ArtSeed

Looking for that warm fuzzy feeling of community for Valentine’s Day? Join us on February 14th, 2-3 pm, for ArtSeed’s Valentine’s Day Concert & Celebration !! We are excited to share that Jill Rachuy Brindel, a long-time cellist for the SF Symphony, will be performing live via Google Meet Anyone and everyone is invited! Feel free to share this event far and wide

ArtSeed’s new programming season starts March 1, 2021 and we hope you put ArtSeed on your calendar! In this period of reflection prior to the start of new programs, we ask you to help us make progress on year-end assessments, grant-writing, online operations, and project brainstorming. Even at this slower time of year, you can get immediately involved. (Please note Pacific time below) Tuesday online weekly art lesson 2 3:30 p.m. Friday online Art Lab hosted by the Veterans... Administration. To register call Dan: 415-221-4810 X22839 Valentine’s Day Concert and Celebration with a live musical performance and more, Sunday, February 14, 2 3 p.m. ArtSeed’s Thirteenth Annual Art-a-thon on 10 a.m. 8 p.m, Saturday, April 24, 2021. You can also view our other programs scheduled by clicking here https://www.artseed.org/programs/. Image: Betzy Moreno Gonzales, My World Unveiled 2020. Made from colored pencils.

Check out these amazing artworks our students made when learning about one-liner portraits! Thank you to all of our students for sharing their art with us. ArtSeed is still holding online art lessons on Tuesdays from 2 to 3:30 PM. For more information on how to join, go to our website or click here to print our permission form https://www.artseed.org//OnePageArtSeedLessonsProfileWaive

In response to the atrocities perpetrated at our nation’s capital on Jan 6, 2021, ArtSeed is suspending all but essential programs until March 1, 2021. This pause will allow us more personal time for expressing concerns to persons in power via phone, email, social media, and post. Many of us feel an urgent need to see immediate legal consequences for all perpetrators, inciters, and enablers of that unprecedented and deadly event. Simultaneously, as Founder of ArtSeed, my mes...sage is to insist on swift implementation of generous federal arts and public works funding to the most distressed sectors of society. This funding should be first distributed to communities of color, hardest hit by COVID and systemic racism, then extended to others who are suffering economically and are vulnerable to misinformation. Self-expression with the arts can provide safe outlets for those who feel that they have been treated unjustly. The creative process and the resulting artworks can open minds and hearts. Projects might include spoken, written, drawn, danced, or sung pieces, theater, photography, or murals which tell stories or give expression to the frustrations, fears, and hopes of this moment. In taking action now, we can prevent further violence. The 1939 Work Projects Administration (WPA) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings, murals, and roads. Let’s ask our representatives to bring back the WPA. ArtSeed has been giving a voice to others for twenty years! Be well and stay safe, Josefa Vaughan, Founder, Executive and Artistic DirectorMobile (text or voice): 415-656-9849, Email: [email protected], ArtSeed connects gifted and vulnerable communities through classical and cutting-edge fine arts projects. How You Can Help If you need help with finding out who is representing your state or congressional district, use these links down below. This will be beneficial when you are trying to contact your Senator or Representative in Washington. List of Senators of the 117th Congress https://www.senate.gov//contact_informati/senators_cfm.cfm How to Contact US Senators https://www.senate.gov/senat/How_to_correspond_senators.htm Find Your Representative | house.go https://www.house.gov/representati/find-your-representative Image 1: Hannah K. (2019) Crying Girl, Mixed-media on mat board. Image 2: Elizabeth Stahl (2019), Fragile Flag, Eggshells and ribbon on black paper.

ArtSeed thanks our guests and presenters for celebrating with us on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Because of you, our broad range of ages, races, cultural backgrounds, and gender identities came together to share music and poetry. Some conversations touched on our past experiences and others acknowledged our present challenges. Thirty-four ArtSeed Alumni, friends, family, students, and first-comers gathered online to bring in 2021. We miss seeing you all in person.

