Postcard to People in Power: Media & Communications
ArtSeed Activities Annual Report Outline 2001 – 2002
HOUSECALLS
Submissions, auditions and behind-the-scenes support:
- School of the Arts auditions, Isabella Albert, Selina Weiss, Thuong Tran, 2002
- Asian Women’s Resource Center interview, Lynn Lu, San Francisco, Spring 2002
- Young Artists at Work Program, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Dana Flores, Brandon Jones, San Francisco, Summer and Fall 2001, Winter and Spring 2002
- San Francisco Art Commission team artist finalist, Marissa Kunz, Summer 2002
- BayView Hunters Point Opera House Environmental Education Program, telephone reminders to parents of culminating exhibition reception, Spring 2002
- Volunteer Roberto Gastelumendi (carpentry, modeling, rides, mentoring)
Private lessons, pilot apprenticeships, internships and introductions:
- Mentorships: Brandon Jones / Christine Jegan; Thuong Tran / Marissa Kunz; Dana Flores, Steven Chin / Josefa Vaughan, Winter, Spring and Summer 2002
- Virgil’s Spoken Word, Brandon Jones / Micheal Tilotson, classics expert 2002
- Youth advisors design business cards, Capp Street studio, Summer 2002
- Internships: Leo Ciccone, Lindy Kedro, Beau Casey, Chinese American International School (CAIS.); Lori Kossowsky, Montclair Recreation Center Fine Arts Summer Camp, Judy Rattner, director, Oakland 2002
Field Trips:
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
- Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
- Hunters Point Open Studios, San Francisco, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
- Valencia Street non profits: Artists Television Access; TILT (Teaching Inter-media Literacy Tools); 826 Valencia Writing Project, Summer 2002
SHEBANGS
ArtSeed Exhibitions, Workshops and Public Outreach:
- Art Growing Out of the Real World, Hunters Point Gallery, S. F., Fall 2001
- Open Studio Installations, Hunters Point, S. F., Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
- A Class Act: Painting with Josefa, Studio One Gallery, Oakland, Fall 2001
- Art IS Education Day: ArtSeed Oil Painting on Canvas Workshop, Oakland Museum of California, Spring 2002
- 9-11 Memorial Outreach, Postcards to People in Power, Mission & 24th Streets, San Francisco; Ground Zero, NYC, Fall 2002
- Outreach: Stern Grove, SF., Ground Zero, NYC, Summer 2002 for Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert’s Pipes, Lab proposal accepted for March 28-April 26, 2003
Group Exhibitions and Performances:
- Hunter’s Point to Outer Space, Kiska Gym, San Francisco, Fall 2001
- Postcards to People in Power: Pilot Installation for Lise Swenson’s Living LABoratory, The Lab, San Francisco, Fall 2002
- Delivery: Postcards to People in Power, Performance, The Lab, SF, Fall 2002
- Big Deal, Visual Aids Benefit Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, Fall 2001
- A Dialogue on Paper, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, Spring 2002
- Young Artists at Work Program, Dana Flores and Brandon Jones, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Fall & Winter 2001, Spring & Summer 2002
- Youth Arts Festival, Steven Chin, silver metal, Zeum, San Francisco, Spring 2002
- Year End Show, Steven Chin & Dana Flores, S.F. School of the Arts, Spring 2002
- Juvenile Justice: KQED Live Webcast, spoken word and discussion, Brandon Jones, Spring 2002
- Emeryville Juried Exhibition, Laura Kamian, Fall 2001 and 2002
- Youth Arts Fair: ArtSeed Installation, Cell Space, San Francisco, Spring 2002
GRAPEVINES
Web Related
- New website design, Arwen and Heather Vaughan, Summer & Fall 2002
- Calendar updates, Bay Area artists and youth opportunities, affordable arts events and free family activities; youth web administration tutorials, Summer 2002
- New CD burner; operating system upgrade; memory added, Spring 2002
Publicity:
- Bay Area Directory of Resources for Artists and Youth drafted from our community needs assessment and ArtSeed feasibility study, Summer 2002
- ArtSeed brochure, collaborative grassroots draft, design coordinated and implemented by Marissa Kunz, Spring 2002
- Juvenile Justice: KQED Live Webcast, spoken word, Brandon Jones, Spring 2002
- Leslie Kier, San Francisco State University, video interview, Spring 2002
- Internship Fair, San Francisco Art Institute, Summer 2002
- Volunteermatch.org, web listing and recruiting, Fall 2002
Research and Contacts:
- Public relations class, Small Business Development Center, San Francisco, Summer 2002
- Jenée Misrage & Marion Greene, LEF Foundation, Saint Helena, Summer, 2002
- Bob Stenson financial planner, San Francisco, Spring 2002
- Jeffrey Chang, Esq. Associates, pro bono nonprofit incorporation, (San Francisco Bar Association), trade name, employer identification number, Spring 2002
- Letters of support: participation, YMCA, Western Addition Library, CAIS, 2002
- Invitation to propose: residency, Oakland Museum of California, Summer 2003
- Bayview Hunters Point Opera House Environmental Education Program 2001-02
- S.F.Muni marketing director and curator of the “Rolling Gallery,” Fall 2001
- Seminars: Co-Lab, SF State University; Generosity Projects, California College of Arts and Crafts; Reaching Youth, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2002
- ArtSeed Volunteer Orientations: 937 Capp Street, San Francisco, Fall 2002
- POOR Press outreach and prospective collaboration, Marissa Kunz, Fall 2002