Artwork received from Brent Houzenga for NoLA Rising's "It's Yours, Take It"

 

http://www.brenthouzenga.com/

NoLA Rising's "It's Yours, Take It" - Location Announcement

NoLA Rising IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2012 SIXTH ANNUAL "It's Yours, Take It" TOYS FOR ART SWAP 

NoLA Rising is proud to continue their long tradition of giving away art.  In our 6th Annual "It's Yours, Take It" we continue the art for toys swap with toys donated to benefit the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program.  Bring a brand new unwrapped toy in a box and exchange it for a piece of art that has been donated to NoLA Rising from over 35 artists, both local and international.  We are still receiving work from anyone who would like to donate their talent to this cause.

We've always been fortunate to have been associated with so many great artists, artisans and photographers that have generously shared their talents with us and maintained a shared vision that the arts community is an integral part of the community at large.  

For more information on It's Yours, Take it, click here:

www.flickr.com/groups/itsyourstakeit/discuss/721576319151...

This years, IYTI NoLa 6 toys for art swap will be held in the Bywater at:

Lickety Splits Sweet Shop
1043 Poland (near corner of St. Claude)

DECEMBER 8th, 2012 - 12 pm to 5 pm

From NoLA.com:

http://www.nola.com/holidays/index.ssf/2012/11/its_yours_take_it_offers_art_i.html

At current, here is a listing of those who have donated or have indicated their participation in this year's IYTI:

Kelley Girl (Detroit)

Priest (Alabama)

Jacque Davis (St. Louis)

Starhead (Seattle)

Ken Nahan (Nola)

James Dingler (Ponchatoula)

Melissa Levine (Madisonville)

Crystal Shelton (Nola)

MJ O'Bradaigh (Ponchatoula)

Bonus Saves (Michigan)

El Celso (NY / LA)

Rex Dingler (Nola)

StellaConfuse (Italy)

Inspire (Israel)

Emily D'Orleans (Nola)

G-Mac (Miami)

R Scott Moseley (Nola)

Mardi Claw (Nola)

WHUT (Miami)

Charles Anderson (NoLA)

Kim Wilson (Nola)

Anika Afia Ofiori (NoLA)

Sam Morrison (Michigan)

Diane Millsap (Illinois)

Sherrie Thai (San Francisco)

Jaxie Jax (Los Angeles)

Tansy Myer (Los Angeles)

Brian Lauzon (Los Angeles)

Crista Rock (Nola)

Dave Bachli (Massachusetts)

Sina Evans (Tucson)

Kelley Wilson (Nola)

Sarah Rosedahl (Vermont)

Cherie Langford (Nola)

Cassie Tarr (Nola)

Michelle Agosto (Nola)

Annie Drummond-McMichael (Nola)

Kendra Morris (Nola)

Rick Moore (Nola)

Anthony Posey (NoLA)

Elle Green (Austin)

Artwork by Ken Nahan for NoLA Rising's 6th Annual "It's Yours, Take It"

For more information on Ken:

http://www.nahanfineart.com/

Artwork from Starhead for NoLA Rising's "It's Yours, Take it" art swap

Presenting Starhead...  For more info on Starhead, there will be a link below










For more info on Starheadboy:
www.etsy.com/shop/starheadboy

www.nolarising.org/

For more information on It's Yours, Take it, click here:

www.flickr.com/groups/itsyourstakeit/discuss/721576319151...

This years, IYTI NoLa 6 toys for art swap will be held in the Bywater at:

Lickety Splits Sweet Shop
1043 Poland (near corner of St. Claude)

DECEMBER 8th, 2012 - 12 pm to 5 pm

All toys brought for the art swap will be donated to the Marine Corps, Toys for Tots program.

Art for the annual IYTI Art for Toys Swap has started coming in

More to come as we get artwork in:


From KelleyGirl - Detroit


From KelleyGirl - Detroit


From Jacque Davis


From Jacque Davis


From Jacque Davis

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS YEARS It's Yours, Take It:

CLICK HERE

NoLA Rising 6th Annual Toys for Art Swap - 2012 - Call for Art

NoLA Rising IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2012 SIXTH ANNUAL "It's Yours, Take It" TOYS FOR ART SWAP

For NoLA Rising’s Sixth Annual Installment of It’s Yours, Take It, we would like to continue our seasonal holiday art for toys swap. For five years, we have helped create artwork that is donated to the event in order to raise toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. A collaboration between the arts community of New Orleans and street artists around the world to help benefit the children of New Orleans.

