Riches

There's now about 42 boxes in the office, perched on top of book shelves and cabinets.  The office is going to feel so empty when they are gone!

Where will we be without Anna Funnekotter's cheerful box, "Follow Your Heart", to brighten our day?  We love our work, but seeing all the amazing art that has been contributed to Planned Parenthood Ottawa can't help but humble and warm us.

(The colours are even brighter in person.)

Herman Ruhland's "Art for a Cause" makes it feel like summer in here, even though its starting to get cold outside.

You really have to see this one in person, the texture is engaging.

I'm not going to lie, I keep hoarding boxes in my office!  You know, for the blog.

 

Shanna Steals' "Reliquary" features beautifully detailed carvings of leaves.  To me, it speaks of the connection between the past and the present, and how we choose to safeguard precious memories.

Like, for example, throwing an amazing gala on Thursday!

Just One Week Left!

There's just one week left to be part of Ottawa's most Magical night!   (Information about buying tickets can be found here.)

For 45 years, Planned Parenthood Ottawa has been the place to come for sexual and reproductive health!  We not only talk about sex without blushing, we've taught generations of men and women to do the same.  And for one night only we are letting it all hang out.

Like Annette Hegel's amazing triptych.  Two of the pieces hang on the wall, with a third box designed to rest on a surface.

From left to right: The Henry James Box, The Arundhati Roy Box and The John Berger Box

Here is the John Berger Box open:  pretty cool!

 

For Magic Boxes, we're going to be all dolled up in feathers and sequins!

Catherine Clark made this amazing box with her 9-year old daughter.  It's like she read our minds!

And if you want to see a magic trick:

KAZAM!

The Birds and the Bees

Looking at our boxes, it seems like some of our artists had something on their minds...

I think they were thinking about how awesome PPO is!

The gathering of birds on Daniel Martelock's box is so engaging, we can't help but make up little dialogues for them.  With the twigs on top, its like we're eavesdropping on a party in the treetops.

 It looks to me like that owl is really tired of the loud little finches.

Jennifer Gibb's tells us that a Bee Box is where bee-keepers keep their hives.  Check out these industrious little guys!

 

The photo doesn't really do justice to the rich, beautiful honey gold inside the box.  Makes you just want to melt into it.

These beautiful birds are from "Magic is Believing in Yourself" by Laura Daub.The patterns are really rich and beautiful.

 And of course, PPO knows all about the outcome of the birds and the bees...