Holiday Shopping Reminder for Everyone not Already Lined-Up at Best Buy

Just a quick reminder to check out the faculty/student art sale at the museum tomorrow and Saturday. All funds go to the TMA School of Art and Design. I've also learned that the art classes make good Christmas gifts- especially for little ones. They offer everything from blacksmithing to digital photography.

If you hate art but love books I got news for you too. There will also be a lecture and book signing on Saturday to coincide with the David Macaulay exhibit. Macaulay will talk at 1:00 with the book signing immediately afterwards. Check out the GlassWear exhibit while you're there.

Still need gift ideas? How about this cool shirt that benefits the Arts Commission.

Do You Really Want to Brave the Malls at Christmas?

Okay, I probably shouldn't have used a picture of Southwyck for that headline, but I just couldn't resist.


Holiday art sales are a great source of inexpensive holiday gifts, seriously, hear me out. One of a kind, original art, for rock bottom prices. I have personally spent $25 dollars for three, nice, signed pieces of glass, from local artists. There are a couple coming up and I suggest you make the rounds if you want that perfect gift for Aunt Eleanor.

The Lucas County Rec Center will be hosting one Nov. 10th & 11th, unfortunately their website looks as if to have only been updated four times in the last five years, so I couldn't find too much information on it. I do know that Julie Shine Webster will be there though, so it's got that going for it. Webster's a local artist with some really outrageous pottery, so it's worth the trip.

There will also be a student/faculty sale on the 23rd & 24th at the museum. They have this every year and there's always a ton of glass and a ton of ceramics. But get there early because it goes fast. (that's where I spent the $25)

And if that wasn't enough I know Shawn Messenger and Jack Schmidt have a holiday sale every year, but I haven't heard anything definite yet. Speaking of Jack Schmidt, check out this video from Above the Shop Studios- I love the rocks on top of the little bronze tables!

Don't forget about the book sale this weekend too.

Art Reference Library Booksale

The CVA Art Reference Library will be holding it's annual book sale this next week. This is always a good way to get some great books for really cheap. Anyone who buys books on art knows how expensive they can be, and with the holidays coming up we could all use some extra cash in our pockets. So save yourself some money and pick up some really cool books at the same time. The sale will run this Friday & Saturday (Nov. 2-3) an it's on the first floor of the CVA.

On a related note Fireside Books, Toledo's last independantly run, general interest bookstore, is going out of business- they will be running sales and remaining open through the holidays.

Esteemed Literary Journal Files for Bankruptcy- Now Take Advantage of Them!

Who likes to read? ...That's what I thought. I really can't say that I consider myself a 'reader', and before we go on, I don't want anyone to do anything they don't want. I know reading can be pretty dangerous.

With that said, McSweeney's , a hotbed of intellectualism, has fallen on some hard times. I can't say I've read too many of their books, but they do have publications from Marcel Dzama and David Byrne, and put out a great DVD magazine, Wholphin- and I'm totally into watching stuff. They filed for bankruptcy and are having a huge sale. Everything is marked down, plus they are having an original art auction as well. They even had a few Marcel Dzama 'Berlin Years' signed and doodled on for $300, although that was last week...

Who doesn't want this shirt?