Fundraiser: SCRAP 30 Year Celebration and Art Auction November 22, 2008

In honor of SCRAP's 30th Anniversary we're having a party! The idea is to keep SCRAP (Scroungers' Center for Reusable Art Parts) going strong for another 30 years, promoting the reuse ethic and helping to get perfectly good materials into the hands of teachers, students, artists, and non-profits.

The event is taking place at the Market Street Gallery, in conjunction with the exhibition, Recollections: Celebrating 30 Years of SCRAP. The exhibition includes work by eighteen artists devoted to the SCRAP tradition of creative reuse. Tickets are $30 (tax deductible) and available at SCRAP (801 Toland St., entrance on Newcomb), or online at http://scrapis30.eventbrite.com.

This celebration and fundraiser features works available through both silent and live auction. Among the items available will be works by artists featured in the exhibition including John Kuzich, Remi Rubel, Claudia Chapline, Jeanine Briggs, Joan von Briesen, Colette Crutcher, Emiko Oye, and Christine Dhein, and works by local artists Aiko Cuneo, Mike Kimball, and Ruth Asawa. The catering of the event is sponsored in part by Rainbow Grocers.

SCRAP is the original source of reusable supplies to bay area schools and non-profits and has been emulated in places as distant as Japan and England, as well as Boston and many other locations in and about the U.S.

SCRAP has a vital local history from its beginnings at Pier 2 at Fort Mason to its current location in the School District warehouse. Community arts activist, Anne Marie Theilen, implemented her idea for an art recycling program to assist artists working in schools and community programs through CETA (the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act). 30 years later, artists in the schools and in the broader community continue to rely on SCRAP for materials and as a resource for teaching the reuse ethic.

SCRAP is located at 801 Toland Street in the Bayview District, 94124 (entrance on Newcomb).
SCRAP is open Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm.

$30.

Official Website: http://scrapis30.eventbrite.com