The premise is simple: Someone coming to the event brings a brand new toy in a box to donate for the children during the holiday season and they get to take a piece of donated artwork with them. The toys are then given to the Marines and they sort it for their annual holiday distribution. All pieces are donated and traded for toys; no money exchanges.

There is no theme on the artwork, so create as you wish.

Our venue is currently unconfirmed, however it will be held within the first two weeks of December. We will confirm dates and location once finalized and inform accordingly.

NoLA Rising is a 501(c)3 and can issue a donation letter to artists who indicate a value to their pieces for tax purposes. Please ensure actual value, in writing and detailing artist, mailing address, piece name and estimated value.

Deadline for sending artwork is December 4th, as always, thank you’re your years of support in helping make this event a success… THE REVOLUTION IS YOU! -Rex

SEND ARTWORK & DETAILS TO:
NOLA RISING / REX DINGLER
39280 TRAINO LANDING ROAD
PONCHATOULA, LA 70454


NOLA ARTISTS CAN CONTACT REX FOR DETAILS ON PICK-UP ARRANGEMENTS

http://www.nolarising.org/

Happy Thanksgiving from the NoLA Rising Crew

A little Rex humor for you this Turkey Day. One day those turkeys just might rebel. Hope everyone had a happy and fun-filled day!

Artwork donated for NoLA Rising's 5th It's Yours, Take It annual art for toys swap

---ARTWORK RECEIVED AS OF NOVEMBER 19th---



Pure by Dawn Iles
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El Duende by Claire Griffiths

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Untitled by Al Palmer

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Caroline Piccioni

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Schrodingers Cats by Asa Medhurst

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Fakey Cake Maker by Rachel Price

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by Eliot Draws

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Untitled by Elizabeth Spencer

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Patriotic...on both sides of the Ocean by Jan Drury

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Automatic Faces by Alice in Nowhereland
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Venus 2010 by Francesco Benenato

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Delicate 1 by Reena Clare

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Frozen Corrosive Under Planet by Garth Simmons

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by TOXIC NERD

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by Claire Levine

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by Jacque Davis

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by Diane Millsap

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Thank you to everyone who has donated artwork and for everyone who's got stuff on the way...will try and post by groups as work arrives!

NoLA RISING Paint Party - Art to Benefit IYTI Art for Toys Swap

PAINT PARTY - NOLA RISING & IT'S YOURS, TAKE IT
the old XO STUDIOS
the PARK next to 2833 Dauphine Street
(Dauphine and Press Streets... Marigny/Bywater border at the train tracks... New Orleans)
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 20th - 2011 - NOON until 4ish



For the fifth installment of New Orleans’ It’s Yours, Take it, Rex would yet again like to continue the practice of a holiday art swap. For the fifth year in a row, artwork has been created and sent in for a toy for art swap to raise toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program and similar programs in the New Orleans area. The premise is simple: Someone brings a brand new toy in a box to donate to children and they get to take a piece of art with them. The toys are then donated to programs for their annual holiday distribution.

The paint parties have been going on since that pesky storm passed by our city and our levees failed due to (well, you know)... To bolster the NoLA Rising offerings to people who bring toys in a box, we are having a paint party in conjunction with New Orleans Fringe Festival. The artwork created during the art event will be stored until the day of the art swap at the Hi-Ho Lounge.

Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/290343927666151/

For more information, click any of the pictures in this post. Address for Hi-Ho below. Look forward to seeing you there,

All best,
Rex



IYTI NoLA 5 - LOCATION SET:
Hi-Ho Lounge
2239 St. Claude Avenue
New Orleans
December 11th, 2011

Announcing NoLA Rising's New Website...

Howdy everyone,

NoLA Rising has been busy behind the scenes getting some business in order. One such task was re-designing our website. Check it out and let us know what you think!

http://nolarising.org/

With the re-introduction of the website and the blog feature attached, we'll start transferring over applicable posts from the blogspot address here to there.

Btw, we had help on this from dedicated friends and associates. Elli of Ms. Placed helped with the header design, Lance Vargas is still graciously hosting our site and Calliope Consulting took the design and laid out the development.

