The ARTbreak Day Adventures-Day 2

Day two log of our ARTbreak Day Meetings

ARTbreak Day Adventures-Day 1 log.


7:30 am awake.I slept really well! I have to say,Lauren is an early riser. I am a total advocate for slow mornings, but we had to get things done. We have an ART revolution to start :)

8:10 am drove to the BART station with Lauren's husband Tom.
8:30 am we all took the BART into San Francisco
San Francisco
9:00 am we got off at the Embarcadero and our first stop was Kinko's to make more copies of our ARTbreak Day fliers to hand to local business owners.
9:15 am we ate breakfast and then walked to Union Square were are ARTbreak Day art hub will be located. 
10:00 am we started shooting our ART Break Day promo video in Union Square  for our KickStarter page. We did four shoots-the stair rail was our cinematographer. Our KickStarter donation page will be up soon!


11:00 am Lauren and I walked over to the new Dick Blick Store in San Francisco on Market Street. There we met the manager Frank Pastor. The store is so beautiful and a gold mine for any creative. At this time we received from Dick Blick our first sponsorship donation for Take 5: ARTbreak Day 2011! Yahoo!!! Thank you Dick Blick and Frank Pastor!!

12:00 pm We approached business's in Union Square for sponsor and support. We talked to a super nice conceirge at the St Francis. I gave our media packet to the PR department. This sparked a great idea for us to approach all the conciergers in the hotels surrounding of our Take 5: ARTbreak Day 2011! art sites. 
12:45 pm We also spoke to the folks at the Academy of Art in San Francisco for art mentor opportunities and support.
1:15 pm Also, we dropped the Levi's Store on Post Street
and spoke to the manager for sponsorship and volunteers with gave her our media packet
1:30 pm Then we stopped by 111 Minna Gallery for sponsorship and from an arts org support in San Francisco.


Are you exhausted yet! We were! Day two of our intensive meeting schedule started to hit us hard. It has been over a week and I am still in recovery.

Lauren on BART

Berkeley
2:10 ish we hopped on the BART to go to the city of Berkeley. We were suppose to have a meeting with Deborah,the director Downtown Berkeley  Association but she had cancelled and left a package information taped to her office door. 
2:30 pm We desperately needed lunch and I needed my Jupiter's fix. Lauren and I ate lunch. We both had salads at Jupts. We also spoke with the manager about sponsorship.
3:10 pm We walked over to Freight and Salvage and spoke to manager about sponsorship and we had a WOW! They were having a free concert for Maestro Ali Akbar Khan’s Annual Birthday Tribute. Lauren and I sat down for a five minute musical art break and lost ourselves in the Sitaar. Sweet.
3:30 pm We went over to PIQ Italian Deli
to speak with the owner about ARTbreak Day. He was in a meeting, so we left a media package with the girl at the counter. 
Oakland 
3:45 pm We took BART to the 12th street station, were Frank Ogawa Plaza, which is the site of our Oakland ARTbreak Day. 
4:10 pm We went into the City Hall to introduce our selves to Steve Huss of Oakland Arts Council. He was gone and we left a package with a nice co-worker of his.
4:20 pm We walked down to 19th and Grand to meet our fellow JFKU Alum and volunteer for ARTbreak Day 2011-Nicole.
5:00 pm We had coffee with Nicole.And chatted about her role in ARTbreak Day 
5:30 pm Our Day was done! and we had to get to a party by 6:30 pm!! We had a successful two days of meetings.
I left that the next day on Saturday from SFO at 3:00 pm and flew back home to LA. 

L & L (that us) saluting ARTbreak Day 2011 @ the end of day of our two day intensive of meetings with folks in our Take 5:ARTbreak Day 2011 city ARTreach sites!!

WOW!!!
We had really accomplished a lot in those two days. We made some amazing connections. And now we have so much left to do!! We still need to finalize two of the cities sites,find eight art mentors, find more volunteers,contact all the local business at each site, and we need to raise 38K to meet our fundraising goal. Folks we really appreciate and need your help! 

Are you wondering-how can you Help? 

1. Donate, donate, donate Click HERE to donate now! Your tax-deductible donation provides crucial support for this projec. Every single donation no matter how small or large is indispensable and intrinsic in helping us create a successful Take Five: Take an ARTbreak Day!
2. Spread the Word! E-mail this post to your friends, post it on your Blog, on Facebook and Twitter. 
3. Help us find Sponsorship!  Email us if you know someone who might be interested in sponsoring Take 5:  Art Break Day. (our email:  artismoving[at!]gmail[dot!]com)
4. Become part of our ARTmentor Team.  We are looking for 8 ARTmentors to help us prior, during, and after the event with several different tasks.  Check out the website for more info.
5. Volunteer. We have over thirty volunteer positions available.
6. Have fun with us in September!   Put September 2, 2011 on your calendar NOW so you don't forget to come out and TAKE AN ART BREAK for free!

 We hope you will join us in making

Take 5: Art Break Day a stellar success!!