Greetings Family, Friends, and Community,

I am an ecological earth artist and land steward with a mission to regenerate healthy and vibrant relationships between people and the earth. My current project is the Earth Art Community Mural where youth will come together to create a collaborative, nature based artwork at their local community center. The youth participants will create their own art materials from the soils and plants of their local land, cultivate community by working together, and learn to give back to their local community. To help turn this vision into a reality, I have enrolled in an intensive 6 month program called the Movement Builders Institute to provide me with a support system to ensure this project’s success.

(Making Earth Art  with Miracle Girls nature program)

I am seeking financial support towards making my vision a reality. Every contribution counts, and I am grateful for all of the support. Please pass along my project to family and friends via email and posts to social media. Your financial contributions and the sharing of this project greatly support the realization of the Earth Art Community Mural.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso

“Great art picks up where nature ends.”  Marc Chagall

(Proposed Mural design template)

The Earth Art Community Mural will be built in partnership with a local youth organization and a recreation center, engaging youth to regenerate a public wall space using natural materials. The entire project, from image design to material making to painting, is a collaborative community-based process, which teaches the art of creatively working together. Youth participants will learn how to gather natural materials and soils from the land, creatively transform them into paints, and paint images inspired by their local flora and fauna. The project gives youth an opportunity to:

* Intimately connect to specific places of their landscape
* Increase awareness towards soil and earth health
* Engage their creative and artistic skills
* Learn about both modern and traditional practices of
  ecological artists and indigenous cultures
* Practice teamwork and community building
* Steward beautification projects in their own
  communities

By collecting materials from nature, making the paints, working collaboratively, and giving back to the local community, youth participants will develop and regenerate a variety of vital relationships - with the creative process, between one another, and with the earth.

(Earth Art Workshop with Miracle Girls Youth)

“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
                                                                       - Marianne Williamson

The Movement Builders Institute will help ensure the success of the Earth Art Community Mural Project, as well as future mural projects, by equipping me with the tools necessary to make my vision a reality. This program supports me with goal-setting, project flow and follow-through, overcoming unpredicted obstacles, enrolling people into my projects, and empowering others. The Movement Builders Institute is providing the support structure for the development and implementation of the Earth Art Community Mural Project.

"The creative arts are the measure and reflection of our civilization. They offer many children an opportunity to see life with a larger perspective...The moral values we treasure are reflected in the beauty and truth that is emotionally transmitted through the arts. The arts say something about us to future generations."
–Ann P. Kahn, Former President of The National PTA

(Youth working on the Singing Tree Mural Project)

I am grateful and excited to offer this opportunity for youth to engage with natural and creative ways to work with the earth, beautify their neighborhoods, build a collaborative team, and empower their creative expressions and dreams. Thank you for your support in making this art project become a reality for the youth and their surrounding community.

To learn more about my work, please visit www.kelsianderson.com

Will you support me by giving $10, 30, $60, or $100+ today towards my vision for ecological community art and youth empowerment?

With gratitude,

Kelsi Anderson



Every contribution counts, including sharing my project with your community. Please share this campaign with your friends, family and community by email and facebook.  Below are samples for you to copy, paste, and share.

For a Facebook post:
Use the share link at the top of this page
or
" Support artist Kelsi Anderson and her Earth Art Community Mural Project Your financial contribution will support Kelsi and her project to creatively connect youth with nature, one another, and the strengthening of their community.

https://www.gofundme.com/earthartmural "

For an email share:

" Greetings  ____ ,

Please join me in supporting ecological earth artist Kelsi Anderson and her Earth Art Community Mural project that is happening this November 15, 2015! She needs your support in making this project a reality.

Please visit and contribute at https://www.gofundme.com/earthartcommunitymural

A personal note from Kelsi:

I am an ecological earth artist and land steward with a mission to regenerate healthy and vibrant relationships between people and the earth. My recent project is an Earth Art Community Mural where youth will come together to create a collaborative, nature based artwork at their local community center this November. To ensure the realization of this project, I enrolled in a 6 month course called the Movement Builders Institute that has provided me with a support system for the the success of this community mural project. This community mural project will allow youth to create their own art materials from the soils and plants of their local land, to cultivate community by working together, and to give back creatively to their local neighborhood.

Will you support the realization of this project by contributing to my program tuition and costs for this mural? Please go to the Earth Art Community Mural project campaign at

https://www.gofundme.com/earthartcommunitymural

Thank you for your support in making this community art project become a reality for the youth and their local community.

To learn more about my work, please visit www.kelsianderson.com

With gratitude, Kelsi Anderson

Thank you for supporting ecological artist Kelsi Anderson and her community work with youth, art and nature. Please feel free to share this campaign with your communities.

Sincerely,
(your name) "