Ruth’s Table: Ripple Effect: Opening Night Party and Fundraiser for SCRAP & Ruth’s Table

Opening Night Party + Art Auction presented by SCRAP and Ruth’s Table

Enjoy drinks, local bites, art activations, and a live DJ in Ruth’s Table’s beautiful courtyard while celebrating our art exhibition and auction, Ripple Effect!

Ripple Effect

SCRAP and Ruth’s Table will be joining forces again in a fundraising auction and exhibition event. This year, we will be celebrating teaching artists—a group of educators that is central to both SCRAP’s and Ruth’s Table’s mission in providing creative opportunities for communities of all ages, identities, cultural backgrounds, and abilities.

Teaching artists are practicing artists who have dual careers as educators, providing a tangible link from the creative process to arts-based learning. In the arts education ecosystem, teaching artists are crucial to the success of creative students of all ages—including early education, elementary and high school, college and postgraduate studies, and older adult learners.

Ripple Effect is a celebration of teaching artists from the Bay Area who maintain exciting and enriching studio practices while also serving their community by sharing their knowledge and passion for artmaking. Often unseen, teaching artists’ labor is at the center of creating the next generation of artists, art appreciators, designers, and critical thinkers. As an arts community and society at large, we benefit immensely from these efforts and their invisible yet potent ripple effects. Ripple Effect celebrates the work that these teachers create inside their studios and offers us another way to connect with our teaching artist community.

Artworks Available by:

Jessalyn Aaland, Daniel Alvarado, Tana Quincy Arcega, David Bayus, JD Beltran, Lisa Ryboich Crallé, Michelle Champlin, Mário Pires Cordeiro, Aiko Cuneo, Maya Djiji, Emily Gui, Mark Harris, Bec Imrich, Courtney Johnson, Pantea Karimi, Christina La Sala, Danielle Lawrence, Monica Lee, Andrew Mills, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Mel Prest , Asako Shimazaki, Lisa Soloman, Lorna Stevens, Jennifer Stuart, Chris Thorson, Joanne Wang, Marcia Weisbrot, Jasper Wilde, Jun Yang, Maryam Yousif

Support Us as Our VIP from 4-5 pm

Enjoy a VIP pre-party hour including a champagne toast, live music from a local jazz combo, a first look at artwork and auction experiences, words from Aiko Cuneo and gourmet chocolates.

Become a Sponsor!

Sign up for logo recognition by giving level in our printed program, with priority recognition for $5,000+ sponsors. All levels include access to our VIP pre-party with Bay Area artists, and all funds support our environmental arts education programs in San Francisco!

NEIGHBORHOOD HERO – $20,000 (only one!) – Priority logo recognition in program and signage; Co-branding of 2+ month show as “presented by you”; 10 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party; 3 private workshops for employees.

SF CHAMPION – $10,000 (only two!) – Priority logo recognition in program and signage; Co-branding Opening Night as “presented by you”; 10 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party; 2 private workshops for employees.

ARTS ED CRUSADER – $7500 – Priority logo recognition in program and signage. 8 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party; 2 private workshops for employees.

LOCAL LEADER – $5,000 – Priority logo recognition in program and signage; 8 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party; 1 private workshop for employees.

COMMUNITY PARTNER – $2,500 – Logo recognition in program and signage; 8 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party.

ARTS ADVOCATE – $1,000 – Logo recognition in program and signage; 4 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party.

ECOFRIEND – $500 – Logo recognition in program and signage; 2 tickets to Opening Night and VIP pre-party.

About SCRAP and Ruth’s Table

SCRAP and Ruth’s Table are community-based art organizations dedicated to using community art education to build a more connected and inclusive community for participants of all ages. This collaboration pays homage to the roots of both organizations which were profoundly shaped by Ruth Asawa’s values and are committed to continuing her vision to make art education accessible for all.