Hiking Across America: Appalachia & Burnett CDC Outdoor Exchange
ArtSeed Activities 2003-2004 Annual Report Outline
HOUSECALLS (people)
Volunteers and consultants – Behind-the-scenes chain of mentorships:
- Anna-Lisa Froman, Treasurer
- Mike Dovbish, Volunteer coordinator,
- Mehrzad Khajenoori, bookkeeping
- Other mainstay and new volunteers: Claire Frances, Avis Favors, Devan Miller , Bonnie Kirkland, Beth Grinberg, Will Russell, Emma Wallerstein, Sylvianne Antonioli, Rhonel Roberts, Gabrielle Thormann, Catheline Lueng, Geoffrey Nwogu,
- New Advisors: Michelle Vignes and Gabriela Falcao Vieira
- New students: Manuel Berry. Deja Brown, Kali Mobley, Jose and Jonathan Beltran, Brandy Windom
- Shows: Claire at Cinemateque, Josefa Vaughan at Kala and City Hall, Laura Kamian at ProArts, Will Russell at Pigman gallery
Private lessons, pilot apprenticeships, internships, auditions:
- William Scott continues apprenticeship with Josefa Vaughan,
- ArtSeed students, Xiani Wang and Ganesha Balunsat, developed portfolios and were accepted into School of the Arts, a high school in a San Francisco
Field Trips:
- Arts interventions gathering mark making from people in all walks of life for Coloring Sounds & Postcards to People in Power, (city wide, tri-coastal and year-round)
- Marin Headlands Youth Hostel overnight retreat
SHEBANGS (events)
ArtSeed Exhibitions, Workshops, Awards and Public Outreach:
- Abriendo Puertos/Opening Doors, Mission Cultural Center, 4/3/04
- Open Studios, Hunters Point Shipyard, 10/25/03 and 5/1/04
- Young Art Lives, Giant Killer Robots Studio, 7/17/04
- Appalachian Trail Exchange Project with webmasters/hikers Arwen & Heather Vaughan Burnett Child Development Center in Bayview Hunters Point
- ArtSeed Intensive Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute graduate studios Swell Gallery, 6/18/04
- Summer 2004 ArtSeed Apprenticeship Intensive, San Francisco Art Institute graduate studios, 6/10/04-6/18/04
- ArtSeed Apprenticeship Orientation Q& A, Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard studios gallery and auditorium, 6/5/04.
- San Francisco Education Fund, 2004-2005 Leadership and Professional Development Grant Proposal
- Burnett Child Development Center, Bayview Hunters Point, Bob and Betty Klausner, early sponsors
- Pacific Community Charter School Conceptual Art Seminar, Point Arena
GRAPEVINES (organizations)
ArtSeed Website Related:
- PayPal online contributions implemented.
- New version of ArtSeed website (artseed.net) started
Publicity:
- Kinko’s in-kind gift William Scott post cards.
- King’s Kustom Kreations in-kind gift Appalachian Trail ArtSeed T-shirts
- ArtSeed’s mailing list database earmarked, updated and implemented
- Inside City Limits, Heather Schultz, Channel 11/Cable 23
Seminars and Research:
- Eva Miedzinski grantwriting class with Frances Phillips, San Francisco State University
- Refurbished By-laws, Gabriela Falcao Vieira and Peter Carson with Bingham McCutchen sponsored by the Volunteer Legal Services Program
- Extensive bibliography of reference books compiled by Emma Wallerstein
- Josefa Vaughan received scholarship to Moscone Convention Center Fundraising Day
- CNYD Scholarship training for Josefa Vaughan and Marissa Kunz
Partnerships and Outreach Contacts:
- Collaboration with the San Francisco Art Institute, Pacific Community Charter School Conceptual Art Seminar, Point Arena
- Devan Miller and Beau Casey received employment due to ArtSeed referrals.
- Alvarado Elementary School residency, Marissa Kunz, teaching, 9/03-5/04