Special Events & Art in the Heart
The Depot offers two exciting environmental art education programs, Special Events for the community and Art in the Heart at select Public Schools in West Contra Costa County.
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Through Special Events, professional atists are hired by the Depot to conduct free, hand-on, "eco-art" activitiesfor the community. They can be hired for schools, libraries, public fairs and festivals, or private parties. Both children and adults enjoy learning about the importance of reuse and recycling while making art projects, useful crafts, and even costumes from reused items from the Depot.
The Depot is participating in the following upcoming Special Events that are open to the public. Come create with us!
Oakland Art & Soul
Date: Saturday & Sunday, August 21st & 22nd
Time: Noon - 6:00pm
Location: Oakland City Center
(Broadway @ 14th Street)
For a rate quote or to request a Special Events artist at your school or event, please contact Maggie at 510.655.6628 or eastbaydepot@hotmail.com.
Options for craft projects include:
- Fairy wands & wings
- Pirate hats & swords
- Bookmaking
- Puppetry
- Manila folder animal masks
- Musical instruments
- Egg carton caterpillars
- Floppy disk cars
- Pinwheels
- Holiday or cultural-themed projects
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Funded by the West Contra Costa Solid Waste Management Authority, Art in the Heart is a hands-on art program that brings professional teaching artists into after-school programs and classrooms in public schools on an ongoing basis that allows the artists and their students to develop relationships while learning skills by participating in environmentally conscious art projects. Art in the Heart is currently in four after-school classrooms in the Richmond Public Schools. Lesson plans are developed around available reused materials from the Depot store.
Art in the Heart’s goals are to bring ethnically diverse, cultural and artistic enriching experiences to educational adjunct programs through hands-on eco-arts and crafts, taking advantage of the artistic, aesthetic, educational and practical use of recycled materials, while having fun. What began as an outreach program for the Depot Store has blossomed into a program with a distinct artistic identity and purpose.
