Congratulations to Anisa Bashiri, Mindy Yang, Sarah Wilson, Samvel
Avagyan, Hovhannes Avaguan, Nadine Geller, Jodi Tai and Melissa Chin
for participating and being honored at this year's "Zero Graffiti for a Beautiful
City" event held at the Grand Ballroom in the San Francisco Hilton hotel.

The event featured prominent guest speakers, neighborhood resources,
a social hour where people discussed the problem and costs involved in
removing graffiti from public spaces and the art work of our very own artists.

Guests were able to view our students' anti-graffiti paintings and interact with
the young artists to understand the inspiration and reasoning behind their
incredibly expressive pieces of art. The response to our students' art was so
positive that they have all been invited to exhibit their art in San Francisco
City Hall.

I would like to thank everyone who participated in this event, it was a humbling
experience to see Art Academia students interacting with prominent
government officials and being honored for their incredible creativity
and passion.

Please stay tuned for the San Francisco City Hall exhibition details to come
shortly.

To learn more about the graffiti problem and how you can help, please visit:
www.zerograffitisf.org