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This article is part of a series on the history of graphic design and social activism in California from Artbound. Produced in partnership with Hyperallergic.
California s culture and art movements have long enjoyed a unique freedom from East Coast and European dogmas. This manifests itself in social, creative and aesthetic realms characterized by experimentation, openness and independence. Graphic design is a key element of defining this California way of life, from the clean, unencumbered lines of mid-century modernism to the flamboyant psychedelia of counterculture posters and publications, and the post-modern graphics of the 1980s and 90s. A mecca of consumerism, it is also a place of great creativity, freedom and social consciousness, where the status quo undergoes constant renovation, writes Louise Sandhaus in Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986. Without solid ground, tradition lacks secure footing; old r
The Sharing Tree buys bus for mobile art studio
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Tallahassee s Sharing Tree is now going mobile after shutting its doors at its Midtown location in January.
Sharing Tree executive director Carly Sinnadurai said they decided to buy a bus to convert into a mobile art studio for families in underserved areas.
The bus will offer kids a way to express their creativity, without having to travel into the city.
Sinnadurai said the new idea also allows them to eliminate the cost of rent during a time when money is tight. In order to reach everybody through art, we need to be mindful that not everybody can get to a location, said Sinnadurai. So this is just yet another branch of the sharing tree I m really excited about it.