Lamp Community Blog

Aug 1

EXTENDED! Donate Art Supplies to Lamp Art Project, Get a Discount from Blick!

Thank you so much for your help! Due to the enormous success and generosity of volunteers donating art supplies to Lamp Community Art Project through Blick Art Materials and the What Can I Do? Campaign, the promotion is being EXTENDED for another week — August 1-7!

Please stop in to purchase something for Lamp Art Project or for yourself, and if you spend $100 or more on your total purchase, Blick will give you a $20 coupon to apply toward your purchase.

WHAT:                    

$20 off your purchase when you spend a total of $100 or more, mention the What Can I Do? Campaign and donate at least one item to Lamp Art Project

WHEN:                  

August 1-7, 2011  

WHERE:                

Blick Art Materials

7301 Beverly Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90036 

(323) 933-9284 

WHO BENEFITS?  Everyone! 

For those living outside Los Angeles or who are unable to travel to the store, place a phone order with Blick at (323) 933-9284. Just mention the What Can I Do? Campaign when making your purchase for Lamp Community. Questions? Please write to info@whatcanidocampaign.org.

You can also donate gently used supplies of your own!  If you have items you can donate, schedule a visit to Lamp Community’s Art Project. Contact Lamp at (213) 270-9022, or e-mail Hayk Makhmuryan at haykm@lampcommunity.org.

Lamp Art Project needs the following supplies:

Primary:

  • Sketchbooks (the more the better, any size)
  • Stretched canvases (18x24, 20x30, 16x20 and 24x36 are popular sizes; bigger or smaller also work)
  • Brushes
  • Color Pencils
  • Pens
  • Markers
  • Pastels
  • Paints (acrylics, watercolor, oil)
  • Papers (regular, pastel, watercolor, Bristol — larger formats preferred)
  • Erasers Pencil Sharpeners (regular or electric)
  • Drawing Boards
  • Drawing & Painting Kits, big or small

Secondary:

  • Workable Clay
  • Art Books (new and used)
  • Art Magazines (new and used)

Larger Gifts:

  • Easels (standing or table)
  • Digital Cameras (gently used and new)
  • Musical Instruments (gently used and new)

Please join us in continuing to provide a safe place for Lamp’s members to express themselves creatively! You can learn more about Lamp Art Project on Lamp’s website and on Facebook. The What Can I Do? Campaign is online at  http://whatcanidocampaign.org.