Bridges: Engineering and City Planning
ArtSeed Activities 2004-2005 Annual Report Outline
HOUSECALLS (people)
Volunteers and consultants – Behind-the-scenes chain of mentorships:
- Gabriela Vieria finishes new ArtSeed Bylaws
- Anna-Lisa Froman becomes treasurer
- Beth Grinberg: early planning for June Fundraiser
- Lisa Hoffman & Lynn Lampky: Mechanics Bank proposal
- Volunteers: Catheline Lueng, Bonnie Kirkland, Claire Frances, Mehrzad Kajenoori, Richard Mitchell
- Gabrielle Thormann / San Francisco Education Fund
- Hamlin volunteers
- Alan Hopkins, Christine Jegan
- Volunteer Orientation Event: Marissa Kunz
- Town School Bridges Workshop: Justin Hoover
Private lessons, pilot apprenticeships, internships, auditions:
- Apprentices: William Scott with Josefa Vaughan, Kali Mobley starts with Marissa Kunz as a double pairing with Manuel Berry and Josefa Vaughan
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artists at Work Internships: Ryan Collins, Rosemarie Ruel, Luba Yusim, Richard Cheung w/volunteer Laura Garcia (installation @ Bayview Hunters Point Foundation)
Field Trips:
- Our visit w/Gavin Newsom (1/11/05)
- Kriztina Palone, Mayor’s Office visit to Burnett
- Summer Intensive Field Trips to Michelle Vignes, Galleries in the Geary/Grant corridor, Graphics Arts Workshop
SHEBANGS (events)
ArtSeed Exhibitions, Workshops, Awards and Public Outreach:
- San Francisco Education Fund Grant for weekly Burnett Child Development Center afterschool classes
- Justin Hoover & Fall Open Studio, Spring Open Studio
- Scholar’s Rock & Thai banana leaf floats Workshops @ Asian Art Museum (11/14/04)
- Alternative Spring Break, ten female Drexel University students from Philadelphia designed and implemented a Bridge Engineering Intensive at Burnett CDC, Alvarado Elementary and Town School in San Francisco with ArtSeed artists
- Alvarado Elementary afterschool club w/ DC Spensley and Marissa Kunz
- Burnett Billboard collages shown in the Anti Ad Project @ SFAI Mc Bean Gallery
- William Scott City Hall show (Mehrzad & Edna Arterberry) (4/13/05)
- Summer Fine Arts Intensive at Burnett CDC with ArtSeed Teaching Artist Jesus Chiadez
- Apprenticeship Q & A @ The Point
- Terzian Family and The Point gift ($1,000), Kelly Wert gift ($1,500)
- ArtSeed black tie art auction event, performance, and exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute
GRAPEVINES (organizations)
Website:
- Arwen and Heather Vaughan created a new, cutting-edge version of the ArtSeed website (www.artseed.org) with more interactive and dynamic content that we can now administer ourselves (and teach students this skill)!
Publicity:
- sfstation.com announcement of ArtSeed San Francisco Art Institute Exhibition, Performance and Auction coordinated by Beth Grinberg
- Justin Hoover (design of postcards for auction and printer)
Seminars and Research:
- Senate Finance Committee Input to improve Governance & Practice in Nonprofits
- Volunteer legal Services Program seminar on contracts with Jennifer Chaloemtiarana
Partnerships and Outreach Contacts:
- DREXEL University Society of Women Engineers / Spring Engineering Intensive Collaboration
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artist at Work Program Summer 05 Internships
- Burnett Child Development Center weekly classes
- Asian Art Museum Family Day workshops
- Thoreau Center, Tides Shared Spaces, Sustainable Workspaces for Nonprofits
- Shipyard Trust for the Arts seed funds, sponsorship of ArtSeed’s Apprenticeship Program