A Vehicle for Change

Spring has sprung – lots of new growth in our community garden!

Budding Artistry : Visual Branch
Erika Iris Simmons
I love her Ghosts in the Machine Series because it combines music, art and recycling…
States Erika: ” I am an artist who specializes in recycling junk into art. I love working with cassette tapes, old textbooks, playing cards, really whatever I can get my hands on.”

Visit her gallery on Flickr !

Musical Branch Selections this week:

Friday March 27th:
Waybacks and the Wronglers at The Lark

Sunday March 29th
2pm-6pm=Musician’s Mixer, Presented by BASS & Marin Local Music & Bananas at Large in studio 1.
Panels on recording and self-promotion, music, food

and next week:

April 3rd – Sunnbolt FNJ at BASS - 85 Mitchell Blvd. San Rafael – 7pm-Midnight -
(bar proceeds to fund Artsboretum)

April 4th
Ascension of the Blues – at 142 Throckmorton – fundraiser for Blue Star Music Camps

Thanks for all your support !
Help us continue our work to cultivate our creative community – Join the Artsboretum by donating through this link

For more information on our mission, please visit this link

Best,
Mari

Preservation of American Music History

The Artsboretum is a non-profit project committed to supporting music education and independent artists in the Bay Area and beyond. It was founded by a musician/former studio manager and is endorsed by members of our local creative community and former employees of The Plant Studios and The Record Plant, Sausalito. This comprehensive plan to purchase the property, restore the studios and form a certified green music arts incubator within the building will preserve its rich legacy, support our creative citizens and provide a significant cultural and economic contribution to our community.
We, the undersigned, support this effort and respectfully request that our community leaders take whatever steps are necessary to prevent developers from removing this icon of our music history from our cultural landscape. We also encourage your assistance in gathering the resources necessary to protect this landmark from the profit driven fluctuations of the commercial real estate market once and for all, to give our children and future generations the opportunity make some music history of their own.