Chalk It Up!

Were you there? We had a gorgeous day, and some great art, food, music, and dancing. If you were there, I don't need to tell you; if you weren't, you missed something great. It might not be too late to see the art, if you hurry--but that's the nature of chalk art, it's beautiful for a short time, and then it's gone forever. So seize the day!

Getting ready for Chalk It Up!

Today there were chalkers all along the seawall at the Redondo Marina, celebrating Earth Day and getting a sneak preview of Chalk It Up, which is only two weeks away! What an amazing site for a chalk event, and it was a gorgeous day too--not hard to get inspiration with a sunny seascape right in front of us...

Chalk It Up News!

Fearless chair Erika Snow Robinson writes:

I created a dedicated website for South Bay Chalk It Up - check it out...then, click all over it - follow us on twitter, post us on FB, read our blog...get our community out to support our children and the arts! and don't forget to PRE-PAY for your square via paypal thru our site! It's tax deductible - have a biz that wants to sponsor a square? Let me know!

Thank goodness I have a super understanding hubby who knows where my passion and talents lie since it seems every waking moment between now and April 30th will be spent for the good of Chalk It Up! I’m THRILLED to be able to say that South Bay Chalk It Up! now has its very own website. Complete with a paypal reg button (just like the one on this page!), and links galore - to vendor websites, email, documents for volunteers, FB, Twitter, this blogspot and MORE...so check us out as soon as you can. And PLEASE spread the word. We want this year to be even bigger than last year. Remember, this is the ONLY fundraiser where ALL the proceeds go directly to benefit South Bay Hands On Art.

And without SBHOA, our children’s world in the public school system (and a lot of the private ones locally) would contain a lot less “color”! When funding is cut, it’s always (for reasons that baffle me) the arts and music and sports that goes first. I’m not saying we don’t need rocket scientists and English teachers and accountants... what I AM saying is not everyone goes on to be one of those. Where would our world be without the contributions of Leonardo DaVinci? John Williams? Annie Liebowitz?

Wake up world! Because a world without music, art, sports and color, is not a world I’d want to wake up to - and we shouldn’t want that for our children either!

You can follow SBChalkItUp on Twitter--yeah! I think I'm the first follower ;D

Southern California Handweavers' Guild Annual Festival in Torrance, 7 November!

If you enjoyed this docent trainings about weaving, check out the Southern California Handweavers' Guild Annual Weaving and Fiber Festival, this Sunday, 7 November, 10am-4pm, at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. Sounds like it should be very stimulating to the eyes, the hands, and the teaching muscles too!

Photos from the Weaving at the Bauhaus workshop

Warp and weft and weave and weave... The Thursday workshop for Weaving at the Bauhaus was fun! It was over well before 11am; docents did some beautiful work, and solved some tricky process issues too. Some sneak peeks: