Give ART with Your HEART: OC's Annual Art Supply Drive

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I have some beautiful news to share with all of you...

In the past couple of weeks, without knowing how big it was going to become, my compadre, Yenny Bernal, and I organized an Art Supply Drive in correlation with the non-profit art gallery in the Artist's Village of Santa Ana - Avantgarden the Art Gallery - where we both hold a membership and show our work. We are not only artists, but also art instructors, where we both see and experience the need for a variety of art supplies in order to instill in students the beneficial ways in which art can enhance their education and life. We see it first-hand every single day, and being inspired by the holiday season of giving, I wanted a way to give back to our community in the best way we know how - with art supplies! And without even knowing what would happen next, we started the idea of this drive for needed art supplies and from there it took off! Like a rocket ship!!

More and more local galleries started to take on our mission and now we have a wonderful ANNUAL Art Supply Drive going on involving the Orange County Center of Contemporary Arts and CSUF's Grand Central Art Center, and hopefully more next year! Then came the question.... WHO WILL WE BE DONATING ALL THIS TO? We put out our intention and the Universe came back to us, and she came back with more than we could have dreamed...

The school we connected with, OCEAA, also known as the Orange County Educational Arts Academy, needed us just as much as we needed them. When we met with the Director of Arts Instruction, Erica Vicario, we couldn't have imagined what the possibilities we were bringing with us... She told us of the HUGE need for the students to connect to the art community just around the corner from their urban school in Downtown Santa Ana. Erica mentioned that when she would talk about events in the Artist's Village her students would barely know what she was saying.. due to the fact that the connection between Santa Ana youth and professional artists is quite invisible these days.. WE WERE ASTONISHED! We felt so much gratitude for being put in the perfect place at the right time in order to bridge our very own COMMUNITY where the idea of CREATIVITY and EDUCATION can flourish together. (We have much more ideas stemming from this tiny bit of information so stay tuned for more!) :)

Now that we had our school... the support just kept on flooding in... and still is! One major event was that this story, our story, was PUBLISHED IN THE SANTA ANA REGISTER NEWSPAPER!! Written by the awesome David Lopez at Life in the Golden City. Wow, another astonishing moment for us to live a dream we didn't know was reachable at this point in our Life. But doesn't it go to show.. how the impossible can be made in to the possible? How we can accomplish our dreams without even a second look? How our hearts coincide with our mission in Life? It is a rare and beautiful thing and we thank YOU for the support you have all shown to us.

Now.. the details:


Starting this SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th and running until JANUARY 3rd of 2015 of the Santa Ana Art Walks - Santa Ana Artists and Local Galleries are hosting an ART SUPPLY DRIVE to Support OCEAA - Orange County Educational Arts Academy - a K-8th dual language / arts centered school located in the heart of Santa Ana.

 COME JOIN US! We are collecting supplies ALL MONTH long but PLEASE JOIN US for these important dates:

 December 6, 2014: LAST Santa Ana Art Walk of the YEAR! / ART SUPPLY DRIVE KICK OFF 

 January 3, 2015: Final day to bring in Art Supplies

 BY ARTISTS for FUTURE ARTISTS.. Help Us Support Santa Ana Youth this holiday season! 



--> New, Used, or Unwanted Materials are Welcome <--

*ARTISTS* clean out your Studio! Make room for newer gadgets.. new materials to experiment with.. and Donate to a great cause!

Items may include (but are not limited to):

+ Crayons
+ Colored Pencils
+ Markers
+ Watercolors
+ Watercolor/Mix Media Paper
+ Pencils & Erasers
+ Construction Paper
+ Art Tissue Paper
+ Sketch Pads
+ Drawing Paper
+ Watercolor Paper
+ Paint & Brushes
+ Scissors 
+ Glue
+ Easels
+ Canvasses, etc.

**DROP OFF LOCATIONS**

Avantgarden the Art Gallery
207 N. Broadway Suite B7b
Santa Ana, CA 92701
(Broadway & 2nd Street)
Fri 6-10 pm
Sat 2-10 pm
Sun 2-6 pm

Orange County Center of Contemporary Arts - OCCCA
117 N. Sycamore St.
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Thur-Sun 12-5 pm

CSUF's Grand Central Art Center
125 N. Broadway 
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Tues-Thur, Sun 11 am - 4 pm
Sat 11 am - 7 pm

**If you are interested in posting one of our flyers in your local coffee shop, place of work, yoga studio or whatever, please contact either Jessica Shy or Yenny Bernal so we may set up the arrangements for you as a Liaison for the particular location. (Let's make this awesome and convenient for ALL parties involved!)**

Following the drop off of the Art materials, we will be hosting an event (TBA) where we all will have the chance to MEET the YOUNG ARTISTS who will benefit from your gift! Such a beautiful thing. *Please stay tuned for more information*

Thanks so much for the Support, the Love, and for being the amazing YOU that you are. We appreciate ALL of you!

"A dream we dream alone is only a dream... a dream we dream together.. is reality."
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