Bridget McCracken
TrashMashUp
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Trash Mash-Up is a community art project. Using disposable materials, collected before they enter the waste stream, participants construct "Maskostumes" which are original pageant masks and costumes inspired by traditions from around the world. This project reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way. Check out: http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/ Join Trash Mash-Up in their upcoming events.
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Trash Mash-Up, a community art
project, will be hosting a Mash-Up Bash at the San Francisco State
University 5th Annual Human Rights Summit: Privileged Destruction:
Examining Environmental Justice on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 4:00pm. This
summit is a unique event in that it is wholly devised, organized, and
hosted by the students of Professor Mariana Ferreira's Anthropology and
Human Rights class. The summit has served as a forum not only for
students’ academic research and inquiries, but for other kinds of
conversation as well; a fundamental component of all past summits has
been the acclamation and celebration of alternative channels of
knowledge and activism, such as play and poetry readings, film
screenings, multimedia exhibits, and dance, music, and spoken word
performances. For information, go to: http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/
Trash Mash-Up’s mission is to bring vitality to the community. Using public art projects, Trash Mash-Up (TMU) connects our creative traditions to our collective future. TMU is committed to realizing the potential value in our everyday disposable objects by transforming them into innovative “Maskostumes”. Through workshops and public pageants, TMU supports extended communities and an environmentally conscious culture. Trash Mash-Up is a collaborative community art project. Using disposable materials, collected before they enter the waste stream, participants construct “Maskostumes” which are original pageant masks and costumes inspired by traditions from around the world. TMU enriches our community by developing creative connections amongst the participants in addition to raising awareness about cultural traditions and environmental issues. This project reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way. The founding members of Trash Mash-Up graduated from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Drawing from their talent for creating original theatrical productions and their commitment to serving the larger community, TMU is a socially and environmentally conscious art project. TMU shares cultural traditions with diverse communities in public performances and workshops. Reducing waste by using trash to make art, TMU reminds all of San Francisco that one person's trash could become an entire city's treasure. Trash Mash-Up culminates with a Mash-Up Bash, a public performance pageant. Transforming parks and city squares with a visual spectacle made of music, movement, and “Maskostumes”, spectators enjoy works of art created from things disregarded by one person and then given new life through another’s imagination. With trash bag boas and bottle-cap chain mail, Trash Mash-Up builds creative connections and raises environmental awareness throughout our community as a new urban tradition is fostered. |
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Trash Mash-Up will be featured at the CUESA Waste Wise Launch and the Bag Parade at the SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Saturday, April 26, 2008. The SF Ferry Plaza is at Market Street and Embarcadero. Bring your own reusable bag and show it off in the Bag Parade. Participants should meet at the North Corner of the arcade at 12:15 pm. In the Port Commission Hearing Room, TMU, a will display some of their “Maskostumes.” Norcal Waste Systems will have a recycled art slide show from their Artist in Residence Program at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc. For more information, go to: http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/
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You’re Invited!
