ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST INVITES PUBLIC

TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT STINSON BEACH

Hands-on collaborative art event transforms and honors nature

Environmental artist Zach Pine will host his fourth annual participatory Earth Day celebration at Stinson Beach on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Using sand, rocks, and other natural objects from the beach, participants create a vast, temporary, multi-element, site-specific sculpture- with no predetermined plan. In past years, beachgoers erected rock towers, made spirals from seaweed, planted a forest of "trees" made of driftwood, and created fairies from sand, shells, and stones.

Pine's motivation for hosting the event comes from a desire to inspire environmental action throughout the year, not only on Earth Day: "The heightened appreciation for nature that comes with art-making stimulates environmental action in my daily life. I host this event to share that process of learning, inspiration, and action with others."

The site for the event, at the south end of Stinson Beach, is special because of the diversity of natural materials and microenvironments it offers: boulders, a wide variety of stones, tide pools, seaweed, driftwood, feathers, and sea glass.

Photographs of past years' events are on Pine's website; images from this year's event will be exhibited as well.

Event details:

Earth Day Celebration at Stinson Beach -

Fourth Annual Artists Gathering to Celebrate and Honor the Earth (PS - Everyone is an Artist); Saturday April 19, 2008, no need to register; drop in at any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; south end of Stinson Beach; free; all ages; rain or shine; bring a picnic; www.naturesculpture.com.

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