Tag: 4mamaearth
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collecting our own history
Recently, one of our favorite community hubs, William Grant Still Arts Center, hosted The West Adams Collectors Club for an 8-week, intergenerational workshop on archiving grassroots histories. From Black dolls and mix tapes to books, flyers, social movements and community spaces, the group learned about collecting, keeping, and exhibiting cultural and social history through personal collections and…
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help for dominica
I met Jaime Kailani and her best friend Kim, when I was 16. They had just moved to LA from Hawaii. I was at a club in Downtown Los Angeles (yes, we all had fake IDs, don’t try this at home, kids!) and a pretty girl named Kim complimented my hair in the ladies bathroom.…
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A Mural Project at Crenshaw High School
Last summer, as part of an after-school arts and writing program at Crenshaw High School, Mama Earth helped coordinate a campus beautification mural to be installed in the entryway of the school by visual artist, Aise Born. Why A Mural? Murals become landmarks in the community. Murals give the youth a positive means to express their identity…
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For the Love of Music at Zanzibar Sunday, Aug 9th
The m.a.m.a. earth project began as artist and philanthropist Jaime Kailani Bayot worked as a Booking Manager for her talented younger brother, Bruno. As she formed relationships with concert venues around Los Angeles, she was inspired to use these relationships to do something good for others. She’d already created the m.a.m.a. earth “Wish Bracelet” to help…
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A Community Gem
This past June, Mama Earth presented it’s 3rd installment of ONE PEACE, an all-ages, pop up art show that raises awareness about our ongoing work in Los Angeles and abroad, at William Grant Still Arts Center in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. People from all walks of life show up to the event to view…
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Happy 80th Birthday, Dalai Lama!
m.a.m.a. earth is so honored to continue to be an affiliate of the non-profit community hub called Center for Living Peace (in Irvine, California), alongside the likes of Pacific Symphony, The Ecology Center and Girl Scouts. For 5 years, we have been proud to present all-age classes to inspire creativity and vision on subjects including…
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A Story About Ezra and the Power of Art
“Art helps kids to express themselves and not focus so much on the pain”, says Myra Benitez, Manager of Social Work at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. Last February, the m.a.m.a. earth family visited Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital with a COLORING MANDALAS art project, curated by mother, artist and longshoreman, Valerie Zaks. We setup…
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THIS TIME NEPAL
The Mama Earth mission is to use the power of art, music and nature to make a change for the better, locally and globally. We aim to inspire others to give back in their own communities while raising awareness about issues that affect us all. m.a.m.a. earth partners with schools as well as local and global…
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Manifest Justice with 4MAMAEARTH
MANIFEST:JUSTICE is a pop-up exhibition featuring art + events on themes of justice, human rights & power that is running from May 1st until Sun, May 10th. With more than 200 works of art from 150+ artists from all over the world in 20,000+ square feet, this show is powerful, moving, educational and impressive! The…
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Arts & Writing in South Los Angeles
We are so proud of the 9-12th graders participating in this year’s installment of ALTER, an after-school arts and writing program at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, created by Lead art teacher of Crenshaw’s Visual and Performing Arts magnet, Ronda Brown. The kids have an opportunity to attend ALTER twice a week for modules on writing,…