Hospital graffiti, Clear Channel Bus Shelter painting, Patricia Diart & Burnett students, Sherman Elementary Presidio paintings, Summer Intensive ArtSeed Annual Report 2008 Dear ArtSeed Friend, Almost nine years ago, a few teaching artists realized something important. When a troubled child experiences a sustained commitment from someone outside the family, a profound change can occur that is unlikely to happen in a classroom setting. The change spreads to their friends, affecting increasingly larger numbers of young people over time. So we founded ArtSeed to connect kids - many of whom came from distressed communities - with professional artists. Through classes and exhibitions of the resulting artwork, these youngsters have been offered collegiality and long-term mentorships. As we approach our ten year anniversary, it is exciting to see that more people have realized the value of these lasting and productive connections. In the January issue of Youth Today, Gary Walker, former President of Public/Private Ventures, lists some major appeals of mentoring from the standpoint of investors: it makes sense to most people despite their politics, it fits with American cultural values of volunteerism and self-determination and it's thrifty! In this time of economic insecurity, it's gratifying to consider how ArtSeed has stretched your charitable dollars. Our 2007-08 expenses of $65,000 have supported one staff person, one full-time teaching artist, a handful of mentoring artists and an army of volunteers. Students use professional art supplies, often drawing in the park after interning at our Presidio office. This coming year, ArtSeed has an incredible opportunity to hire much needed new office staff and to expand our Apprenticeship Program from two to ten qualified artists who are anxious to mentor a student. With our mailing list having expanded to 1,000 people, just a $50 donation from you will allow us to reach our goal of $50,000. ArtSeed Board of Directors: Georg Gottschalk, James Joves, Donna Logan (advisor); Marissa Kunz, Kevin Quan, Matt Boris (left to right), Josefa Vaughan Your ideas matter to us and your gift of any size will make a huge difference. With this in mind, we strongly encourage your feedback in the form of comments and the completed questionnaire, returned in the enclosed self addressed envelope. Hundreds attend ArtSeed's Open Studios in Bayview Hunter's Point, mostly in response to email invitations. Please consider this a personal invitation to come and see the work without the crowds. I want to take you on a tour of ArtSeed's '07-'08 highlights, first with the stories and images on the next page, and then by showing you some of the art that has opened doors, enlightened hearts and sometimes even changed lives. I'd love to hear from you. Have a joyous holiday season! -Josefa Vaughan, Executive Director Treasurer's Report: As a community supported non-profit, ArtSeed relies heavily on individual donations. Grants and earned income (teaching fees, art sales) also help fund our various programs. Our donors are very generous and effective in helping ArtSeed match, augment and leverage our grant funding to create a stable financial base. ArtSeed's Board of Directors actively donates time and money to fundraising. This is the first year that Summer Intensive students paid dues to participate in this valuable program. With the help of grant funding and minimal ArtSeed General Fund subsidy, this program is one step closer to being fully self-sufficient. ArtSeed is operating efficiently and effectively with 80% of income going towards programs vs. 20% to operations. Having our offices in the Thoreau Center puts us near a great a place for exhibitions and mentorships. We hope to expand our donor contributions through this letter of appeal. ArtSeed needs to expand its administrative staff in order to write more grants to fund our growing Apprenticeship Program. With upcoming completion of our listing with the online California Cultural Data Project, we will be more visible to funding agenciesand we will be able to expedite the grant writing process. New grant funding and your contributions will help us to expand ArtSeed's programs and continue to fulfill our mission. -Kevin Quan Shariff Hasan's hospital view, Patricia Diart's Burnett art, Donna Logan leading ArtSeed Board of Directors Retreat, Christaupher Peacock painting Yes! I want to help ArtSeed to support the young or disadvantaged to reach their full potential through innovative fine arts exhibitions and events that involve classroom arts integration and long-term artist/youth apprenticeships. Click here to donate using our secure donation website, or visit ArtSeed.org. ArtSeed is the best place! -Sydney Van Bueren, Apprentice Sydney was so excited the first day when she came home. The variety nd depth of the art she produced just kept expanding. -Keith Van Bueren, Dad, Volunteer ArtSeed Highlights '07-'08 Fine Arts Summer Intensive ArtSeed's programming year culminated this summer in a characteristically rigorous and rewarding weeklong Summer Intensive. As always, part of the magic was created by the diverse group of professional artists and young people, age six to teens, who came together to make art and discuss big ideas. The Presidio-based Bay School of San Francisco generously let us convert their large and bright chemistry lab into a full functioning art studio. Some highlights this year included working for the first time with oil painting and filmmaking. Each young participant took home a DVD with their video experiments as well as a completed oil painting on canvas, one that was started outdoors and then finished in the studio with individualized instruction. Other artwork, which explored media like printmaking and charcoal, were gathered in personal portfolios that were constructed from scratch and decorated by the participants themselves. We took field trips to downtown art galleries and museums and explored the Presidio itself. We visited the Historic Pet Cemetery and had a memorable lunch invitation after a morning of drawing and getting to know the seniors at the Adult Day Health Center. Many unlikely friendships were forged while the elders' stories were given form in charcoal portraits. The Presidio Trust invited students at Sherman Elementary School to create paintings depicting Presidio cultural and natural resources that highlight the unique characteristics of this National Park. The paintings were exhibited twice at the Thoreau Center. These acrylic paintings were created by third graders under the direction of ArtSeed's co-founder Marissa Kunz who is also ArtSeed's Artist-in-Residence at Sherman. We are extremely fortunate to have Marissa as the Drawing and Painting instructor. Even with the budget cuts, the PTA is fully funding her to teach all classes once a week. Our students enjoy coming to school and look forward to the days when they have the opportunity to be in her class -when children enjoy coming to school, their attendance is high and they learn more... -Phyllis Matsuno, Former Principal, Sherman Elementary I must tell you what Randy said to me about last Thursday's event at Thoreau Center. He said that on the following day he and Marquis were talking and they said they both thought it was a dream what they did.....but it was real! The show, walkingthrough the Presidio, running and playing, then eating at a restaurant (and then falling asleep in the car on the way home) was a highly memorable occasion in their lives. -Marc Ellen Hamel, Mentoring Artist Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and the Department of Children, Youth and their Families made this Spring and Summer exciting by funding our new photography and community outreach project, Urban Art: 11th Hour Documentation of the Public Services Hospital in the Presidio. Young artists lead by Erin Wallace documented diverse forms of graffiti that have accumulated inside the historic building, vacant since the early 1980s. Professional artists and teen-aged photographers have had the last word on the work of their peers: graffiti that was often masterful, sometimes whimsical, political or especially troubling. Kudos to Erin for writing the grant. We are also very grateful to Christina Wallace and the Presidio Trust for giving us access to the site before it is rehabilitated. Burnett student drawing for Power in a Global Society, our collaboration with World Savvy. ArtSeed apprentices Zoriyah Carter, Marquis White and Jeru Mabrey were among the winners of the "Gimme Shelter" Art Program competition. Their compositions, featured on bus shelters throughout Oakland, addressed the question: "How I See the World/How I Would Like to See the World." Guest Presenting Artist Jesse Balmer and doodle What do people say about ArtSeed? ArtSeed has been an invaluable form of arts education for the children at Burnett. Children are exposed to a lot of different forms of art including photography, drawing, painting and sculpture. They are also exposed to the historical significance of art through concepts and vocabulary - from Gee's Bend quilts to Jim Grant for instance. Also they are able to work on large projects and have a sense of pride in their achievements. - Betty Robinson-Harris, teacher, Burnett Child Development Center I decided to major in Art at UC Santa Cruz, so I will be pursuing the arts. Thank you for teaching me how to paint in oils - and the whole class in general - it has helped me mature as an artist. - Mauricio Ramirez, '07 YBCA Young Artist at Work Program My heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude for the experience I had as your teaching assistant. I am equally grateful for the rough times as I am with the fun ones, and will look back on the intense learning I participated in for years to come. -- Jamie Peterson I've been richly rewarded by working with you at ArtSeed, and I feel a debt of gratitude for the experience. I look forward to continuing down this path of friendship and purpose in the coming year! - Joan Nelson, Volunteer A small donation is enclosed, plus a print showing a young artist enjoying your class at the SFAEP summer art program about ten years ago. This is Willis, who will be entering the School of Art at Cooper Union this fall. Thanks for helping him to find his way in the world of art. - Chris Bigelow, Dad Friendly art critique sessions: Founding ArtSeed artist teacher and board secretary Marissa Kunz has begun what looks to be a great new tradition for interested ArtSeed artists and friends: monthly art critique sessions that are now being hosted by others. What better motivation to finish that art work you've started than to have a date where undivided attention and thoughtful comments will be gladly given to you while you sip some wine and munch on finger foods among friends. Please contact ArtSeed if you are interested in joining us! Betty Skwarek with the Franklin Street Unitarian Universalist Society collaborated with ArtSeed on a Mandala Project spanning eight weeks thanks to the Hinkley Fund. These intergenerational Sunday morning classes taught by Patricia Diart began with a walk from the church to the Tenderloin's Faithful Fools Community Center. We reflected on our walk, painted our ideas and then assembled them together in a huge composition (shown to the left). Macy's Community Shopping Day was an event that offered an opportunity for local nonprofit organizations to raise funds in their communities, giving families we serve a chance to contribute by selling tickets and not spending their own limited funds. 100% of each $10 ticket sale supported ArtSeed programs while the purchaser got $10 off Macy's merchandise. Macy's ticket donation totaled $4,700: now that's shopping for a cause! New office: Thanks in part to Bruce DeMartini's advocacy, we've upgraded from a cubicle subleased from the Tides Foundation to a bona fide office with four walls, a door and a view to a lawn that is regularly visited by a handsome blue heron. Thanks to Greg Paxton we have a handsome office interior. Our new physical location within the Thoreau Center is 1007 General Kennedy Ave., Suite # 206, but our mailing address is still the same. New office photo by Laurie H. Brown ArtSeed's programs are made possible by Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and Department of Children, Youth and their Families, California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's West, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, the Hinkley Fund, Perforce Foundation, The Rothwell Group, L.P., Claude & Louise Rosenberg Jr. Family Foundation, Savoir Faire Artist Supplies, Artisans of San Francisco, The Photograph Store, Cheap Pete's, Framed & Cornered, Center for Citizen Initiatives, gifts of art and funding from Tony and Caroline Grant, ArtSeed's Board of Directors and other generous individual donors. For an extended list of 2008 donors, volunteers, partnerships, and program participants please visit ArtSeed.org. Big hugs to new mentoring artist Jenny Sultan, and to new volunteers, including Luned Palmer, Allison Kraus, Trey Houston, and Brett Goodroad. Thank you all very much!! Also, congrats to Jiana Watson for her SF Art Institute scholarship and to William Scott for his current Paris exhibition.

