Seeing Beyond Salon

SEEING-BEYOND SALON
Thursday, May 17 — 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco | MAP | BART: Market & Montgomery

Advance Tickets no longer available - $10 tickets at the door.

5:30pm SOCIAL NETWORKING for emerging & established nonprofit leaders
7:30pm INTERACTIVE ART + BOOK PARTY & EXHIBIT
9-11pm MUSIC, DJs & MORE

SOCIAL VENTURE NETWORK HOST COMMITTEE: Murat Armbruster, Michael Brune (Rainforest Action Network), Jennifer Chapman (Wild Planet Toys), Kirstin Falk (New Progressive Coalition), Nick Gleason (CitySoft, Inc.), Jay Harris (Mother Jones), Van Jones (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights), Jeff Mendelsohn (New Leaf Paper), Deb Nelson (Social Venture Network), Lynne Twist (author, Soul of Money), Claudia Viek, Mal Warwick (author w/ Ben Cohen, Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun), and Claudia Welss (NextNow Collaboratory).

DETAILED SCHEDULE

[5:30pm] — SOCIAL NETWORKING for emerging & established nonprofit leaders presented by Craigslist Foundation

Jim Pitofsky, Executive Director of Hands on Bay Area will talk about "Collaborating for Social Change: Seeing Beyond "

[7:30pm] — INTERACTIVE ART + BOOK PARTY & EXHIBIT

BOOK PARTY & EXHIBIT for Seeing Beyond Sight: Photography By Blind Teenagers (Chronicle Books)
Author Tony Deifell w/ special guests

INTERACTIVE ART about seeing and perception: "ZEA," "Retinal Burn," "Hoop Distortion" & more (presented by Exploratorium)

Make a collaborative "Tactile Collage" with artist Aondrea Maynard.

EXHIBIT - New York, California & worldwide "Blind Photography Challenge" presented by SFZero
(including photos from San Francisco event on May 5 at RX Gallery)

"Blind Photography Challenge" by SFZero - put on a blindfold & take photos with more than your eyes (live web upload)

[9-11pm]— MUSIC, DJs & more

DJ Hey Man! & Friends (Power to the Peaceful)

Ren the Vinyl Archeologist (True Skool)
[click play below to LISTEN]

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PARTNERS for SALON:

A project supported by Just Think.