Mah' fellah' Deviants:

In my last journal, I explained that I am raising funds to attend the annual conference held by the International Arts Movement of New York, called "Encounter 2008". Their website is [link].

The organization is an outreach to the community which is dedicated to furthering beautiful and true art, in the belief that all good and true things come from God and have positive transforming power. Principles for truth and beauty are given to us in the form of the Holy Bible.

I also explained that I desire to go to represent the organization to which I am a member, Artists Junction International. The website is [link]. Feedback on the website would be appreciated as I'm the only designer at this time (and I'm trying to change that picture of the paintbrush and paints!). We have a very similar vision as IAM in that we too desire to set up gatherings of artists around the US and eventually the world to help with networking for the sake of positive inspiration and encouragement when it comes to art and the spiritual life. We feel that due to the fact that we serve the same God and desire the same things, the two organizations should work together and refer each other. Both of us are open to this possibility but IAM feels that the best way for us to know them is through their conference, which is on February 28th through March 1rst.

Originally I felt I may not be able to go due to costs, and that is when I began raising funds. I still feel that the costs are a challenge, but IAM recently opened the option of having a la carte registration. Therefore I now plan to attend the event on Saturday alone which brings the trip and conference expenses down to $125! The reason this is a challenge is because of how late I found out the importance of attending this year.

If you would like to contribute to this trip, you may do so by donating to Artists Junction International, and SPECIFY: "This is to help Cameron go to the IAM conference in New York to represent AJI".

Artists Junction is a 501 charity which will make your donation tax-deductible (which is nice if you don't like paying for a tax called "privilege to work" )

Here is the link to donate to AJI. It will take you to JustGive.org. Thank you all!

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