Fall Open Studio 2008 Hunters Point Shipyard Studio #2513 November 1 - 2, 11am - 6pm Come see selections from ArtSeed's 2007-2008 programming year, with selections from the annual theme Hereafter: Futures With Which We Can Live? Here's your chance to acquire artwork and photographs from the ArtSeed's recent special project Urban Art: 11th Hour. Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and the Department of Children, Youth and their Families made this Spring and Summer exciting with a new photography and community outreach project, Urban Art: 11th Hour Documentation of the Public Services Hospital in the Presidio. Young artists lead by Erin Wallace documented diverse forms of graffiti that have accumulated inside the historic building which has been vacant since the early 1980s. Two large wings will be demolished in winter of 2008 so that it can be rehabilitated for housing. Professional artists and teen-aged photographers have had the last word on the work of their peers; graffiti that was often masterful, sometimes whimsical, political or especially troubling. Kudos to Erin for writing the grant. We are also very grateful to Christina Wallace and the Presidio Trust for giving us access to the site. Young ArtSeed artists Erin Wallace, Nathan Seastrunk, and Zoriyah Carter worked with Mentoring and Teaching Artists, Patricia Diart, Marc Ellen Hamel, Marissa Kunz, Josefa Vaughan, and many other artists and participants from the Burnett Child Development Center, Your Health Adult Day Health Center, Bay School of San Francisco, Sherman Elementary School, First Unitarian Universalist Society and the Faithful Fools to explore images and ideas running the gamut from transgression to meditation. Sales of ArtSeed artwork will benefit future programs. Special Thanks To: California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's West, Wachovia Foundation, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, the Hinkley Fund, Perforce Foundation, Joe at Artisans of San Francisco, Lindsey, Megan, Erica, Fred at The Photograph Store Alex, Gabby, David, Andrew at Ritz Camera & Image, Jeffrey at Cheap Pete's, Sara at Framed & Cornered, Gifts of art and funding from Tony and Caroline Grant, ArtSeed's Board of Directors, and other generous individual donors. Big thanks are also extended to the Burnett Child Development Center staff and all our dedicated volunteers! Directions to Open Studio #2513 Public Transit: The Muni #19 Polk ends at the ArtSeed Studio #2513 in the biggest of the Shipyard structures, Building #101 upstairs on the 2nd floor where the Gallery is. Driving directions: From downtown San Francisco: Follow 3rd Street going south, turn left onto Evans Street (about 5 blocks farther south than 24th). Follow Evans for 2 miles, the name will change to Innes, but it is the same arterial. The Shipyard Gates are at the end of the road. Remember to bear left toward the water at all times. From the East Bay: Take the Bay Bridge and follow 101 South to the Cesar Chavez exit and exit Cesar Chavez going East. Follow Cesar Chavez eastward to Third Street, then turn right, follow Third about 4 blocks until you hit Evans, turn left left onto Evans. From 280 South Exit at Cesar Chavez, turning right as you exit. Follow Cesar Chavez until you hit Third Street, then turn right, follow Third about 4 blocks until you hit Evans, turn left left onto Evans. Stay on Evans for 2 miles; it changes name to Innes. Bear left toward water. You will arrive at Shipyard gates and receive a program with building maps. From 280 North Take Cesar Chavez exit going East. Follow Cesar Chavez until you hit Third Street, turn right, follow Third about 4 blocks until you hit Evans, turn left left onto Evans. Stay on Evans for 2 miles; it changes name to Innes. Bear left toward water. You will arrive at Shipyard gates and receive a program with building maps. For more information about Open Studios, visit thepointart.com. ArtSeed's mission is to inspire and empower the young or underprivileged to realize their full potential and embrace diverse communities through participation in the arts. Our programs are made possible by Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and Department of Children, Youth and their Families, California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's West, Wachovia Foundation, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, the Hinkley Fund, Perforce Foundation, the Artisans of San Francisco, Photograph Framers, ArtSeed's Board of Directors, Tony and Caroline Grant, and other in-kind donors, volunteers and ArtSeed Friends.

Hereafter: Futures With Which We Can Live? Thoreau Center for Sustainability August 22 through September 26, 2008 Closing Reception: Friday, September 26, 5:00pm to 7:00pm Erin Wallace co-curator and young lead ArtSeed artist for this exhibition's keynote project, Urban Art: 11th Hour Documentation of the Graffiti at the Public Health Services Hospital in the Presidio Young ArtSeed artists Erin Wallace, Shariff Hasan, Michelle Quan, Nathan Seastrunk, and Zoriyah Carter worked with Mentoring and Teaching Artists, Patricia Diart, Marc Ellen Hamel, Marissa Kunz, Josefa Vaughan, and many other artists and participants from the Burnett Child Development Center, Your Health Adult Day Health Center, Bay School of San Francisco, Sherman Elementary School, First Unitarian Universalist Society and the Faithful Fools to explore images and ideas running the gamut from transgression to meditation. For more information about ArtSeed visit www.artseed.org; contact Josefa at 415-409-1761, 415-751-4442, or email: info@artseed.org The Seed Gallery Thoreau Center for Sustainability 1014 Torney Avenue at Lincoln Boulevard For directions go to: http://www.artseed.org/Default.aspx?tabid=437 Contact: Bruce DeMartini 415-561-7823, bruce(at)thoreau.org, www.thoreau.org ArtSeed's mission is to inspire and empower the young or underprivileged to realize their full potential and embrace diverse communities through participation in the arts. Our programs are made possible by Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and Department of Children, Youth and their Families, California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's West, Wachovia Foundation, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, the Hinkley Fund, Perforce Foundation, the Artisans of San Francisco, Photograph Framers, ArtSeed's Board of Directors, Tony and Caroline Grant, and other in-kind donors, volunteers and ArtSeed Friends.

Highly refined works by a late Bay Area abstract painter were taken into Bayview Hunters Point and Cow Hollow classrooms by Mentoring Artist Marc Ellen Hamel, Teaching Artist Patricia Diart, Artist-in-Residence Marissa Kunz and other ArtSeed associates to inspire original art by children. 100% of the proceeds from James Grant art sales (www.jamesgrant.org) will benefit ArtSeed's Apprenticeship Program and classes at Burnett Child Development Center in Bayview Hunters Point. This project was made possible by gifts of art and funding from Tony and Caroline Grant, California Arts Council Artists In Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's Community Shopping Day, Wachovia Foundation, ArtSeed's Board of Directors, and other generous individual donors. Also on display will be works by ArtSeed Mentoring Artist Marc Ellen Hamel, paper quilts assembled by Teaching Artist Patricia Diart, and a special project called Paintings of the Presidio. Sherman Elementary School was invited to create paintings depicting Presidio cultural and natural resources that highlight the unique characteristics of this National Park. These acrylic paintings were created by third graders under the direction of ArtSeed's Co-founder Marissa Kunz who is also ArtSeed's Artist in Residence at Sherman Elementary School. This special project is a partnership of ArtSeed and the Presidio Trust. The exhibition was curated by Josefa Vaughan and Tony Grant. Please join us for this first exhibition in a two-part 07/08 programming theme Hereafter: Futures With Which We Can Live? The second part in this series, Urban Art: 11th Hour opens August 22.    Location: Gallery Thoreau at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability    Address: 1012-1016 Torney Ave.    Website: http://www.thoreau.org ArtSeed's mission is to inspire and empower the young or underprivileged to realize their full potential and embrace diverse communities through participation in the arts. Our classes, apprenticeships and collaborative culminating events aim to inspire a life-long love of learning, teaching and working. ArtSeed's vision is of a world in which all people have the opportunity to contribute to the excellence and well-being of life on this planet by having access to a home, an education and a work environment that is infused with shared creativity, critical thinking and peaceful self expression. For more information about ArtSeed contact: Josefa Vaughan, Executive Director info@artseed.org • tel: 415-409-1761 • fax/phone: 415-751-4442 P. O. Box 29277, San Francisco, CA 94129 ArtSeed.org

