ENTER OUR HOLIDAY RAFFLE TO
WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE
AND OTHER GREAT PRIZES!
The Fund for Women Artists helps thousands of artists every year and is working with people all over the world to bring women's voices to the center of public life. Now you can support that work and win a chance to wear a piece of original art yourself. One of our favorite jewelers on the WomenArts Network, Sharon M. Birzvilkis of Apsley Acers Studio in Ontario, Canada, has generously donated a necklace with a gorgeous pendant for us to raffle off.
Sharon often works with "rock slices" of fossilized/petrified wood to create stunning one-of-a-kind pendants. She decided to donate a piece of petrified wood to us because it is a "stone of transformation" that helps people advance to their highest chosen levels. We thought it was perfect, since our goal has always been to help women artists find the resources they need to do their best work.
Every piece of fossilized wood has its own personality, and Sharon has named this pendant "I Am" since it has such strong "confidence" vibes. The pendant is 3 inches by 1.5 inches and as Sharon says, "It has the energy of a woman who is really well-balanced on all levels - head high - strutting her stuff in a gorgeous new outfit - looking so good!"
DONATE $10 OR MORE BY JANUARY 20
Anyone who donates $10 or more by
January 20, 2006 will automatically be entered in this raffle. Just make a donation with your credit card online or by mailing us a check, and you will get one raffle ticket for every $10 that you send. To increase your odds of winning, there is a limit of ten raffle tickets per person; some people may choose to make a gift but not enter the raffle; and only unrestricted gifts to The Fund for Women Artists will be converted into raffle tickets. Gifts to support the projects of specific artists will not be included in the raffle.
To get a better look at the necklace and to read more about it, please visit Sharon's website at:
www.apsleyacers.com/personnal/iam.html
EVERYONE WHO GIVES $20 OR MORE
WILL GET A LUCKY PEN!
Write your next grant proposal with one of our lucky pens! Everyone who gives $20 or more will get raffle tickets PLUS a stylish and substantial pen inscribed with The Fund for Women Artists' name and web address. The pens are maroon with silver trim. We have used them to prepare many successful grant proposals and we hope they will help you do the same.
YOUR GIFTS WILL SUPPORT
OUR
FREE WEB SERVICES
Your gifts make it possible for us to provide helpful free services like
our Funding Newsletters that so many women artists use to find grants, and the WomenArts Network, our innovative and constantly growing online directory of women artists.
You can make a gift by credit card right away by clicking on the Donate Now button below.
You can also mail a check to:
The Fund for Women Artists
P.O. Box 60637
Florence, MA 01062
If you would like information about donating stock or employee matching gifts, just click on any Contribute button on our website at www.WomenArts.org.
EXTRA BONUS GIFTS FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS OF $150 OR MORE
If you send us $150 or more, you will get 10 raffle tickets PLUS a lucky pen PLUS your choice of our Tomboys! Feisty Girls and Spirited Women or Laws of the Bandit Queens. For gifts of $300 or more you will get both bonus prizes.
Tomboys! Feisty Girls and Spirited Women
A lively 30-minute documentary on DVD by Christian McEwen and Julie Akeret about women and girls who refuse to be “ladies.” This award- winning film is being distributed by Women Make Movies, and there is a full description of the film on their site at:
www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c649.shtml
Laws of the Bandit Queens
Ali Smith's beautiful book of photographs of 35 outrageous, courageous, and influential women, from Alice Walker to Geraldine Ferraro, accompanied by short essays. There is more information about the book on Ali Smith's website at: www.alismith.com
DON'T FORGET!
We must receive your gift by January 20, 2006 to enter you in this raffle. Please note that if you have already sent us a gift of $10 or more for this fiscal year (i.e. your gift was received after July 1, 2005), we will automatically enter you in the raffle.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
We hope our work inspires your generosity. We will truly appreciate gifts of any size. Thank you!
THE FUND FOR WOMEN ARTISTS
Martha Richards, Executive Director
Sarah Browning, Associate Director
Carrie Grabo, Newsletter Editor
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