DrawBridge Announces Community Partnerships with the City of Alameda and Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(download press release) SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – July 1, 2022 – Bay Area arts nonprofit DrawBridge has been returning to free, in-person expressive arts programs at its partner sites in Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma counties. After successful collaborations last year with Vans® and Flax Art & Design, […]
DrawBridge Announces Leadership Change and Search for New Executive Director
DrawBridge announces that Executive Director Tracy Bays-Boothe is stepping down from her role leading the Bay Area arts organization. Bays-Boothe joined DrawBridge in 2021, leading the organization’s return to in-person programming in the wake of the pandemic. Since that time, DrawBridge has flourished with exciting new initiatives including the DrawBridge Community Artist Program in partnership […]
DrawBridge Announces New Exhibition, Drawn Together: Celebrating DrawBridge Youth Artists
Art show will travel the Bay Area before concluding with a public event on June 11 at the Marin Art and Garden Center.
Purchase Blick Art Supplies For DrawBridge and Save
As a thank you to the DrawBridge community for an unprecedented year of growth and creativity, Blick Art Materials in Oakland is making a very special offer! Purchase art supplies on behalf of DrawBridge from Friday, November 25th through Saturday, December 24th, and you’ll receive an exclusive coupon for 20% off an entire purchase you […]
DrawBridge is Recruiting a Development Professional
We are looking for a Director of Individual and Corporate Fundraising! Please check out the job description and if it fits your interests and abilities, please send us a resume! Half-Time Director of Individual and Corporate Fundraising Join a great team of dedicated staff and Board Members in transforming the lives of children in our […]
“No Place Like Home” is a Smashing Success
Our recent fundraising event, hosted by Twitter, was a great success, with donations, pledges and auction purchases totaling enough to underwrite two weekly art groups for an entire year. Twitter matched all the money that was raised, thus sponsoring another two groups! With seven new DrawBridge groups opened in the last 9 months, this is […]
“Harry Cohen and Friends” Art Show and Opening Reception: A Benefit for DrawBridge
You are invited to attend an amazing art show and benefit for DrawBridge entitled “Harry Cohen and Friends,” beginning Saturday, February 4, 2017 and running all month. The exhibit features the work of 14 Bay Area artists, including painters, sculptors and one photographer. The site is the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis […]
Ringing in Art for the New Year
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” ~ Edward Hopper One of the meaningful benefits of art is that it allows us to express things we might not be able to verbalize. For children this can be especially true, whether they don’t have the words, or feel […]
I’ll Be Home…
Home for the Holidays. For many this is a given, but what if you don’t have a place to call home? Many of the DrawBridge kids we serve live in homeless shelters, safe houses or transitional housing, and although they have a temporary place to live, they don’t have a home of their own. Home […]
