he supported VOLUME so much I found a solution that worked for both of us. In exchange for a $100 donation to one of the VOLUME nonprofits, I got everything setup so he could screen print himself with only minor assistance. Shirts came out great with a shiny metallic purple!

Commercial print project income funds my Good Ink projects.  

Summer Screen Print Workshops

Had a fun private workshop last weekend with Joey and Amelia who wanted to learn about screen printing, so I added in some new workshop dates that you can sign up to take a workshop yourself. It’s a good overview and you get to use your own design to learn the process. Focus will actually be on fabric but 80% of what you learn will apply to paper.

Visit link in bio to get more details or if you’re on Facebook visit https://www.inklounge.com/screen-print-workshops

 

VOLUME / Win One of 8 Workshops / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Ink Lounge is giving away 8 screen print summer workshops!

How it works: you must attend the closing this Saturday, April 25 between 4-7pm. At the exhibit you purchase prints by donating a minimum $25 directly to the nonprofit the artist chose. For every $25 donation, you will be entered into a drawing for a free summer screen printing workshop. 1 donation = 1 entry, 3 donations = 3 entries, and so on…

A total of 8 names will be selected - only 1 winner per name. An anonymous under is sill matching until 7pm on the 25th, so a donation of $25 = $50.

To view all the prints please visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

VOLUME / Final Viewing / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Join us this Saturday from 4-7pm for the final viewing of this very special exhibit. 50 Colorado artists donated art that was screen printed as limited edition, 12x12 prints with 100% of the donations going to support 40+ Colorado Nonprofits. Prints are available at the exhibit closing for a $25 donation and being matched by an anonymous donor so every $25 = $50! To view all the prints please see other posts, or visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

To date the exhibit has raised $41K, Ink Lounge was interviewed on 9News, and It’s been called a masterclass in grassroots fundraising. So grab some friends and stop by to join the more than 700 people who have already donated to support the vision!

Support comes from: If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

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VOLUME / Final Viewing / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Join us this Saturday from 4-7pm for the final viewing of this very special exhibit. 50 Colorado artists donated art that was screen printed as limited edition, 12x12 prints with 100% of the donations going to support 40+ Colorado Nonprofits. Prints are available at the exhibit closing for a $25 donation and being matched by an anonymous donor so every $25 = $50! To view all the prints please see other posts, or visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

To date the exhibit has raised $41K, Ink Lounge was interviewed on 9News, and It’s been called a masterclass in grassroots fundraising. So grab some friends and stop by to join the more than 700 people who have already donated to support the vision!

Support comes from: If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

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VOLUME / Final Viewing / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Join us this Saturday from 4-7pm for the final viewing of this very special exhibit. 50 Colorado artists donated art that was screen printed as limited edition, 12x12 prints with 100% of the donations going to support 40+ Colorado Nonprofits. Prints are available at the exhibit closing for a $25 donation and being matched by an anonymous donor so every $25 = $50! To view all the prints please see other posts, or visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

To date the exhibit has raised $41K, Ink Lounge was interviewed on 9News, and It’s been called a masterclass in grassroots fundraising. So grab some friends and stop by to join the more than 700 people who have already donated to support the vision!

Support comes from: If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

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VOLUME / Final Viewing / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Join us this Saturday from 4-7pm for the final viewing of this very special exhibit. 50 Colorado artists donated art that was screen printed as limited edition, 12x12 prints with 100% of the donations going to support 40+ Colorado Nonprofits. Prints are available at the exhibit closing for a $25 donation and being matched by an anonymous donor so every $25 = $50! To view all the prints please see other posts, or visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

To date the exhibit has raised $41K, Ink Lounge was interviewed on 9News, and It’s been called a masterclass in grassroots fundraising. So grab some friends and stop by to join the more than 700 people who have already donated to support the vision!

Support comes from: If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

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VOLUME / Final Viewing / April 25 / PLEASE SHARE

Join us this Saturday from 4-7pm for the final viewing of this very special exhibit. 50 Colorado artists donated art that was screen printed as limited edition, 12x12 prints with 100% of the donations going to support 40+ Colorado Nonprofits. Prints are available at the exhibit closing for a $25 donation and being matched by an anonymous donor so every $25 = $50! To view all the prints please see other posts, or visit link in Ink Lounge’s bio – if viewing on Facebook visit: https://inklounge.com/volume-exhibit

To date the exhibit has raised $41K, Ink Lounge was interviewed on 9News, and It’s been called a masterclass in grassroots fundraising. So grab some friends and stop by to join the more than 700 people who have already donated to support the vision!

Support comes from: If we all do something extra ordinary - together we become extraordinary.

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