Hello! ArtSeed is having a virtual reception opening via Google Meet for this year's exhibition, Only Zombies Race to Mass Extinction! 5 - 7 pm on Thursday, September 3rd. The gallery features art made by the fifty and more Summer Fine Arts Intensive interns, students, artists, other presenters, and attendees ranging from 7 to 87 years old. They listened, watched, and engaged off-screen in supervised activities that are meaningful to them at this unusual moment. For three w...eeks, from Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, we made our own ink with spoons and candles, worked with words, clay, and computer programming, collaborated on animations, learned about Piero della Francesca, Museum of the African Diaspora, and more. The whimsy of art-making morphed into conversations about how environmental issues disproportionately affect the most marginalized and disadvantaged people worldwide. Who gets to be on computers and make art? Heartfelt and humorous exchanges planted seeds for our upcoming exhibition in San Francisco’s Presidio and in a virtual gallery at www.artseed.org. See more

Hello all! Our annual Earth Week event, the Art-a-thon, is now live! Want to join in for an art-making adventure? 1) Fill out the registration form here: https://forms.gle/nvMzjwCQ9e9JGE549 2) Look for the Zoom meeting invitation in your email. 3) Join the Zoom meeting at any time between 10AM to 8PM!

Want to show your appreciation for people this Art-a-thon season? Join this fun multi-day challenge, "Draw for Your Loved Ones." __________________ Participating is simple: 1) Between now and the 25th, draw one thing every day for a loved one. 2) Post your drawing to your social media.... 3) Use the hashtag #ArtSeedArtAThon2020. You may also send your work directly to us for exhibition. __________________ This challenge will take place online. Please follow ArtSeed on our Instagram, Facebook, and/or Twitter. Our Other Social Media: https://twitter.com/ArtSeed https://www.instagram.com/artseed_sf/

Want to support the Art-a-thon cause? We rely on donations to support funding for our unique education programs. Link to our Mightycause: https://www.mightycause.com/event/Artseed-Artathon2020 Donate to our Mightycause page to anyone on our Leaderboard or join as a Mightycause participant for the chance to win a prize! Every $20 you raise or contribute and every hour of documented volunteer work equals one ticket. Participants, Dina and Aber, who are doing personalized art a...nd photography for every person who donates to them! _____________________________________ Prizes (and their retail value): 1. Grand Prize: Flying Cloud Vineyards Wine Country overnight stay in Santa Rosa for twelve people (5 bedrooms); gourmet meal and spa! ($5,000) 2. Inn at the Presidio one night deluxe king suite stay (2 adults and 2 children; wine/cheese reception and free shuttle from Presidio Park to downtown; $450-$500) 3. Le Petite Baleen swim class ($100) 4. Bowling passes 1 Lane/1 Hour (up to 6 people $95) 5. Sam Mazza Castle Music Salon (for 2 people $90) 6. Planet Granite Rock Climbing passes for lessons (2 people $60 or 4 people $120) 7. Russian Hill Bookstore coupon ($20) 8. Jewish Contemporary Museum (2 tickets; $16 each) 9. de Young Museum or Legion of Honor (2 tickets; $15 each) 10. Asian Art Museum (1 ticket for 2 people; $15) 11. Museum of the African Diaspora "MOAD" (4 tickets; $10 each) 12. Prizes can be exchanged for an artwork by an ArtSeed artist. (PRICELESS) __ To be eligible to win a prize please do the following: 1) Email [email protected] your total ArtSeed volunteer hours since January 2020. 2) Send her the total amount of any donations you have raised. 3) Indicate which prize you wish to win. _____________________________________ The photos attached are our postcard designs, edited for these unique and uncertain times. We are nimble and can certainly adapt! See more

It's coming up soon! ArtSeed's 12th Earth Week Art-a-thon But this time, it's online! Join us for our annual all-day art-making adventure Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.... Truly cool! Prizes galore! Lots of fun! If you haven't already, please check out our Facebook event page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/214923176501576/?active_tab=discussion We finally have the long-awaited online invitation for the Art-a-thon. It's as easy as 1 & 2. 1) Fill out the registration form here: https://forms.gle/nvMzjwCQ9e9JGE549 2) Look for your follow-up email with the link to the online meeting Now you are ready to join us at the Art-a-thon on the 25th! Please check out the Art-a-thon schedule information on our website: artseed.org

