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I figure I should practice what I preach, so here are some photos from my fun Friday in Berkeley and Oakland with a Move, Play, Reflect, Connect twist. Afterwards, we headed over to Artist and Craftsman and Supply where I got a blank jigsaw puzzle , watercolor postcards , and a couple bottles of acrylic paint to use in my visual journal.
I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.
Additionally, you may see special characters used to create artistic typefaces for profiles on Twitter and Instagram. Rachel is a Social Media Account Executive in M+R’s Oakland office. Some people with dyslexia rotate characters as they read them, so an f can easily look like a t —the right typeface will help avoid those issues.
Still totally inspired by Save Oakland Library. Yesterday I interviewed artist and social changemaker, Naomi Natale, for the July Big Vision Podcast about her powerful One Million Bones project. A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week.
LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life Filling the Well: Giving to Yourself Join My Village: Ladies Home Journal Do Good Challenge Make Someone's Day: Write a Letter Whew! It's been a been a busy few weeks!
Organizer, Bakesale for Japan listen Naomi Natale, Founding Artist, One Million Bones listen Halle Butvin, Founder and Director, One Mango Tree listen Carinne Brody, Doctoral Candidate in Public Health at UC Berkeley. Author, The Generosity Plan listen Samin Nosrat, Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!
Jennifer is a certified coach, writer, artist, yogini, and the founder of Artizen Coaching. Women here in Oakland. This month, I'll be picking up the series again with new posts by Desiree Adaway , Emily Goligoski , Jamie Ridler , Jennifer Lee , Jennifer Louden , Mary Mulliken , Tara Sophia Mohr , and Wendy Harman.
Last week fifty people squeezed into the Marcus Bookstore in Oakland to hear young women share their stories, their rants, and their issues from a new collection of women's writing, We Got Issues! Buying fair trade coffee and family farm-raised food is casting my vote.
Engagement with local artists. One of the things we love about exhibiting local artists is that they are often here to talk with visitors about their work. It's not unusual to see an artist showing a visitor how she constructed something or created an effect. We do have friendly gallery hosts, but not every hour of the day.
Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines.
Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!
Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. My brother and I started Numi about seven years ago, from here in Oakland, California, and we started in my small apartment up the street, near Piedmont Avenue. Britt: Oakland needs more businesses like Numi.
Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"
The rules are clear: anyone who lives in Minnesota and considers her/himself an artist can contribute one piece. The only thing I really wish existed were more personal stories from the artists--I would have loved to see statements and photos of them alongside their works. Foot in the Door is a straightforward contributory project.
Proud by Heather Small & Various Artists (from the Queer as Folk soundtrack). Everyone Deserves Music by Michael Franti & Spearhead Yay for Oakland native Michael Franti! If you go to the iTunes Music Store's iMix section and search by "iMix name" for "Have Fun * Do Good Mix" it should come up and you can hear bits of the songs.
As Peter wrote: If someone enjoys Arts Event A because it’s social, informal, energetic, fun, and hip, why should we expect her to also enjoy Arts Event B if B is individual, formal, quiet, serious, and traditional (at least in its presentation, if not artistically)? Dias de las Muertos or Chinese New Year to attract new audiences.
Scotland Youth Program in West Oakland. Marisa Handler, author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker.
Marisa Handler, author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!
A startup based in Oakland, California, VSCO allows you to create and add filters to your photos. Here are some of the site's benefits for photographers: As you keep uploading photos, the creators of the website give you access to different platforms to communicate with other artists. They give your work exposure.
One Million Giraffes is pretty much what it sounds like--a project to collect artistic renderings of one million giraffes. I see this happening in the overflowing visitor comments on the walls of the Oakland Museum of California, the lines snaking through the Minneapolis Institute of Art to submit to Foot in the Door --so many places.
It's interesting, a man from Oakland is doing a documentary on street recyclers, the people who go around and pick up recycling from all of our bins, and that's how they make their living. AD: I originally found a couple of artists that were interested in turning it into a piece of art. And, "Why did you do it?"
Jennifer is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. I know you particularly work with entrepreneurs and artists, yes? I am an artistic, creative person. She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. I tend to attract that.
Created by video artist Wendy Clarke, and eventually part of the Exploratorium's collection, the Love Tapes project features visitors of all kinds sharing their personal experiences of love. What better example of this distinction than the Love Tapes? Again, this is not a discussion about what love is or isn't.
And it has occurred to me that it almost seems like journalists need, from the way the things are right now, to re-imagine themselves as artists, and that they almost have to have a different mentality, "I'm an artist, I've got to find funding."
He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Jose sits on various economic development boards: the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, the Bay Area Business Advisory Board of Directors for the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, and the OneCalifornia Bank Advisory Board.
Our web site serves as an international resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists, art professionals, health care practitioners, and those challenged by illness. Sales at the Market directly benefit artists and their families and help sustain communities worldwide."
Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. And as Britt said, I also am the Art and Media Director at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , which is based out of Oakland. Who identifies as an activist? Can I just see?
In addition to being an artist, performer and dancer, Alli is also a writer whose most recent piece can be found in the Code Pink anthology, Stop the Next War Now. Is it about toxins in West Oakland? Alli: Well thank you, first of all Britt, thank you so much for having me be on your podcast, is that the name?
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