In-Kind Contributions/I-Park Wish List

Although our list changes over time, below is a list of items we routinely need at I-Park:

•  Local produce: if you’ve got an over-abundance of tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, corn, cucumbers – you get the point – from your garden or field, think of dropping some off at I-Park.  The artists will really appreciate it.
•  Wine, beer: contributions of wine and beer are always welcome.  They’ll get put out for artists’ dinners or at special events at I-Park.
•  Books: on art, music, architecture, nature, garden design, landscape architecture, the creative process, artists’ resources, local history, geology and archaeology, death and memorialization, individualism and solitude.  Also fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
•  Periodicals: we subscribe to about twenty different magazines, but there are many more arts-related ones that would be of interest to our residents.
•  DVD’s, Videos: especially on arts-related topics, but our residents are also into documentaries, classic film, animation, science/technology as well as drama and comedy.
•  CD’s: all kinds of music, but especially the more serious varieties: classical, jazz, opera, contemporary composition.
•  Art materials and tools: clay, canvases, large format papers, framing materials, specialized tools.
•  Hardware: stretchers, drawing boards, painting and clay easels.
•  Bedding, linen (new or in good condition): sheets, blankets, comforters, pillows, towels, cots.
•  Furniture and fixtures: tables (including drafting tables), task chairs, bookcases, cabinets, task lighting, reading lamps.
•  Garden tools, equipment: including shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, wagons, dollies.
•  Land products: corn stalks, manure, hay bales, firewood (with 3 wood stoves and 4 chimeneas, we’ve actually been running short lately).
•  Ladders: of all types, we never have enough ladders.
•  Plants: for our vegetable, spice and flower gardens, but also trees and bushes.  I-Park has a fondness for willow, bamboo, cedar, ornamental grasses, pussy willows and vines of various varieties.
•  Wood: large sections of wood (including planks, timbers and large diameter tree trunks, even rotted ones), weathered barn wood, cedar posts (even old, rotted ones) – for sculpture, installation and construction projects.
•  Miscellaneous: flashlights, lanterns, umbrellas, large mirrors, old towels/rags.

Please check the Hot List on our website (Participation/Contribution section) for specific items we’re in need of at this time.  Also, please call the office first before making drop-offs.  There may be times when, for various reasons, we are unable to accept certain items.

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