LOUD SPRING

A new chapter begins: STRONGYLO — an ecological lesson through the purple sea urchin. Continuing my journey with kelp forests, in dialogue with scientists, ecologists, and divers working on kelp reforestation projects - diving into the sentinel story of a borderless ecological collapse. @reefcheckfoundation @blue_harmony_ocean @o2aa.oakland @loudspringart @caspar_cove_project Gratitude to our incredible team: @keystoneforager @mag_cha @marishafarnsworth @jacques_madans sarablenkhorn Chris Gillespie, …

What a blast! Thank you all for making it such a fun day! **we OPENED urchins, taste purple uni with diver @monk.dadi.lola **we DIPPED into a purple uni dye bath with artist @margaretseelie @seelie.studio **we READ a new uni and coastal inspired zine ft artists @josieiselin , @kalie_granier and @ohlonecostanoanesselennation **we ATE the best japanese savory pancake by @okkonpopup , Tamales and magic love potion by @tacosandbanchan **we SIPPED on natural wine by @broccellars @everythingisokaywine , local local **we VIBED with DJ @grahamlairdprentice on the musical decks This is an #activateoakland event sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland and hosted by @loudspringart @purpleuniclub at @o2aa.oakland #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #purpleuniverse #purpleseaurchin #kelprestoration #oaklandartist #oakland

We made a zine for Bite Back! A pop up on the purple sea urchin decimating the kelp forest. Featuring a text by Josie Iselin @josieiselin HUNGRY GRAZERS OF THE BULL KELP FOREST Urchin and kelp are constantly at battle over domination of subtidal ecologies; when the urchin populations are kept in check, either by human economies or natural predators, such as the sea otter and/or the sunflower sea star, the kelp forests grow lusciously dense, creating three-dimensional dynamic habitat for all the attendant fish and invertebrates to hide and reproduce safely. When urchin populations are not kept in check, the stability of the habitat is lost and the kelp forest can transform into an urchin barren – bare rock bristling with a carpet of purple and red urchins with no kelp in sight. This ‘regime shift’, as it is called, can be swift. The nature of this co-evolutionary dance between urchins and kelp has been absorbing scientists and ecologists around the world OK for decades. Other articles feature texts by @kalie_granier in collaboration with @ohlonecostanoanesselennation and @ahlecks89 This is an #activateoakland event sponsored by @visitoakland @oakland This event is hosted by @purpleuniclub and @loudspringart at @o2aa.oakland Featuring fresh uni brought to you by diver @monk.dadi.lola and purple uni dye by @margaretseelie Thank you to Karitas Roach-Swann and @lekunkel for the design and layout. Editorial by @mag_cha and @kalie_granier

SATURDAY $20 👾 Urchin Dye Experience at the Bite Back Event 👾👾👾 Purple urchins have eaten 95% of California’s kelp. Bite Back by creating natural dye from their spines. Margaret, from Seelie Studio, will show you the alchemy of creating dye and you’ll dye a silk handkerchief peachy pink. The first twenty participants receive an urchin body. Space is limited. All ages welcome. Join us in combating climate change with creativity. RSVP link in bio 🔗 Space is limited. Saturday, Sept 14 4:00 – 8:00 O2 Artisans Aggregate in West Oakland, 2311 Magnolia St. $20

Come experience and taste what’s happening on the front lines with coastal restoration diver @monk.dadi.lola - choose your own adventure and open a purple uni. Follow RSVP link in our bio 🎟️👆and add-on your pre-orders 🗓️ Saturday, Sept 14 📍2311 Magnolia st, West Oakland ⏰ 4-8pm We’re used to eating the red urchin but it’s the native purple urchin who’s decimating California’s once abundant bull kelp forest because of overpopulation. Join us and learn more about the purple sea urchin while enjoying other delectables from @okkonpopup and natural wine by @everythingisokaywine @broccellars Get hands on and create your own dye project out of purple urchin shelf with @margaretseelie (pre-order today!) Hosted by yours truly @purpleuniclub & @loudspringart This event is sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #foodpopup #oaklandpopup #seaurchin #purpleseaurchin #purpleseaurchins #kelpforest #coastalreforestation #naturalwine #sustainableseafood #california #kelp

