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Community Dig and Celebration for Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care

Sunday, July 16, 2023 | 1–7pm

ADMISSION: Free and open to all; advance registration strongly recommended

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2023-07-16 13:00:00 UTC2023-07-16 23:00:00 UTC America/Los_AngelesThe CJM - 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CACommunity Dig and Celebration for Carve: Seven Days for Collective CareJoin artist Cara Levine in digging a hole for collective grief at Ocean Beach, celebrating the close of the week-long community effort Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care. In addition to the digging project, the event will include a watercolor activity using sea water and handmade paints on paper, a closing ceremony that brings together story, ritual, and song, and reflection on grief and regeneration. Coffee, tea, and sweet snacks will be provided.  

Join artist Cara Levine in digging a hole for collective grief at Ocean Beach, celebrating the close of the week-long community effort Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care. In addition to the digging project, the event will include a watercolor activity using sea water and handmade paints on paper, a closing ceremony that brings together story, ritual, and song, and reflection on grief and regeneration. Coffee, tea, and sweet snacks will be provided.  

Schedule of Events

Community digging on the beach with Artist Cara Levine

1–4pm

Watercolor with Case for Making Founder Alexis Joseph

2:30–4:30pm

Each half hour during the program, participants will gather and paint a series of works that record the evolution of the dig and the collective grief it represents. Each participant will be able to take home one or more finished works that the group made together. 

Closing Ceremony

5–7pm

Levine will invite participants to gather natural beach objects to represent grief that will be buried as attendees fill the hole together.  

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This program will take place at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, near Ocean Beach and La Playa. Advance registration is recommended to ensure enough supplies for participants. 

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About Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care

This event is part of a weeklong series of programs called Carve: Seven Days for Collective Care, which marks the final phase of community and artist activation for Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You To Survive. The programs, centered on the artwork Carve; The Mystic is Nourished From This Sphere, engage themes of grief, healing, community, and interconnectedness.

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About Alexis Joseph
Alexis Joseph

Alexis Joseph is the founder of Case for Making, a storefront in San Francisco offering handmade watercolors and a line of letterpress watercolor paper goods all made in-house, presented alongside a curated selection of their favorite creative supplies. Case for Making exists to support collective creativity. They believe in the act of engaging in an artistic practice for the health of ourselves and the health of their communities. They are interested in recognizing the presence of creative inquiry in multiple forms, and providing space for engaging in and valuing this work. 

About the Exhibition

Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive

Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive explores loss, empathy, and equity through sculpture, video, and socially engaged practices. Grappling with some of the most pressing issues of our time, including police brutality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the California-based artist uses her artistic practice as a means to explore and process grief around personal and collective traumas. The resulting works highlight how creative endeavors can facilitate healing and help mourners find meaning in community with one another. Drawing on Jewish traditions, community practice, and interconnectedness, the exhibition invites visitors to explore installations and sculptural works that plumb the depths of the intimate and universal experiences of grief and regeneration.

A photo of Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive (installation view) at The CJM


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supporters

Support for Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You To Survive is generously provided by Grants for the Arts.

Image Credits

Header image: Cara Levine, DIG: A Hole To Put Your Grief In, 2021. Shalom Institute, Malibu, CA. Photo: Nir Yaniv. Courtesy the artist.

Exhibition image: Cara Levine: To Survive I Need You to Survive (installation view) at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Feb 16–Jul 30, 2023. Photo: Dallis Willard.