May 7, 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277 Email: info(at)artseed.org Phone: 415-409-1761, Phone/Fax: 415-751-4442 Web: www.artseed.org Hereafter: Futures With Which We Can Live? ArtSeed 2007-2008 Theme Brings Old Questions to Young People The desire to preserve and explore the meaning of that which is passing or has passed is not new to artists or scholars. The impulse is as old as hope, a related inclination. But we live in an age when families celebrate their pre-schoolers' graduation as if it might be their last significant living passage. To some people the future, like modern art, seems an illegible abstraction. Hence, this groundbreaking attempt to use art making - both at its highest level and its most vernacular - as a tool for kids to create dialog around sustainability, mortality and justice. This year, ArtSeed's education and exhibition projects explore and respond to difficult subject matter related to philosophy, psychology and theology as basic age-appropriate contemplative tools. All related exhibition events described below are free to the public. James Grant and Company - Just as the famed modern artist Mark Rothko showed works by his young students in his first museum show, ArtSeed features highly refined original works by a late Bay Area abstract painter alongside responses by very young children who have come to know it. Art from the James Grant estate is available for purchase during the exhibition and at www.jamesgrant.org. 100% of the proceeds will benefit ArtSeed's Apprenticeship Program and classes at the Burnett Child Development Center in Bayview Hunters Point. This project was made possible by gifts of art and major funding from Tony and Caroline Grant that helped to match funding we received from the California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008. Also on display will be works by ArtSeed Mentoring Artist Marc Ellen Hamel, paper quilts assembled by Teaching Artist Patricia Diart, and a special project called Paintings of the Presidio. Sherman Elementary School was invited to create paintings depicting Presidio cultural and natural resources that highlight the unique characteristics of this National Park. These acrylic paintings were created by third graders under the direction of ArtSeed's Co-founder Marissa Kunz who is also ArtSeed's Artist in Residence at Sherman Elementary School. This special project is a partnership of ArtSeed and the Presidio Trust. The exhibition was curated by Josefa Vaughan and Tony Grant. Gallery Thoreau Exhibition, May 23 - June 5, 2008, Closing Reception: 5-7 pm, Thursday, June 5 Urban Art: 11th Hour - Young ArtSeed artists are documenting diverse forms of graffiti that have accumulated inside the Public Health Services Hospital in the Presidio. The hospital has been vacant since the early 1980s and has been used by teens and adults as a forum for urban mark-making. Two large wings of the hospital will be demolished next winter so that the historic hospital building can be rehabilitated for housing. Under the mentorship of professional artists, young people, from their perspectives as beginners in the field, will have the last word on graffiti that is sometimes political or especially troubling. Parts of this documentary material – photos, film, videos, texts, etc…– will be used in schools and in ArtSeed's Fine Arts Summer Intensive to stimulate discussions around why under-appreciated structures attract entry and youthful self expression. It is hoped that this inquiry will seed a community needs assessment for a Creative Work Space attracting youth (and the young at heart) to a safe and lawful outlet for self-discovery and community. Seed Gallery Exhibition: August 22- September 26, 2008 Opening Reception: 5-7 pm, Friday, August 22, 2008 Closing Reception: 5-7 pm, Friday, September 26, 2008 Location: Gallery Thoreau and The Seed Gallery are in the Thoreau Center for Sustainability District or neighborhood: Presidio Address: 1012-1016 Torney Ave. Phone number: 415-561-7823 Time appropriate to call: 9am-5pm Contact person (of location): Bruce DeMartini Email: bruce(at)thoreau.org Website: http://www.thoreau.org Summer Fine Arts Intensive Fun portfolio building activities culminating in an art exhibition and public reception 5-7 pm, Friday, August 22 at the Thoreau Center's Seed Gallery. Students learn experimental and traditional fine arts skills in media such as drawing, painting, printmaking and collage. Led by experienced artist-teachers and distinguished guests while volunteers provide a high youth-to-adult ratio, the Intensive includes field trips to museums, galleries, and artist studios. Affordable sliding scale fees and scholarships are available. Applications are at www.artseed.org or call 415-409-1761. Dates: Weekdays 9 am - 5 pm, Monday, August 18 - Friday, August 22, 2008 Location of Summer Intensive: Name of location: Bay School of San Francisco District or neighborhood: Presidio Address: Room 301, 35 Keyes Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129 Phone number: 415-561-5800 Time appropriate to call: 9am-5pm Contact person (of location): Eugene Mizusawa, Ph.D., Director, Senior Projects Email: emizusawa(at)bayschoolsf.org Website: www.bayschoolsf.org Fashion and Compassion! Macy's Community Shopping Day showcases ArtSeed and many other worthwhile charitable organizations in a daylong festival. First buy a ticket at www.artseed.org for yourself, for a friend and/or family member. Come make stuff at our Macy's Fast Art Stop! Date: 10 am - 7 pm May 17, 2008 Locations: Macy's Union Square (or Valley Fair Mall). Here is how it works: You buy one $10 ticket (per person); this ticket allows you to get $10 off of your purchases. Plus, on May 17 you get 10-20% off of other purchases at Macy's. You also get to participate in special events, product samplings, etc., and a sweepstakes for a $500 Shopping Spree. The $10 you pay for the ticket goes directly to ArtSeed. If you can't be there on May 17, no problem! Pre-select your purchases within 10 days before and go get them up to 2 weeks after May 17. So, if you shop Macy's on or around May 17th you get your initial $10 ticket cost/donation back! And you help out a worthy organization that provides art classes and mentoring to Bay Area youth. If you would like to buy a ticket, please contact Josefa Vaughan (Executive Director of ArtSeed) and we'll get it to you. Sales continue through the event day, May 17, but we need to make the 100 mark to be able to participate in the nonprofit group proceeds split at the end of the day. Why wait? Get your own ticket (and one for a friend) today. Look for ArtSeed's sales booth near the Acre Cafe 11:30-1:30pm Thursday, May 15 in the Presidio's Thoreau Center 1012-1016 Torney Ave. Thanks! ArtSeed's mission is to inspire and empower the young or underprivileged to realize their full potential and embrace diverse communities through participation in the arts. Our classes, apprenticeships and collaborative culminating events aim to inspire a life-long love of learning, teaching and working. ArtSeed's vision is of a world in which all people have the opportunity to contribute to the excellence and well-being of life on this planet by having access to a home, an education and a work environment that is infused with shared creativity, critical thinking and peaceful self expression. For more information about ArtSeed contact: Josefa Vaughan, Executive Director info@artseed.org • tel: 415-409-1761 • fax/phone: 415-751-4442 P. O. Box 29277, San Francisco, CA 94129 ArtSeed's programs are made possible by Youth Funding Youth Ideas/CHALK and Department of Children, Youth and their Families, California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program 2007-2008, Sherman Elementary PTA, Macy's Community Shopping Day, Wachovia Foundation, gifts of art and funding from Tony and Caroline Grant, ArtSeed's Board of Directors, and other generous individual donors. Big thanks are also extended to all our dedicated volunteers! October 2007 Show Announcement Spring 2007 Winter 2007 Above: Teacher Betty with Graduating Pre-K students at ArtSeed's longest partner   (going on 5 years!), Burnett Child Development Center in Bayview Hunters Point  ArtSeed Newsletter October 2007 Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277 Email: info@artseed.org Phone: 415-561-7892, Phone/Fax: 415-751-4442 Web: www.artseed.org In this issue, we bring to you high hopes and big plans for the new Fall 07-Spring 08 programming season plus pictures and recaps from our last big season which ended in a spectacular culminating event at the Thoreau Center in June. In This Issue: Our newest Board members: Georg Gottschalk and James Joves. An Auction in the works - Volunteers and sponsors needed! Exciting new in-school programs ArtSeed Wishlist - more opportunities to help! Annual Culminating Exhibition: If I Ruled the World: Governance, Identity, and the Creative Process ArtSeed Summer Intensive Acknowledgments: New people New Awards and Major Gifts Upcoming Events - Mark Your Calendars! This October ArtSeed Welcomes two new Board Members: Georg Gottschalk and James Joves Georg Gottschalk brings to ArtSeed a background in business and a love for the arts. He is currently a Program Director in IBM's Software group where he manages a global business with a multi-million dollar revenue target. He is deeply interested in the art of the early/mid 20th century (primarily works on paper), modern architecture and design. He is also on the board of the Achenbach Graphics Arts Council at the Palace of Legion of Honor and de Young Museums. James Joves has been volunteering with ArtSeed for the past few months, dazzling us with his to-the-point style and swift follow-up on tasks. His love for the arts is coupled with a background in business and marketing, development, operations and finance primarily in the life sciences field. He is currently assistant CFO for the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Also please welcome our new ArtSeed Youth Council Members: Michelle Quan, Secretary; Jiana Watson, President; Cole Ferraiuolo, Treasurer; Maxx Gavrich, Development/Programs Officer. Welcome! ArtSeed Auction 2005, Cynthia Coleman and Kali Mobley An Auction in the works - Volunteers and sponsors needed! We have started the ball rolling for our next big Auction Fundraiser for Spring '08. ArtSeed has been offered generous donations by Tony Grant, who has stewarded and researched the sculptures and paintings by his father, the late James Grant - a prominent but often overlooked artist working in California during the 50's-70's who died ten years ago. Jim's work will be featured alongside other distinguished artists' works, both late and living, both old and young. ArtSeed will preview and auction several of Grant's works prior to a retrospective, which is also in the works! We are currently looking for sponsors for this event (e.g. sponsors, in-kind gifts, catering, auctioneer) as well as donations of other non-art auction items (e.g from unique experiences to gift certificates and objects) as well as event planning and event day volunteers. If you would like to help, please contact ArtSeed. Exciting New In-school Programs For the first time and starting this 07-08 school year, ArtSeed artist Marissa Kunz will be fulltime artist-in-residence at Sherman Elementary School. This move was made possible in part by the Sherman PTA and an award from the California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program. This generous grant will also allow for continuing art classes at Burnett Child Development Center with artists Patricia Diart and Josefa Vaughan. Burnett will receive two hours of art classes weekly and all of Sherman's 400 students will receive weekly art instruction based on the California Content Standards for Visual Art. We have also been addressing various sub-themes which are reasearched by by our collaborators from World Savvy. ArtSeed's Education Program is the beneficiary of the upcoming Spring auction event. And it happens that this year's theme, "Here After; Futures With Which We Can Live" brings into classrooms exercises inspired by original artworks by James Grant. Discussions related to the field of philosophy (our annual themes always reference other professional fields) become spring boards for students learning to appreciate the role of fluency in abstraction in describing inner worlds and making representational art look most real. ArtSeed's Wishlist - here's where you can help! Things (tax-deductible!): A second PC computer for our office (laptop or desktop), Flat file for storing artwork, a large drying rack for student artwork, donations of auctionable items Volunteers for: November 3rd and 4th Open Studios (studio sitter, art sales), data entry, classroom teaching assistants, artist mentors for youth, office management assistance, facilitating of ArtSeed retreat, new board member recruitment, grant research and writing, assessment of programs, new brochure design, auction branding and outreach, event planning. Young Artists at Work paintings in the Annual Exhibition Annual Culminating Exhibition: If I Ruled the World: Governance, Identity, and the Creative Process ArtSeed's annual exhibition was held at the Thoreau Center Gallery in the Presidio for the second year in a row. The show which ran from June 28 - Sept 7, featured artwork made by distinguished Bay Area artists who have worked with ArtSeed, as well as student work from Kindergarten to High School. Student works were given professional presentation with glowing feedback from gallery visitors and Thoreau Center tenants. Many of the works sold, greatly increasing the excitement for our young (and not so young) participants! Several viewers to to the show, when informed that their favorite pictures were already sold commissioned new works by ArtSeed students. The opening night provided for the perfect culminating celebration of hard work and accomplishment from all of our programs including the Young Artists at Work Program, The Apprenticeship Program, the After-school Art Programs at Sherman, Burnett and the Summer Intensive. Works from the Young Artist at Work Program can be seen on our photo gallery. ArtSeed Summer Intensive The 2007 Summer Intensive was a challenging and fun week-long exploration of various art media and ideas based on the theme "If I Ruled the World: Governance, Identity and the Creative Process." This was an extraordinary opportunity open to all interested artists and volunteers and a maximum of 10 students - ages ranging from 6 to 12. Each day, 9am-5pm, students worked alongside and received one-on-one attention from artists, volunteers, and high school interns from ArtSeed's Young Artist at Work Program. Summer Intensive 2007 This year's Intensive accomplished a lot in a very short time. Each day's activities were based loosely around an idea pertaining to the larger theme and included morning warm-ups and closing reflections. The curriculum was designed to include a broad range of activities including collaborative and independent hands-on artistic practice, fieldtrips to artist studios, galleries and museums, guest artist presentations, behind-the-scenes exhibition preparation as well as fun and games. Lead artist-teachers Marissa Kunz and Ann-Marie Stoehr led art activities in the bright and spacious Creativity Fitness Station set up for ArtSeed in the San Francisco Presidio's Thoreau Center Seed Gallery. Overall, this was by far our best Summer Intensive. In terms of positive feedback, output, collaboration and chemistry between participants. Some Highlights include: Guest Artist Tim Armstrong's demonstration and activity related to his ephemeral large-scale flour drawings on the pavement, Field trips to the Asian Art Museum, Teraneh Hemami's solo exhibit "Most Wanted" at Intersection for the Arts, and Ann-Marie Stoehr's studio. Among other things, we made: charcoal self-portraits, prints, maps, sketch book drawings, clay amulets, crowns and costumes fit for royalty, and Andy Goldsworthy-inspired projects. Summer Intensive student Nil Selvidge said "I liked making my imagination huge today!" Already former and new parents who've heard about the intensive through word of mouth are inquiring about next year's Intensive! Be sure to see the photos! We would like to Acknowledge new ArtSeed participants: Thank you for your support! Featured Mentoring Artist 2007-2008: Marc Ellen Hamel (Zoriyah Carter, Apprentice) Teaching and assisting artists: Anne-Marie Stoehr, Ben Miller- Rios, Kerrie Paussa, Margot Bevington, Patricia Diart (who is ArtSeed's Burnett Child Development Center Artist-in-Residence Intern), Eileen Downey, David Garland, Miranda Mindell, Seth Lower, Sally Allen Exhibiting Artists: Ipek Duben, Cigdem Kaya and Evrim Kavcar (and her young aspiring artist, Tolgacon) from Istanbul, Idell Weiss, Mark Roller, Tobias Womak, Bruce Katz, Prince Andrew Romanoff, Inez Storer, Rachel Hecker, Carol Law, Gladys Wong, Andrea Brewster, Colette Crutcher Students: Summer Intensive: Paul Mackenzie, Katrina Leung, Nils Selvidge, Emilio Castro, Nathan Seastrunk; YBCA Young Artists at Work: Jesse Hoffman, Fabiola Raygoza, Alia Lundy, Jiana Watson, Raffi Bandarian, Sophie Weiss, Christopher So, Victoria Shen, Maxx Gavrich, Mauricio Ramirez, Michelle Quan, Karl Force, Topher Gusineau New and Upcoming Collaborators: The Tenderloin District's De Marillac Academy and Sacred Heart Preparatory School; North Beach's Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center; UCSF Children's Hospital; Saklan Valley School in Moraga; Edron Academy in Mexico City ArtSeed Apprenticeship Program New Awards and Major Gifts California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program Matching Grant Tony and Caroline Grant The Rothwell Group LP Louise and Claude Rosenberg Family Foundation Alan and Cynthia Coleman, Nancy Gagos, Caroline Orrick, Robert Boone, Matt Boris Gifts in-kind: Frames on Third, Ritz Camera, Artist and Craftsman Supply, Terri Horrigan, www.dotphoto.com, Christine Jegan Photography Bruce DeMartini and the Tides Center for hosting our Thoreau Gallery Exhibition and reception, and for printing invitations Jim Laufenberg The Nature Conservancy Mark your Calendars! November: Saturday-Sunday, November 3-4th, 11am-6pm, Shipyard Open Studios. Directions and information at ArtSeed.org Saturday November 17th, Noon-5pm, World Savvy Jam Session at SOMArts (participants must RSVP to ArtSeed) Tuesday November 27, 6-8pm, Auction Committee meeting Friday November 30, 6-8pm, ArtSeed Board Meeting, Pacific Room, Thoreau Center (Interested Advisors, guests, and volunteers are cordially invited) December: Friday December 7th 5-9pm World Savvy Opening Reception, a multi-org collaboration (and 5-7pm Auction Committee meeting) at Zeum Thank you for all you have made possible! Have a wonderful, restful and blessed holiday! Help Us Grow: Donate at ArtSeed.org ArtSeed is a grassroots tax-exempt nonprofit organization with a mission to bring artists into the lives of children in distressed communities. Our Education, Exhibition and Apprenticeship Programs seek to connect and engage individuals from diverse backgrounds who wish to use their talents to inspire academic and professional achievement, self-betterment and an ever-expanding sense of belonging. ArtSeed programs admit participants regardless of any disability, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, political party, and economic, national or ethnic origin. ArtSeed is supported in part by The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, LucasFilm Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Tony & Caroline Grant, Karl & Sally Hufbauer, Anna-Lisa & Steve Froman, Donna Logan, Alan & Cynthia Coleman, Marlis Baraka, Nancey Gagos, and other generous individual donors, the Terzian Family & The Point at Hunters Point Studios and The California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program. ArtSeed's Annual Show Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277 Email: info@artseed.org Phone: 415-561-7892, Phone/Fax: 415-751-4442 Web: www.artseed.org Join us in celebrating ArtSeed's annual exhibition of artwork made by distinguished Bay Area artists who have worked with, will work with, or have inspired children and youth. The exhibition includes student work from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artists at Work Program, Burnett Child Development Center, Alvarado and Sherman Elementary Schools, ArtSeed's Open Studios at the Hunters Point Shipyard, and ArtSeed's Apprenticeship Program. This year's students explored the theme of governance in their work, leading the students to contemplate more deeply the choices they make and the need for communities to build problem-solving structures to sustain a healthy world. Artwork by William Scott What: Celebrate with us the Closing of "If I Ruled the World: Governance, Identity, and the Creative Process" Where: Thoreau Center Gallery in the Presidio of San Francisco. Building 1014 (Lincoln Boulevard and Torney Ave) Visit Artseed.org for directions. When: 5-7pm, Fri. Sept. 7, 2007 Also note that the Gallery is open to the public weekdays, 8:30am-5:30pm. Also: The ArtSeed Summer Intensive was a blast. Below are some pictures to give you a peek at what we did from 9-5 everyday for 6 days! Then come see our framed artwork in the Thoreau Gallery Opening! More details in our upcoming newsletter! ArtSeed Summer Intensive Photos: kodakgallery.com Help Us Grow: ArtSeed is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in California. Gifts from U.S. donors are tax deductible and are an essential part of our operation. Thank you! ArtSeed is a volunteer-based and tax-exempt nonprofit charity. Our mission is to bring diverse communities together through innovative fine arts projects and long-term artist/youth studio apprenticeships. Our programs foster pride and professionalism, nurture tolerance and leadership while inspiring a life-long love of learning. ArtSeed programs admit participants regardless of any disability, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, political party, and economic, national or ethnic origin. ArtSeed is supported in part by The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, LucasFilm Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Tony & Caroline Grant, Karl & Sally Hufbauer, Anna-Lisa & Steve Froman, Donna Logan, Alan & Cynthia Coleman, Marlis Baraka, Nancey Gagos, and other generous individual donors, the Terzian Family & The Point at Hunters Point Studios and The California Arts Council Artists in Schools Program.