@loudspringart and @purpleuniclub present Bite Back, come try purple sea urchin and other delectables by local chefs (more soon!), at the next pop-up at @o2aa.oakland . We’re used to eating the red urchin, but it is the purple urchin who is decimating California’s once abundant bull kelp forests. Can we eat our way out of this ecological crisis?! 🌊🪸🍙 . 🗓️ sept 14 📍O2AA 2311 Magnolua st, West Oakland ⏰ 4 to 8pm . Come enjoy some food, wine, talks and music, RSVP today and add on your experiences! 🎟️ Link in bio 👆 . This event is an Activate Oakland event sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #popup #seaurchin #uni #naturalwine #oakland #ecologicalrestoration #californiacoast #kelp #sustainableseafood #foodchain #purpleuniclub #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #oaklandchef #purpleseaurchin #purpleseaurchineradication #invasivespecies #westoakland #oaklandartists

It’s a wrap! we celebrated the last edition of our Spring Ecofutures festival this past weekend and we are so so grateful for the community and the people that made it all happen. Thank you all for coming, can’t wait to see what’s next! Many many thanks to our hosts @o2aa.oakland , partner and music curator Will Bundy of @eternalnow.space and all the artists, panelists, and vendors who came through. This #activateoakland event series was made possible by @visitoakland @oakland thanks to the Activate Oakland grant. Tell us what you thought, share what you’d like to see next! Slide in our DMs #oakland #oaklandmade #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #ecofutures #ecology #ecofriendlyoakland #ecofest #loudspring #townlife #community #radicalimagination #oaklandartist #oaklandart #eastbayart

It’s today!! Join us at 4pm at Oakland’s Ecofutures Festival for a day celebrating radical imagination. Enjoy free art making, screenprinting, fireside chat, artisan market, food pop-up, pop-Up bar + Music featuring a DJ set and performance. . . 🗓️ SATURDAY, JUNE 15 ⏰ 4pm to 8 pm 📍 @o2aa.oakland 2311 Magnolia st, West Oakland 🎟️ Free w/ RSVP - link in @loudspringart bio 🔗 Thanks to our Vendors @three__plumes (ceramics) @dune_hai (plants) @the_vintageplayground (vintage clothing) @jostudio.art (cards) @bolitamasa (food) @eternalnow.space (books & records) Shoutout to The Artists: DJ @felakutchii @poem__byher @tinta_art @sunset_printshop @re.re_oki And a highlight for the local Orgs @anv_farm @westoaklandeip @s.t.e.a.m_against_violence This is an #activateoakland event series sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #oaklandmusic #oaklandmade #ecofriendlyoakland #ecofest #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #ecofutures #ecology #community #radicalimagination

THIS SATURDAY! Come by Oakland's Ecofutures Festival at the intersection of community, art, and activism. Enjoy free art making, screenprinting, fireside chat by @westoaklandeip and @grahamlairdprentice , artisan market, food pop-up, pop-Up bar + Music featuring a DJ set and performance. . . 🗓️ SATURDAY, JUNE 15 ⏰ 4pm to 8 pm 📍 @o2aa.oakland 2311 Magnolia st, West Oakland 🎟️ Free w/ RSVP - link in @loudspringart bio 🔗 Meet @graham the artist behind the public art installation The ‘Fencelines’ Project, which proposes participatory art models for engaging the refinery landscape of Richmond and West Contra Costa County, where the petrochemical industry has polluted the air, water, land and people for generations. Designed to amplify the voices of community here, individuals and families are invited to record their messages which will be highlighted through large scale installation format on the fence-line itself, documenting the impact of this industry on many lives, and together forming a monument to collective resilience. The ‘Fencelines’ Project vision is for collaborative public artworks that can act as a bold statement to Chevron and other polluters; creating a unique, celebratory monument with community in Richmond, to share with the world the messages of people on the frontline here. ‘Fencelines’ has been an on-going collective project since 2020, begun by Graham L.P., & Princess Robinson, which convenes a group of local artists, designers, and community organizers to vision projects for urban environmental and infrastructural transformation. The ‘Fencelines’ is the culmination of relationships and creative work built over time. Graham L.P. is an artist and architectural designer, born Oakland, CA 1985. He believes artworks can be a platform to facilitate collective expression and celebrate interdependence—often organizing around contested bodies of air and water. He works primarily in large-scale public installation projects and participatory formats. He is a Jewish man whose family goes back 5 generations in Huchiun aka unceded Ohlone Land. This is an #activateoakland event sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland

