Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration on Stinson Beach (12th Annual)

Environmental artist Zach Pine and the international music and arts organization Samavesha will produce the 12th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration at the south end of Stinson Beach on Saturday, April 23, 2016.

Using sand, rocks, shells, and other natural objects from the beach, participants work alone and in groups to spontaneously create outdoor sculpture. In past years, beachgoers stacked rock towers, made spirals from seaweed, planted a forest of "trees" made of driftwood, and created dragons, fairies, and abstract designs. During this playful event, participants work alone and in groups, transforming the beach into an evolving outdoor sculpture gallery.

The site for the event, at the south end of Stinson Beach, offers an unusual diversity of natural materials and microenvironments: boulders, stones, tide pools, seaweed, driftwood, feathers, and sea glass. The event begins with beach cleanup and collecting natural materials.

Musicians, dancers, and other artists also participate in the event, inviting collaborative expression in service to the earth. The public is invited to bring along small percussion instruments such as shakers, bells, or palm-sized drums to join in the musical creation.

Photographs of past years' events are on the event website, earthdaystinsonbeach.org; images from this year's event will be exhibited there as well.

Pine is an internationally exhibited environmental artist whose group art-making events, school workshops, and hands-on installations have engaged thousands in the Bay Area (naturesculpture.com). Event partner Samavesha (samavesha.org) is an international multidisciplinary nonprofit music and arts organization.

Event details:

12th Annual Free Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration; Saturday April 23, 2016, no need to register; drop in at any time between 11am and 3pm; south end of Stinson Beach; free; all ages; rain or shine; bring a picnic;

Website: earthdaystinsonbeach.org

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1400010900278997