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Exploration of Numbers in Art (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on November 1, 2021
Allegory of Geometry, 1649 Laurent de La Hyre
Allegory of Geometry, 1649 Laurent de La Hyre: A painting by a French artist that depicts geometry as a woman, surrounded by objects created by geometry, from a European landscape painting to an Egyptian pyramid.

Join us for “Numbers Tell a Story: Math in Art”, a virtually descriptive tour hosted by BORP on November 8th starting at 10:30am. 

Description of Event: On November 8th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of artwork with docents Patricia Daniels and Amy Finkel. On this tour we are going to discuss works of art in painting and sculpture from the 17th to 21st centuries that tell a story with math. We’ll find a colonial ship owner who uses math to sail his ships home; a 17th century allegorical woman who builds with geometry, and a Native American leader who uses math to calculate the phases of the moon. We’ll also explore how numerous bits and pieces can represent hope.

The tour takes place on October 11th from 10:30am to 12pm.

If you have any questions, please contact Lori at 510-843-4398 after 10am or email Lori at lori@borp.org. Please let Lori know that you will be attending the event.

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Adaptive SportsFest 2021

By Jill Gorman on October 2, 2021

Sponsored by the Greg H. Neilsen Foundation

Dear participants and volunteers,

After watching the forecast all week, we are disappointed to decide to cancel Sportsfest. The forecast remains chilly, windy weather and an increasing chance of rain. 

Thank you especially to all the volunteers who had set this day aside to help make the day a success. We can’t thank you enough!

Our plan is to reschedule in 2022! Stay tuned and sign up for the BORP newsletter to get updates on all our programs and events.

BORP Adaptive SportsFest is an event for people with disabilities to try out kayaking, rock climbing, and more!

It’s organized by BORP Adaptive Sports with help from Mark Wellman and No Limits Climbing.

Whether you’re coming to climb and kayak or play cornhole and eat Halloween candy or all of the above, registration is required. If you need assistance with online registration, please email cynthia@borp.org.

Aerial view of the BORP Adaptive Cycling Center during SportsFest
Aerial view of the BORP Adaptive Cycling Center during SportsFest. Climbing, Kayaking, Cornhole, Rumba with Tina!, Pickleball, Bike Trial.

Please read details of the event prior to registering

Date: Saturday, October 23 from 10 am – 4 pm

Location: BORP Adaptive Cycling Center, Berkeley

Cost: Free for people with disabilities. 

Who must register?: Everyone attending must register and sign the appropriate waivers. This includes volunteers, family and friends. If you would like to try kayaking and climbing, you will need to register separately for both.

Register to Participate

Covid Safety: All participants must show proof of vaccination or a recent negative covid test.

Eligibility: This event is sponsored by the Neilsen Foundation and we are focusing on serving people with Spinal Cord Injuries but anyone with a physical disability is welcome.

Lunch is Sponsored by Apple West: Lunch will be provided for registered participants with disabilities and volunteers. If family or friends attend they MUST also register for lunch when they register and pay $5 per lunch at the event. Feel free to bring your own lunch.

Volunteers Needed! Information:  We need lots of help! Most positions are also completely accessible so please help out as well as do some activities.

Register to Volunteer

What’s happening at SportsFest?

  • Climbing, Kayaking, Cornhole all day.
  • Rumba with Tina! 11AM- fun filled dance class to great music
  • Pickleball 1-4
  • Bike trial 2-4
  • Halloween Costume Contest 2PM
Register to Participate
Register to Volunteer
Logo: blue background with text that reads Craig H. Neilson Foundation
Logo: blue background with text that reads Craig H. Neilson Foundation

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Exploration of Hidden Stories (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on August 5, 2021

Join us for an exploration of hidden stories, a virtually descriptive tour hosted by BORP on August 9th starting at 10:30am. 

Hidden Stories Tour Artwork - colorful flower bouquet and green leaves placed on a marble table against a black background
Hidden Stories Tour Artwork: colorful flower bouquet with large green leaves arranged in a vase placed on a marble table with a black background

In partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of hidden stories artwork with docents Lani Sheep and Margaret Grohne. Many paintings and objects have hidden messages or stories. Artists use their imagination to tell interesting stories and often to portray the moral expectations of their times. These ideas go all the way from almost magical thinking to actual mythological and biblical stories. We will explore several of these from the Legion of Honor.

