We did it! 14 Challenges and 14 Miles in 7 Days! Thank you all for your support!!!

Daily Challenges for Sunday, November 22nd

Day SEVEN!!! We made it!! We have had so much fun on this art crawl journey with you! Let’s go out with a bang!! Push yourself to walk the final two miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following riddle. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page
- Take a gulp to cool yourself down. When it comes to beverages, I wear the crown. Not quite as sweet as soda or juice, but no other drinks could exist without my use.
Dancing With Myself: Put on your favorite song and let loose! Dance your heart out! When you are finished dancing paint/write/sketch the name of the song on a piece of paper. Be as creative and abstract as you like! Share on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle!
Thankful Challenge: Take a picture out on your walk today of your favorite view. Write down three reasons you are thankful for the views. Share on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle!

DAILY RAFFLE: Post your creations on social and/or your team page for a chance this gorgeous, one-of-a-kind shadow box by LA Artist Kate Alkarni

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $50 voucher from Karina Garcia or Colori Salon for Cosmetology

Daily Challenges for Saturday, November 21st

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following riddle. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page:
- Tall and Strong, I stay outside. The sun, the rain, they’re by my side. I give birds homes and help you breathe. I even give you fruit to eat.
Food Art Portrait: Let’s play with our food today! Using ingredients from your kitchen shape a face on a plate. If your pantry is bare feel free to supplement with any other items in your kitchen like paper towels, dish soap, coffee grounds, etc. Take a picture of your final product and share on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle! Examples below.
Shadow Challenge: Either on your walk or in your home find an area where there is a prominent shadow. Using a piece of paper and whatever art supplies you would like, transfer the shadow to your page. Take a picture and share on social media/your team page your recipe to enter the daily prize raffle!

DAILY RAFFLE: Post your creations on social and/or your team page for a chance to win a 4 guest passes to South Coast Botanic Garden!

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a free haircut from Eric Holmes of Blind Barber Culver City!

Thank you to our daily raffle and bonus prize donors:

Eric Holmes of Blind Barber Culver City

Daily Challenges for Friday, November 20th

Is it Friday already??? We have been having so much fun the week flew by! How many miles have you walked so far? Keep up the amazing work! Push yourself to walk 2 more miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following riddle. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page.
- Fill me up all the way but be sure to take me out or I’ll stink the next day!
My Pet Rock: Out on your walk today find a rock to take home with you. Use nail polish, markers, sharpies, paint, highlighters, etc to decorate your pet rock. Give your pet rock a name and share them on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle!
Painted Brain Cookbook: Let’s make a cookbook together! On a piece of paper write down your favorite recipe and draw/paint/sketch images of the final product. Be as creative as you want! Take a picture and share on social media/your team page your recipe to enter the daily prize raffle! Once the challenge wraps you will get an email with everyone’s recipes so we can all break bread as a community!

DAILY RAFFLE: Post your creations on social and/or your team page for a chance to win a 2 Guest passes to Huntington Gardens!

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $25.00 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate!

Thank you to our daily raffle and bonus prize donors:

The Huntington: Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Daily Challenges for Thursday, November 19th

You are doing awesome! Keep up those steps! Push yourself to walk 2 more miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following riddle. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page:
1. The more I dry, the wetter I become. You use me in the bathroom, or at the beach for some.
Let the Music Move You Project: Grab a writing utensil and a piece of paper. Cue up your favorite song. Once the song starts playing put your writing utensil on your paper and start drawing. Do not pick up the writing utensil from your paper until the song concludes. Try not to think and let the music guide you. Share your creation on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle!
Aluminum Foil Animal Sculpture: Animals are the best so let’s show them some love! Grab some aluminum foil from your pantry and use it to sculpt your favorite animal! Share on social media/your team page what you came up with to enter the daily prize raffle! See some examples below.

DAILY RAFFLE: Post your creations on social and/or your team page for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Jane Ragasa Homegoods!

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $25.00 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate!

Examples of Aluminum Foil Animal Sculptures:

Thank you to today’s raffle and bonus donors!

Daily Challenges for Wednesday, November 18th

Let's do this!! Keep up those steps! 2 more miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following riddle. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page:
1. I’m always running but never walk. Sometimes I can sing, but I never talk. I have hands, I have a face. You use me to decide your pace.
Inspirational Quote Art: Find a favorite passage, line, or quote from a beloved book or from someone that you admire. Recreate this quote in a creative way (cut out words from a magazine or newspaper and create a collage, paint the words, write them down). Share your creation on your team page/social to enter the daily raffle!
Abstract Sounds Project: Find a space that you can sit or stand comfortably for one minute. Close your eyes and pay attention to what you can hear. Pick out three distinct noises that you hear: What would those sounds look like to you if they were visible? Use any art supplies you have around the house (pen, pencil, crayons, markers, etc.) to recreate the sounds you heard! Share on social media/your team page what you came up with to enter the daily prize raffle!

