we take AIM

Will, Dola, Rose, Demi

The AIM teens (Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media) from Tam High were here last evening for dinner (Indian from Arti's) and the showing of their film project, MATTER OUT OF PLACE. 

We laughed, we cried. 

👏🎥👏🎥👏🎥👏🎥👏

Their youthful energy and their commitment to the environment is just the boost we need to lift us from the despair of politics gone awry.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C_c45EJyb1_rDlXqi_9f6bMomCanv0xw/view

The Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media (AIM) is a film program at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, CA. This is a two-year interdisciplinary program for juniors and seniors that integrates the classes of English, History, and Media Studies. Each semester they produce award-winning short documentaries. 

"Skyscraper" the Whale - Have We Breached the Limit?

Doug Woodring from Ocean Recovery Alliance just sent these blast-from-the-past (2019) videos of the Bruges Whale. Happy to see our Can you find me? signs doing what we hoped they would do, engaging the public in a game of looking.

TRASH

We are keen on teens and especially when that means (TRASH) The Recology Artstart Student Hub. 

Big thanks to the Marie Kneemeyer from Recology and Heather Brook from Artstart for inviting us to present our One Beach Plastic project to the TRASH student artists. Their positive response gave us a real boost. All too often the problems of climate change and plastic pollution seem so huge that one can feel demoralized, immobilized, and bewildered about how to take action. With all of the catastrophes in the world, we are happy to find real joy in life — the creative moment gives us the best pleasure we can imagine.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on September 4, 4-6 PM for Reclaim, Repurpose, Recover at Sonoma State University Gallery where we will, as the curators Eileen Parent and Stefan Kiesbye say, "explore the act of transforming discarded objects into meaningful art that holds powerful significance for the human experience. By reclaiming materials that would otherwise be wasted, artists mirror the process of self-discovery, personal growth, environmentalism and sustainability. The symbolism lies in the ability to recognize hidden beauty, potential, and resilience in both objects and ourselves."

This exhibition will showcase the works of Bay Area artists: Mia Feuer, Bryan Keith Thomas, Arleene Correa Valencia, Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang of One Beach Plastic, and feature selected works from the Recology Artstart Student Hub (TRASH) summer residency program.