As always, thanks for supporting NoLA Rising and Paint the Change you wish to see!

Happy New Year and Happy Twelfth Night,
Rex
NoLA Rising

INSPIRE Collective's 4th Annual REUSE PROJECT: REUSE & RESIST!

INSPIRE Collective's 4th Annual REUSE PROJECT: REUSE & RESIST!

REUSE PROJECT 4: REUSE & RESIST! Open Call For Art until Feb. 1st! www.reuseandresist.tk

What is the ReUse Project? Every year, for the past 4 years, INSPIRE Collective has made a call for art, taken a centralized public building, and installed as much artwork inside & outside as possible, then we open the doors to the public!

Want to get involved this time around? Just keep reading…

There is a better way, no matter what they say! Present-day cities, the world over, have massive percentages of un-used & generally neglected public space. By itself, this fact quickly becomes its own negative social issue & it isn’t a phenomenon, it’s a disgusting norm of all industrialized cities at this point. WE MUST REUSE AND RESIST!!

But how?! Many social issues could be already solved by ReUsing & re-thinking public space. This year, let’s stop talking about it and started getting things done!

INSPIRE Collective would like to extend this call for art around the world, so if you know folks who would like to get involved…We extend the invitation to all creators to participate in ReUse Project 4: REUSE AND RESIST!

If you’re a conscious artist living on this planet and you can creatively relate to the ideas of ReThinking and ReUsing, then this exhibition is for you! Help us to make a positive social statement here in the Middle East & sustainable, independent artists will help to make this necessary statement world-wide. Open call for art ends February 1st.

For participation inquiries, entry submissions, call for art info, etc., please visit:

www.reuseandresist.tk

Also, for INSPIRE Collective past events and more: www.inspirecollectiveevents.tk

Remember, the open call for art ends February 1st.

Mail to:

ITW

P.O. Box 4917

Tel Aviv, Israel

61049

Happy Holidays from NoLA Rising

Happy Holidays from NoLA Rising, originally uploaded by dingler1109.

From the NoLA Rising family to you and yours...Happy Holidays!

NoLA Rising/IYTI - Toys for Tots Success

NoLa Rising held the fourth annual "It's Yours, Take It" art swap this past Saturday at the Hi-Ho (located in the St. Claude Arts District). The concept has long been a part of the NoLA Rising philosophy...to give art to the people. It's Yours, Take It is a way for artists to give artwork to a community, whether through organized functions such as this or through more guerrilla means. NoLa Rising has adapted it's annual IYTI by requesting that those who choose to participate bring a brand new toy in a box.

The Hi-Ho Lounge kindly threw open her doors, arranged musicians, set up local crafts-people to help and NoLA Rising brought the art from the IYTI family of artists (that can be found on Flickr - link below), from the NoLA Rising family of artists and from local artists who dropped by throughout the day to drop off both toys and art. To all of them, we are eternally grateful for the participation and the spirit of community that persists throughout. NoLA Rising would also like to thank all of the wonderful people who brought toys and participated, bringing in 185 toys!

That's right...185 toys for donation! If you weren't able to make it out, we hope that you find your own way of giving this holiday seas. Again, we thank everyone for their continued support of NoLA Rising and the New Orleans community. Together, we can make the cultural renaissance flourish!

Some scenes from the IYTI:

Author Mark Folse

Visiting Celebrity Architects

The beautiful and delightful DJ SoulSister

The Indelible Pat Jolly

More pics can be found HERE

ITS YOURS, TAKE IT

NoLA Rising Toys for Tots Exchange (Sat., Dec 11th at the Hi-Ho) - It's Yours, Take It

This Saturday, December 11th, NoLA Rising presents its fourth IT'S YOURS, TAKE IT at the Hi-Ho (2239 Saint Claude Avenue) in the St. Claude Arts District from 12-6. Annually, the folks at NoLA Rising and the artists who support their endeavors, donate artwork to give away to community members who bring a brand new toy in a box to donate to the USMC's Toys for Tots Program.

The artists come from all backgrounds and genres and are local and international artists who believe that artwork can make an impact on a community in many ways. This is one such way. NoLA Rising would like to thank all of the artists for their support and participation and is always thankful to the New Orleans community.

See y'all on Saturday!








For more information on It's Your's, Take It online community that supports art giveaways and to see a variety of the work donated to the function:
It's Yours, Take It