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Live Art Collaboration Benefits Food For People

November 8, 2015 | Food For People, Matt Stanton Beard

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"Groupthink"

36" x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas
Matt Stanton Beard (collaboration with Spencer Reynolds) 
Funds Raised: $183.90
Nonprofit: Food For People

AidCurrent artist Matt Stanton Beard recently teamed up with long time art buddy Spencer Reynolds to create this piece to benefit Food For People during a night of Music, Art and Charity at the Redwood Curtain Brewery in Arcata, sponsored by the folks at Eidon and the Neighborhood Board Shop. 

The two artists had never previously collaborated on a single work before, and with the pressures and distractions of painting live in a noisy, busy, and alcohol fueled setting, they were both a little shocked at how well this piece turned out in the end. Pushing through doubts and adversity is part of what art is all about, and the fact that some hungry folks will be fed in the coming weeks through their efforts makes the final result all the more satisfying.

We'll try to get these two together for some future collaborations. Stay tuned for more.

Opening Night Proceeds Benefit Surfrider Foundation

September 11, 2015 | Matt Stanton Beard, Surfrider Foundation

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20% of Opening Night Sales Donated

by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $195
Nonprofit: Surfrider Foundation

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard recently embarked on a three week long road trip down the entire California coast stopping to paint roughly every 50 miles. The resulting 32 paintings made up the show Free Range: California and were shown in his gallery in Arcata for one week only where he offered to donate 20% of any opening night sales to the Surfrider Foundation.  

Artwork by Matt Beard Raises $14,000 for Cancer Research and Treatment

August 9, 2015 | Matt Stanton Beard, UCSD’s Moore’s Cancer Center

"Scripps and Salsa"

36" x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $14,000
Nonprofit: UCSD's Moore's Cancer Center

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard painted and donated this studio piece to the 2015 Legends of Surfing Invitational & Luau held at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla, CA. The event raises funds each year for UCSD’s Moore’s Cancer Center. This piece was the official event artwork for the year and raised $14,000 in the live auction. Here's what Matt Beard had to say about it:

"Holy moly."

Live Art Benefits UCSD’s Moore’s Cancer Center

August 8, 2015 | Matt Stanton Beard, UCSD’s Moore’s Cancer Center

"Last Rites"

12" x 16"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $1200
Nonprofit: UCSD's Moore's Cancer Center

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard painted this small plein air piece on site during the 22nd Annual Luau & Legends of Surfing Invitational's VIP party held in La Jolla, CA. It was auctioned on site while the paint was still wet. Here's what Matt Beard had to say about it:

"Technically, this would be the 33rd piece in my Free Range series. Odometer maybe at 1525 miles or so. This little one raised $1200 to fight cancer that night (not to be confused with my large painting of Scripps Pier that sold for $14,000 at the main event the next day). Shortly after that I was keeled over in pain and ended up in the ER at Scripps hospital. They couldn’t figure it out and sent me on my way where the stabbing pain came and went for the next 2 weeks. Tests, appointments, all that. Still no answers but feeling better. Reckon 3 weeks of van life and brutal work pace had me neglecting proper nutrition and hydration and I paid the price this time. Anyway, all that is to say I’m not dead yet, and even though this is the last painting I’ve done as of this moment, there will be more. Just a reminder we never know what tomorrow brings. Life is short. Love people. Now.

"I’m beyond stoked to have been part of such an amazing event and grateful to all that work so hard to make it happen each year. I hope to be back, and in better condition to howl at the moon and fight cancer like a pirate with you all next year. Heroes."

Live Art on the Radio Benefits Humboldt Surfrider

July 9, 2015 | Humboldt Surfrider, Matt Stanton Beard

"Passing Through V: Airwaves"

40" x 30"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $200
Nonprofit: Humboldt Surfrider

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard painted this piece on live radio. Yes, radio. Well, it was something to do on a Thursday afternoon anyway, and when his friend Mike Dronkers announced he was leaving his post as the midday show host at Humboldt County's free form radio station KHUM, Beard figured it was time to catch him before he left and see what it would be like to paint on live radio. The piece was started and finished in the KHUM studio in Ferndale, CA during the duration of Mike's Midday show. Beer and coffee happened as well as awkward silences and some pretty epic acoustic swoosh rhythm sounds whose audio was expertly captured by Mike with a range of equipment and instruments that had Beard worried he'd be getting a shot of novacane and a root canal before the show was over. The piece was auctioned over the radio with the final bid coming from some friends of Mike who wanted to give this piece to him as a going away gift. If you look close enough, and drink enough coffee and beer, and think about the dentist long enough, you can sort of make out the inner workings of the KHUM studio here complete with multiple monitors, turn tables, sound boards, the window to the outer world of Ferndale, and yes, Mike himself in a blur of activity spinning tunes for Humboldt County and beyond.

Live Art Supporting H2O Trash Patrol

May 23, 2015 | H2O Trash Patrol, Matt Stanton Beard, Skye Walker

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"Pray For Her"

36" x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard and Skye Walker
Funds Raised: $600
Nonprofit: H2O Trash Patrol

One of the only collaboration pieces Matt Beard has ever created in a live setting, this piece was created with Skye Walker at the San Diego Surf Film Festival in 2015 to benefit the H2O Trash Patrol, a small group dedicated to keeping our beaches and oceans clean.

Live Art Supporting Trinidad School’s Surf and Skate Clubs

May 8, 2015 | Matt Stanton Beard, Trinidad School

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"Architecture of Flow"

30"x 40"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard
Funds Raised: $180
Nonprofit: Trinidad Elementary School's Surf and Skate Clubs

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard painted this piece at Trinidad School's Surf and Skate Fest to benefit the kids' surf and skate clubs. He began this piece by organizing a revolving group of skateboarding dads to skate past his paint mixing area and grab a brush with a fresh of load of newly mixed paint and skate past the canvas dragging the brush across its surface as one may drag a hand across a wave's face, then complete the loop back to his paint mixing area and hand off the used brush to receive another with a fresh load of paint. The cycle worked well and once a rhythm was established, 20 or 30 passes happened in a flash, with only one minor mishap when a wheel hit a rock and one dad ended up getting a close up view of the school's black top. He brushed it off and continued on, but throngs of kids came rushing in to take their turn with the brush and the whole thing lost its rhythm as quickly as it had been gained. Those first strokes became the Architecture of Flow for this piece.

Print Proceeds supporting Trinidad Elementary School

April 23, 2015 | Matt Stanton Beard, Stories, Trinidad School

Various Limited Edition Canvas Prints

by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $120
Nonprofit: Trinidad School

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard has made several of his Limited Edition Canvas Prints available for purchase from the Trinidad School allowing the school to retain a gallery-level 40% commission from each sale.

"Well, I figure that if a gallery earns their commission by connecting the artist with buyers, then how much radder is it when a school's office can do the same thing? Stoked to support."

Live Art supporting Food For People

February 24, 2015 | Food For People, Matt Stanton Beard, Stories

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"The Song Rises"

36" x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas
by Matt Beard 
Funds Raised: $125
Nonprofit: Food For People

AidCurrent artist Matt Beard painted "The Song Rises" from start to finish on stage during a musical performance from Josephine Johnson at a packed out Arcata Playhouse show on February 24, 2015. $125 was donated out of the sale of the finished piece to Humboldt based nonprofit Food For People.