Trash Mash-Up is kicking off the 2008 parade season! We want you to be involved. Saturday, April 12th 12:00 -12:30 pm parade, show up at 11:30am. The Healthy Kids Event, presented by the YMCA and Hamilton Rec Connect. This event takes place in the Margaret S. Hayward Playground at Laguana and Golden Gate. It is a family fun day with lots of activities. Saturday, April 26th 12:30-1:00 pm parade, show up at Noon. The Waste Wise Bag Parade, hosted by CUESA. This event takes place at the Embarcadero Ferry Building. It is a small parade to promote the use of reusable bags at the Farmer’s Market. Sunday, May 25th Carnaval SF 2008! Parade runs 9:30 am-Noon. We line up at 8:30 am. The parade starts at Bryant & 24th to Mission to 17th to Harrison. Trash Mash-Up’s Mash-Up Bashes are an opportunity to celebrate our local youth and families. These parades strengthen communities and raise awareness about consumption, reduction, and reuse. The Mash-Up Bashes are not possible without the participation from families and individuals like you. No performance experience necessary, snacks are always provided. Let us know which parades you would like to be in. Call us at 415-752-5537 or email us at trashmashup@gmail.com Looking forward to it all. |
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Trash Mash-Up's spirt of creating a new urban tradition has reachedover 5,000 artists and educators across America. TMU featured inAmerican for the Arts Winter 2007 journal, "Arts Link". This article,"Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine", features artists who have a passion forthe environment and their community. Americans for the Arts is thenation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts inAmerica. We are thrilled to spread the mission of Trash Mash-Upacross the country. To see a pdf of the article go to:http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/americans_for_arts_07.pdf
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TRASH MASH-UP PARTNERS WITH SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES
Trash Mash-Up (TMU), a community art project, will be exhibiting their original "Maskostumes" at San Francisco Environment's EcoCenter the months of December through February. Come see the remarkable work done by local youth from the Western Addition. On January 13th, 2008 from 10 am - 3pm, Trash Mash-Up will be a part of Department of Children, Youth and Their Families Family Appreciation Day. Drop by the San Francisco Environment EcoCenter to support this community effort and find a new way with old objects for yourself. The San Francisco EcoCenter is located at 11 Grove Street. Trash Mash-Up is committed to realizing the potential value in our everyday objects by transforming them into innovative “Maskostumes”. “Maskostumes” are original pageant masks and costumes inspired by traditions from around the world constructed from materials collected before they enter the waste stream. Through workshops and public pageants, TMU raises awareness about cultural traditions and environmental issues. This project reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way. Using public art projects, TMU connects our creative traditions to our collective future. Trash Mash-Up at SF Enviroment's EcoCenter 11 Grove, San Francisco, CA 94102 DCFY's Family Aprreication Day Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:00am--3:00pm in the EcoCenter from December 10 through February 28, 2008 Admission is FREE http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/ |
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It was a beautiful day in San Francisco for the June 30th Mash-Up Bash event. This was the culmination of over a year of workshops in the Western Addition serving nearly 150 local youth. We were delighted to have our event posted on the websites of Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco Fun and Cheap, The Ecology Center, and SF Station (among others). We also had amazing write ups in both the San Francisco Weekly and the Guardian; even appearing on the front cover of the Guardian. The Board of Supervisor for District 5, which includes the Western Addition, came as did the Grants Manager for San Francisco Environment and were thrilled at what they saw. The local youth paired with adults from the community coming together in a free public event of movement, music, and “Maskostumes”. The rhythm that supported our event was delivered by the talented
John F. King II, the Funkmaster of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, who creates irresistible beats on pots and pans. All “Maskostumes” in the parade were made entirely of collected items that would have been thrown away. Instead of being discarded, left to rot in a landfill, these items fueled the imaginations of San Francisco’s local youth. The Mash-Up Bash is comprised of materials diverted from the waste stream transformed through free arts programming in our community. Created were not only pieces of art but also dialogues concerning culture, community and environmental issues. The Mash-Up Bash is more than just a parade; it is a new urban tradition. As was the reaction to our first event, this is just the beginning of finding new ways with old objects, of motivating youth to use less and reuse more and of finding inspiration from other cultures. This was truly a community effort and we are thankful to those who have supported us in our efforts. With plastic bag boas and bottle cap chain-mail, Trash Mash-Up reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way. For a slide show of the Mash-Up Bash, go to: http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/home |
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Trash Mash-Up will be featured at The Big One on Saturday, June 21 from 11:00am to 1:00pm. The Big One is a two-day event on June 21 and 22nd that will be co-created by the community. There will be a village in Golden Gate Park to engage around the issues of our time and to explore potential solutions. Near Sharon Meadows there will be a circle of theme "neighborhoods" set up in open-air tents to explore the issues and solutions. Nonprofits will set up tables or tents near their neighborhood of interest to engage with the public, raising awareness about the work they are doing in the world. and strengthening connections with other nonprofits, sharing resources and experience. This event is free to the public and free of any commercial transactions.
Trash Mash-Up’s mission is to bring vitality to the community. Using public art projects, we connect our creative traditions to our collective future. We are committed to realizing the potential value in our everyday disposable objects by transforming them into innovative “Maskostumes”. Through workshops and public pageants, we support extended communities and an environmentally conscious culture.