The work of Youth Spirit Artworks would not have been possible the last 18 months without the support of the following people:

 

Artist/teachers/staff  
Jennyann Carthern Lani Lee
Ana Hernandez Rev. Alan Laird
Michael Jacobson Khara Bey Scott
Our board  
Nishan Ardon Bill McCune
Maheesh Jain Lila McDonald
Karen Jewett Lauren Snider-Brandt
Bruce “Butch” May  

 

We thank Julia Storrs for her help hanging our Sweet Adeline exhibit and Guillermo Prado for his graphics support.

Additionally, we are grateful to the following individuals and funders for their support and encouragement these last months:
 
Berkeley City Council Member Max Anderson, our dear friend, without whose support our work would not be possible
 
Shallon Allen Tanisha Walton Angela Gallegos-Castillo Lanny Kelly
Tom Bates Ed Church Lydia Gans Patrick Kennedy
Kristen Bender Dan Cloak Mildred Howard John Killacky
Jacqueline Boggan Kim Duran Jim Hynes Narsai David
Bonnie Borucki Sam Dykes Robert Jamison Natalie Leimkuhler
 
Riya, Kristen and Becky O’Malley at the Berkeley Daily Planet
Robert Volberg of Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen
Artists and Craftsmen Supply
Bank of America
Berkeley Friends Meeting
Berkeley Public Education Foundation
 
Vicky Breckwich-Vasquez of the City of Berkeley Public Health Dept.
Brushstrokes Studio
Berkeley City Council Member Laurie Capitelli
Michael Caplan
our many chair donors
The Chancellors Committee on Sustainability
 
Tom Luce Osha Neumann Pastor Ricky Perry Dan and Sylvia Sawislak
Debbie McIntyre Gloria O’Campo Priscilla Phelps Nan Siegel
Fred Medrano Ohmega Salvage Willie Phillips Julie Sinai
MaryAnn Merker Don Oppenheim Rick Picardi David Stoloff
Jane Micallef F. Noel Perry Rev. David Randolph  
 
The City of Berkeley Civic Arts Commission;
 
staff at Community Initiatives, our fabulous Fiscal Sponsor, including
Melanie Beene, Chris Heinold, Ani Rivera, and Brad Sink
 
Victor Diaz and everyone at Berkeley Technology Academy
Ecology Center
Golden Bear Storage
The GTU Center for Art, Religion and Education
Stephen Miller and Anita Zerounian of Hanson Bridgett Law Firm
Import Tile Company
Drs. Robin Winokur and David Kittams of Kiwi Pediatrics
KPFA Holiday Crafts Fair staff, especially Jan Etre
the SF Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Pastor Jon Lord and Carrollton UMC of New Orleans
City Council Member Linda Maio
Marks Paint—Oakland
Terry Messman and Street Spirit newspaper
 
Jennifer Millar and everyone at Sweet Adeline Bake Shop
City Council Member Darryl Moore
Jeff Hull and Angela Tsay of Oaklandish and Oaklandish Innovators Fund
Cindy Pile and the Traveling with the Turtle Project
Richards and Sterling Tile Co.
San Francisco Fdn. FAITHS Initiative and Koshland Program
Rob Seelig and the Seelig Family Foundation
Talavera Ceramics
Temple Sinai Oakland
S. Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation
City Council Member Dona Spring
Spud’s Pizza
Tile Shop
Urban Ore
Van Lobensels/RembeRock Foundation
West Berkeley Foundation
Neil Whitehouse and Whitehouse Builders
Berkeley City Council Member Kriss Worthington
Xtra Space Storage
everyone at Young Aspirations, Young Artists and especially staff members Baty Landis, Rondell Crier, and Timeka Junius
Kathryn Youngmeister and volunteers from the Alternatives to Violence Project
the COB Youth Commission
Fish and the COB YouthWorks Program