NEA, CA Arts Council and private foundations recipient. Letters of support from President Clinton, Assembly Member Barbara Boxer, retired congressman Ronald Dellums, Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris and many others.

The Renaissance of Papermaking is a highly acclaimed public art project which has become a non-profit. We have a strong arts educational program with artists teaching in elementary schools as as developing a business aspect created and run by high school students.

We are committed to creating zero-paper waste elementary schools, educating young people in the process of creating handmade paper/art (from planting fiber specific to papermaking to "pulling" of newly made sheets. We are also in process of creating a greeting card business which will be created and run by high school students.