Jim Power, aka The Mosaic Man, Launches a Rebuild “The Legendary Mosaic Trail” Campaign on Crowdfunding Site, Indiegogo
NEW YORK, April 29th, 2013 — Renowned New York City artist Jim Power, aka The Mosaic Man, today launched a fundraising campaign to rebuild his famous Mosaic Trail on Indiegogo, a leading international crowdfunding platform and community.
About the campaign:
For over 25 years, Jim Power, aka The Mosaic Man, has created one of the largest and longest lasting public arts projects with his Legendary Mosaic Trail. The trail of whimsical mosaic designs on lamp poles, planters, sidewalks and storefronts throughout New York City are some of the most recognizable and universally acclaimed works by a local artist. The various pieces are often dedicated to an historical event, person, or landmark, i.e. 9/11 or the former Fillmore East, or simply act as sign-posts and markers. The works are, for the most part, created using recycled materials, built to last, unique to the city, and add a great deal to the quality of life in the neighborhood. In 1988, Jim was authorized by the DOT to build up to 80 light poles. In 2004, he was inducted into the City Lore Peoples Hall of Fame and received an official proclamation from Mayor Bloomberg recognizing him for his selfless contribution to the city. Over the years, Jim’s work has been featured in countless television programs, newspapers, books and magazines worldwide.
All that, and Jim has never received any significant funding for his project from the city or outside groups. And, unfortunately, due to vandalism and destruction, only about a quarter of the lamp posts that make up the original trail are still fully intact.
So, he turns to you…
Now, you can help support the rebuilding of The Legendary Mosaic Trail!
Proceeds from the campaign will go toward supporting all facets of the rebuilding of the trail.
Not only will contributors help support the rebuilding of a part of New York City history, but they will also receive exciting and unique perks related to the trail itself, from stickers or T-shirts featuring Power’s designs, to one-of-a-kind original pieces of art or “artwear,” to opportunities to have your image or brand included on a pole for all to see!
The campaign is the culmination of several years of work by Power and his cohorts to build up visibility about his work on the trail and its impact on the city. The trail as a whole tells the story of an ever-changing neighborhood, what came before, what’s here now, and perhaps what will be in the future.
Power has often said that he is not out for fame. He feels he has a “responsibility to the people who love this work.” He makes his art “for the community that he loves and that loves him so dearly in return.” He is thankful for the continued support from the public throughout the years, and this campaign is the latest way for people to bea part of something big and help Jim see his vision through.
“We’ve got over 50,000 people on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. If everyone gave just a few bucks, we could do this and the world wouldn’t know what him ‘em!” says Power.
The campaign lasts through Friday, May 24th, 11:59PM PT.
You can read more about the campaign, view the exciting perks available, and donate here.
Local boy does good!
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Whistleblowers say State Department cut security in Libya over last six months (via The Daily Beast)
Smart power.
This just keeps getting worse and worse.
h/t Hot Air
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Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami: This wave of holy rage must turn into a hurricane or a tsunami against the U.S. so that they will refrain from toying with what is holy to the Muslims. They should learn that toying with Islam and with its most honorable prophet is tantamount to playing with a lion’s tail. They will pay a steep price for this. They have already paid for this, and they will pay more.
Charmed.
Excerpts from an interview with Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, which aired on Al-Alam TV on September 16, 2012. (via MEMRI)
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The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region’s media (both print and television), websites, religious sermons and school books. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, Dari, Hindi, and Turkish media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
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MEMRI’s dedicated staff, of over 80 employees worldwide, works around the clock, translating from hundreds of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, Dari, Hindi, and Turkish, newspapers, magazines, television shows and websites. This staff includes people from all ethnic, religious, racial and socio-economic backgrounds.
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THANK YOU to Tara Young and the entire Etsy team for this wonderful profile!
I hope everyone can come take a walk along the Mosaic Trail sometime soon.
Mosaic the City! Mosaic America! Mosaic the World!
