Dignity Bags Project

The Gloo Factory collaboratew with No More Deaths, Dougla Prieta Women’s Sewing Cooperative, and other organizations to fight for human dignity in the “Border Wars”. Today’s article in the Arizona Daily Star mentions the Dignity Bags project which “carry a bit of humanity for their makers and for migrants .” In addition to the bags Gloo Factory works with the Dougla Prieta Women’s Sewing Cooperative to produce other practical fabric items. All at fair trade prices.

Besides bags, the cooperative also makes aprons.

Baby bibs, and pot holders. All can be ordered with custom printing by the Gloo Factory.

GlooFactory Dirties the Hands of Tucson Teens

Screen printer, Jon Westmore, coaches a group of teens from Catalina Magnate High School in modern screen printing. After explaining the process from transparent positive through exposure, then processing, and right through to laying ink on fabric, John allowed each of the students the experience of getting ink on their hands.

The t-shirt was made as part of their FindingVoice class at their high school. Since the theme for this year’s project is identity, the students collaborated with Tucson artist, Jeff Speigner, to create a design that represents the collective and unique identities of the 40 plus students. See more of the students work on the FindingVoice Project Website.

No Coal Export Rally in Oregon

Yesterday, hundreds of Oregon and Washington residents gathered in downtown Portland
to protest proposals for the states to become coal export hubs. Oregon and
Washington could become the largest coal traffickers in North
America with 150 million tons of coal per year through the Pacific
Northwest, including sending coal trains through Portland neighborhoods everyday.
The rally included a wide range of speakers — a physician, a grandmother suffering
from asthma and cancer as a result of coal trains passing her house, an activist
from China where most of the coal would be exported, and Robert Kennedy, Jr. The
Gloo Factory teamed up with organizers to create an effective visual image for the
rally. Check out more photos of the series of screenprinted air masks that adorned
hundreds of the protesters and caught the eye of media outlets.

Christine in the Clink!

The cops showed up for Christine around 11:45 this morning. Her Gloo
Factory coworkers had suspected something was up, but nobody had known her
double-life as a “criminally” good community member had led to such
extremes. As part of a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association www.mdausa.org

Christine spent the lunch hour “locked up.” Thanks to over $400 in
donations, she was safely released back to work.

Local First Arizona!

If you are looking for local businesses – this is THE place to go! Please check them out and tell them we sent you!!

Screenprinting Class

Gloo Factory OPEN HOUSE!

Please join us for an Open House at our new location

Sunday, March 18th from 2pm to 6pm

Food – Music – Fun

238 East 26th Street (26th street between 4th ave and 5th ave)

520-740-0810

Also happening on that day in the neighborhood is Cyclovia (www.cyloviatucson.org) from 10-3pm.  The route goes right by our new shop and South 4th Ave will be closed to car traffic until 3pm!  Consider participating in this great outdoor event and walking or biking to our Open House.  Please also consider that until 3pm, vehicular access to our location will take some patience.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Busy week at the Factory!

We have busy busy busy!  I wanted to share with you all some of the wonderful projects we have been working on.

Tshirt Screen Printing for

Occupy Tucson

 

 

 

 

 

Tshirt Screen Printing for the

Museum of Contemporary

Art Tucson

http://www.moca-tucson.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bumper Stickers

 

 

 

 

 

still more stickers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Cards for our awesome electrician Tim Helm.  You can reach him at 520-977-4356

 

 

AND signs for the Keeling Street Party!

Give us a call for your next project, we would love to help!

Visitors at the Gloo Factory

BorderLinks Delegation from the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning in Denver, CO recently visited the Gloo Factory.  They learned about screen printing, social causes and making positive choices for themselves and the world around them. Here is their website to learn more!  http://www.rmsel.org/