ArtSeed Spring 2007 Newsletter Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277 Email: info@artseed.org Phone: 415-561-7892, Phone/Fax: 415-751-4442 Web: www.artseed.org •  When we say that all gifts (no matter the size) count, we mean it! So does the IRS. ArtSeed's Form 8734 Support Schedule has passed the IRS 501(c)(3) Five-Year Advance Ruling Period Review and we have received our official letter verifying that we have met all the requirements of a publicly supported organization. The primary requirement was that at least 50% of our income be donations of comparably modest size from individual donors. Our records show that we are almost at 90%. Congratulations to all of you ArtSeed supporters! Tyva Kyzy at Burnett Child Development Center •  On March 28, 2007 ABC TV Channel 7 provided live 5pm news coverage of Sally Allen's Through My Eyes project that enables very young children at De Marillac Academy in the Tenderloin and Burnett Child Development Center (CDC) in Bayview Hunters Point to take digital pictures with one-on-one photographer supervision. There is more publicity about the De Marillac project at www.shcp.edu •  ArtSeed is being exhibited in Turkey! Josefa Vaughan, ArtSeed's Executive Director is going there May 20- June 10 as an envoy spreading and gathering ArtSeed ideas related to this year's theme: Governance, Identity, and the Creative Process. Our students from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artists at Work (YAAW) Program and from our after school program at Burnett sent postcards to Istanbul in response to artist Peter Hristoff's call for entries to Moons and Stars Project. Participants of this exchange were asked to illustrate their perceptions about each other. You can see our offerings in the gallery page on our website. Exhibition dates and venues are posted on moonandstarsproject.org. •  Hundreds of pre-K students at Burnett and neighboring Grace CDC experienced a very special Valentine's Day concert by the all women Tuvan Throat-singing band, Tyva Kyzy. Former ArtSeed teaching artist, Devan Miller organized their west coast tour the group and helped to introduce their unique instruments (kids got to touch them!) and afterwards lead a discussion about the singing techniques. Some children thought it sounded like bugs and other animals. For more information visit: tyvakyzy.com or tuvatrader.com. •  ArtSeed branches out! In an ongoing initiative to connect with and serve out-lying rural (as well as urban) areas, representatives from ArtSeed and the San Francisco Art Institute lead workshops on art and sound with a follow-up critic of artwork by high-schoolers at the Pacific Community Charter School in Point Arena, CA on April 9, 2007. •  Encore! The Achenbach Graphic Arts Council requested a return visit to the Shipyard Studios Gallery exhibition they inspired. Both receptions included a "walk about" with artists featured in the ArtSeed Range installation of works on paper. Currently ArtSeed has work on display through May 31 in the World Savvy installation at the Crissy Field Center. Check it out! Upcoming Events: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artists at Work Program •  Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard Spring Open Studios is this weekend: 1-7pm Friday April 27 Preview and 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday April 28 and 29. Visit us in Building 101, Studio 2513. For directions visit springopenstudio.com. •  Mother's Day, May 13, ArtSeed will lead two Family Day workshops at the Asian Art Museum from 11am to 4pm. Come make kites and work with clay! For more info go to asianart.org. By the way, Josefa is now a grand mother! ArtSeed's website designers Arwen and Heather Vaughan brought into the world a beautiful little girl named Roan. Click here to see photos. •  There are still a few openings left for participants in ArtSeed's Annual Summer Intensive Camp, June 13-20. Applications are up on our website. Also, mark your calendars for ArtSeed's upcoming Thoreau Gallery Exhibition opening reception June 28. •  Big Thanks are extended from those of us on ArtSeed's Board of Directors to our funders especially to those who have sent funds to help match our recent California Arts Council grant. (We still need help to satisfy this commitment!) Special thanks to all our volunteers especially Allerton Steele, Joan Nelson, Tim Armstrong, Kevin Zhou and Sally Allen. We are in debt to our in-kind donors such as DC Spensley (donated a computer to establish a digital art center at Burnett. Anyone got a printer?) Plus big in-kind hugs to the late Kean Brewer and his partner Jim Laufenberg, Terry Horrigan, Kevin Quan, Artist & Craftsman Supply, Under One Roof, Ritz Camera, and Frames on 3rd. •  Tagger turns classical music aficionado! ArtSeed's YAAW student Christopher So at first declined the invitation to hear the SF Youth Symphony's March 11 performance of Webern's Passacaglia, Mozart's Sym. #39 and Mussorgsky-Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition. Apparently Christopher "wasn't feeling it" during a school field trip to Davies Hall years ago. But this time, sitting on the edge of his seat in the second row, one could see the whites all around Christopher's eyes. Josefa said: "This ain't no elevator music." The next day in class Christopher wrote: "I was lying in my bed, and soon after, realizing there in my head I was still hearing the music, after many hours." Here's to feeling it! Help Us Grow: ArtSeed is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in California. Gifts from U.S. donors are tax deductible and are an essential part of our operation. Thank you! ArtSeed is a volunteer-based and tax-exempt nonprofit charity. Our mission is to bring diverse communities together through innovative fine arts projects and long-term artist/youth studio apprenticeships. Our programs foster pride and professionalism, nurture tolerance and leadership while inspiring a life-long love of learning. ArtSeed programs admit participants regardless of any disability, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, political party, and economic, national or ethnic origin. ArtSeed is supported in part by The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, LucasFilm Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Tony & Caroline Grant, Karl & Sally Hufbauer, Anna-Lisa & Steve Froman, Donna Logan, Alan & Cynthia Coleman, and the Terzian Family & The Point at Hunters Point Studios and The California Cultural Arts Council Artists in Schools Program.

ArtSeed Winter 2007 Newsletter Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277 Email: info@artseed.org Phone: 415-561-7892, Phone/Fax: 415-751-4442 Web: www.artseed.org Executive Director Josefa Vaughan opened the January 2007 Board meeting with "Everything is well at ArtSeed!" It was only this past October that Josefa declared, "We need to raise at least $10,000 in six weeks!" That is if we wanted to keep our small Presidio office and current level of programs intact for 2007. In the face of this financial hurdle, Josefa was somehow optimistic. And indeed - one Winter Sioree Fundraiser later plus a letter of appeal to our patrons - donations began trickling in slowly but surely until in early January (about 8 weeks later) we reached our goal. It is this kind of grassroots support that keeps us alive through the ups and downs of grant availability. To all our supporters: thank you for making the work that we do possible year after year! But that is not all. We now have a chance to expand or programs as well. We have been awarded a matching grant from the California Arts Council (CAC) to develop a project that connects students from diverse neighborhoods through three free after school programs. Burnett Child Development Center has awarded ArtSeed its own classroom that, thanks to generous individual gifts of supplies from friends like you, a professional artist studio will be available to mentoring artists who will work with individual teachers and families after school and teach classes if we can raise funds to match this CAC grant. ArtSeed affiliate sites, Sherman and Alvarado Elementary Schools, will participate as "pen pals" exhibiting their art together with Burnett in June. We are now trying to raise the cash match of $3,000 - $5,000 to ensure the grant can be put to use. If you are interested in helping with this particular effort you may donate at ArtSeed.org and indicate matching grant. ArtSeed Winter Sioree Exciting Upcoming Events: This February, ArtSeed will have the honor to host members of the Achenbach Graphic Arts Council for a private showing of ArtSeed's works on paper. The members of the council are patrons and collectors with a particular interest in works on paper (prints, drawings, photographs, etc) and are supporters of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts (AFGA) - the most comprehensive collection of works of art on paper in the western United States. The ArtSeed tour will be led by Josefa at the Hunters Point studio and gallery on Feb 21, 2006 and will feature some of our best mentoring and supporting artists and students along with pieces from our own individual collections. For all others interested, the show will remain up and available for viewing by appointment from Feb 19-April 1. Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard Spring Open Studios is just around the corner. This year's over arching theme relates to governance, identity, and the creative process. We are looking for a curator for this April 28th-29th annual event. Got ideas? ArtSeed Programs Report: Mentoring artist Tim Armstrong demonstrates flour-based artwork ArtSeed Apprenticeships will have a brand new year-long pairing starting this spring thanks to a $2,500 donation from Tony and Caroline Grant. Currently Artist Andrea Rey is taking on the entire Mobley clan with her twice-monthly apprenticeship meetings. After finding out that the family waits outside in the van while the apprenticeship takes place, Andrea promptly invited all 7 family members to make art together! They have started with collage and themes that relate to governance, power and creativity. Andre reports she is "approaching mentoring work with the same attitude that [she] uses in [her] art and life: passion, introspection, humbleness, intuition, uncertainty, spontaneity, curiosity and aesthetics." ArtSeed's has officially begun its 2nd year of programming for the Young Artist at Work (YAAW) program at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – a highly competitive program for diverse and qualified Bay Area high school students This year's theme - "If I Ruled the World" – touches upon issues of governance, identity and creativity. We are moving forth with our new after school programs and starting to plan for an exciting ArtSeed Summer Intensive and culminating Exhibition in June for all of our programs. We look forward to a great year! Winter Sioree: We missed those of you who could not make it to the December 9th ArtSeed Winter Sioree graciously hosted at the beautiful Hoover Residence in Pacific Heights. Fifty of our friends, patrons and volunteers however did attend and we all enjoyed an elegant night of Jazz, schmoozing, and delicious hors d'oeuvres including handmade Russian piroskis made by Justin and his grandmother. To see pictures from our Winter Sioree click here. Join us on Sunday: Some of the ArtSeed crew will be going to see Tyva Kyzy, the all-women Tuvan throat-singing folk ensemble as they perform at the Great American Music Hall this Sunday February 11th at 7:30pm. More information. Help Us Grow: ArtSeed is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in California. Gifts from U.S. donors are tax deductible and are an essential part of our operation. Thank you! ArtSeed is a volunteer-based and tax-exempt nonprofit charity. Our mission is to bring diverse communities together through innovative fine arts projects and long-term artist/youth studio apprenticeships. Our programs foster pride and professionalism, nurture tolerance and leadership while inspiring a life-long love of learning. ArtSeed programs admit participants regardless of any disability, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, political party, and economic, national or ethnic origin. ArtSeed is supported in part by The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, LucasFilm Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Tony & Caroline Grant, Karl & Sally Hufbauer, Anna-Lisa & Steve Froman, Donna Logan, Alan & Cynthia Coleman, and the Terzian Family & The Point at Hunters Point Studios and The California Cultural Arts Council Artists in Schools Program.

