MORE LOVE! BLP love letter #6

Hello!

Thanks to all that came to see us at the farmer's market and SalsaPolkaLooza in Highlandtown this last weekend and welcome to all the new fans. We met a lot of cool people and made some good contacts that will help this important project continue to move along! We made some coloring sheets for kids to work on for SalsaPolkaLooza and they were a hit! We'll most definitely bring them out to the next fair we do.

So here's the most recent scoop:

1.BLP PRINT RELEASE/MEET THE ARTIST

This Thursday, July 15, BLP artist Michael Owen will be at the Visionary Art Museum for a "meet the artist" event. The focus of the event is the release of a limited edition BLP giclee print. Printed by TAG Galleries, these 15"x15" prints are from a painting Michael created a few years ago. The prints, limited to 200, are signed, numbered and only priced at $40. All proceeds will go to putting up more LOVE murals around the city. This event will be held up in the Visionary's restaurant, Mr. Rain's Fun House, from 6-8pm. Happy hour runs till 7 and Princess Bride" will be shown up on Federal Hill at 9pm. Make a night of it!

2. WE'RE 2ND IN THE NATION

We're up from 5th place last week, in Scion's competition to upload the most digital media! Upload your pics, of whatever you want, on Scion's site to help us win money for the Baltimore Love Project. It takes one minute to get a picture up. If everyone would put up one picture, we'd win...hands down! Whoever uploads the most media, wins a BLP tshirt. Our goal is to raise enough money from Scion to fund a whole mural!

1. Go to www.scion.com/xchange

2. Click on the “Contribute Art” tab (top left of screen)

3. Submit Artwork (Remember to put Baltimore in there)

3.NATIONAL ARTISTS TAKE ON LOVE

We only have through next week with the art from Innovate Love. Again, these are the remaining pieces from the fundraiser we had at Silo Point in May. 50% of all proceeds from art purchases go to the Baltimore Love Project, with the rest going to the artist. Some artists are even contributing up to 100%! This curated show compiles artists from around the country, who's piece is themed to "Innovate Love". The work ranges from the nouveau/Klimt inspired illustration by Megan Russell to the street feel of Cory Orbendorfer's "Burning Love"; from the photography of Lisa Koppenhaver's Baltimore landscape to Donald Ely's collage of Baltimore neighborhoods in the shape of a heart. Check it out, it's all very creative. Any art purchase comes with a free shirt as a thank you!

That's about it for now. Hope to see you all this Thursday at the Visionary/Mr. Rain's Funhouse! Stay tuned next week for details on a possible block party. We're just getting warmed up!

with LOVE,

Michael Owen

Creator & Lead Artist, Baltimore Love Project