Activities 2003-2004

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