annual donating in 2020, and a poem 12.31.2020

This year, in keeping with my desire to "give back" by donating a portion of my art sales to charitable organizations, I'm donating to the Madison School & Recreation pottery program. Their mission statement is "MSCR will enhance the quality of life for individuals in the Madison Metropolitan School District and for the community by …

giving back 1.23.2020

As I wrote earlier this month, I "give back" in my life in a variety of ways. I volunteer my time at Atwood Pantry, a local personal essentials (non-food) pantry, and at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. My husband and I donate financially to a variety of local and national non profits and organizations that we think …

annual donating in 2019 1.2.2020

A percentage of all my ceramic sales is donated to charitable organizations. It’s important for me to give back to my community, and I do so by volunteering my time and money in my personal life, and by donating a percentage of all sales in my Rachel as Artist life. In 2019, 5% of everything …

MMOCA Docent – Official! 4.6.2017

I became an "official" docent at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art today, because I gave my first tour! My tour group included fourth-grade students from a local school, along with a couple parental unit chaperones. I've been super nervous about this for the past couple of weeks. I even thought about calling the museum's …

new volunteer gig 11.3.2016

Volunteering has been an important part of my life for the last 20 years. I've volunteered through my old workplace, on a neighborhood association board, and at a local sustainability organization. For about the last 15 years, my main volunteer gig was at WORT, Madison's community radio station, where I helped engineer, produce, and write …