The Magic Starts Tonight

IT'S TODAY!

Get out your finest sparkles and feathers!  Magic Boxes is tonight!  We are going to transform the Cube Gallery into a sexy circus spectacular, the likes of which Ottawa has never seen before.

We've got appetizers warming up and drinks being mixed.  We're putting on our fake eyelashes and napkin dresses.  There's still a few tickets left.  (If you are planning to buy at the door, it will be cheque or cash only.)

Our friends over at Venus Envy are in the spirit!  Check out this amazing box.

It lights up!

 

 

I wanted to be sure to show off Markia Jemma's beautiful Goddess #14.

What a beautiful thing to gift us with!  In person, this is a detailed, vibrant piece-- you can feel life and warmth and celebration just radiating from it.

Planned Parenthood Ottawa's own celebration of life and healthy sexuality starts tonight.  See you soon!

Just One Day More!

Where does the time go?  There's just one day left before Magic Boxes, and we couldn't be more excited!  Did you get your ticket yet?

Tomorrow, we transform the Cube Gallery into a breathtaking, wild circus!  Complete with a tent, a fire spinner, clowns and a red carpet.  How awesome is that-- sexual and reproductive health, rolled out with a red carpet!

"Round Lake Cubed" is by our lovely host at Cube Gallery, Don Monet.

I suspect the PPO staff is going to want a day in that idyll following the magic and mayhem of Magic Boxes!  To me it is like sitting on the dock, looking out over that scene early in the morning with a cup of coffee.  I feel refreshed.

And hopefully, on the dock of that lake we will run into this amazing creature.

 

Vera Greenwood's "Magic Box" is made with flocking: it's fuzzy.  It's also gorgeous, very detailed and vibrant.

The stag seems to be caught in that moment when you come across each other on a trail, closer then either of your expected, and you just stare.  And then the deer runs away.  Those moments are always a little dreamlike and precious.

And continuing down the trail, Bozica Radjenovic seems to have drawn her inspiration for the earth itself.  To me, her Black Box looks like earthworm trails, and I can almost smell the wet earth and fallen leaves.

The words on the top are "All Mothers", "Living Things..." and "Matter."


Will you be there tomorrow, to show how much PPO matters to you?  And have an amazing time in the bargain!

Whoa! Big News!

Rick Mercer has finished his Magic Box to be auctioned at Planned Parenthood Ottawa's Magic Boxes gala...AND...the winner of his Magic Box gets:

2 Return tickets to Toronto to see Rick Mercer Report
2 Tickets for the Season Finale of Rick Mercer Report on Friday, March 19, 2010
Meet and Greet with Rick Mercer after the Show
1 Nights Hotel Accommodation for 2 after the Show

If you don't have tickets, you won't be able to win this fabulous box!!! Click here for ticket purchasing information!