THIS SATURDAY! Come by Oakland's Ecofutures Festival at the intersection of community, art, and activism. Enjoy free art making, screenprinting, fireside chat, artisan market, food pop-up, pop-Up bar + Music featuring a DJ set by @felakutchii and a spoken word performance @poem__byher . . 🗓️ SATURDAY, JUNE 15 ⏰ 4pm to 8 pm 📍 @o2aa.oakland 2311 Magnolia st, West Oakland 🎟️ Free w/ RSVP - link in @loudspringart bio 🔗 Meet Tera Neff is a dedicated surfer and community activist from Richmond, CA, with roots in Oakland, CA. As the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization @s.t.e.a.m_against_violence , Tera transforms S.T.E.A.M.—often perceived as a barrier—into a healing pedagogy for youth impacted by violence. A passionate spoken word artist and performer, Tera enjoys crafting and performing poems that celebrate the ocean. She loves to explore themes of imagination and soul in her poetry. Known for her ability to write poetry on the spot, she considers herself an "in-the-moment" artist, capturing the essence of people and experiences through her spoken art. For Tera, spoken word is art in word form, a powerful medium to convey emotions and stories. Dedicated to her craft and committed to making a difference in her community, Tera continually strives to inspire and uplift those around her. Learn more about her work at steamagainstviolence.com. @s.t.e.a.m_against_violence This is an #activateoakland event series sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #oakland #oaklandevents #festival #ecofutures #townlife #DJ #livemusic #eastbayart #eastbayevents #westoakland #ecofest #ecofriendlyoakland #oaklandmade

Meet West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, @westoaklandeip builds resilient communities through environmental justice. They use a collaborative model of power sharing to equip residents with the skills and expertise to drive change in their own neighborhoods. Join us for a fireside chat including WOEIP’s co-founder, Miss Margaret Gordon, a lifetime community activist at @loudspringart Ecofutures Fest 🗓️ June 15 - Doors open at 4pm 📍 @o2aa.oakland - 2311 Magnolia St, Oakland, CA 94607 (West Oakland) RSVP on Eventbrite - Link 🔗 in our bio 👆 As a young single mother, Margaret worked her way off of welfare by attending commercial cooking school, after which she cooked for various institutions including Children’s Hospital and a UC Berkeley fraternity house. Ms. Gordon is a founding member of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, having volunteered for the first three years of operation. Appointed by then-Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums to the Oakland Port Commission in 2007, she spent the next five years stridently promoting the interests of community health, workers health and fiscal responsibility in Port operations. The West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project is a resident led, community-based environmental justice organization dedicated to achieving healthy homes, healthy jobs and healthy neighborhoods for all who live, work, learn and play in West Oakland, California. Their mission is to build grassroots capacity to provide local leadership for positive change. Their work aids residents in understanding the political, social, and natural forces that impact their lives. We give impacted residents the tools to participate in these processes and to drive change from the bottom. 📷 #1 by @lancetakesphotos 📷 #2 by @movementphotographer This is an #activateoakland event sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #oakland #oaklandmade #climatejustice #WOEIP #ecofriendlyoakland #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #ecofest #ecofutures #ecology #community #oaklandclimate #oaklandecology

Coming up: a food pop-up by @bolitamasa at @loudspringart ’s next Ecofutures Fest on June 15th, 4pm. RSVP link in the bio 🎟️🔗👆 📍 @o2aa.oakland 2311 Magnolia st, Oakland, CA 94607 In 2020, Emmanuel Galvan started Bolita out of his San Francisco apartment, after years of tinkering with nixtamalization and masa. With the goal of creating fresh masa, tortillas, tamales y más for the entire Bay Area. Bolita began as an idea to bring more fresh masa to the Bay Area. It has always been a project of connection. A project of reclaiming identity. It began with lofty aspirations and a dedication to exploring masa and Mexican heirloom maíz. All for the sake of understanding an identity of a Cali kid from Mexican parents Bolita exclusively makes masa with Mexican, landrace maíz. They use local and organic ingredients for all of their rellenos, salsas, guisados. Join us for this #activateoakland event series sponsored by @oakland @visitoakland #oaklandmade #oaklandevents #eastbayevents #oaklandfood #oaklandfoodie #oaklandfoodies #foodpopup #oaklandpopup #ecofutures #ecofest #festival #oakland