A Message in a Bottle
Picture this: You’re walking along the beach. Your bare feet sink into the cold sand with each step you take. The waves are crashing and nearly reaching your toes before the water slips back into the vast ocean. Looking down, you start picking up rocks and shells that catch your attention. Looking down the beach, […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Call for Contributors
Have you been inspired by Dan? I mean, who hasn’t really. Has his story, drawings, or photography stuck with you ever since you first saw them? Does your art or writing reflect Dan’s? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we invite you to send in your memory, story, art, drawings and creations […]
Dan Inspires in Ecuador
Students at Academia Cotopaxi International School in Quito, Ecuador transformed their personal experiences into visual autobiographies. The pages of Dan’s Journals served as inspiration for the students’ work. The high school artists featured here, Juliana Passos and Sofia Sandoval, were both enthralled by the life and work of Dan, particularly his unrelenting need to put […]
“Dancing”
Dan Eldon was always immersed deep within his thick black journals. Whether he was doodling, pasting or writing, Dan processed and pondered life within the pages of his 17 journals that were found after he was killed. Each one gives us a glimpse of his passions and adventures. “It is foolish and hazardous not to […]
Dan Eldon Safari News
“Gauguin in Africa” While Dan Eldon was attending Pasadena Community College in Southern California, he and his roommate Eiji Shimizu birthed the idea to raise money for a relief project for Mozambique’s civil war refugees. After making a pact to do something about it, Dan and Eiji recruited friends to form the Student Transport Aid, […]
Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) – Call for Entries!!
SIMA2014 – CALL for ENTRIES! Now in its second year, the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) is a global documentary and educational impact media competition + showcase honoring members of the independent film and global humanitarian industries. Dedicated to advancing global awareness, social justice, human rights, and humanitarian development, SIMA champions the works of independent […]
Connecting Continents in the Classroom
There are 8,000 miles that separate the state of Michigan and the East African country, Tanzania, but two high school teachers didn’t let the distance keep them from connecting their classrooms. Debbi Bovio, a Rochester Community Schools art teacher, met Nora Graham, a teacher at the International School of Tanganyika through Bovio’s Student Artist Trading Cards website. They decided […]
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