SPARC is a cultural center in Venice Beach, California that creates public art to promote civic dialogue and address social issues. As an intern, responsibilities included conducting outreach for mural projects, compiling images and creating timelines. Additional tasks involved selecting archive images for a tour guide, solving and gold leafing print samples, and setting up for an event. The mission of Root Division is to improve art appreciation and access in the Bay Area. As an intern, responsibilities included developing a youth art education workshop, assisting with exhibits, and maintaining organizational databases. Additional tasks involved completing grants, administration for monthly exhibits, and preparing a presentation.

1. 2010 Summer Internships Sarah Brothers

2. SPARC: Social and Public Art Resource CenterVenice Beach, California Mission: SPARC is a cultural center that creates public art as a vehicle to promote civic dialogue, foster cross-cultural understanding, and address critical social issues. SPARC produces, preserves, and teaches methods to create community-based, public art. The intention is to examine what we choose to memorize through public art, and to devise and produce excellent artworks responsive to articulate community needs through an innovative community partnership process.

4. Compiling images of the Great Wall for image references for artists.

5. Painting a palette of new Golden brand paint colors for Judy to use as a guide in assessing the wall and plans for restoration.

7. Developed a mural maintenance contract to ensure care for and longevity of murals.

8. Set up sound and hung art for Peña Event.

9. Selected images from the archive, wrote narratives, and designed the new Great Wall Walking Tour Guide Book and Brochure.

11. Mission: Root Division’s mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration & community participation. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area.

13. Completed two grant applications: Warhol Foundation and PBS&J Community Foundation.

16. Updated all organizational and program information with Guidestar.