NEW MEMBER WELCOME // Say Hello to Shana Schnur, Fashion Photographer

We're thrilled to introduce one of 3rd Ward's newest members, Shana Schnur!

A professional photographer working on fashion and other commercial projects, Schnur graduated from the School of Visual Arts last year. She collaborates with partner David Manning, and you can take a look at some of their work at shanaschnur.com.

Schnur is currently putting together a lookbook for the upcoming Fall & Winter Collection of NYC-based jewelry brand Auden Design. "Right now we're working to pick the right model, and will be holding a go-see at 3rd Ward with Auden in a week or two," she says.

"One of the biggest things that drew us to 3rd Ward is that it's a local community, not a big anonymous photo studio that exists to pad their bottom line," Schnur says. She's also excited about the possibilities that a 3rd Ward membership will open up, including the freedom to pursue exciting projects that may not have immediate financial payoff. In addition to her work with Auden, she has plans for a couple avant-garde shoots, as well as one that "combines themes from old sci-fi, high fashion, and contemporary cultural trends."

Sounds awesome.

Meanwhile, here's some of Schnur's work:

-- John Ruscher 

3rd Ward Member Becky Carter Needs Writers and Bloggers!

Are you a writer/blogger looking to get your work out there? Here is what Becky's site says:

These New Old Traditions is an online journal devoted to reinvigorating our vacant holidays and traditions with a little mystic revelry... We’re looking for some new writers for the site. There’s so much we want to cover, get out, and unpack, and our tiny team could use some of your brilliancy. Want to be read by thousands of people a month? Want to investigate the nuanced weirdness that is the American holiday? Want to be a part of a growing team of writers, bloggers, urban homesteaders, unschoolers and unworkers, post-pagans, herbalists, and seasonal food connoisseurs committed to once again making meaningful our forgotten traditions?

Full Info here!

A Zoetrope of Resolutions

We polled a few 3rd Ward users (The Zoetrope Tribe) on their New Years Resolutions (and reccomend a way we can help make it happen - so if their resolutions are echoing your own, help is on the way!)!

Travis Tench (3rd Ward Member)

"To build more things and improve my welding skills."

[We reccomend: Loft Building Workshop and Night Welding: Intro to the Metal Shop.]

Olivia Robinson (Shop Day-Pass User & member of The Spectres of Liberty)

"To eat more vegetables."

[We reccomend: If you're quick, you can catch tonight's FREE lecture Nutrition for Sinners.]

Josh McPhee (Shop Day-Pass User, Member of The Spectres of Liberty & Zoetrope co-creator)

"To work more efficiently, so I can work less."

[We reccomend: Overall improvement creates efficiency! So, start with Sewing: Level I, move onto Sculpting the Human Head for Beginners, then for a little digital know how check out HTML/CSS: Coding by Hand, and finally round out your new knowledge base with  Gardening & Composting in New York City.]

(psst! Wanna know what a Zoetrope is? Wikipedia knows!)

Photos Courtesy of Angie Cope.