DAILY RAFFLE: Post your creations on social and/or your team page for a chance to win a year membership to the South Coast Botanic Gardens!

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $25.00 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate!

Thank you to today’s raffle and bonus donors!

Daily Challenges for Tuesday, November 17th

You are doing awesome! Keep up those steps! Push yourself to walk 2 more miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following three riddles. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page.
1. Everyone loves me. I’m pretty and sweet. Look outside and you will find me at your feet.
2. Pull me back in the morning, spread me out at night. I might not keep you warm, but my purpose is for sight. Let the morning light in by pulling me back tight.
3. No morning routine is complete without me. Pick me up and then you’ll see. If you leave without our session, you’ll spend the day worrying about your breath and impression.
Nature Frame: Using cardboard or paper, draw a simple shape or picture. Cut out the shape or picture to make a frame. Now take your frame on your walk and try and capture some cool images with nature as your main subject and post to your page. Examples are below.
Landscape Painting with Coffee and/or tea: In a cup of shallow hot water steep some tea or mix some coffee grinds to create your paint. If you would like different hues repeat this step with several other cups noting that the more water you add the lighter the hue of the paint. Now grab a brush and get to work painting a landscape that makes you happy. It can be something you see on your daily walks or your favorite place to visit. Take a picture when you are done and add it to your page. Don’t have a brush? Try using a q-tip, leaf, flower petal, a twig, and straw, or even a paper towel! Examples are below.

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $25.00 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate!

Nature Frames:

Coffee and Tea Landscapes:

Thank you to today’s Daily Bonus donor!!

Daily Challenges for Monday, November 16th

Push yourself to walk 2 miles today and complete TWO of the THREE following challenges:

Daily Scavenger Hunt: Solve the following three riddles. Take a picture or selfie with the item and post on your page.
1. If you step out of the bathroom and people laugh at you, you probably have this stuck to your shoe.
2. People knock on me to say hello, but you lock me up before you go.
3. Is it ready? One way to know. Pop my lid to let it show. Watch the handle. Might be hot! Off the flame. I am not a pot!
Nature Haiku: A haiku is a short poem consisting of three lines. The first line contains five syllables, the second line contains seven syllables and the third line contains five syllables. To learn more about Haikus click here. On your walk today take a picture of something that inspires you. Write a haiku about that item and post both to your page.
Painted Brain Logo Challenge: Use pens, pencils, markers, chalk, paints, collage materials, crayons, or anything else around your house to recreate the Painted Brain logo on a piece of paper. Be as creative or abstract as you want! Post a picture of your logo to your page.

DAILY BONUS: The first participant who has someone donate to their team today will win a $25.00 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!

Welcome to the First Ever Painted Brain Art Crawl Challenge!!

Let's walk 14 miles, get creative, and raise $10,000 for mental health recovery!!

THE CHALLENGE:

Pledge to walk 14 miles and complete daily interactive artistic challenges over a seven-day period, and invite your friends and family to donate on your behalf!

Starting Monday, November 16th the Painted Brain Art Crawl Challenge event page will post new and exciting scavenger hunts, art projects, walking tips, and interactive endeavors daily! These will all be activities you can do safely around your home and neighborhood with objects easily accessible around your house!

Be sure to document your week by recording videos, taking photos, and sharing them on your team page as there will be chances to win prizes every day!

THE GOAL:

Together, raise $10,000 for mental health recovery!!

All proceeds from the Art Crawl Challenge benefit Painted Brain in continuing our efforts of creating community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social justice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise.

Why 14 miles??? Because every dollar raised during the art crawl challenge produces $14 worth of good for the community and people recovering from mental illness.

That means...when we reach our goal of $10,000, we will do $140,000 worth of good!!

HOW TO GET STARTED:

When Signing up for a Virtual Event, YOU AGREE to the following terms;

I know that walking in an event that is organized as a virtual activity where I walk on my own, at a date and time of my choosing, in a location and route of my choosing is a potentially hazardous activity, which could result in injury or death. I acknowledge that I am participating in the activity outlined by this virtual event by my own free will and at my own personal risk. I will not participate in a virtual event unless I am medically able and properly trained. I further agree to abide by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s recommendations for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 and attest to having read the CDC's guidance at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html. I assume all risks to me associated with running on my own as part of this virtual activity, including but not limited to: falls, contact with other pedestrians, the effects of the weather, including high heat and/or humidity, traffic and the conditions of the road or trail, all such risks being known or unknown and appreciated by me when out running on my own without any type of support from local officials or event organizers. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the Painted Brain from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this virtual event, and waive my ability to bring any legal action against the entities outlined in this waiver as I am voluntarily electing to walk on my own as part of this virtual event.

The Painted Brain Art Crawl Challenge

14 Miles and 14 Creative Obstacles for Mental Health

Team Members