On Sunday, November 11, P.S. Arts PS ARTS Hosts Child Star ART FAIR!
The 2012 Express Yourself art fair and family day at the Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar celebrated art and art education with L.A.’s best restaurants, craft booths, musical performances, and even kiddy fashion make-overs. Paul Frank, sponsor of the event, sent me, hubby, the kid, and the grandparents so I could report first-hand that this worthwhile event provides entertainment for all ages. Saban Brands kicked off their Paul Frank Arts program at this event, which will be an ongoing corporate commitment to support creativity and fun for kids of all ages through non-profit partnerships and national drives to provide art supplies to schools and after-school art programs. Disney, Bounce/AEG, OneWest Bank, E! Entertainment and Lynda and Stewart Resnick were the additional hosts.
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Parenthood Actor Tyree Brown
Actor Ryan Potter
Modern Family’s Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
Child Star Skye Jackson at PS ARTS
Child Actor Yara Shahidi at the Barker Hanger
PS Arts Aids Public School Arts Programs
Event chair Lisa Kudrow joined child stars Tyree Brown (Parenthood), Ryan Potter (Nickelodeon’s Supah Ninjas), Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Modern Family), Skye Jackson (Disney’s Jessie), Sayeed Shahidi and Yara Shahidi (kids of Hollywood Mom Keri Salter-Shahidi)as well as art-minded celebrity parents like Deb Kaplan (Director: Can’t Hardly Wait), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Breckin Meyer (Franklin & Bash), Rob Riggle (The Hangover), Kevin Nealon (Weeds) Joel McHale (Talk Soup), Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Modern Family), Tyree Brown (Parenthood) celebrity stylist George Kotsiopoulos, and Julie Bowen (Modern Family) who enjoyed the days festivities with their families.
Aubrey gets creative!(Rachel Murray/ WireImage)
Children of all ages were entertained with pottery classes, mobile making, Bearden’s blocks, Chapstick on a string key chains, jewelry design with an assortment of colorful glass beads in a multitude of sizes and shapes, painting murals, ceramics, Paul Frank Arts Supply apron-making station, face painting, OneWest piggy bank decorating, Chocolate Art, Eames House of Cards, coloring, decoupage, bags by design, tree of wire, Dine with Decorum, Potatoh Prints, scree-printing instruction, Clay and Play, paper lantern construction, making superhero costumes with Kiwi Crate and head to toe makeovers from the Fashion Police Jr., courtesy of E! Entertainment. Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Modern Family) opted for apron design and face painting!
Jordan Bobbitt grabs a kale-lemon juice shooter from Pressed Juicery for her Hollywood Mom!
I took hubby, the kid, and the grandparents so I can report first-hand that this worthwhile event provides entertainment for all ages.
My dad (the Hollywood Grandpa) checking out one of the numerous arts activity booths at PS ARTS’ Express Yourself 2012 Fundraising Extravaganza
Director Deb Kaplan & Clover Meyer attend P.S. Arts 2012 Express Yourself arts fair 11/11/12 (Photo by Rachel Murray/WireImage)
We bumped into writer/director Deborah Kaplan whom my husband and I worked with years ago on a little teen flick, and she shared that while a major under-taking, fundraising for PS ARTS is a cause she believes in and has supported for several years.
Generous Corporate Sponsors include: Sushi House Unico, Baby Blues BBQ (Couldn’t pull my family away from this booth), OneWest Bank, Hot Cakes (Check out their holiday cakes in the photo gallery below!), The Counter (a fave in our household & not just because friend Jon Favreau owns 1 or 2), Peek Kids (hip, quality clothes for 12 & under), Tiato Market & Cafe, Tiato for Thanksgiving (hosting 50 plus – think I need to call them!), Dylan’s Candy Bar, Wonderful Pistachios, LAbite.com, M Street Kitchen (delish & they gave us a $25 gift card xo), Simple Things, Porta Via, Next Door By Josie, Josie Restaurant, Killer Shrimp, Pressed Juicery (LOVE Kale & Lemon Juice Combo), Salt Catering, Factors Famous Deli, Eames Office, Serves You Right Catering, The MARK, Tasty Gummy Riot, Celestino, Via Alloro, Il Pastaio Ristorante & Bar, Fiji Water, Popchips, Typhoon Restaurant, Beachy Cream (My dad loved their organic ice cream sandwiches), Casablanca Restaurant (My Kid couldn’t pass their goodies up!), Fresh Corn Grill, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Lemonade (The Westlake locale opened on my Birthday yesterday! It’s a Sign!), Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Admission: I start every day at the local CB&TL), Shu & Yojisan Sushi, Chef Raul, Skeeter Snacks,Fresh Brothers, Toscana, Pom Wonderful, Cuties!
Express Yourself 2012 art fair raised money to support P.S. Arts, a non-profit organization that partners with public schools to support and provide monies towards art, theater, and music education. The organization is lead by a team of dedicated Teaching Artists, Administrative Staff and Board Members dedicated to children’s lives through arts education. Learn more about the P.S. ARTS team and supporters at psarts.org or follow them on twitter at @PS_ARTS
Saban Brands
Paul Frank Arts is an ongoing corporate commitment to support creativity and fun for kids of all ages through non-profit partnerships and national drives to provide art supplies to schools and after-school art programs. “The Paul Frank brand is built around artistic expression and rooted in creativity,” said Elie Dekel, president of Saban Brands. “It is a natural extension for us to nurture the talent of young people by ensuring they have access to the supplies and materials they need for self-expression. Paul Frank Arts allows us to extend both our reach and our commitment.”
