Activities 2004-2005

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 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/ SF Ed Fund
• Hamlin volunteers
• Alan Hopkins, Christine Jegan
• Orientation: Marissa
• 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)

GRAPEVINES (organizations)

Website:

• Arwen Vaughan created a new, cutting-edge version of the ArtSeed web site (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