Custom Designed Skateboards To Be Auctioned Off In Honor Of International Women’s Day
By: Angela Redding | Los Angeles, CA, | Hollywood Beat magazine | 5/24/2023
Photos: California Locos & PAC
March is dedicated to celebrating and honoring women. Additionally, International Women’s Day is observed on March 8. IWD, which is sponsored by the UN (United Nations) since 1975, recognizes the accomplishments of women and advocates for women’s rights. It is observed in numerous nations.
IWD is a result of early 20th-century efforts to enfranchise women in 1909, the year when the first National Woman’s Day was celebrated. All of this is to suggest that “We should value women and all that the female gender has achieved and continues to achieve.”
Proverb
This is a chance for any skateboarder or collector of custom-designed boards to own a one-of-a-kind work of art that honors the creativity of women and supports those who are incarcerated. You’re familiar with the proverb, “Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. However, if a man is taught to fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.”
CALIFORNIA LOCOS, established in 2011 by L.A. artist Dave Tourjé, has partnered with the Prison Arts Collective at CSUF to commission one-of-a-kind skateboards from women who are incarcerated at C.I.W. (California Institution for Women) in an effort to highlight the skills of these women.
Auction Of Custom Boards In Honor Of International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day, a small number of blank CALIFORNIA LOCOS skateboards have been given to the members of the Prison Arts Collective (PAC) to be custom designed and auctioned off. On March 8th, the collection of skateboards was brought to the California Institution for Women so that the participants could paint them in tribute to the women in their lives.
Click To Watch the video to learn more about Prison Arts Collective’s mission.
The recent partnership between Mary Anna Pomonis and CALIFORNIA LOCOS, organized by Loco’s founder Dave Tourjé and creative director Nano Nóbrega, served as the inspiration for this project.
Auction Dates
Starting on March 25 and running through April 2 is the online skateboard auction. The 3rd of April is when winners of the auction will be revealed and contacted.
100% of the earnings from the sale of the painted skateboards will go to PAC (Prison Arts Collective) and will be posted on californialocos.com.
How Will The Money Be Used?
With the money raised, the program will be expanded by adding more program sites, future student interns will be hired, and art equipment will be purchased.
ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP:
This collaboration between The California Locos and The Prison Arts Collective /Art 382:Art and Social Justice creates meaningful pathways for CSUF students to connect directly to underserved communities through service-learning, CSUF PAC provides teaching internships for CSUF students in the COTA and specifically the area of Art Education.
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