Tag: Indiana University
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Maker Monday – Press Puzzles
Back to the grind it is!!! Maker Monday folks, and this Monday we’re bringing you local puzzle extraordinaire, Marc Tschida from Press Puzzles!! Marc and I go way back…like, way way back; back when I was a copy girl at Kinko’s and he was a club promoter at Second Story (who remembers Second Story!?). Many…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Much of this past week was spent in meetings either discussing events that have passed (Current: The Bloomington Fashion Collective Creative Event) or discussing events that are to happen soon: Gallery Walk, Taste of Bloomington, Sidewalk Sale, and the Fourth of July Parade. We met the new Assistant Director of Economic Development for the Arts:…
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Favorite Handmade Item(s) – Talisha Coppock
This week I’m honored to introduce Talisha Coppock and her variety of favorite handmade items made from her family. If you’re not familiar with Talisha – let me tell you a little but about her, because if you live in Bloomington, or are interested in the vitalization of our downtown area, we have a lot…
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Maker Monday – Oh Plesiosaur
This Monday I would like to introduce you to Serena, who runs Oh Plesiosaur!! Her cards and coloring books have made such a huge impact on the collection we have here at Gather, so I can’t wait to share her story with you!! 1. Who are you? What is your business? I’m Serena! I…
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Favorite Handcrafted Treasure – Annie Corrigan
This week I’d like to introduce you to Annie Corrigan. Many of you might know Annie as being the local voice for NPR’s Morning Edition, she produces WFIU’s weekly sustainable food program- Earth Eats. I know Annie as a member of our community, and someone who approached me for help with organizing a fundraising event…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Another week, another blog post. I’ll be honest – I don’t (feel like I) have much to write about this Sunday. Our week went by pretty uneventfully. The weather was interesting (rain, wind, more rain, more wind), the ebb and flow of the shoppe continued in its spring haze, and then the weekend came. With…
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Best-Loved Handcrafted Treasure – from Allyson
One of my very most favorite handmade pieces that I own is a vase just like this one by artist Marta Finkelstein. I love Marta’s and her husband Chris’s ceramic pieces very much because they often mimic nature in beautiful detail. I met Marta when we both worked at the IU Art Museum several years…
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Featured Artist: Martina Celerin
Martina Celerin, an expat from the Czech Republic, has been making beautiful dimensional weavings in fiber and natural materials for years. After earning a doctoral degree in plant sciences from the University of Western Ontario, Celerin accepted a postdoctoral position as a molecular geneticist in the Biology Department at Indiana University. Where she met and married her…
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Featured Artist: Originalitees
Do you have Hoosier pride? Were you born and raised in Indiana? Then these Originalitees shirts are for you. Stand out in the crowd with a hip and unique T-shirt while you cheer on IU during a basketball or football game and sing the IU Fight Song. But you don’t just have to wear Indiana on game days… Wear…
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