Sammy Dean CommuniTree Project
Brookside Elementary School’s CommuniTree Project honors the memory of one of our own – Samantha Dean, an incoming 5th grader who passed away unexpectedly this past summer. The CommuniTree will be a permanently installed wall mural that will remember and celebrate Sammy’s life by providing her school friends and the community an opportunity to artistically express themselves in a way that celebrates and honors life.
http://www.sebastiandrake.com/
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Pins of Marin 2010, Big Brothers Big Sisteres of the North Bay
It's that time of year again. The annual Pins of Marin Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser is coming. I am participating for my 4th year and am working on my 2010 pin already. "Pins of Marin" is much like Hearts of San Francisco, but instead of painting or decorating hearts, the artists are asked to decorate bowling pins. Over 200 "Art Pins" will be displayed at a kick-off dinner and art reception. After the event, the pins are displayed in businesses throughout Marin to help advertise the upcoming "Bowl for Kids' Sake". The pins are also available to purchase via online auction. For more information, please email Tina Faulkner, or visit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay.
http://Bbbsnorthbay.org/
http://Bbbsnorthbay.org/
Communitree Mural, Upper Brookside School, San Anselmo for Samantha Dean
The “Communitree”:Samantha Dean Memorial Art Project
This project will be installed on the exterior column at upper brookside school in San Anselmo, Ca. It will be up to 10 feet tall and most of it will be between 4 and 8 feet wide, with the exception of upper branches which will wrap around the corners of the building so that some of it can be seen as you drive up to the campus, teasing the eye around the column. It will be in the shape of a tree, specifically it will be a tree of life. This tree of life will be named “Communitree” a term coined by Susan Pascal Beran as part of her sculpture series representing such trees as are collaborated on by a community. But this tree will be mostly a mosaic mural with relief, worked on and designed by many of the numerous talented artists and community members we live with. More information on the wonderful folks involved will be forthcoming. The trunk, much of roots and branches, will be cast pigmented concrete over a metal armature and wire and mesh substructure. This particular surface will be embedded with words of hopes and dreams from our children, as well as a heart with the Initials B.S. loves S.D. (Brookside loves Samantha Dean). Trees of life represent the connectedness of all things, and so in their branches and in their roots are found all animals, flowers, stars, rainbows, suns, etc. These will be fabricated by our children and community members. It will be colorful and joyful.
Fabrication is commencing as part of the curriculum in the upper campus where children are creating clay leaves and other things, and also at www.Artabloom.com studios as time and materials donated by its owner, Gabriella Drake. She is specifically making this opportunity available to folks who are not necessarily a direct part of the Brookside school system . Both She and Tammy Sullivan, another amazing mosaic artist will be working with students at Brookside Lower Campus. So they, and other volunteer artists, parents, teachers such as Rita Child, and community members will be assisting with fabrication, firing, glazing, installation and dedication to be done by May of 2010. We have a website which will is almost complete and will be posted soon.To find out more about how you can be involved please contact s_pascalberan@earthlink.net
This project will be installed on the exterior column at upper brookside school in San Anselmo, Ca. It will be up to 10 feet tall and most of it will be between 4 and 8 feet wide, with the exception of upper branches which will wrap around the corners of the building so that some of it can be seen as you drive up to the campus, teasing the eye around the column. It will be in the shape of a tree, specifically it will be a tree of life. This tree of life will be named “Communitree” a term coined by Susan Pascal Beran as part of her sculpture series representing such trees as are collaborated on by a community. But this tree will be mostly a mosaic mural with relief, worked on and designed by many of the numerous talented artists and community members we live with. More information on the wonderful folks involved will be forthcoming. The trunk, much of roots and branches, will be cast pigmented concrete over a metal armature and wire and mesh substructure. This particular surface will be embedded with words of hopes and dreams from our children, as well as a heart with the Initials B.S. loves S.D. (Brookside loves Samantha Dean). Trees of life represent the connectedness of all things, and so in their branches and in their roots are found all animals, flowers, stars, rainbows, suns, etc. These will be fabricated by our children and community members. It will be colorful and joyful.
Fabrication is commencing as part of the curriculum in the upper campus where children are creating clay leaves and other things, and also at www.Artabloom.com studios as time and materials donated by its owner, Gabriella Drake. She is specifically making this opportunity available to folks who are not necessarily a direct part of the Brookside school system . Both She and Tammy Sullivan, another amazing mosaic artist will be working with students at Brookside Lower Campus. So they, and other volunteer artists, parents, teachers such as Rita Child, and community members will be assisting with fabrication, firing, glazing, installation and dedication to be done by May of 2010. We have a website which will is almost complete and will be posted soon.To find out more about how you can be involved please contact s_pascalberan@earthlink.net
