The Jenefit

The Jenefit: A Benefit For Relief Work Abroad
When: Friday November 30, 2007 @ 730pm
Where: Venice United Methodist Church,
1020 Victoria Ave, Venice, CA
(Just north of Venice off of Lincoln)

This year marks the third 'Jenefit' to raise funds for relief work abroad. In January '08 Jennifer Fodor will be working with the non-profit organization Adventures In Missions to travel for 11 months throughout 11 countries doing humanitarian projects pertaining to each country's need. The fundraising efforts will continue throughout the year with the kick off event taking place November 30, 2007 at 7:30pm in Venice, CA which will include skateboarding, art, and music!

We are still looking for more artists to donate their work. If you are interested please contact Jen @ jenniferfodor@gmail.com . Please go here for more information about the event: http://www.myspace.com/thejenefit Thank you!

Truck in progress

Jack busy working on the Mosaic truck, see post below for photos of the finished truck

Fashion Mosaic Party

Get ready...

Mosaic Holiday Fashion Social is here!!!

Who: You and your friends, fashionable or not!
What: A gathering to meet others in the industry, showcase some of your stuff, make new friends, eat some free h'or d'oevres, egg nog, and even fair-trade coffee with CoffeeMate's new fall creamer flavors... yum! ;)
When: This Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7pm
Where: FIDM student Joshuah's place at 420 S. San Pedro St. #216 Los Angeles, CA 90013. Park anywhere on the street.

What should I bring???: Just yourself, and if you'd like, bring a sketch or some things that you have created or are working on. We'll have a little display area to encourage and inspire one another!


Take down Julia's number to get in 323.649.2755

Please RSVP to let us know if you are coming.

See ya there!

-Mosaic Fashion Ministry

Mosaic truck

For the last 2 weeks, the Visual Arts team at the Mayan re-painted the truck. For months, the truck had been getting more and more defaced and vandalized, so we took something that seemed neglected and destroyed and made it into art. The Original Life series ended with the message called “The Gift”. What better gift to give than an art-infused truck?! And what better way to kick off the holiday season than giving the truck a new paint job? CJ Browne and Jack Rossi shared their skills with these jaw-dropping designs. If you’d like to be a part of similar projects in the future, feel free to contact the Visual Arts team at tammy@mosaic.org.

Observe Gallery

Observe Gallery event was really successful. We had over 350 people in attendance over the course of the night, many of which had no affiliation with Mosaic, and had just seen the event in passing. People had a number of conversations with attendees who came off the street who were interested in visiting Mosaic after attending the gallery. Over 150 different people placed bids on a painting throughout the night. Several paintings went for over $200! Some connections made from the USF Fall Festival the Wednesday prior were potentially furthered that night. The event grossed about $3600 from donations and art purchases which will go towards 3 different causes.

Fall Festival

**The Fall Festival at Union Station Foundation in
Pasadena was a great night for us to serve the
families who are currently homeless and staying at
their shelter or transitional housing. There were
lots of volunteers there to bring games, fun and love
to the Halloween night! The Festival was filled with
games, face painting, caricatures and a special
highlight to the evening was a fashion show for the
kids to show off their costumes! Some of Mosaic’s
creative and talented artists took time out during the
month to create costumes for the kids, which made the
night even more special!!**

Fashion Booth in aid of the Homeless

The attached flier is an event Mosaic Whittier is having Nov. 17 for a homeless organization called Manna. They'd like to have a fashion booth.
Interested in contributing to the fashion booth contact Juila LoVan julesandthesea@gmail.com