June 20, 2008
Win a Stay at the Vineyard Cottage in Ashland, OR
Found Gallery and Weisinger’s Vineyard cordially invite you to participate in our What Do You See? giveaway – celebrating Irene Kai’s What Do You See? at Found Gallery through the end of June, 2008.
What do you win?
A two night stay at the lovely Vineyard Cottage in Ashland, Oregon, and lunch with the artist. While you’re in town, why not see a show at the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival?
How do you participate?
There are two ways to participate. 1) Come to the gallery and drop your business card in the giveaway jar. 2) Comment on this post. Include your name and email address (don’t worry your email address isn’t made public!)
The Details
The winner will receive a two night stay at the Weisinger’s Vineyard Cottage at Weisinger’s Vineyard in Ashland, Oregon. The winner is responsible for travel to and from Ashland, as well as all food expenses. By participating in this giveaway, you agree to the following terms and conditions.
Terms and Conditions
- 1. The What Do You See? Giveaway is open only to residents of the United States.
- 2. You may not enter our giveaway if you are an employee or an immediate family member of an employee of Found Gallery, Silver Light Publications or Wesinger’s of Ashland.
- 3. You may not enter our giveaway if such a contest is not permitted by law in state of residence.
- 4. You must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
- 5. No purchase is necessary to participate. Entries are due by the June 30, 2008. The winner will be chosen by July 30 and will be notified by e-mail.
- 6. To be eligible to win, you must provide your full name and email address. If you omit any items, you will not be registered. Only one entry per person.
- 7. The winning entries will be selected at random by Found Gallery staff.
- 8. The submitted information you provide will become the property of Found Gallery but our use of this information will be governed by the terms of our privacy policy.
- 9. If you have any questions regarding the What Do You See? Giveaway, please contact us.
- 10. By submitting a comment, you hereby acknowlede that you have read and agree to these terms and conditions.
All comments are moderated – don’t worry, they will show up within 24 hours. Thanks for your patience!
June 20th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
As I passed by the Ashland Food Co-op in Ashland, Oregon on my way to the Post Office, a young and energetic Greenpeace standing on the sidewalk approached me and asked, “Would you like to save the Polar Bear?”
Unable to resists such direct question about my concern for the environment, I stopped to dialogue with the volunteer about Polar Bear and several other environmental issues. I found her to be a well informed and dedicated volunteer. We didn’t see eye-to-eye on every issue, but the conversation was cordial. She did ask if I want support Greenpeace by becoming a member, but when I declined to join, she was pushy or insistent. During the interaction she mentioned that they had run into a problem standing in front of the Ashland Food Co-op and soliciting memberships. In fact she indicated that someone from the Ashland Food Co-op told them they could not stand on the sidewalk out in front of the Ashland Food Co-op and if they continued to they would contact the police.
I was a bit amazed, I assumed an institution like the Ashland Food Co-op would support the efforts of an organization like Greenpeace. The Greenpeace volunteer was a taken back by their response as well.
In spite of the objections of the Ashland Food Co-op, they remained there and continued to speak with the people coming and going about the Polar Bear and other environmental issue. Apparently Greenpeace had acquired a state wide permit to canvas for membership, and as long where not engaging in this activity on Ashland Food Co-op property and remain on the public sidewalk, there was nothing the Ashland, Oregon police or the Ashland Food Co-op could do to remove them.
I had things to do and places to go, but this chance encounter stuck with me through the rest of the day. Know that there a two side of every store, I call the Ashland Food Co-op when I got home in late afternoon. I spoke with the floor manager, since the manager had gone home for the night. She said that they had received complaints from there cliental about the aggressive way that they where approached by the Greenpeace people out in front of their business. That is why they where asked to leave and the Ashland Food Co-op had consider call the police on them.
Greenpeace can be aggressive in their efforts to save the environment, that they are famous for confronting, for confronting those logging old-growth timber, confronting those that govern us about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and confronting corporations and government whose practices are destroying the planet we live on. These are the people who where willing to put the selves between the whaling ship and the whales, risk life and life in the process.
The Ashland Food Co-op is a place of business and I can only assume from the floor managers comments, that the last thing that their customers want is someone bothering them on their way into the their co-op. From the perspective of the Ashland Food Co-op this is not the way to work for the environment and way Greenpeace approached their customers could not be tolerated.
I am only left to wonder if the Ashland Food Co-op and Greenpeace are unable to find a way to get resolve such differences when they arise, how can one expect the rest of the planet to muster the kind of co-operation that is require to hopefully resolve the environmental, political and economic problems our world now faces.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
i found the found gallery about a year ago or so, as a fellow artist in another genre i gotta say i love this place as they always have fresh artist and slammin events. the peeps that run the joint are so welcoming and chill. i always look forward to any events this gallery has! continued sucess and c u soon!
best,
david b
June 20th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Please include me as a candidate to win the Ashland, OR weekend get-away !
Lindsey Fyfe
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Awesome pictures, only wish I could see them all in person. Thanks for the continued information on your gallary and the artists! Please enter me to win a weekend get away in Ashland, Oregon.
Thanks, Bret
June 26th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
This exhibit looks fascinating! I hope I can make it this weekend… and I hope I win this prize!!!!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Wish I could make it in person! Please enter me in the contest!
June 27th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Irene is a special person and loving being, over and above a classy artist and has a grand sense of humour.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
It would be cool to see MY AUNT’S artwork in person, but I live in CA and haven’t seen her since I was 14!!! Enter me for the contest!
July 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I want to go too. Enter me.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I would love a chance to win. Please enter me in the contest!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I would love a chance to win! Undergrad and always on a budget, need to have some fun. Please enter me in the contest, Thank you for the opportunity.