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ArtReach San Diego Open House This Friday – Preview the art on bicycles one week early!
Preview the bicycles one week early!
ArtReach San Diego is hosting an open house at ArtReach HQ! Stop by our office in Bankers Hill for a VIP preview of the bicycles up close one week before ArtWalk. You won’t want to miss this chance to talk to the team, and learn more about the auction and about ArtReach. And don’t worry – if you see something you like, you can place a bid with ArtReach right then and there.
🏠Open House at ArtReach HQ
Friday, April 21st from 4-7 pm
2399 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
*snacks and drinks will be provided*💻Online Auction
Bid now through April 30th
🔗link in bio: charityauction.bid/artreachauction↪Want to skip the line? Find your favorite artists’ work and “buy it now!”
↪Not in the market for a bicycle or bicycle accessories? Donate to help ArtReach reach the goal of $21,000 by April 30th
🎨Mission Fed ArtWalk
Saturday, April 29th and Sunday, April 30th
All art will be on display in the Piazza della Famiglia in Little ItalyThanks to Electra Bicycle for supporting the ArtReach mission and partnering with them for this fundraiser! Proceeds from this Charity Art Auction directly benefit ArtReach free programs for youth that do not otherwise have access to visual arts opportunities. Thank you for your support!
Lulu Yueming Qu’s artwork on Electra Bicycle‘s helmet and bell.
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MARCH MURAL MADNESS! Art Is Education – The ArtReach
Mural Teaching Artists + Youth = The Dream Team“What makes your heart happy?”“How do you make others feel welcomed?”
These are some questions that ArtReach Mural Teaching Artists use to guide students to sketch themes and imagery that are meaningful to them and the community in which they interact with daily. Our Teaching Artists ground their creativity in listening and process, and invite youth to push up their sleeves and be the creative catalyst in each step.Together, we practice, discuss, draw, erase, rearrange. We wash the wall. We hold our drawings in the air and envision the life and joy they will breathe into an often-ignored section of campus. On Community Paint Day, youth lead their community as mentors, inviting all to grab a brush, make a mark, and give back to their space.-ArtReachThrough hours of behind the scenes preparation, ArtReach Mural Teaching Artists are collaborating with youth to create and plan a new space to share with classmates, educators, mentors, neighbors, and families. For many youth, the #artreachmuralprogram is their first experience with creating art in a school or community setting.
“Each mural contains a different story and feeling. A different wall, space, and group of youth who guide this story. We never know what a wall will look like before we start. We must hear and collect from the youth: their ideas, their drawings, their words. We must always be listening to the ones who live, breath, and exist in the space surrounding the mural. I love that the ArtReach Mural Program prioritizes this first and foremost. This is what interests me most about creating murals with youth: hearing their ideas and seeing their imagery from their own hand. Empowering them to be the leaders and deciders of what goes on this large, large wall. Painting the story of the mural, together.”-Isabel Halpern, Mural Program Manager
Art Is Education: The ArtReach MissionArtReach believes that all children, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status, benefit from the opportunity to practice creative thinking and creative doing. We exist to increase access to visual arts education by connecting students at K-12 schools throughout San Diego County with practicing artists. We focus on providing free workshops to students at schools that meet need criteria and have no or scant visual arts education resources.
