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Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 22, 2015 Respond

Community Contributions by Alex Paramo

With the price of just about everything on the rise you might think that the old saying, “a dollar goes a long way,” is just a lot of (uhm) bull! But never has your dollar been more important or more valuable than today. Many if not most of the community events you enjoy are produced by private individuals with contributions of all sizes. Below is a video discussing the importance of community contributions.

Contributors in our STEAM Zones

The Rail Yards Market will be having Cat Corva from The NM Watershed Resources Network, which is “a coalition promoting sustainable solutions for communities through green infrastructure and watershed restoration” in the Kids Zone. Kids will be engaging in a project Communitywhich is a community coloring day, with both poster-sized community coloring and individual pages. Additionally, out in front of the Market Cuidad Soil and Water Conservation District will be bringing there Rolling River Watershed Model.

In the Art Demo Space, the presenter will be Rachel Harris-Huffman with the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program will be presenting an interactive station offering both education to and soliciting information and opinions from Market attendees regarding the Public Art Program and the Public Art Collection. The presentation will include an interactive info-graphic board about the collection/program, images of popular public artworks, brief surveys for adults and kids, a chance to submit ideas for monumental public art in Albuquerque, info about upcoming projects and opportunities, and SWAG including trading card packs and postcards.

Entertainment Zone

The Rail Yards Market ABQ community will be part of the Official Music Video for New Mexico Music Award winners Baracutanga. The stage is packed with talent this Sunday: Dirty Deluxe Dance Band,Sax Therapy, Second Opinion and Baracutanga will all perform before the video shoot! ‪More info about all of our entertainers please click here. More info about the video shoot, click here. 

The Gift of Giving

CommunityIn the spirit of giving, we have an ongoing raffle series thanks to the generosity of our vendors! Also after the RYM, Tractor Brewery Wells Park will be graciously hosting a fundraiser where part of the proceeds will go directly to benefit the market! More info here! Thank you to Carlos Contreras and the folks at Tractor!

Giving, and sharing are crucial to our survival as a society. The Rail Yards Market is a non-profit organization that definitely can benefit Whether you give, time, resources, money or just a smile, please join in on the fun Sunday, August 23 from 10-2pm!  See You Sunday!

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Alex Paramo Summer SolsticeAlex Paramo is a native New Yorker of Colombian descent. He is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Read More about him here.

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as Multimedia Books while promoting literacy in our communities.

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Free Art Friday: Art in Our City

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 21, 2015 Respond

Art In Our City: Creating Pride & Identity by Stephanie Galloway

Creating PrideIt is important to take pride in the place you live because it creates a desire to take care of and feel positive about your surroundings. If you we feel good about the place we go about our daily activities in we can know that we are doing our part to make a living space that reflects the joy and excitement we are feeling on the inside.  

Sharing art in our city through participating in Free Art Friday Albuquerque is an opportunity to express your love and respect for your community. Albuquerque has a vibrant creative community with many talents that are Prideunique to our city! You have the power to inspire others to get in touch with their creativity through your generous random act of art!

Free Art Friday strives to inspire artists to be a positive sharing force in every community. Please consider being a positive force in the place you live by sharing your talents with others you make your town and world a better place to be.

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Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities. We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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Free Art Friday: Art Adventures

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 7, 2015 Respond

Art AdventureMost people tune out their surroundings when they are walking out in the city and disconnect from the environment around them.  When someone puts out art for people to find and observe it helps to bring that attention back and also brings into focus an eye for art-ifacts.

When people check in on the Free Art Friday Albuquerque facebook page to find visual clues where to find the art they can then go on the search for art and become an Artiologist! This process is interactive so the art finder becomes part of the Art Adventureprocess too! The excitement of being on an art mission to find creative treasure is sure to make anyone feel like an Art Explorer! So often art is experienced just by going into a gallery and looking at it on a wall where they can’t touch it or interact with it.

A big and important part of the Free Art Friday experience is people getting to interact with the art. When someone can pick up and hold the art that they may or may not want to take home they get a chance to feel the art and get more of their senses involved in the process. The thrill of an art hunt is sure to bring joy to at any age! Now is your chance, let your love of art be your guide!

*Art Adventures Image from the wonderful folks at Art Adventures Fun!
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Unmatched Fire

Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia books while promoting literacy in our communities. We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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Free Art Friday: Unique Offerings

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on July 3, 2015 Respond

Unique Offerings by Stephanie Galloway

One of my visions when I started Free Art Friday Albuquerque is to have a diverse range of arts included in the art sharing. There are many possibilities when it comes to giving art for Free Art Friday! It is not limited to a painting or drawing but may also can included music, poetry, Unique Offerings by Stephanie Gallowaysculpture and other forms of art, basically any piece of art that can be easily taken by the finder without damaging the space it is placed in.

I would like to see more kinds of art shared for Free Art Friday so as a challenge to myself for the next Free Art Friday I will be putting out some art in town that is not a painting or drawing. I also feel this idea will also help me to think more creatively by taking me out of my usual art medium.

I hope this will inspire others to think outside of the art box when think about their creative endeavors and the wonder talents inside everyone yet to be discovered!
“No one has ever become poor by giving”-Anne Frank

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Unmatched Fire

Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities. We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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Free Art Friday: Natural Settings

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on June 5, 2015 Respond

Blue TreeLocation, location, location! One of added benefits for the artist participating in Free Art Friday Albuquerqueis that they can have control over the setting of where they put their art and use that as another way to reach a particular audience or accent a statement the art is making.

In this way the place the art is left can function much like the stage settings in a play, highlighting the actor which in this case is a piece of art. One of the most beautiful things about Albuquerque is the diversity of our community and what better way to celebrate that then with art!

art-treeAnother way the area the art is put can be utilized is including the natural world. Seeing art in a natural setting is a beautiful thing! Placing art in a natural setting demonstrates the connection and relationship art has with nature. There is aesthetics in nature and in art and this commonality bonds them together.

I often will leave a Free Art Friday piece in a tree or in the grass and it looks like it belongs there. It brings attention to the art already present in nature and creates an appreciation in the observer/art finder for the planet they live on.
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Unmatched Fire

Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.

Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities. We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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Free Art Friday: Positivity

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on May 28, 2015 Respond

By Stephanie Galloway

PositivityFree Art Friday is upon us and art is in the air! As a participating artist in Free Art Friday Albuquerque I often try to imagine what it is like to find a piece of art on Free Art Friday. In the busy life of rushing that most people live finding a piece of art is something that makes one pause and contemplate creativity and in the shifting of attention from our normal routine we start noticing other new things in our path that we had been missing.

So in a way the art of Free Art Friday helps to cultivate our attention it the details in life that we did not seem to notice before.  That shift of focus from the norm could be the very spark of inspiration that is needed to start a flow of creativity that expands our personal world and helps pave creative pathways that could lead us to places we would have never found Positivityotherwise. Imagine being on your way to work  or having a bad day when all of a sudden seemingly out of nowhere you see a  piece of art that chose you to be its owner, that can make you feel  special and change the tone of your whole day.

The artists and art of Free Art Friday create that kind of magic for people allowing us to be part of something bigger then ourselves by engaging in positivity!  So please consider participating in Free Art Friday Albuquerque!  You are all artists and your art makes a positive difference in your community and beyond!
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Unmatched Fire

Stephanie Galloway

Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.
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Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities. We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
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