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• Spring 2006

Fall 2006 Newsletter Dear Family, Friends, Artists, Students, Patrons, Mentors, Advisors and Volunteers in the Arts, Thank you for helping to make another wonderful year happen! What's been going on? Lots! Exhibitions: Forming ArtSeed, Burnett CDC June 15-August 11, 2006 ArtSeed's Brown Bag Panel Discussion at the Thoreau Center on June 14 was a delightful and informative prelude to Forming ArtSeed, our Gallery Exhibition and Reception at the Thoreau Center. The exhibition, curated by Marissa Kunz, was a celebratory retrospective gleaning from over five years of incredible output from past and present volunteer artists, mentoring artists and youngsters who have made a difference in each other's lives through this organization. The exhibition reiterated our founding mission of "radical inclusivity" as works from established artists to nascent ones were juxtaposed. Also of note: Hundreds of ArtSeed students from Burnett Child Development Center (CDC) in Bayview Hunters Point who received weekly art classes including those from our partner Project Spera (now called World Savvy) had their work displayed at the exhibition, Peace & Conflict. Their Money Make-over installations were also at view at SomArts and Crissy Field Center. Way to go! The ArtSeed Dance-a-thon and Movement Education Project April 19, 2006 The ArtSeed Dance-A-Thon and Movement Education Project, honoring Remy Charlip, was a blast! The Presidio Dance Theater hosted this fundraiser and education event, which consisted of music, dance instruction and lots of pledge-driven marathon dancing from 10am-midnight. Each hour our tireless dancers were treated to dance instruction from volunteer teachers that ranged from Butoh to Hip Hop. Stay tuned and join us for our 2007 Dance-a-thon! Young Artists at Work Program This year, ArtSeed conducted an unusual series of classes for the Young Artists at Work Program at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Lead by Josefa Vaughan with assistance from Claire Yeoman, this year-long oil self-portraiture program for high school students combined traditions from the past with today's new media and pop-culture. Students examined the effects of self-image pursuits on character development, cultural values and politics. Guest artists included Lynn Hershman, Claire Bain, Matt Boris, Annette Tisdale, and Marissa Kunz. The portraits were a big hit at Forming ArtSeed! ArtSeed Summer Intensive Camp June 2006 ArtSeed's field-trip-based weeklong Summer Intensive Camp started every morning from the Burnett CDC and moved on to the beautiful Presidio including Baker Beach, Crissy Field and wooded trails. The Intensive gave ten students an opportunity to study and explore nature and art alongside five artists. Students also made prints with Artist Juan Fuentes at the Mission Cultural Center and did Kung Fu with Justin Hoover. On the last day the summer campers exploded a surprise-filled piñata at the San Francisco Art Institute with Anastasia Schipari and celebrated their accomplishments with a Burnett reception and a mini-exhibition of their artwork that was made with teaching artist, Marissa Kunz. ArtSeed People Making Things Happen! Congratulations to this year's formal Apprenticeship pairs including Mentoring Artists Gabrielle Thormann and Tim Armstrong who worked with ArtSeed Apprentices Kali Mobley and Stacy Thomas. Congratulations also to ArtSeed's "mayor," William Scott, who took NYC by storm with shows of his work at White Columns and The Armory International Art Fair! This coming school year ArtSeed is happy to welcome new mentoring artists: Beau Casey and Andrea Rey. Kudos to financial team: Justin Hoover, Joan Nelson, and Allerton Steele who overhauled our accounting with advisors Bob Stenson and Jay Pidto. You Can Help Us Grow You may have noticed our improved e-mail system. We've also made it easier for you to help us - simply click the link below and send us a donation with our new online form. ArtSeed is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in California. Gifts from U.S. donors are tax deductible and are an essential part of our operation. Thank you! Calendar of Upcoming Events Oct 5 – 1st Thursday Gallery Walk, Geary & Grant Sts. 5:30-7:30pm, Start @ Gallery Paule Anglim. Oct 7-8 – ArtSeed Mentoring Artist, Andrea Rey, Open Studio, Go to andrearey.com for more info. Oct 28-29 – ArtSeed's Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard Open Studios, Sat.& Sun. 11am-6pm Nov 4 – World Savvy Jam Session, Cell Space, 12:30-4:30pm, ArtSeed Youth Council collaboration Nov 17 –ArtSeed Board Meeting, Thoreau Center, 1014 Torney, Friday, 6-8pm Dec. 8– ArtSeed at World Savvy Zeum Exhibition Reception, worldsavvy.org Dec 9 – Soiree! Major ArtSeed Sponsors at Justin's Pacific Heights home. RSVP: 415-561-7892 Happy Birthdays! Oct 10 –Steven Froman (Anna-Lisa, our President's husband), Nov 11 – Kali Mobley, Apprentice. Plus, Artists and Board Members: Dec 3 – Justin Hoover, Dec 5- Marissa Kunz, (Co-founder). Big thanks to: Major funding from Karl Kunz and also from the San Francisco Education Fund combined with substantial gifts from The Terzian Family & The Point at Hunters Point Shipyard, The Wells Fargo Foundation, Anna-Lisa and Steven Froman and the Shipyard Trust for the Arts along with all of you ArtSeed clients, family, and friends who gave time, lent expertise and wrote checks so generously. Looking forward to taking great leaps with you in this exciting new season I remain blessed to be, Yours, Josefa Vaughan, ArtSeed Co-founding Artist and Executive Director

April 6, 2006

Dear Family, Friends, Artists, Students, Patrons, Mentors, Advisors and Volunteers in the Arts,

What's coming up next?

What else are we doing?

Please Mark Your Calendars for upcoming ArtSeed events for 2006!

Congratulations to ArtSeed’s newest formal Apprenticeship pairs including mentoring artists Gabrielle Thormann and Tim Armstrong who are working with ArtSeed Apprentices Kali Mobley and Stacey Thomas. Because of Creative Growth fans, ArtSeed’s “mayor”, William Scott, took NYC by storm with shows of his work at White Columns and The Armory International Art Fair

Can you believe it? We are finally settled into a brand new office in the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, right next door to LucasFilm in the beautiful Presidio! Because of your continued gifts of time, money and expertise, ArtSeed now is at home with a family of other nonprofits. Thank you so much! The Bay Area’s most challenged families now have access to new facilities and services in a fantastic resort community. Please come and visit your new retreat! For more information about Tides Shared Spaces visit www.thoreau.org.
New Phone: 415-561-7892
New Mailing Address: P.O. Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277
Visitors & Express Mail: ArtSeed, 1012 Torney Ave. at Lincoln Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94129, (Lombard St. & Presidio Blvd. feed into Lincoln Blvd.)
Map available at http://www.thoreau.org/Location/mapdir.html (We are in the top (eastern most) “prong” of an E-shaped building by the former “Letterman Hospital”)
Driving Directions: Enter the Presidio via Lombard St. entrance or Presidio Blvd. After passing the visitor info station, park in the parking lot on your right. Enter Building 1014 for the Thoreau Gallery and Tides Inc. daytime reception desk for ArtSeed. Evenings or weekends knock on 1012 Torney (French doors, right side of the building). If the front lot is full or for wheelchair access take an immediate right off Lincoln on to Girard & do the same on Edie. Turn right into the parking lot behind our building. Enter either door.

Board of Directors: Matthew J. Boriskin, Anna-Lisa Froman, Justin Hoover, Marissa Kunz, Diane Scarritt, and Josefa Vaughan,
Advisory Board: Edna Arterberry, Julie Blankenship, Charles Boone, Beth Grinberg, Cris Larson CPA, Richard Mitchell A. Robin Ordin, Laetitia Sonami, Leo Steinberg, Lydia Titcomb, Michelle Vignes, Gabriela Falcao Vieira, Ann Wettrich, Allison Wyckoff, Arwen & Heather Vaughan
Youth Council: Steven Chin, Dana Flores, Brandon Jones, and Christina Oatfield

ArtSeed is a volunteer-based nonprofit public charity with a mission to inspire and empower all people to realize their fullest potential and bring diverse communities together through innovative collaborative fine arts projects, classroom arts integration and long-term artist/youth apprenticeships.

Artists, Students, Patrons, Mentors, Advisors and Volunteers in the Arts,

 Can you believe it? First the bad news: Executive Director, Josefa Vaughan announced that her home (since 1993) where ArtSeed’s office has been (since 2000) received an eviction notice due to an Ellis Act removal of the building from the rental market. Now the good news: We found an office in the Presidio’s Thoreau Center for Sustainability next door to LucasFilm and gardens! ArtSeed now belongs to a family of other nonprofits housed in the Thoreau Center.

The Bay Area’s most challenged families now have access to new facilities and services in a fantastic resort community because of your continued gifts of time, money, and expertise. Please come and visit your new retreat! For more information about Tides Shared Spaces visit www.thoreau.org. New Mailing Address: P.O. Box 29277 San Francisco, CA 94129-0277, New Phone: 415-561-7892 Visitors & Express Mail: ArtSeed, a Tides tenant in the Thoreau Ctr. Presidio Bldg.1014 Torney Ave. at Lincoln Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94129, (Lombard St. & Presidio Blvd. feed into Lincoln Blvd.) Map: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parks/prsf/ppMaps/Pad%2DMap%2D1%2D04%5Fcolor%2Egif (We are in the far right wing of the 3-pronged building under the fork & knife symbol by the “Former Letterman Hospital”). Driving Directions: Enter the Presidio via Lombard St. entrance or Presidio Blvd. After the visitor station, park in the parking lot on your right. Enter Building 1014 for the Thoreau Gallery and Tides Inc. daytime reception desk for ArtSeed. Evenings or weekends knock on 1012 Torney (French doors, right side of the building). If the front lot is full or for wheelchair access take an immediate right off Lincoln on to Girard & do the same on Edie. Turn right into the parking lot behind our building. Enter either door.

 ArtSeed’s First Benefit Auction Winning art bids and gifts in response to last June’s benefit auction made it possible to formalize and expand our Studio Apprenticeship Program. Your generous gifts of money and artwork from top-notch Bay Area artists such as Roy de Forest and Jim Campbell; dancers such as Anna Halprin and Kinji Hayashi; and composers such as Charles Shere and Charles Boone made this big step possible. ArtSeed apprentices from Bayview Hunters Point mingled with distinguished Bay Area collectors. The auctioneer and the gospel singers thrilled the crowd. ArtSeed’s valiant volunteers and all-star auction committee Anna-Lisa Froman, Beth Grinberg, Justin Hoover, Mehrzad Khajenoori, Marissa Kunz and Josefa Vaughan rejoiced in raising more than $24,000. Thank you for helping us make last June’s amazing art auction a resounding success.

ArtSeed’s 2005 Spring and Summer Intensive Workshops and Internships. The Spring Intensive involved students at Alvarado Elementary School in Noe Valley, Town School in Pacific Heights and Burnett Child Development Center in Bayview Hunters Point. The theme, “Bridges” was brought to life by a dedicated team of engineering students from Drexel University in Philadelphia in collaboration with Artseed artists and volunteers. The participants’ collaborative collograph prints along with other works were shown at Spring Open Studios. The Summer Intensive program was led by artists Josefa Vaughan and Jesus Chiadez. They were assisted by artists Claire Yeoman and Bonnie Kirkland and interns Ryan Collins, Rosie Ruel, Luba Yusim, and Richard Cheung. They took field trips to The Graphic Arts Workshop, Catharine Clark and Brian Gross Galleries, and Galerie Paule Anglim. They also visited the studios of artist Francesca Pastine and composer Charles Boone.

ArtSeed’s Fall Open Studio at Hunters Point Shipyard Saturday & Sunday, October 29 & 30. Hundreds of people came to see the art that will be on display in three different neighborhoods. Several Bayview Hunters Point students sold drawings and received commissions. Visitors and apprentices helped design maps of San Francisco to aid the treasure hunt. Students are designing coupons or imaginary money (ArtSeed “claims”) which can be found at each site and will be redeemable for prizes!

 History of Money This year, ArtSeed will be conducting a program for the Young Artists at Work Program at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts entitled Make Over: Money, Transformation and Self Image, Then & Now. Lead by Josefa Vaughan, this year- long program exposes high school students to the history and fundamental techniques of classical oil self-portraiture taught as an exercise in perception that challenges preconceived or conditioned assumptions about who we are. This program encourages students to combine traditions from the past with today’s pop-culture to examine the effects of self-image pursuits on character development, cultural values and politics. Guest artists will include Lynn Hershman, Claire Bain, Michelle Vignes and Marissa Kunz. ArtSeed’s elementary students will also be introduced to economics by exploring similar themes.

Global Issues = Local Issues Five teachers and one hundred and twenty elementary school aged students will address global issues and their local counterparts in ArtSeed’s new collaboration with Project Spera. This SF based non-profit’s mission is to educate young people about international affairs and help prepare them for life in a global community. We are integrating resources from Project Spera into our weekly classes in Bayview Hunters Point at the Burnett Child Development Center. As we begin our third year at Burnett, we have agreed to expand the number of students served. Therefore we are looking for funds to supplement the San Francisco Education Fund grant that gives Burnett teachers access to ArtSeed’s program. You can help support this program by donating at www.artseed.org or simply by coming to our culminating show. Please save Project Spera’s culminating festival dates: Thursday, Friday & Saturday, December 8, 9 & 10 at SomArts & Cell Space. Please visit www.projectspera.org for more information.

New Board Members and Apprenticeships We gratefully welcome new board members Diane Scarritt, a Bayview Hunters Point psychiatric social worker and Matt Boris, an East Bay artist and software developer. We have three new advisors to the board! Alisa De Wys is a financial management professional. Richard Mitchell is an artist and high-tech wiz. Our new Youth Advisory Board coordinator, Christina Oatfield, is a Lowell High School senior. Congratulations to ArtSeed’s first formal Apprenticeship pairs including mentoring artists Gabrielle Thormann, and Tim Armstrong who will be paired with ArtSeed Apprentices Kali Mobley and  Stacy Thomas respectively. Kali’s brothers, Ibrahima and Kusar Mobley  are being initiated into the program with the help of mentoring artist Josefa Vaughan and assisting artist William Scott. To all of you who made this miraculous year possible – Thank you!.

