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SPRINGING FORWARD

SEED OF LIFE PATIO, Aryana Farsai, Oakland, CA.
Dear WEAD Members,

Welcome to the Spring Edition of the Member’s Only Newsletter. We feature newly added artists here and let you know about new event’s with WEAD. We will be hosting Meet & Greets, Workshops, and Artshare’s this year.

MAY 12th
SPRING MEMBER ARTSHARE

Thursday May 12th, 2022
Location: ZOOM 
Time: 6:00 to 6:45pm PST.

 



Join WEAD for an online Members Artshare. Come meet other WEAD artists, share a bit about you and your practice,  learn about other members’ art, and engage with WEAD’s mission. 

All members are welcome to share. See how to participate below!
 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN ART SHARING

(WEAD MEMBERS ONLY):

  • RSVP to membership.wead@gmail.com with “WEAD Artshare” in the subject line. You will then receive the ZOOM link.

  • Bring an image (if you like) and your website and instagram handle ready.

  • Each WEAD member will have 3 - 5 minutes to introduce themselves, share their information, and speak about their work and practice. The time given will be dependent on how many people sign up to participate in the image sharing.

MAY 26th
MEET & GREET

Thursday May 26th, 2022
Location: ZOOM
Time: 6 to 6:30 pm PST


This year WEAD is holding monthly meet & greets for new WEAD members. Join a ZOOM call with a WEAD Board Member and ask any questions you have about the organization, volunteer opportunities, or membership. 

MEMBER SURVEY

SURVEY
We invite you to take this survey to tell us more about you and your work. One survey participant will be randomly selected to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.

FEATURED MEMBER

LESLIE STREIT
Poster for 95 Days. Photograph by Leslie Strait.

Leslie Streit is a writer, producer and director, in 2021 Streit completed a short experimental film called 95 Days which explored the San Francisco Bay estuary and its journey from a lush spring to summer drought and wildfires. The film is an official selection at 11 festivals so far and has won 5 awards including a Special Jury Award for Best Female Director. 

See this article Leslie wrote in February about filmmaking in the pandemic.

NEW BUDS

WEAD welcomes new artists to our Directory:

Beth Bando
Ember de Boer
Maru Garcia
Heather Harris
Kelley Hickey
Kimberly Lemus
Rosalind Lowry
Rainey Straus
Melissa Wang
Jana Zimmer

Discover New Women EcoArtists in our Directory. Try out our search filter to find new artists.

MEMBER EVENTS

MEMBERSHIP COUNCIL

Are you interested in doing more with WEAD? Please join our Membership Council, and help to build our membership! 

Please send an e-mail to membership.wead@gmail.com to find out more and how to help.

Browse through 400+ WEAD Artists at: www.weadartists.org

   

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