Tonight when I checked my email I found the April Newsletter from Art From Scrap. I’ve made it pretty clear that I am a huge fan, and think the organization is pretty amazing on many different levels. So, I thought I’d repost the news letter here. Some highlights are and Assemblage show “Call to Artists”, the art workshop with international artist Dianna Cohen (which was last Saturday) and the upcoming Earth Day events. Check out the events and make sure to get in touch with them if you are interested.
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April 2009 Newsletter
The mission of Art From Scrap is to promote a greater understanding of environmental issues
while also encouraging creative exploration and expression in the arts.
1. Thanks to All the Children Who Help the Environment
2. A Thank You Letter from AFS Flows to the Ocean Student
3. AFS Community Art Events
4. Watershed Resource Center Events
5. Dianna Cohen Saturday Art Workshop & Photos
6. Take Action – Ban Styrofoam
7. Assemblage Show Call to Artists
8. Summer Camp
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1. THANKS TO ALL THE CHILDREN WHO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
Each year AFS Green Schools educates over 18,000 students about waste reduction, water quality and organic gardening. Each one of them leaves with a greater understanding of their responsibility to our earth. We thank them for their creativity, innovation and future stewardship of our shared planet!GREAT JOB!
2. THANK YOU LETTER FROM AFS FLOWS TO THE OCEAN STUDENT
Wyatt Maphis 1,102,042 Bottle Caps
Washington School 5th Grade found since 1985 at
AFS Flows to the Ocean project California Coastal Cleanup Day
Dear Jill,
Thank you for teaching our class about trash and pollution. It really inspired me. I think our class learned a lot.
Some things that I learned was that right now there is forty-six times more plastic than plankton in some parts of the ocean. I think that it helps a lot if people even only pick up trash for one minute a day. If you did that for a whole month you would help a huge amount of animal life in the sea. We would stop killing a huge number of animals like fish, dolphins, sharks and turtles.
They are eating a lot of our trash out of the ocean. The thing that kind of disturbed me was in the video when that man was dissecting a bird and there was a bunch of plastic. The thing that shocked me was that there was a wire with a bulb in it. The video made me learn a lot though.
One of the most fun things we did with you was the field trip and the trash pick-up today. It was incredible that our class picked up 892 pieces of trash today on the pick up. I think the game was a good idea so now us kids know how it is being like a fish because we didn’t know what we were getting. I died because I had more plastic than plankton. I had two plankton and eight plastic pieces.
Our class now is going to pick up trash for a minute every single day for I think the rest of the year and it only takes one kid to make a difference.
Thank you so much for teaching us about trash and how we can change the world. Now I know that I’m going to do way more.
Sincerely,
Wyatt Maphis
3. AFS COMMUNITY ART EVENTS
Join Art From Scrap for free art activities at these community events!
- Goleta Earth Day
Saturday, April 11, 11am-4pm
Stow Grove Park
580 N. La Patera Lane - South Coast Earth Day Festival
Sunday, April 19, 10:30am-5pm
Alameda Park - Santa Barbara Fair and Expo
Wednesday, April 22 – Friday 24, 4-8pm
Saturday April 25 – Sunday 26, 12-8pm
Earl Warren Showgrounds
- Y.E.S.! Fair
Saturday, May 2, 11am-4pm
La Cumbre Jr. High 2255 Modock Road
- Children’s Festival
Saturday, May 16, 10am-4pm
Alameda Park
- Solstice
Saturday, June 20, 12-6pm
Alameda Park
4. WATERSHED RESOURCE CENTER EVENTS
Located at Arroyo Burro Beach, 2981 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara
Plastics Awareness - Thursday, April 16, 7pm
Presented by Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation
Guest Speakers: Andrea Neal, Ocean Futures Society and
Das WIlliams, Santa Barbara City Council
For additional information go to SB CHAPTER SURFRIDER SOCIAL
Earth Day at WRC - Wednesday, April 22, 4-6pm
Help us clean up Arroyo Burro Beach and then make art using interesting items from the beach, watch the video Our Synthetic Seas: Plastic in the Open Ocean, and share refreshments. Knowledgeable staff will answer your questions concerning our local creeks, watersheds and marine environments.
SB Flyfishers Free Fly Tying Class – Tuesday, April 21, 7-9pm
Join members of the Santa Barbara Flyfishers to learn techniques and gain skill in tying your own flies for Fly Fishing. Materials will be provided for first time visitors, with guidance in what you need to collect for future gatherings.
For more information go to: http://www.sbflyfishers.com/
Friday, May 1, 1-5pm
Engaging Your Community in Coastal Restoration
This workshop teaches the basics of restoration and how to start volunteer-based projects. Attendees receive a free copy of the California Coastal Commission’s new how-to manual, Digging In: A Guide to Community Based Habitat Restoration.
Space is limited. To reserve a space, email Kristina Finstad at kfinstad@hotmail.com or call (831) 464-1527.
The Watershed Resource Center - Sundays 10am-4pm
Drop in to see what is going on at one of Santa Barbara’s most eco-friendly buildings - or for more community programming information go to: http://www.artfromscrap.org/pdfs/wrc_events.pdf
5. DIANNA COHEN SATURDAY ART WORKSHOP & PHOTOS
Reinventing Plastic Bags
Guest Artist: Dianna Cohen
Saturday, April 11 from 10am-12pm
For more information about Art From Scrap’s Saturday Art Workshops go to:
http://www.artfromscrap.org/pdfs/AFSArtWorkshopSchedule.pdf
What a great crew turned up to celebrate Dianna Cohen’s opening at the AFS Gallery! Thank you Dianna for your inspiring work and for bringing such a cool bunch of family and friends to AFS!
To see more photos from the opening or images of Cohen’s work visit http://www.artfromscrap.org/gallery.php?Exhibit=59
6. TAKE ACTION – BAN STYROFOAM
Nothing that is used once should remain hanging around for 500 years. Yet this is how long it takes for Styrofoam to break down — and at sea it may never biodegrade.
There is measure in Legislature right now to ban single-use Styrofoam containers. Click here to e-mail the governor today and tell him to help pass the bill.
7. ASSEMBLAGE SHOW CALL TO ARTISTS
Participate in Art From Scrap’s 8th Annual Assemblage Art Show!
Cash Prizes for First, Second & Third Place Winners
THIS YEAR’S CHALLENGE: Create a piece of assemblage art using…
CIRCLES! O o o o o o
For more information: http://www.artfromscrap.org/pdfs/CalltoArtists.pdf
8. SUMMER CAMP
Green Kids Summer Camp lets children experience the environment in fun, creative, and interactive ways! Camp is held at the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro Beach and at Art From Scrap.
Session Dates: June 8-12, July 27-31, and August 10-14, 2009
Monday through Friday from 9am – 3pm. Cost is $220 per session.
To register, download the e-mail Parent Information Packet at: http://www.artfromscrap.org/pdfs/SummerCampPacket.pdf
Holly Mackay
Development Associate/Artistic Director
Art From Scrap
302 East Cota Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.884.0459 ext. 15
Fax 805.884.1879
Learn more about our programs at www.artfromscrap.org