ArtSeed Annual Newsletter,  2004

Dear Family, Friends, Artists, Students, Patrons, Mentors, Advisors and Volunteers in the Arts,

Happy Chinese New Years and warmest wishes from all of us at ArtSeed!  "Journey," and the discoveries and adventures that come along with this connecting theme, infused many 2004 projects.

-At the Spring Open Studio we celebrated the beginning of our webmasters’, Arwen and Heather Vaughan’s, 6-month, 2,200-mile trek along the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Not only did the hike serve as a fundraiser for ArtSeed it awakened the imagination and broadened the horizons of our students at Burnett Child Development Center (CDC) in the Bayview Hunter’s Point district of San Francisco. The hikers exchanged photos, drawings and letters with the students through their web journals and by post including handmade storyboards collected from fellow trekkers along the trail and studio visitors here.

-The Fall Open Studio served as a showcase for ArtSeed private students, Manual Berry, William Scott, Ganesha Balunsat and Xiani Wang, (Ganesha & Xiani were accepted to School of the Arts this year.) Also on display were individual works by selected artist volunteers and classroom students (some of whom sold work!). Special attractions included home made apple cider and "Plinko", an interactive sound sculpture by brand new ArtSeed Board member, Justin Hoover. We happily noted a significant increase in attendance of Hunters Point residents as we celebrated our various participants’ work and applauded Arwen and Heather for completing their heroic hike on August 19.

-Burnett CDC, in what the San Francisco Chronicle called "a war zone," has been our home base from which we are pursuing exchanges and connections with other communities in the Bay Area and beyond.  We are happy to announce that the original class (made possible by Robert and Betty Klausner Philanthropic Fund) has grown to four classes and will continue through Summer 2005 thanks to a generous grant from the San Francisco Education Fund. ArtSeed’s Burnett-related Apprenticeship Program received vital seed money from the Shipyard Trust for the Arts and Kelly Wert of The Rothwell Group. A matching employee gift from the Levi-Strauss Foundation, Alison McKleroy’s "Young Art Lives" art auction and your individual gifts made this past year’s programs possible. We are very grateful for this support!

-ArtSeed’s 2004 Summer Intensive brought Bayview Hunters Point youth together one-on-one with a wide range of artists. Participants took field trips to artist studios, galleries and museums and planned their own art exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute’s (SFAI) Swell Gallery. Portfolios with drawings, paintings and prints of still-lives, portraits, landscapes, abstracts and conceptual pieces were produced in this gallery and at the Graphic Arts Workshop printmaking studio. We are very grateful to have had access to such auspicious facilities. New potential mentorships and partnerships were forged by this extraordinary and fun learning experience. As a volunteer-based, artist-run organization with an annual budget of less than $19,000 (including in-kind donations) we move forward into 2005 confidently with the three things that have taken us this far: hard work, good people, and passion!

-2005 comes into focus with great news. We are planning a program with volunteers from Philadelphia’s Drexel University Society of Women Engineers who will lead a San Francisco Arts & Engineering Intensive for ArtSeed in March. Come join the fun during your spring break!

-Mayor Gavin Newsom has agreed to be the Honorary Chairman of a fundraising event for ArtSeed in the month of June. We are excited to have this first-time event and look forward to reaching out and working with all of you in 2005 to raise funds for our Apprenticeship Program. Stay tuned for details and updates as they develop.

-Going public by February 1st, Arwen Vaughan’s brand new, cutting-edge version of the ArtSeed web site you all loved (www.artseed.org) has more interactive and dynamic content that we can now administer ourselves (and teach students this skill)! New under "Community" there are three interactive features: 1) live chat rooms 2) web journals for students, apprenticeship matches, and team projects and 3) interactive discussion modules for General Conversation, ArtSeed Topics and About This Web Site. You do not need to register to use the interactive features. In the future, however, as a registered visitor you may gain privileges which include greater access to the web site for your own publicity and educational purposes besides having a forum for sharing your ideas and being one of the first to find out about upcoming opportunities and events. This new technology makes it easier to add the newest features as they become available. Thank you Arwen!

And of course we must acknowledge the people who made 2004 happen. Mary Midgett and the other teachers and students at Burnett CDC have taken profound leaps toward a collaborative project with Alvarado Elementary School. Volunteers from Hamlin School in Pacific Heights prepared panels for this new body of work. Gabriela Falcao Vieira and Peter Carson refurbished our Bylaws. Lisa Hoffman and Lynn Lampky helped with grant writing and development. Board members and advisors like Marissa Kunz, Anna-Lisa Froman, Justin Hoover, Lydia Titcomb and Diane Scarritt have given their guidance, countless hours and substantial funds. They and volunteers like Mike Dovbish, Claire Frances, Beth Grinberg, Emily Hughes, Mehrzad Khajenoori, Devan Miller, Richard Mitchell and Gabrielle Thormann have made our mission, (to build long-term mentorships between artists and under-privileged youth through innovative arts projects), feel inspired. For their efforts and everyone else’s who made gifts of time, money, supplies and encouragement we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. May you and yours have the best year ever!       
                              

Sincerely,

Josefa Vaughan
Executive Director, ArtSeed

P.S. Fridays, 3-6pm, ArtSeed is going to try having drop-in office hours at 937 Capp Street (between 24th & 25th Streets) and live chat room time on our website, www.artseed.org. So log in or come on by!

Make sure to take a look at the Community News for February 2005...

