Environmental Art of Zach Pine - Socially Engaged Artist - Connecting People to Nature and to Each Other

Socially Engaged Environmental Artist Zach Pine

Connecting people to nature and each other,
inspiring collective creativity and environmental action

WORLDWIDE SAND GLOBE PROJECT
Join in by visiting the Sand Globes Worldwide website, learning to make a sand globe, and contributing a photo. Joining the Sand Globes Worldwide Facebook group is another way to share. On Twitter and Instagram, use #sandglobes and follow @sandglobes.

TWO MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT MY WORK, FEATURING THE CREATE-WITH-NATURE ZONE AT THE OAKLAND ZOO EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
San Francisco State University Photojournalism student Gabriella Gamboa created this short video in just a few days. I'm really impressed by her skills. If you want to hire her, get in touch!

ALBANY BEACH CLEANUP AND FREE SAND GLOBE WORKSHOP

Free, public, all-ages event
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 1pm - 3pm (arrive anytime) (NOTE: Postponed from 1/5 due to weather)
Albany Beach, Albany California

Join us for the first Albany Landfill Dog Owners Group (ALDOG) beach cleanup of 2019, and a free public sand globe workshop on Albany Beach.

For more information about sand globes, see Sand Globes Worldwide.

See the event web page for more info. An RSVP on the Facebook event page is a big help too.

A Samavesha Community Program event.

ROCK BALANCING GATHERING SAN FRANCISCO (12TH EDITION)

Free, public, all-ages event
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 11am - 2pm
Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA
Just East of the Warming Hut Cafe, 983 Marine Drive (NOT THE BEACH HUT)) - click here for map

Hosted by me and Bill Dan.

SF Chronicle covered our April 2014 event.

See the event web page for more info. An RSVP on the Facebook event page is a big help too.

A Samavesha Community Program event.

RESTORE AND CREATE: EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT STINSON BEACH (15TH ANNUAL)

Free, public, all-ages event
Saturday, April 20, 2019, 10am - 3pm
Stinson Beach Park, Stinson Beach, CA

The 15th Annual Earth Day Celebration at Stinson Beach combines care for the environment with arts activities for all ages. Participants can help with beach cleanup or creek restoration, and join with over a dozen collaborating artists engaging the public in sculpture-making with natural materials, making music, dancing, and more.

The event is produced in partnership by Zach Pine Nature Sculpture, One Tam, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Samavesha. In collaboration with Marin County Parks, Friends of Mt Tam, Surfrider Foundation (Marin County Chapter), and Marin County Community Development Agency, Shrinking Shores Program.

See the event web page for more info, including directions, accessibility plan, and photos from past years. An RSVP (and inviting others) on the Facebook event page is a big help too.

PHOTOS FROM THE 14th ANNUAL FREE CREATE-WITH-NATURE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT STINSON BEACH
The photo album is now online.

PHOTOS FROM THE CREATE-WITH-NATURE ZONE AT OUTPOST, THE STUDIO FOR URBAN PROJECTS INSTALLATION FOR MARKET STREET PROTOTYPING FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO
The photo album is now online.

PHOTOS FROM THE PERMANENT CREATE-WITH-NATURE PATHWAY IN REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK
See the photo album.

PHOTOS FROM THE PERMANENT BLAKE GARDEN CREATE-WITH-NATURE ZONE
See the photo album.

Mary Daniel Hobson, the Director of the Arts and Healing Network interviews me in the Arts and Healing Network News: Summer 2010. I'm thankful that this experience allowed me to explore my motivations and methods in depth, and I hope others will take something useful from it.

TWO FREE PUBLIC EVENTS IN 2011 YIELD A VIDEO AND NICE PRESS
Thanks to all who participated in two free public events, and by doing so made it possible for Angie Epifano and me to create this 4-minute video shown at the Berkeley Community Media Summer Shorts Movie Jam: 48 Hour Film Festival.

The events were also covered in this report on Berkeleyside.

AGAPANTHUS PROJECT
Thanks to all who have made the Agapanthus Project possible. Over fifteen free public Create-With-Agapanthus events were held in Berkeley parks during the summer of 2011. I'm currently accepting donations of gone-to-seed Agapanthus flowers for the project. See all the details, including a photo gallery link, here.

The Agapanthus project is part of the Samavesha Community Program.

REPORT FROM "ART TO ACTION ON CODORNICES CREEK WITH CHILDREN OF THE URSULA SHERMAN VILLAGE"

The Ursula Sherman Village, a project of Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency (BOSS)
in West Berkeley, California, provides housing and a comprehensive program for homeless families. With financial support from the Open Circle Foundation, I facilitated three art-with-nature outings along the creek in 2008, and six outings in 2009 and 2010. Photos and a full report are here.

Photos from the Create-With-Nature Zone at the HomeSchool Association of California Conference 2009, in Sacramento, CA.

Photos and report from Art to Action on Codornices Creek with Children of the Ursula Sherman Village, Berkeley, CA.

My photos from the July, 2009 Wild Zone with children and teen interns from ACE (Arts, Community, Environment) summer camp at Peralta Hacienda Park in Oakland, CA..

Photos of sculptures made with the public at my recent Open Studio events in Berkeley (scroll to the bottom of the gallery).