Kindred Spirit: The Ocean Cleanup

 https://theoceancleanup.com

Every year, millions of tons of plastic enter the oceans, of which the majority spills out from rivers. A portion of this plastic travels to ocean garbage patches, where it gets caught in a vortex of circulating currents alongside plastic from other sources (e.g. offshore fishing activities). If no action is taken, plastic will increasingly impact our ecosystems, health, and economies.

 

 

Below-market-rate housing opportunity in Novato

Habitat Greater San Francisco is selling one previously-owned, affordable home in Novato. 

Applications for this home 

open on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 and close on Friday, October 6, 2023.

Habitat Greater San Francisco opened the application period for a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom, previously owned home in Novato. It is located at 4 Mount Burdell Place in the downtown area. 

Eligible households must have between three-seven members to qualify. Applicants must not have owned a residential property in the last three years and gross household income must be within the 55%-80% range of the 2023 Marin County Area Median Income. For a household of four, this is approximately an annual income between $102,500 and $140,000.

Applicants are required to attend one virtual information session prior to applying for the home. Presentation materials can be provided in English and Spanish upon request.

Session dates:

• Saturday, 09/30/2023 @ 10AM (English) 
• Saturday, 09/30/2023 @ 1PM (Spanish)
• Wednesday, 10/04/2023 @ 11AM (Spanish)
• Wednesday, 10/04/2023 @ 5:30PM (English)

Applications are open until 5 PM Friday, October 6. A lottery will be held on Monday, October 9, to determine the order in which the applications are processed.

See the details and application criteria. If you have any questions, please contact the Habitat for Humanity’s Homeowner Development Department at HDDIntake@HabitatGSF.org or 415-625-1041.

Responding to Hate and Ignorance With Artistic and Colorful Messages of Love

Kids respond to anti semitic flyers with messages of love. 

  https://abc7news.com/racist-flyers-marin-county-anti-semitic-bay-area-hate-speech-corte-madera-and-larkspur/13595627/

Marin to Begin Community Art Lending Program

 New Program to Get More Local Art On the Wall

With assist from Cultural Services, libraries to lend art just like other materials

San Rafael, CA – A new County of Marin program launching this fall will allow card-carrying Marin County Free Library (MCFL) patrons to check out works of art from local artists. Through June 30, those artists may submit their creations.

The library is collaborating with the County’s Department of Cultural Services on the program called On the Wall, a way to support a diverse group of local artists and enhance the library’s collections so that community members may check them out as they do books or other library materials.  

“Every Marin County resident should have access to works of art, and few places are more accessible than our County’s public libraries,” said MCFL Director Lana Adlawan. “We think this is an innovative and exciting new way to give library cards new power, expand access to art for Marin residents, and provides direct support for local artists by purchasing and exhibiting their work.”

In preparation for a fall program launch, the call is out for artists 18 years or older who live or work in Marin or have studio space in Marin. The submission form is at www.marinlibrary.org/artist. Artists may submit up to three two-dimensional pieces within the categories of drawing, painting, photography, prints, textiles, and mixed media. Juried works will be selected in September. 

In the initial phase of this project, art works will be placed in the South Novato, Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Corte Madera, and Marin City libraries with plans to expand the program to all 10 branches. Artworks will be chosen from artists living or working in each corresponding community. 

“The arts are a historic cornerstone of Marin’s identity,” said Director of Cultural Services Gabriella Calicchio. “We loved this idea because the program supports both artists and residents to ensure the continued support of and engagement with the arts in Marin County.”

The On the Wall collection is generously supported by the Marin County Library Foundation, Tomales Bay Library Association, Friends of the Marin City Library, and Friends of the Novato Libraries. 

5/18/23 7 pm Tell Them We Were Here : Film Screening Fundraiser for Art Works Downtown

 

Thursday, May 18th, 7pm at the Smith Rafael Film Center

Tell Them We Were Here film screening and talk. Proceeds go to support Art Works Downtown AWD encourages our community to see this important film, which harnesses the Bay Area’s unique contribution to art. A portion of ticket sales benefits Art Works Downtown. in person: filmmaker Griff Williams, artist Tucker Nichols, and curator Natasha Boas tickets available: rafaelfilm.cafilm.org members receive ticket coupon via email

Marin Society of Artists : EXPOSED 2023 Online Photography Exhibit

EXPOSED 2023 is an online Photography Exhibition presented by the Marin Society of Artists, an artist's collective in San Rafael, California. Photographers from all over the world were invited to enter EXPOSED 2023. which was juried by Germán Herrera. The exhibition will be available in the Marin Society of Artists VIRTUAL GALLERY from April 1 through May 31, 2023, at marinsocietyofartists.org. It will remain available on YouTube after the Virtual Gallery show closes. Anyone wanting information on the artists or the artwork should contact MSA through the website, marinsocietyofartists.org. 

 Marin Society of Artists is an artist's collective established in San Rafael, CA in 1927. 

 The organization occupies a building in Downtown San Rafael with two floors of art galleries and artists studios, and is open to the public.

To join the Marin Society of Artists as an artist, please VISIT THIS LINK 

for more information, stop here: https://www.marinsocietyofartists.org/for-artists

To donate directly to our Canal Arts Initiate programs, visit this link: 

https://www.marinsocietyofartists.org/support-canal-arts-initiative

Ecosia : Search Engine Social Enterprise That Plants Trees

We have shared this previously, are sharing now, and may share again! 

Ecosia is a search engine social enterprise that plants trees: 

https://www.ecosia.org/

You may also choose to gift a tree through their online store : 

https://plant.ecosia.org

Artist Resource: Artist Share

Resource: 

Fan funding, founded in 2001

Artist Share