This week was full of BICAS related activities. On Wednesday I spent some time posting “call for artist” flyers. Assigned to the “east Speedway” area, I went around and was surprised that all businesses that I approached were more than willing to support BICAS. Along the way I found some cool bike racks (see pictures below) and I felt good that I was promoting the auction and supporting BICAS, but I did begin to wonder how much these flyers contribute to art collection. Perhaps I’ll ask Troy if they have any way of tracking how art donors find out about the auction. Maybe they should be asking if they aren’t already…
We received a new email from Troy this week asking if some people could help create mailers to send out to people who donated art for last years auction. A few of us agreed to stop by BICAS to help with that. I arrived today and began the process. Each donor got a “call to artists” flyer with a personalized message on the back – what Troy requested. He gave me some ideas about what to say and I formulated a two-sentence message: "Dear Blank, It’s time for the BICAS art auction again! We loved your piece last year and hope that you’ll donate something for the 2010 auction! (heart) BICAS." I managed to get about half of them done before the welding workshop, and Michelle finished them up. Great teamwork!
I finished the day participating in Troy’s welding workshop. I met Kristen, another BICAS employee, who was super nice and helpful. After creating a jewelry tree/stand (which was very fun) and having Troy weld it together, I donated it to the auction (yea!). Kristen showed the necessary paperwork to fill out, where the auction binder is kept, and where they store the donated artwork. This information will certainly be helpful for future auction related workshops. I also checked out their jewelry making supplies for next weeks Friday workshop and noted what was needed. Shantaye and I also asked Adam (yet another BICAS superstar) about any signs/banners that they might have available for the mall workshops.
Overall, I felt great about my participation with BICAS this week. I’m excited for the jewelry workshop I’m facilitating with Jessie next week!
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