New From Christy!

in keeping with our squirrel theme!

Rhode Island Housing Tree Guards

These were designed and made in partnership with Rhode Island Housing, Cleanscape, The Met School, and The Steel Yard. Lucas and I made them from recycled parts which we got from damaged Tree guards around town. The top of the Tree-Posts will have informational plaques about RI Housing attached to them. You can see them on Washington Street in Providence.
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Loft Condominiums Converted to Mayonaise Factory

SEATTLE: A building housing 10 adjoining lofts was purchased to be converted from airy studio apartments into a mayonnaise factory. Best Foods, Inc CEO Peter Slater reported Monday. "I took one look at those great wood-plank floors and two-story ceilings, and I knew that all it would take was a little elbow grease to turn the building into an awesome industrial workspace," Slater said. "There's this one sunlit spot over by the windows that'll be perfect for a two-ton industrial mixer. All we have to do is get rid of the leather couch." Current residents were told to vacate the building by Dec. 1, but were offered first crack at the 80 $9-an-hour jobs about to be created, pending their acceptance into the building's workers' union (theonion.com)

It's that time of year

The snow is slushy, the air is either strangely warm or bitterly cold, and...SPRING COURSE CATALOGS are in!

We need help distributing them far and wide. Keep some in your car, in your bag, but definitely stop by the office to pick up your portion of a list of designated places to distribute them to. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Berwick Research Institute Public Art Incubator Residency

The Berwick Research Institute in Roxbury, MA, is accepting applications for its Public Art Incubator Residency program until February 15, 2006. The Berwick invites artists or artist groups to submit proposals for the research and development of works intended for the public sphere. The 3-month residency begins June 1, 2006 and runs to September 1, 2006, and provides residents with a studio/office space, and development and administrative support. For more information, visit www.berwickinstitute.org, or email Susan Sakash at susan@berwickinstitute.org. Guidelines are also available at the Steel Yard office.