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ArtSeed Annual Report Newsletter		October 2003, Volume 1
Table of Contents Introductions A Message from the Executive Director ArtSeed Welcomes New Board Members: Lydia Titcomb and Cris Larson A Message from the President On the Financial Front: A Message from the CFO Shebangs ArtSeed Fine Arts Summer Camp 2003 Coloring Sounds:Songlines for Seibert's Pipes Postcards to People in Power Make Stuff Day GrapeVines Look out for Thuong and Brandon at POOR Press! Making Connections: Children's Mural Program, The Richmond YMCA, Alvarado Elementary School, Asian Art Museum Plugs! HouseCalls Volunteers and Interns Apprentices Acknowledgements	Message from Josefa Vaughan, Executive Director, ArtSeed Dear Family, Friends, Mentors, Students and Comrades in the Arts, We did it! Our dollars, deeds, dreams and patience have formed ArtSeed into an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The responsibilities of this giant step entail greater possibilities, too. We are now eligible to apply to new sources in order to fund our three program areas: HouseCalls (private mentorships); Shebangs (public workshops & art exhibitions) and Grapevines (professional development for the young and disadvantaged). I urge you to check out all the articles in this newsletter! After reviewing our outlines of program activities for 2000 - 2001, 2001 - 2002, and 2002 - 2003, I do not know how we had time to do all the fact finding and soul searching necessary to enter this whole new chapter. Think of it! A public middle school classroom of “troubled youth” and a handful of form-phobic artists have, with the help of numerous mentors over the course of three years, become a viable tax-exempt corporation! We have come a long way in a relatively short and particularly difficult period of time. When you take a peek at the nonprofit incorporation chronology and the outlines of program activity on our website: www.artseed.org, you will be amazed at the milestones we have passed along this arduous but magical trek. Nonprofits are unique to America and to me they are our saving grace. I am very proud to have been a part of creating a new one with so many arms reaching out to link with other sister organizations in the Bay Area and beyond for these trying times. Daily I encounter things that remind me of how important it is that ArtSeed unite with other agencies to make a difference. Government officials don’t always see how vital the arts are to the economy. Studies like the extensive ten-year one conducted by Stanford anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath have concluded that participation in the arts, more than any other extra curricular activity, encourages the development of certain “habits of mind” that can lead to academic and personal success. I speak from experience. You would not have liked me as a teen. But then I met Pilar Rubin, who gave me a paintbrush, told me I had promise and taught me some skills to prove it. Art is a medium by which the young can learn what it takes to become a professional in any field: discipline, passion, imagination, organization, cooperation, patience. ArtSeed’s Fine Arts Summer Camp 2003 provided 40 kids, 9 teens and 4 adults with lessons that earned us hugs and them promises of continued contact. Our fundraising kickoff at The LAB, Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert’s Pipes, involved countless people on three coasts and attracted numerous new constituents. This year we ArtSeed artists learned as much as we taught. We could not have accomplished so much without having been mentored by numerous professionals in a variety of fields. I want to thank our lawyers Jeffrey T. Chow and Victoria Tseng with Jeffrey J. Chang & associates who worked with us through the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Our new president, Lydia Titcomb, one of San Francisco’s most generous and inspired champions of the arts, stepped up as our board development mentor and first supporting trustee. Our new chief financial officer, Cris Larson, CPA, took us by the hand financially. I am very grateful to all these friends! Founding Youth Advisors to ArtSeed have leapt high hurdles to accomplish wonderful things. Five-year ArtSeed veterans Dana Flores and Steven Chin have graduated from School of the Arts, San Francisco. Thuong Tran, an honors student from Vietnam is beginning her second year at Lowell High School. Brandon Jones, founding ArtSeed Youth Advisor and one of our original middle school "troubled youths," has qualified for and completed several outreach opportunities and made a CD of his spoken word pieces. Numerous ArtSeed interns have offered countless hours of time in exchange for valuable classroom, installation and administrative experience. Hundreds of students have been touched by our programs and have in turn deeply moved us as teachers and artists. Laura Kamian, our founding treasurer and a former student of mine, regularly exhibits her art. Marissa Kunz, our secretary, was a teaching intern with ArtSeed for several years. This fall she won a highly sought after artist residency at Alvarado Elementary School. We are all working hard to develop and culminate several proposed projects, namely: 1) Postcards to People in Power: An International Call for Human Rights, Environmental Responsibility and Peace. In pilots for this proposed project ArtSeed scribes have assisted people on public transit and in schools to make and send copies of colorful messages to world leaders. We will maintain an archive of postcards and responses for public display. Estimated project cost: $12,500. 2) The Bay Area Directory of Resources for Artists and Youth will use sophisticated geographical information systems online and in an artist's book to describe the state of the fine arts education community at this critical time. What began as ArtSeed's Community Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study can become a stunningly effective tribute to the survival of Bay Area arts programs and teaching artists. Estimated project cost:$9,350. 3) The ArtSeed Apprenticeship Program and Bay Area Fine Arts Apprenticeships Summer Summit connects artists at the Shipyard (300 studios!) to residents of Bayview Hunters Point. It will also encourage more agencies throughout the Bay Area to foster sustained, one-on-one learning arrangements. We are proposing to organize a festive showcase for artwork produced in year-round apprenticeships. Estimated project cost: $20,320. 4) A catalog documenting ArtSeed’s radically inclusive recent great Shebang at The LAB will help us to reach more potential students, volunteers and patrons. This offset lithographic edition of 2,500 signed and numbered copies (twenty pages, spiral bound with nine black and white and three full color reproductions) will include an essay by composer Charles Boone illuminating key historical experiments linking heard and seen creative material. An essay by Meredith Tromble examines the cultural context for and rewards of participatory art. A third essay will trace the roots and vision of ArtSeed. Estimated project cost: $5,000. 5) General Operating Expenses are what generate ideas and keep our pilot initiatives simmering. A grant that covers general operating expenses and one paid staff position will insure the survival of all ArtSeed pilot projects. With enough in-kind support we could realize at least one of our projects each year. Operations with paid staff estimated cost: $50,000. My understanding of and respect for many "non-arts" professions has expanded immensely. I am led to think that great artists and extraordinary finance professionals share more personal propensities and professional habits than is commonly supposed. By honestly observing, meticulously recording and then balancing life’s qualities and quantities both professionals serve society in very real and essential ways. Through my work with this organization I’ve met the most inspiring people imaginable. The kids at Benjamin Franklin Middle School shook me up and got me hooked on keeping up with their progress. Many of these lively youngsters exist in worlds that would crush me. Assistants, volunteers and co-workers like artist and ArtSeed secretary Marissa Kunz hung in there with me through very tedious and challenging situations offering precious time and valuable insight. Finally I wish to thank the pro bono consultants who have mentored us and the financial contributors who have helped us gain legitimacy and the means by which to serve. Real service, profound learning and masterful art are fueled by the “love of humankind” described in Inspired Philanthropy. This book by Tracy Gary and Melissa Kohner describes how, in a radically inclusive sense, we are all philanthropists. We are all in this together and I feel very honored to be on board with you. There are no passengers on this ship. We are all crew. Bound for wonderful adventures, let's continue to align our dollars, deeds and dreams. - Josefa Vaughan
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ArtSeed Welcomes Two New Board Members: Lydia Titcomb and Cris Larson! ArtSeed is very pleased to welcome on board Lydia Titcomb as its new president. Lydia has been involved with the San Francisco Art Institute for eighteen years, fourteen of those as a board member, and the last four years as the chair of the Trustee Committee. She served as chair for the 125th anniversary celebration of the Art Institute in 1996. Lydia has volunteered for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Tour and Travel Department, leading art trips to the south of France, Indonesia, Brazil and other locations. She was a founding member of Music in Schools and a member of Other Minds, a nonprofit organization that pioneers avant-garde music. Lydia has two masters degrees, one in Nutritional Biochemistry from Columbia University and one in Museology from John F. Kennedy University. ArtSeed also welcomes Cris Larson to the Board of Directors. After serving on ArtSeed's Advisory Board for most of the year, we were fortunate to have Cris accept the post of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ArtSeed. We know that we are in good hands because Cris, an art-lover and mother of two, has a long and impressive background in finance. She has worked as a financial and business professional for over twenty years. Most recently she worked as an independent consultant and consultant with KPMG where she provided financial and business management consulting. From 1985 to 1999, Cris was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America where she authored a five-year business plan for their nationwide interactive TV financial portal; wrote the three-year strategic plan for the $2 billion global capital markets and brokerage business; managed multi-million dollar technology development projects; structured and negotiated a $1 billion strategic alliance; built a $25 million equity derivative business; and implemented and managed a global marketing campaign. Cris also served as CFO for the BA Ventures and BA Capital Corporation and for BA Leasing and Capital Corporation. Cris has an MBA from California Sate University, Hayward and a BS from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a certified public accountant (CPA). We look forward to great insight and support from Lydia and Cris for years to come!
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Message from Lydia Titcomb, President of ArtSeed Greetings! This is my first communication as the President of the newly formed Board of ArtSeed. I am very happy to be involved with ArtSeed and to work with Josefa Vaughan in pushing the nonprofit enterprise forward. To transform one life a year is worth all the effort and work. I thank Josefa, all the artists and the individuals who made ArtSeed a reality. I look forward to the coming months to increase our base of support and activities by adding several qualified board members. - Lydia Titcomb			Lydia Titcomb
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On the Financial Front: A Message from Cris Larson, Treasurer of ArtSeed I am very pleased to be serving as Treasurer for ArtSeed. I have worked with other nonprofit organizations over the last several years to help them formulate procedures, set up budgets and build financial reporting tools. I find it very rewarding to help communicate the success of an organization’s efforts through presenting its financial data and helping those involved to understand the ongoing economics of their organization. I am most excited to be working with ArtSeed because of its focus on art and on children. My own upbringing included a lot of time spent in art classes and on art projects and I feel it was a very important component of my life that I have tried to pass on to my own children. ArtSeed very successfully benefited from Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert’s Pipes , earning more than $3,000 including proceeds from the follow up art sales and donations inspired by the show. A number of grants made the project possible including one Individual Artist Commission to Josefa Vaughan of $10,000 from the San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grants Program. At the beginning of August, bank funds available for future projects are more than $3,600 up from $335 at the beginning of February. A number of very exciting projects are planned for ArtSeed in the upcoming year. The current bank funds along with future grants and private donations will enable ArtSeed to continue to build on its current success and offer its programs in the community. As Josefa has described, ArtSeed was also officially designated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in 2003. This new tax-exempt status should improve ArtSeed’s fund raising abilities as potential patrons have yet another incentive to give: their contributions will be tax deductible. - Cris Larson
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ArtSeed Fine Arts Summer Camp 2003 With a $1,250 gift from the Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), personnel support from the Bayview Opera House, and hard work from our volunteers and lead artist-teachers Josefa Vaughan and Marissa Kunz, ArtSeed's Summer Camp 2003 was a challenge but also - we believe - a real success! We want to thank STAR's President, Kathleen McNamara, for her advocacy. The proposal for this camp was created after an announcement was made at a Bayview Opera House event that providers of summer art programs for youngsters in this community could no longer afford the cost of these services. Programming cuts of this kind are more devastating than in other parts of the city due to the community's geographic and cultural detachment from many city resources. Thus, we designed this camp as a emergency fix for the problem but hope it will expand and enrich our relationship with the Hunters Point community. Moving forth, we hope to keep in contact with the Bayview Opera House and its staff along with a core group of youngsters who showed a profound interest in continuing art practice through more classes, camps and apprenticeships. From July 8 to July 18, ArtSeed set up camp at the Bayview Opera House from 1pm to 4pm, Tuesdays through Fridays. The total headcount of participants - a majority of which were elementary age and from the Bayview Hunter's Point community - was 55. Students were introduced to traditional and experimental media and subject matter. They experimented with painting on paper and canvas; drawing with charcoal, pencil, markers and oil sticks; collage with found and given material; 3D assemblage with a range of diverse materials such as clay, string, wire, cork, paper and beads; and sketching in personal hand-made sketchbooks! Often students got a chance to stand up and talk about their work to the rest of the class. In addition, guest artist and ArtSeed apprentice, William Scott, added interest to the camp by demonstrating his signature self-portraiture for the kids. The camp ended with a culminating celebration and exhibition. Student work was put on display at the Opera House before they got to take it home along with a hand-painted canvas bag of supplies and sketchbooks. The Opera House also kindly provided refreshments and snacks for this festive finale. Here are some of our favorite quotes from participant/observer evaluation forms: "Josefa, Marissa and Bonnie worked under challenging conditions. Assistant Bonnie was able to keep the supplies flowing while the art staff kept the projects moving. The students were excited when they returned to the Bayview Opera House and saw their artwork hanging on the walls. The staff personalized their art by sharing their personal stories. Allowing them to discuss and present their art honored the students. I am very excited about the program. I look forward to it coming to the Bayview again. I have been teaching in the area for twenty years, the program is unique, stimulating and fun for the students." --Mary Midget, chaperone/teacher "I hope the program will continue since the children benefited so much from it. They need this opportunity." --Laura Morgan, chaperone/teacher "I enjoyed everything, creating all kinds of things!" --Aisha Coleman, student age 8			Students at the Bayview Opera House camp
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Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert's Pipes What do you do with 30 years of pretty good life drawings, abandoned meanders from other artists, a story about your grandfather having built the largest pipe organ in the world, a nonprofit organization that needs a fundraising kick-off benefit and a $10,000 Individual Artist Commission Award from the SF Arts Commission? You guessed it: The exhibition, Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert's Pipes from March 28 - April 26, 2003 at The LAB in San Francisco was this and much more! Josefa Vaughan's "solo" show featured performances, a panel discussion, a creativity fitness station and hundreds of continuation paintings, drawings and prints. Additionally, three dimensional components, and sound elements were contributed by local composers, passers-by and ArtSeed participants. The project became a rallying point around which ideas flowed between people from all walks of life while ArtSeed expanded its vision and base of support. In a world at war, where else would you find a SF Opera French hornist playing an Arabic composition, an electronic sound piece developed for hanging handmade pipes, a butoh dance and didjeridoo performance? Hundreds of people contributed time, attention, talent and workmanship to this mammoth and multi-faceted project. Significant connections were made across disciplines, social strata, and ages. A magical spirit of generosity prevailed during a turbulent time. Because this benefit exhibition embodied so many aspects of ArtSeed's mission, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude the countless individuals who made this project a success by giving their time, expertise, money and vision. Hearty hugs to the many patrons who stepped forward by sending us checks or by giving us back their honoraria. Thanks to Roberto Gastelumendi, who helped design and single-handedly built our first two consoles for our proposed creativity fitness stations. Special thanks to The LAB staff: Elisabeth Beaird, Laura Brun, Kristen Chappa and to all The LAB's wonderful interns and volunteers: Tim Benjamin, Jennifer Witcher, Greg Hipwell, Erin Ruch; Performers: Christopher Burns, Alden Jenks, William Klingelhoffer, Laetitia Sonami, Charles Boone, Kenji Hayashi, Beau Casey, Thuong Tran, Brandon Jones, William Scott, Claudia Grubbler; Panelists: Meredith Tromble, Raymond Holbert, David Hegarty, Jeanne Foss, Richard Felciano, Charles Shere; ArtSeed Volunteers: Carola Anderson, Troy Byker, Lori Kossowski, Rocio Avila, Yanina Aparicio, Shane Shafer, Steven Chin, Dana Flores, Laura Kamian and Marissa Kunz; and finally the brave "continuers" who gave me their own art on which to work or who were willing to draw and write directly on mine. Alden Jenks' sound installation required a great amount of time and commitment on his and his family's part. Thank you Jesse and Mikako! Our benefit exhibition Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert's Pipes would not have been possible without an Individual Artists Commissions Award from the San Francisco Arts Commission's Cultural Equity Grants Program. Additional funds were provided by the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum Subito Grant Program. In-kind donations were gratefully received from Jeff Olson/Utrecht Art Supplies as were pro-bono services from John Varn of ChromeWorks. Heartfelt thanks to all our individual patrons. L to R: JV Continues Russell Nachman's Staff (detail), JV Continues Dianne Jacobs & Others Continue JV, composite wall, Thuong Tran & Brandon Jones spoken word performance. L to R: Steven Chin Continues JV (detail), Laetitia Sonami's digital bellows performance, JV & Claudia Grubler's wheelchair performance, Wall composite reflection as Laura Kamian knits L to R: JV at Hunters Point Shipyard, Lt.Ish, participant; William Scott Continues JV (detail); a participating visitor to The LAB; Panelists in front of reclaimed and continued remnants from the 1996 Bayview Opera House Children's Mural Program Photos by Emily Hughs, Christine Jegan, Kristen Chappa, and Lt. Rudy Garrett