The tour takes place on August 9th from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am) or email Lori at lori@borp.org.

Space is limited.

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Exploration of Summertime (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on July 6, 2021

On July 12th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of summertime artwork with docents Amy Finkel, Tom Traylor and Lelia Lanctot.

Each of us may have a favorite season but also enjoy every season for its special qualities. Summertime will explore four artists’ views of summer in the FAMSF collection. One is a summer school poster by a Bay Area artist. Two that celebrate summer harvest are: an 18th Century French ceramic figure; and a 19th Century Japanese woodcut. And one is a British artist’s new look at an old friend who came to his studio on a summer day.

The tour takes place on July 12th from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am) or email Lori at lori@borp.org.

Space is limited.

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Exploration of Summertime (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on July 6, 2021

On July 12th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of summertime artwork with docents Amy Finkel, Tom Traylor and Lelia Lanctot.

David Lance Goines_Color Litho_2001
David Lance Goines, Color Lithographic Poster, 2001

Each of us may have a favorite season but also enjoy every season for its special qualities. Summertime will explore four artists’ views of summer in the FAMSF collection. One is a summer school poster by a Bay Area artist. Two that celebrate summer harvest are: an 18th Century French ceramic figure; and a 19th Century Japanese woodcut. And one is a British artist’s new look at an old friend who came to his studio on a summer day.

The tour takes place on July 12th from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am) or email Lori at lori@borp.org.

Space is limited.

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News from Adventures & Outings: Exploration of mothers with their children (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on June 8, 2021

On June 14th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of mothers with their children artwork with docent Lani Shepp.

Mother and Child Artwork_Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Mother and Child by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Mothers and Children focuses on five works from the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The subject of mothers and children is as old as Western art and it has never lost its appeal for viewers. How the mothers and their children are portrayed varies widely depending on the reason for a work and the time in which it was produced. We will start in 1490 with a relief wall piece by Andrea della Robbia and end with an 1895 Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. We will note the great diversity but also the similarities.

The tour takes place on June 14th from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am) or email Lori at lori@borp.org.

Space is limited.

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News from Adventures & Outings: Exploration of Art by Black Artists (Descriptive Tour)

By Jill Gorman on May 7, 2021

On May 10th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of art by Black Artists with docents Judith Stewart and Anne Burns Johnson.

It is an exploration of the art of some of the Black Artists in the FAMSF collection.  The four pieces selected reflect abstraction and representation.  Two of the four are self-taught and two are academically trained.  Two of the pieces are from the 1940’s and two are more recently created.  The underlying theme is a quote from a Thornton Dial, an artist from Alabama:  “Art is a guide for every person who is looking for something.” 

The tour takes place on May 10 from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am) or email Lori at lori@borp.org.

Space is limited.

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News from Adventures & Outings: Explore the Color of Green

By Jill Gorman on April 2, 2021

On Monday April 12th, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, BORP’s Adventures & Outings Program will host an exploration of the color green.

We respond emotionally to colors. Green is an ambiguous color: a symbol of life, luck, and hope on the one hand, and a symbol of disorder, poison, the devil and all his creatures on the other. Landscapes are usually full of green as well. This tour will be a chance to get to know all green’s aspects and flavors.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor), 1879, oil on Canvas.

The tour takes place on April 12 from 10:30am to 12pm.

Call Lori at 510-843-4398 for more information (please call after 10am).

Space is limited.

Caption: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor), 1879, oil on Canvas. Gift of Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels through the Patrons of Art and Music

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A and O Virtual Scuba Dive

By Jill Gorman on February 27, 2021 No Comments

Virtual Event Reservations: Email lori@borp.org

Questions: Call Lori Gray at 510-843-4398 after 10 am.

This will be a 2 hour event.

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A and O Night Owl Zoom

By Jill Gorman on February 27, 2021

Details to be announced.

To participate contact Lori Gray after 10am at 510-843-4398.

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