As a countdown to our Annual Earth-Week Art-a-thon on April 25, 2020, we are hosting some fun challenges to do up until the day arrives. Join us on our Instagram, Twitter, and/or Facebook to join. The first two challenges have started, but it isn’t too late to join! Please continue reading about them in this post. You are encouraged to post your work on any of the social media provided and share your post with us! Use the @ symbol plus any of our username handles for Instagr...am, Facebook, and Twitter. Then hashtag #ArtSeedArtAThon2020. As well, you may send your work directly to us. These challenges end on April 18 according to our website, but feel free to continue to April 25! If you complete at least 3 days of the challenge, with your permission, we would love to share your work on our pages! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Challenge 1 - Letters 1) What it is: Compose a letter every day to someone or something you appreciate having in your life during these trying times. It may also be something you wish could change. 2) Prompt: Letters are one of the oldest ways of connecting people from afar before social media. People have shared countless communications in the form of writing and visuals to get their ideas and feelings across. With social distancing, we can connect to our roots and do this again. It doesn't have to be just a traditional letter. It can be a poem, a drawing, a story - any or all of them! Visuals are highly recommended. The main point we want to get across is our appreciation and concerns. 3) Materials: Writing implements, paper, and envelopes/stamps (optional). 4) Take a look at the origami envelope-making photos for a reference! _________ Challenge 2 - Leaves 1) What it is: Create a visual art piece within the shape of a leaf. 2) Prompt: Leaves represent both nature and connection. Growing and thriving on trees and plants, they are connected by common roots and work together to provide sustenance to the environment around them. Humans, in a way, are connected like this. With everything happening with COVID-19, we need this connection more than ever. Even though we have limited in-person contact, we can still connect with each other through the common roots of our ideas and feelings. How are you staying safe with COVID-19? How do you care for Earth and the environment? How do you think COVID-19 is affecting the environment? 3) Materials: Drawing implements and the leaf template. 4) Please download the photo with the leaf template and draw away! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our other social media: https://www.instagram.com/artseed_sf/ https://twitter.com/ArtSeed

FALL OPEN STUDIOS AT HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD THIS WEEKEND: Let’s kick-off ArtSeed’s revived studio residency program with artist, Noah Gavrich! Learn to paint a quick oil portrait of a Congresswoman or her less fortunate counterpart. You can write your thoughts on ArtSeed letters we have prepared to send to lawmakers and vulnerable families.

FourSquared at Arc Studios & Gallery opening today with four Shipyard artists. Much sold. Paul D. Gibson/Art, Stacey Carter, Rebecca Fox, Ivy Jacobsen Fine Art

FINE ARTS SUMMER INTENSIVE *Scholarships available / Work- study opportunity / Exhibition at the Presidio!* STARTING MONDAY! Spend a day, a week or three weeks making art in a diverse and creative environment! At ArtSeed, young people and adults from varied artistic and cultural disciplines come together to share ideas and create work for public viewing in the Presidio at ArtSeed’s annual exhibition at the Galleries in Tides Converge. ArtSeed’s unique program is led by exp...erienced Artist-Teachers and distinguished Guest Artists, highly-motivated children and youth learn experimental and traditional fine arts skills in media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, 3-D construction, photography and animation. Individual portfolio and collaborative project-building workshop with high artist-to-student ratio. Learn more and apply online: http://www.artseed.org

Art-a-thon is only one day away! Come check out a hand printmaking demo by Bojana Rankovic + many more!

Happy Earth Day! Only 4 days are left until ArtSeed’s 11th Annual Earth Week Art-a-thon Fundraiser - for those of you who will be joining us, here is a link where you can download a registration package: http://www.artseed.org///04/4_12_19_ArtathonPacket2019.pdf Fill out the package prior to coming to the event and speed up the line at the registration table. - For those unable to attend the event, you can still show support through our MightyCause campaign. Even a small g...ift can help turn a young life around toward greater possibilities! And even if you are not able to donate, you can still show your support by putting your name up on the LeaderBoard! You can go directly to the LeaderBoard here: https://www.mightycause.c om/event/Art-A-Thon2019 and find instructions under ‘How to join the online fundraising team.’ And here is a video of our First Ever Art-a-thon and how it all started in 2009! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-GAqwtWYWM