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Like Jim on Facebook or Follow him on Pinterest and Twitter @MosaicManNYC
Check out The Official Mosaic Man Collection on Etsy and CafePress for belt buckles, t-shirts and a variety of other items featuring Jim’s designs. Proceeds go toward supporting Jim’s work on The Mosaic Trail.
Or you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here.
Oh, you had to stand on a hot subway platform for 2 minutes today?
You poor thing!
When the medal ceremony is over, and you’re done with your consolatory iced frappe from Starbucks, how about tuning in to The 5th Annual Troopathon?
Presented by Move America Forward, one of the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troops organizations, the goal of Troopathon is simple:
Send care packages to our troops, as many as we can, in a single 8-hour show.
This year, we raise funds to send care packages to those serving in Afghanistan. Our troops are growing weary. They have been at this for 10 years; many have done multiple deployments, and some are starting to question if America has forgotten that they are still in battle. There are 90,000 American troops in Afghanistan.
90,000.
Just for reference, it’s going to be in the 90’s all this week in Afghanistan.
You can make a tax-deductible donation and sponsor a care package here.
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A Care Package Saves a Life | Operation Gratitude
From the inbox:
A few days ago we received a heart-wrenching email that we feel is important to share with you:
“I am a soldier who is currently deployed. Recently I have been pretty depressed. I see just about everyone here getting care packages from loved ones.
But I don’t have any loved ones back home.
Well, except my dog…But someone poisoned her on Thanksgiving when I showed up here.
Every day I would go to sleep and wish I didn’t wake up. On my way back to work I would hope to catch a mortar round in my chest. I spoke with the Chaplain about some of these issues but nothing seemed to help. Every day I would go through the same steps: work, lunch, work, bed.
Same thing, every day.
Then a soldier came to tell me I had a package to pick up. They told me it had been sitting in the mail office for some time now. For the whole walk over there I wondered, ‘Who could it be from?’ I heard talk about care packages being sent from private organizations back home, but those were from a list you had to put your name on. I never did that because with my job I was always too busy and time was never permitting.
When I saw the box, I saw ‘Operation Gratitude’ on the side. When I opened the package and started looking through the contents a lump grew in my throat, my lip started to quiver and the tears started to flow.
I had an overwhelming feeling that someone really does care.
I am feeling much better about myself now. I don’t know how I can ever thank you for what you have made me feel. Thank you so very much for what you and your team have done!
Sincerely, J.C.”
There is no way to quantify the invaluable morale-boosting impact our care packages have on the men and women who receive them. But letters and emails like this one from J.C. confirm that what we are doing is important. With your help we will continue this work, positively affecting Military letter-writers like J.C. and the tens of thousands more whom he represents.
Go.
Now.
Your donation pays for the assembly and shipping expenses of $15 per care package. Tax deductible.
Do it.
For every picture of our young servicemembers doing something wrong…
There are a hundred pictures of them doing something right. (I know; I made them!)
See:
“Little Girl,” Mosul, Iraq, 2005.
Photo by Michael Yon, independent combat journalist.
Major Mark Bieger found this little girl after the car bomb that attacked our guys while kids were crowding around. The soldiers here have been angry and sad for two days. They are angry because the terrorists could just as easily have waited a block or two and attacked the patrol away from the kids. Instead, the suicide bomber drove his car and hit the Stryker when about twenty children were jumping up and down and waving at the soldiers. Major Bieger, I had seen him help rescue some of our guys a week earlier during another big attack, took some of our soldiers and rushed this little girl to our hospital. He wanted her to have American surgeons and not to go to the Iraqi hospital. She didn’t make it. I snapped this picture when Major Bieger ran to take her away. He kept stopping to talk with her and hug her.Read the rest here.
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Just for reference, it’s in the 90’s and 100’s in Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively, this week.
Maybe you’d like to send a care package to the servicemen and women overseas.
Today is the 4th Annual Troopathon, presented by Move America Forward, one of the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organizations.
The goal of Troopathon is simple: Send care packages to our troops, as many as we can get sponsored in a single 8-hour show.
You can make a tax-deductible donation and sponsor a care package here.
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