By: Deken Taylor
It’s that time again! Every year, we come up with humorous, clever, and valid reasons why you should donate to The Art Room for North Texas Giving Day. Let´s highlight this year’s Top Ten shall we?
TOP TEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE TO THE ART ROOM ON NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY 2021:
10. Because there aren’t any other significant holidays in the month of September that rely on your generosity—North Texas Giving Day is it!
9. Creativity lives and thrives here in Denton, and our stock of art supplies needs to meet the ever-growing demands.
8. Because as novelist Nikos Kazantzakis noted, “You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint paradise, then in you go.” Brushes! Colors! Paradise!
7. We’ll soon be launching Studio 416, our pilot program for adolescents. The kids are alright but they’re gonna need some art stuff!
6. Knock knock—Who’s there? Art—Art Garfunkel? No, it’s The Art Room! Feeling groovy, and happy for your donation right about now!
5. The mysterious Haiku Man, our up-and-coming obscure Superhero, offers this gem:
Growth is nature’s smile
workshops, therapeutic art
The Art Room takes wing
4. They say “it takes a village to raise a child,” but they don’t always mention that “it takes a community to fund The Art Room’s mission.” Now is the time, community!
3. Because artist Edward Hopper got it right: “If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.”
Roots and Branches, 2021
Community painting donated by The Art Room to Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home
2. And speaking of our wish list, our old friend Roseanne Roseannadanna knew what she was talking about when she said, “It’s always something! If it’s not one thing, it’s another. It’s either new staff or a fresh tube of Cadmium Red Medium!”
And the number one reason that you should support The Art Room for North Texas Giving Day 2021 is—drumroll, please:
1. Three little words: We Love Denton!
