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on May 7
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #13Quick Update
Post CommentHey Backers!
1.) Please, check out pictures of the construction on the Art Not Arrests website if you haven't already -- Progress is quite exciting! http://www.artnotarrests.com/design/process.html
2.) We are woking on getting rewards in the mail over the next couple weeks! Hang tight :)
3.) Upcoming Event: Film Screening - 'The Interrupters'
Date: May 12th, 2012 (Raindate, May 13th)
Time: 7:15pm
Location: Crow Hill Community Garden - 730 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Please come enjoy an evening in the garden as we show "The Interrupters". Please bring folding chairs or a blanket to sit on. After the film, participants will be invited to stay and discuss what we can do in our community to prevent gun violence. Zip-cuffs will be available for donation, to be decorated and added to the installation at the event.
"The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn persistence of violence in our cities. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in our cities." -
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on April 6
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #12Construction SATURDAY!
Post CommentHi All,
Just a friendly reminder that we will be at the garden starting the construction for Art Not Arrests this Saturday (tomorrow) April 7th, from 10am - 6pm. Please feel free to stop by and lend a hand if you are around :) The garden is on Franklin Ave, between Park and Sterling.
We will have the Pins, totes, tee-shirts, and Hoodies with us, so if we owe you one and you want to grab it, please stop by and introduce yourself (and save us the cost of shipping) :) Necklaces and Bracelets are not finished yet.
See you there!
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on March 30
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #11Construction Rain Date
Post CommentHi All,Sadly, because it is supposed to rain tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday, we will be rescheduling the Art Not Arrests construction for Saturday April 7th 10am to 6pm (One day only!). I hope you will still be able to attend if you were planning to, and perhaps we can get a couple new volunteers this time around. Please adjust your RSVP on the facebook event if it has changed.
Thank You,Lana & Kristen
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on March 19
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #10Project Website!
Post CommentHere is a link to the official Art Not Arrests website :)
Also worth mentioning, we will be starting construction over the next few weeks! We just ordered all 1300 handcuffs and 2000 flyers! We just received all the Tee Shirts, Totes, and Hoodies and are in the process of making all the jewelry and pins. Check out the images below to see some of our recent process images. Things are getting very exciting!
Please consider coming out and helping with the project if you can -- below are some upcoming events. The most exciting date will be Sunday April 1st - when the framework for the installation is complete :) Chavela's Mexican Restaurant will be catering lunch that day. Don't forget to RSVP if you want to come!!! Also, please let me know if you can pick up your reward there to save on shipping costs.
Garden Clean Up
Date: Saturday March 24th
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Crow Hill Community Garden - 730 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238Come help Lana & Kristen clean up the garden, level out the ground, and get the site ready for construction the following weekend. It'll be fun! Please RSVP on the Facebook Event.
Art Not Arrests Construction & Project Launch!Dates: Saturday, March 31st & Sunday April 1st 2012
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Crow Hill Community Garden - 730 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238Help Ground Up Designers build the framework for the Art Not Arrests project. This event will satisfy all urges to get dirty, use power tools, and play outside. We'll be there both Saturday and Sunday, come help out if you can! Food and beverages will be served. Zip-cuffs will be availible to be decorated and added to the installation at the event. Please RSVP on the Facebook Event.
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on February 10Funded!
'ART NOT ARRESTS' Garden Installation by Lana Zellner
A community driven architecture installation to help stop gun violence by funding art and education programs in Brooklyn.
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100% funded $4,515 pledged
- 99 backers
- Funded Feb 10, 2012
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on February 10
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #9WE MADE IT!
Post Comment3 days ago, I was getting ready to lose hope on the project, we had less than 60 hours left to hit our goal - which was $2500 away at the time. I was feeling pretty grim and hopeless. But instead of curling up in my bed and crying which, I'll admit, I kinda wanted to do.... Kristen and I grabbed our notebooks and went begging door to door for donations from the local businesses in the area. We wrote 7 thousand emails to friends and family members and sent the information to as many blogs as possible in hopes that somehow we could make it work.
Let me just say, WOW, what a tremendously supportive community we have here in Brooklyn! Our neighbors shared our project and threw in their last minute donations, which added up quickly. The local business owners dove right in - excited to help in any way possible - even those that weren't able to help financially offered me lunch, donuts, coffee, or the option to have them cater our events throughout the summer. The project was published in lots of blogs including the Huffington Post! Our friends and families gave what they could, and the members of my Lana's gym (CrossFit South Brooklyn) contributed almost a thousand dollars collectively! (talk about an amazingly supportive fitness community).
After all this, here we are! OVER our goal! What an amazing couple of days it has been!
Seriously, thank you all SO much! We have a lot to do now :)
Our Corporate Sponsors
In addition to the backers listed on this website, there are others that did not donate through Kickstarter. Here's the full list of businesses that are supporting the project. These are the businesses and organizations that are supporting you, make sure that you support them! I will formally add them to the kickstarter page and project website soon, but here is the list for now :)Around Town:
CHCA - Crow Hill Community Association
HAD Associates, Accounting - located on Franklin Ave (btwn Park & Sterling)
Franklin Park/Dutchboy Burger - located on Franklin Ave (btwn St.Johns & Lincoln)
The Crown Inn - located on Franklin (btwn Park & Sterling)
Compare Foods - located on St.Marks Ave. (btwn Classon & Franklin)
Neptune Diner II - located on the corner of Classon & St.Marks Ave.