The program encourages Paul Frank fans to send new and gently used art supplies in by mail to its non-profit partners The Dreaming Zebra Foundation and P.S. ARTS, donate funds online or host a fundraiser. The Dreaming Zebra Foundation will distribute donations to its programs at schools and community organizations across the United States. Online donations to Dreaming Zebra will be facilitated through Art Room Aid, an online arts donation portal that is a project of Blick Art Materials. Blick Art Materials is supporting the Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up by promoting the program and the Dreaming Zebra/Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up Art Room Aid page through online outreach.
Paul Frank will be promoting the Art Supplies Round Up through a $1 per share/ $1 per retweet campaign. For each Facebook “share” of the Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up graphic, Paul Frank will donate $1 to The Dreaming Zebra Foundation (up to $15,000). For every retweet of the message on Twitter, Paul Frank will donate $1 to P.S. ARTS (up to $15,000).
In addition to collecting funds and art supplies online, Paul Frank will be sponsoring art supplies collection drives at several major malls and holiday shopping destinations across the country. Sakura of America is helping to kick off our art supplies donations by sending Cray-Pas® oil pastels to The Dreaming Zebra Foundation.
The first Paul Frank Art Supplies Round-Up was held on Sunday, November 11, 2012, in Los Angeles, as part of P.S. ARTS’ annual “Express Yourself” event, which Paul Frank sponsored. P.S. ARTS provides art education in the L.A. area. The event brought together local leaders and influencers and their kids for an afternoon of arts immersion.
The company has previously supported creativity through its “Paul Frank Art Attack” annual art and design competition which awards $12,000 in scholarships to young artists and art students. The expanded program will feature a year-round focus on creativity, the arts and music, with more new programming coming in 2013.
For more information about Paul Frank Arts, the Paul Frank Art Supplies Round Up, or to make a donation, please visit: www.paulfrankarts.org.
About Paul Frank
Acquired in 2010 by Saban Brands, Paul Frank began in 1997 as an independent accessories company in a Southern California beach town. The brand has steadily grown to become a globally recognized, iconic brand that features artistic and entertaining designs inspired by a love of avant-garde, modern influences and everyday objects. By creating relationships through exciting collaborations and strategic licensing partnerships, Paul Frank merchandise includes apparel and accessories for all ages, books, stationery, eyewear, home décor, bicycles and more. To see what’s new and exciting at Paul Frank, visit www.paulfrank.com.
About Paul Frank Arts
At Paul Frank, art, music and creativity are everything! We are so lucky that we are able to be creative and fun every day. We started Paul Frank Arts to give some of that creativity back to our friends. We host fun and cool art contests and activities that inspire artists, like you, from all disciplines and ages. We created Paul Frank Art Attack, an annual art scholarship competition, and The Paul Frank Art Supplies Round-Up, a nationwide art supplies drive for kids. Learn more: www.paulfrankarts.org
About Dreaming Zebra Foundation
The Dreaming Zebra Foundation is a (501)(c)(3) charity providing support so that children and young adults are given an equal opportunity to explore and develop their creativity in the arts. Dreaming Zebra’s Community Art Recycling Program provides access to art and music supplies for thousands of children, schools, art therapy programs and community organizations throughout the United States. In 2011, Dreaming Zebra provided free art supplies, musical instruments, and public art experiences to more than 50,000 young artists — children who otherwise might not have experienced the joys and benefits of an art education. Learn more at: http://www.dreamingzebra.org/
About P.S. ARTS
P.S. ARTS provides high-quality California Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards-based education in music, dance, drama and visual arts for low-income, ethnically diverse children who attend public schools in the Los Angeles Unified, Lawndale Elementary, Lennox, Reef-Sunset, Santa Monica/Malibu Unified, and Wiseburn school districts, where arts programs have been reduced or eliminated. Currently, P.S. ARTS serves more than 12,000 K–8 students in 30 schools and 4,500 students through strategic partnerships. In addition to instruction, the Organization provides support for visual arts exhibits, public performances, field trips and professional development workshops for classroom teachers and teaching artists. Learn more at: http://psarts.org
About Art Room Aid, A Program of Blick Art Materials
Art Room Aid was created in 2009 by Blick Art Materials. As a company focused on educational and professional art supplies, Blick has also consistently supported arts education in diverse ways. Whether sponsoring art scholarships or creating lesson plans that address national standards of learning while easing the burden on busy educators, Blick understands just how important collaboration is. Blick is a family-owned company that began at Mr. and Mrs. Blick’s kitchen table in Galesburg, Illinois, 100 years ago. If you’re an art educator, Art Room Aid provides the tools to easily share your dreams and funding needs without complicated applications or fees that take away from contributions. If you’re an arts advocate you can quickly locate a project that resonates with you and make a high-quality contribution that will go directly to a project in need. When you become a part of Art Room Aid, either as a project leader or as a sponsor, you’re joining a larger community and taking part in a conversation that goes far beyond the classrooms and community spaces where essential creative learning is taking place every day.
About Sakura of America
Sakura of America empowers individual expression and artistic excellence through the development of writing instruments & art materials that are technologically superior, innovative, safe & affordable. As the inventor of oil pastels and gel ink, every product is produced with Power To Express™ motto in mind. For more information: http://www.sakuraofamerica.com
