Out of Site

hello there cca friends,

i am starting on my third week at the out of site (www.outofsite-sf.org) youth arts center. i hang out in the office and work on design and marketing, collaborate with youth artists, and generally support the hard-working staff. beth is the ed, susie coordinates student programs, leah coordinates faculty programs, and rahn is a program assistant. besides that a pretty steady flow of students, art teachers, and TAs flow through the small, tidy office.

out of site is a non-profit that provides serious art education to interested high school students. all the classes are free. it is really this simple, beautiful model. they work out of a high school in a working class neighborhood and serve kids who would otherwise never get a chance to learn about architecture or black and white photography.

right now we are all gearing up for the fall celebration - twice a year out of site hosts a big performance and exhibition of their youth artists at the somArts cultural center. this one is happening on december 11, 6:30pm and anyone is welcome to attend. the invite that a youth artist (katherine) and i collaborated on is posted above, and here is the back:














it feels good to be in a high school and see kids that are so fresh. hearing how they speak and carry themselves and interact with me. it is all fascinating. it is like there is this layer that has grown up around our brains and bodies that just doesn't exist for these kids yet 'cause they are too young.

one of my idealist complaints is the segregation by age in our society. i primarily spend all my time with other twenties and thirties people. which is great too but i think we miss out on so much by only rarely being around older people or kids and teens. and visa versa of course.

anyways, that is all for now. mark the fall celebration on your calendar - looking/listening to what these young artists are making is super important to our own practices and to simply understand what it is like to grow up in this city.

bye,
sarah