Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Two Week Fundraiser for Drawing on Earth - until Nov. 5


"We know the current economy is a disaster and anyone thinking of starting 
a new nonprofit must be crazy or enlightened."

Dear Creative People, Friends, and Family,

A Two Week Fundraiser for Drawing on Earth begins today and ends Nov. 5. Auction prize is original art by Mark Wagner - $25/per. Money goes to new 501c3 application, new web site, chalk, and more. Our goal is $4,000. Please be part of this creative big vision project. Download the PDF and follow links. Please share with your people.

http://www.heartsandbones.com/plus/images/DoE_fundraiser2010.pdf

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Chalk Drawing at Franklin Elementary School, Alameda CA

Last week I went back to the Franklin Elementary School where both my kids went. I've been involved with this small and sweet school for over 10 years. This is actually where all the chalk drawing with kids started. I was an parent art docent for a few years (there are NO art teachers in our elementary schools in the district) and created chalk drawing on the playgrounds once a year - the kids always looked forward to it. 

In 2003 Google Earth launched, from outer space I zoomed all the way down to my kid's playground and I could see the chalk drawing that we had recently made. WOW...that was really interesting and it gave me an idea how to raise more awareness for kids and the arts which I am totally committed to being a core source of the future of humanity and the Earth - creativity! This lead to setting a Guinness World Record for the largest chalk drawing in 2008 and now the nonprofit Drawing on Earth.

Last week I presented an assembly to the entire school and when I asked the older kids who helped set the world record and everyone raised their hands! That was so cool. I had the record in my hands the record and read it to them for it was theirs, they made it happen! THANK YOU!

The largest chalk pavement art measured 90,000 sq. ft. (8,361 sq. meters) and was created by 5,678 children from schools in Alameda, California, USA for the Kids' Chalk Art Project between May 27 and June 7, 2008

 Franklin Elementary School - 2010










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