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Postcards to People In Power ArtSeed's ongoing Postcards to People in Power pilot project reflects ArtSeed's mission: "to provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to grasp, utilize, and transform the arts." Additionally, it addresses the potential power of the earnest and inexpensive hand-made mark. To reflect on the small but enduring forces that generate history's decisive moments, people from all walks of life were invited to create a postcard with a wish for this planet's future to be sent to a world leader or news service of their choice. ArtSeed plans to continue collecting and then mail copies of these postcards. We will retain an archive of original postcards and responses they have generated for future exhibition. Though we are still looking for funding sources for this project, many ArtSeed students, volunteers and artists have had a fruitful and interesting year of pilot postcard collecting and display. Although postcards can be collected from anyone at anytime - such as on a bus - there were a few memorable highlights. Of note is our involvement with Lise Swenson's Living LABoratory exhibition this past October 2002. The show, which featured artists who worked in or made work about San Francisco's vibrant Mission District, included ArtSeed's Postcards to People in Power project. Armed with an ironing board, a stack of blank postcards, drawing materials, a big smile and the willingness to explain our project to passers-by, ArtSeed youth and volunteers set up postcard collecting stations at the busy 24th and Mission street BART station. Curious locals, young and old, many of whom only spoke Spanish, became willing and chatty participants. In addition, a postcard creation booth and display wall were set up at the exhibition at The LAB gallery itself. For the exhibition's performance night, youth participant Brandon Jones along with ArtSeed staff Marissa Kunz and Josefa Vaughan "performed" the postcards by reading the messages to a packed gallery audience. As momentum for the war in Iraq grew, the postcard messages increasingly reflected the political climate. In February, Claire Bain, longtime ArtSeed volunteer and artist, orchestrated another successful postcard collecting session with people of various political stripes at a mass meeting. In addition to printing, collecting and mailing the postcards, Claire painted a beautiful ArtSeed banner that we still use today. (Thank you Claire!) Many more postcards were collected from elementary school classes such as Malcolm X Academy and Chinese American International School. At Malcolm X, Mr. Lowe's 5th grade class invited Josefa and Marissa to do a Postcards to People in Power workshop. The art and messages for these postcards were distilled from environmental concerns voiced in essays, poems and paintings generated from Heidi Hardin's Children's Mural Program.			Collected storyboard postcards with participant's age in the upper left corner ArtSeed "scribes" at the 24th Street BART station collecting postcards from neighbors William Scott with "Create Peace" banner by Claire Bain at the Peace March
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Make Stuff Day The second annual ArtSeed Make Stuff Day held on August 2, 2003 was an overwhelming success. The goal of Make Stuff Day is to bring ArtSeed friends, family and volunteers together for a fun-filled day of "getting creative" and making lots of "little things" to have available as thank-you gifts to our patrons while enjoying each other's company. And we did just that! This year's host, founding member Laura Kamian, upped the ante from last year by planning several well laid out supplies stations in a beautiful sunny flower garden at her residence in Emeryville. An avid knitter herself, Laura's fuzzy yarn boa stations were extremely popular and produced professional looking objects. Among other things made were magnets, cards, ornaments, bookmarks and more. Guests were pleasantly surprised by a mouth-watering array of gourmet foods and sweets prepared by Laura herself - and entirely from scratch! As the day wound down, even more surprised, however, was Josefa, who received a special one-day early birthday surprise complete with song, gifts and a small blueberry pear pie with candles. By the end of the day 36 objects were created and new friends were made. We all thank Laura for a wonderful event.			From top: Laura Kamian and her mom Kay a.k.a. Punky; Work stations in the garden; I-cord boa knitters
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Look out for Thuong and Brandon at POOR Press! Congratulations to Thuong Tran and Brandon Jones, ArtSeed Youth Advisors, who earned a scholarship to POOR Press's 10-week media and journalism program for youth and adults. They are learning how to write, design, layout, edit, publish and market their very own book or CD! Brandon's spoken word and rap CD, entitled "Spittin' Flames," will be debuted at the POOR Press Book/CD Release Party in November 2003. A story with excerpts from his CD will be featured on KPFA and the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper as well. Thuong, on the other hand, has had to interrupt her participation to accommodate her family's travel to Vietnam. Perhaps she is doing research on her POOR Press book project? ArtSeed is proud of them both!			Sneak preview of Brandon's CD Cover!
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Making Connections: The Children's Mural Program, Richmond District YMCA, Alvarado Elementary School and The Asian Art Museum This year ArtSeed artists and volunteers have made many connections with Bay Area institutions and schools through personal employment. Often these links provide fertile ground for collaboration and involvement of ArtSeed participants with the larger arts community. As art teachers in Heidi Hardin's Children Mural Program this Spring semester, for example, Josefa Vaughan and Marissa Kunz added to the existing program by introducing ArtSeed's Postcards to People in Power project. The Children's Mural Program provides instruction in visual art techniques (mostly painting) as the medium of an environmental science curriculum exploring various issues of concern to the community, especially the history, Superfund clean-up, and reuse of Hunters Point Shipyard. This involvement became the impetus for ArtSeed's very own summer camp in the Hunter's Point community. At the Richmond District YMCA this summer, Josefa Vaughan piloted ArtSeed's creativty fitness center with Art Mondays where she taught two classes and hosted two hours of drop-in studio for all ages. Members and neighbors of the Richmond District YMCA got a chance to try professional grade materials while receiving professional guidance from teaching artist Josefa Vaughan. Intern Bonnie Kirkland and ArtSeed's Founding Youth Advisor Steven Chin also provided valuable tips and encouragement. Steven's father, Rodney Chin, coordinates several programs for this YMCA and is responsible for this exciting new ArtSeed outreach initiative. We thank you, Rodney! Marissa and Josefa were also guest teaching artists at the Richmond District YMCA Summer Camp, coordinated by Jessi Prevost. Classes included Web Masters, Introduction to the Fine Arts, Photography and Critter Craze Art. Thank you, Jessi! Congratulations to artist Marissa Kunz who won a coveted teaching post at Alvarado Elementary School in Noe Valley. Alvarado is famous for being the birthplace of artist Ruth Asawa's Alvarado Arts Workshop, one of the first innovative arts education programs in the Bay Area to bring practicing artists into the schools. And lastly, congratulations to Allison Wyckoff, long time ArtSeed volunteer and supporter, who is now holding a post at The Asian Art Museum in the AsiaAlive Program. AsiaAlive is a free, interactive, drop-in program for all ages, featuring live artist demonstrations, hands-on activities, videos and books on rotating monthly themes.			Students at the Children's Mural Program culminating event
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Plugs! ArtSeed Artists are working artists - and here are just a few things we would like to shamelessly plug! Worth checking out is a recently completed mural by Claire Bain on San Jose Street between 23rd and 24th (the back wall of the old Valencia police station). It is site-specific and features scenes from the immediate area arranged in storyboard fashion across its top. The main section of the mural is based on a fennel garden located across the street, which harbors the eggs, caterpillars and chrysali of the Anise Swallowtail butterfly, a native species. Ironically, fennel is an invasive plant to which this indigenous species of butterfly has adapted! The garden also has a large poinsetta plant mixed in among the fennel. Claire is a filmmaker and enjoyed this project very much because properties of light and sequencing of imagery are integral to it. She employed a selection of materials with properties of transparence, reflection and refraction of light, including mica flake dust and tiny spheres of glass which act as prisms. The mural looks very different depending on the position of the viewer and the time of day. The mural is entitled Regarding Here. Artist Alfred Hernandez assisted and friends Michelle Dyrness, John Steiner and Amy Green dropped by one day and added their touches to the fennel section. Another fun project completed this past year was several limited edition POOR Press Po' Cats books with digital collage illustrations by Marissa Kunz. Marissa has been collaborating on this project with Dee Gray, co-editor of POOR Magazine. Through travels near and far, the Po' Cats weave a modern day humorous allegory critiquing and engaging in the ironic mix of colonialism, travel, indiginismo, racism, ageism and much more. Laura Kamian's art was accepted in shows listed below. An avid knitter with a background in abstract and fauvist painting, her work for the past two years has been an attempt to address the traditional assumptions and separation of these two strains of work - between high and low art. She attempts to bring into balance her painterly impulses with "ordinary" crafts processes and materials. Laura places importance on finding joy in her materials and describes her work as an "attempt to retrain myself in the use of my materials, and to redirect my idea of what it means to use them." August 15th-September 13th Mining the Ordinary Olive Hyde Art Gallery 123 Washington Blvd (at Mission) Fremont, CA 94538 Opening Reception: Friday, August 15th from 7-9 pm Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm October 4th-26th 17th Annual Emeryville Celebration of the Arts 5616 Bay St, Emeryville (In the new Bay St shopping center, near the AMC theater) Opening Reception: Friday, October 3rd from 6-9 pm			Regarding Here, a mural by Claire Bain Digital Collage illustrations, limited edition POOR Press book series Marissa Kunz Laura Kamian, "Repeat Pattern (Orenburg Lace)" silk, oil,and wax on masonite, 11" x 8" x 2", 2002 Laura Kamian, "Tension", silk, wool, and wax on canvas, 23" x 23" x 2", 2002
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Volunteers and Interns ArtSeed interns and volunteers have been the grease that keeps our tater tots cooking! And we would like to thank all of them for putting their time and talent to such good use. They are ArtSeed! Thank you to all of our office assistant volunteers and interns - Joy Mukai, Rocio Avila, Yanina Aparicio, Christine "can do!" Rice, Richard Mitchell, Dragan Miletic, Synne Bull, and Arwen and Heather Vaughan - who have done an extraordinary job in organizing our office, updating our mailing list and/or administering our website. Chris Komater gave us nonprofit incorporation advice early on, Charles Boone has proof read many documents for us, and Tamera White drafted a press release for our recent benefit exhibition. We are very grateful for all this help. Special thanks to our photography and graphic design volunteers: Clay Murphy for helping with numerous flyers and name cards, Carolina Humphreys and Catherine Bunn for helping with our brochure, Emily Hughes and Christine Jegan for their fantastic photographs of ArtSeed Shebangs and HouseCalls, and Lisa Fox, our newest graphics guru, who will be helping us with our catalog among other things! We would also like to thank Baktash Sorkhabi, Stephani Mejia and Monica Mercado, high school students who came all the way from Concord to help out at ArtSeed's Bayview Opera House Summer Camp. Big thanks also to the Bayview Opera House staff: Shelley Bradford-Bell and Aisha Gilmore; to BVOH interns: Felicia Moore, David Gonzalez, Karl Lincoln, Rodney Garrett, and Cieara Green; and to Chaperone/Teachers: Mary Midget, Patricia Ann Roth, Pinky Benjamin, and Tamara Jones. Big thanks to teaching assistants Nathan Murray for his work at Chinese American International School and ArtSeed's Bayview Opera House Summer Camp assistant Bonnie Kirkland for her work with Steven Chin at the Richmond District YMCA. Thank you Steven Chin, Dana Flores, Shane Shafer, Lori Kossowski, and Roberto Gastelumendi for being troopers and helping in numerous projects and in numerous ways throughout the year. Kudos to our new star volunteers Maria Hernandez, Emma Wallerstein, Devan Miller, and Wes O'Haire. Last but not least, there are volunteers like Michael Dovbish and Haidar Alssaqaf who share their expertise on business management, bookkeeping and financial planning.			Shane Shafer and Josefa Vaughan diligently stuffing hundreds of ArtSeed brochures! Haidar and Erica looking very focused
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Apprentices ArtSeed has been working hard on maintaining and developing an arts mentoring and apprenticeship program that creates bridges between established Bay Area artists and young, at-risk or inexperienced artists. Students are paired up with mentoring artists in a symbiotic and mutually beneficial partnership. Artists benefit from the practical assistance and fresh approach that a youthful intern inspires, and aspiring artists gain knowledge, experience and an advocate/mentor. We believe that exposure to the daily artistic practice of an established artist teaches students about the craft, criticism and business skills necessary to be a professional in any field. New private students who have benefited from and contributed to ArtSeed's pilot apprenticeship initiative this year are William Scott, Lori Kossowsky, Dana Olney-Bell, Deja Brown and Leland Wolfson. ArtSeed hopes to partner with Hunters Point Shipyard studio artists (300 of them in one place!) in developing long term and in-depth mentorships that could enrich the lives of Bayview Hunters Point youth. A program that would profoundly crossfertilize a community in this way and impact residents on such a scale would be unprecedented.			William Scott, self portrait demonstration at ArtSeed's Bayview Opera House Fine Arts Summer Camp 2003
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ArtSeed is especially grateful to our individual patrons and benefactors. We send big hugs to: Charles Amirkanian & Carol Law, Jeanne and Howard Baumgarten , Jim Billings, Agnes C. Bourne & James A. Luebbers, Laura Brun, Esteban L. Camahort, Jim Campbell and Tessa Wilcox, Solita & Rodney Chin, Carolyn Cook & Randall Babtkis, M. Elizabeth Clark, Patti Deuter, Mary Sue Edwards, Richard & Rita Felciano, Ann & Guy Flores, Anna-Lisa & Steven Froman, Jane Galante, Anthony Gnazzo, Marion Green, Coquelicot Hall, Rose & Gabe Ireland, Fran & Bud Johns, Daniel Jordan, Kathleen E. Kamian, Laura Kamian, Bonnie Kirkland, Betty Klausner, William Klinglehoffer, Mary Agnes & Asok Kumar, Karl & Sujin Kunz, Marissa Kunz, Christine Larson, Samuel J. Losh, Sergio & Rebecca Maggi, Jeanne & James Newman, Pilar & Walter Rubin, Mr. & Mrs. George B. Saxe, Diane Scarritt, Betsy C. Shafer, Charles & Lindsey Shere, Steven A. Sherwin, M.D. & Merrill S. Randol, Laetitia Sonami, Leo Steinberg, Bob Stenson & Stenson Financial Corporation, Beryl Striewski & Jim Horrocks, Lydia & Martin Titcomb, George & Mary Vaughan, John & Marcy Vaughan, Michelle Vignes. The past three years of ArtSeed programs have been made possible by in-kind donations, artist grants and ArtSeed contributions. We appreciate the generous support of The San Francisco Arts Commission's Cultural Equity Grants Program; the Shipyard Trust for the Arts; the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum Subito Grant Program; the LEF Foundation; Jeff Olson & Utrecht and John Varn & ChromeWorks. We want to acknowledge the arts education initiatives out of which ArtSeed has grown. These are the Texas Institute for Arts in Education, the San Francisco Arts Education Project, and the Hills Project. We also owe a debt to schools, art spaces and community centers where we have had the opportunity to bring our ideas to fruition. Chinese American International School; Studio One, Oakland; Synergy School; Benjamin Franklin Middle School; Starr King Elementary School; the Richmond District YMCA; the Bayview Opera House, Southern Exposure, Mission Neighborhood Centers, The LAB, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Family Day; The Oakland Museum of California "Art IS Education" Day; the de Young Museum Artist Studio; and The Point Artist Studios. Your support means a lot to us. Please inform us of any inadvertent omissions.
Newsletter coordinated by Marissa Kunz & Heather Vaughan