“The impetus was to start an art studio where kids could come on field trips and feel really at home, and feel like they had a safe, open space with an abundance of materials,’ Pennell said. ‘It really promotes ingenuity, using your imagination, and those kinds of skills not only work great in art, but they carry over into other areas.”
Art FORM San Diego Blends Art with Environmental Stewardship
“Art FORM San Diego focuses on providing art classes to youth and helping the environment while they’re at it. “FORM” stands for Found Objects Recycled Materials, and includes everything from paper to buttons, natural materials, and items that may otherwise end up in a landfill.”
Pattern Energy
'Alleys in Action' Project Demonstrates What's Possible for Neglected Public Space
“ArtFORM…worked with local third-graders from Normal Heights Elementary prior to the event. The young students made connections that taking care of alleys and improving them directly correlates to climate change and clean oceans.”
UC San Diego Today
SDGivE Program Supports Community Efforts
“We teamed up with Art FORM…to supply our employees and their families with card-making kits equipped with paper, cards, postcards and other repurposed supplies to make homemade holiday kindness cards…[for] five local nonprofits throughout San Diego County.”
SDGE News