Wino(t) - located on Franklin Ave (btwn Lincoln Pl & Eastern Pkwy)
The Winey Neighbor - located on Washington Ave. (btwn Prospect & St.Marks)
Mayday Hardware - located on Washington Ave (btwn Sterling & St.Johns)
Taqueria Des Los Muertos - located on Washington Ave (btwn St.Marks & Prospect)
Owl & Thistle - located on Franklin Ave (btwn Park & Sterling)
Pine Tree - located on Franklin Ave (btwn Sterling & St.Johns)
Online: Check out their websites!
It's A Lifestyle LLC - Online: Healthy Paleo Desserts!
Keith Walters - Online: User Interface Design
WODstack - Online: CrossFit WOD tracking & sharing
Biltboard - Online: Track collaborate & share creative projects online. Coming Soon!
The Secret Goldfish Baking - Vegan organic breads delivered to the people of LA
I think that's everyone, but if I missed you PLEASE PLEASE message me or email me so I can update the list and have you listed on all the official material. lana@groundupdesigners.com.
THANKS SO MUCH! -
on February 9
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #8Huffington Post!
Super excited to see Art Not Arrests up on the Huffington Post!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/art-not-arrests-installation-crown-heights-violence-handcuffs-kickstarter_n_1263395.html?ref=new-york
P.S. we are getting super close to our goal!! Thanks so much!
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on February 8
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #7We're counting in hours now!
Post CommentHi All!
Is it true? Less than 60 hours to go! I'm so excited! We've got some GREAT new backers over the past couple days and also some excellent new corporate sponsors from all over the neighborhood! Thanks so much for all of your help! We are so excited to have you involved in the project! I'll write a more in depth update about our corporate sponsors -- who they are, what they do, and why I love them, very soon. But for now, I just wanted to say thanks again and mention how excited I am to see things gathering momentum today :)
Also, I wanted to pass along our most recent press - share it with your friends!
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/02/08/solving-crown-heights-crime-problem-with-public-art-made-of-zip-ties#more
<3 <3 <3
Lana
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on February 3
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #6The Countdown Begins!
Post CommentGoooooooooood Afternoon Team 'Art Not Arrests'!
We have officially entered the most fun part every Kickstarter campaign, the final week! We have 7 days to raise $2,852! PRETTY EXCITING!
Let me just start by saying, very confidently, we've got this! There is not a single doubt in my mind that we will raise this money, if we all work together to make it happen! Why am I so confident? Because I've seen the way the neighborhood has reacted to the project. After presenting the project a hundred times to a thousand different people -- I've seen the way people's eyes light up about it. I know there is a genuine interest in it going forward, we just need to get the information out there.
Below is a list of five great things this project is offering to Brooklyn:Please use this list to convince your friends and family to donate to the project TODAY! Please share this list with local do-gooders and ask that they share our Kickstarter page with their organizations. Please don't be shy about helping -- WE NEED YOUR HELP! Help get the movement for better arts and education programs for Brooklyn's youth started! YOUR donations will be used to fund the materials needed to launch the project. Then....
- If launched, this project will collect the interests and donations of over a thousand people looking for a better way to tackle the gun violence issues that plague our streets, neighborhoods, neighbors, friends, and families, every day.
- If launched, this project will build a creative environment within the Crow Hill Community Garden for conversations to grow and children to learn.
- If launched, this project will host FREE art classes all summer long for local kids and teens.
- If launched, this project will help other community organizations working toward safer neighborhoods with the funding they need to launch their youth oriented initiatives.
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If launched, this project will raise awareness on the many ways to fight gun violence within your community.
Please help us get this project launched -- share this information with everyone you can and help us raise the rest of this money!!
Thanks so so so much for all of your help so far. We couldn't have gotten this far without you :)
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on January 31
Lana Zellner
Posted project update #5More thank you videos & a submitted grant!!
Post CommentSpecial Thanks to Sameer :)
Doing 100 Burpees is incredibly painful....
http://youtu.be/_bMld-OLbLo
In other news... Kristen and I just submitted our project for the New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods Grant! Fingers Crossed!!
Lastly, If you haven't asked a friend to consider donanting to the project, maybe today is the perfect day for that ;) If you have friends looking to promote a new business, our business sponsorship rewards could be a perfect fit for them!
Happy Tuesday all!! Thanks again for your support!
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Lana
Lana Zellner
Brooklyn, NY
Lana is an architectural designer interested in the communicative power of design. Her work explores the stories a product or piece of architecture tells to the public. She has always believed that these stories can be found hidden within the details, leadi... view more
Hello Lana, I could not reply to your 'thank you', so I'm commenting here...I heard about the project from my son Brian Stearns, my niece Pam, and of course Kristen. Good luck, Janis