Meeting #3 w/ Alameda

We met with the staff of Alameda last week to see where they were in their Mural project. They have primed and preped the 3 walls that they are going to use for the mural, but are still in the design stage. They have put together some sketches for the mural but are now trying to piece it together the walls.
We discussed which artwork to use for the calendar and decided to take a different approach. Instead of solely being art from the mural project we decided to get as many students and their different pieces of art as we could put in the calendar. The students have already had several different projects so this way would give us plenty of artwork to work with. We will be going by the school over the next few weeks to check out the progress on the wall as well as decide on what pieces to use for the calendar. Stay tuned!!
4G S.A.K.E. out!

T-Shirt Sale

This past Thursday we posted up at the UTSA College of Business Building and sold t-shirts on behalf of Graffiti Foundation. We were trying to promote the newly designed Susan G. Komen t-shirt that Graffiti Foundation put together. We were selling those shirts for $25, in which 20 percent will go into the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Aside from those shirts we also cross-sold other Graffiti Foundation t-shirts that have been done in years past for $15 and shot glasses for $5. We only accepted cash and checks. While one may think that students don't walk around carrying cash nowadays, we made $300 over a four hour span (11am-3pm). We will be setting up again this coming Thursday and hope to sell even more merchandise....

Susan G. Komen

Flyer created for UTSA promotion

Alameda School or Art and Design update

We recently met with Alameda School of Art and Design, on behalf of Graffiti Foundation, and went over specifics. Mr. DeLuna is the teacher we are in contact with and his overall goal is to have his kids create individual pieces of art that will cover three walls of the school, creating a mural. We have offered to assist him in anyway possible. Moreover, Mr. DeLuna is in the process of introducing his pupils to what it takes to create a mural. He hopes that the students will pick a theme that will tie into the community. He estimates that the mural will not be done until the beginning of May. With that said, it has become apparent that this venture will continue on way past our final group presentation that is coming up, which is fine with all of us ( Kim, Erik, Stephen, Armando). We hope to solidify a strong relationship between the Alameda School of Art and Design and Graffiti Foundation. Aside from creating a calendar with the students artwork that will be used for the mural, it has been proposed to create a possible Graffiti Foundation chapter, which will be the first of it's kind. This will engage the teenage artists attending this school to start thinking about the future and art as a profession/business. Davin would love to see this chapter established and is very willing to oversee it once it gets started. We will be following up with Alameda school of Art and Design on April 15th. ....Good quote that was found; "If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results."-Jim Rohn