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Student works will be
on display August 12 - October 4
Opening Reception: August 21, 2009 6:30-7:30 PM
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday: 10am-5pm
For more information contact Khalya Lowe at 215.842.0428 x12
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Travel Abroad with BuildaBridge!
Locations: Guatemala, Kenya, South Africa, Dominican
Republic, Nicaragua, Egypt, and Malaysia
Dates: November 20-28, 2009, with a December
date TBA
BuildaBridge International is calling
artists to participate in a Diaspora of Hope in seven locations. Artists will work in teams with local
volunteers to lead arts camps on the theme of Arts for Hope.
If interested in any of these exciting
opportunities, please contact Rebekah Wilcox at (717) 514-5200
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Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: 215.842.0428
Fax: 215.842.2025
Email: info@buildabridge.org
Website: www.buildabridge.org
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Greetings!
The five week summer camp Artology came to an end last week with the final morning drumming circle. Students were able to give closure to their experience by sharing their favorite memories and moments from the camp. Some shared moments from visiting the zoo and hiking on Forbidden Drive, but the majority of students had the same thing to say, " I hope I can come back for Artology next year!"
Read on for more stories about Artology and the adventures in Montana on Flathead Indian Reservation.
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BuildaBridge International in Montana
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We Were. One Day You Will Have Been.
 As we approached the capitol building in Helena, Montana I couldn't help but notice how the building popped out against the huge and
expansive sky. From a certain angle it appears that we were
approaching a building floating in the heavens. Well, most of the time
we've spent here in Montana has felt like a walk in the clouds. The air
has been crisp and the views have been stunning. I've studied
reservations in history class along with the idea of manifest destiny,
but now it all feels real. I don't know if you knew this, but there
really are amber waves of grain and purple mountains majesty -no wonder
a song was written about them. The flip side of this involves an
understanding of why this place has been considered sacred and holy
among American Indians and why settlers showed up to steal it.
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BuildaBridge Community Programs
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Programs are making huge strides to
connect youth with caring and equipped teaching artists
 BuildaBridge will conclude a six week visual art session in
partnership with Northwest Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPIHN) on August
19. Lead instructor and art therapist,
Christine Byma is leading students in the creation of self-portraits and large-scale
collaborative works. August 10 and 11
community programs will facilitate a visual arts project for the Kidsville
Learning Center Pre-K classes. The lead instructor Sarah Thompson will aid
students in a print making and a stain glass window activity. Sarah will be accompanied by two BuildaBridge
volunteer classroom assistants from Germany, Chris & Sandra Haagen.
Students will exhibit their final projects during their family & friends
day at the center.
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Artology Adventures
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Students Learn about Adaptation at the Zoo and on Forbidden Drive
 On their first day of Artology, the 4th and 5th
graders were asked what they were most looking forward to doing at the
camp. There were only two responses: either going to the creek (also
known as Forbidden Drive) or visiting the Philadelphia Zoo. During
their last week, both groups saw their expectations fulfilled.
On Monday, Artologists took the first visit to the
Philadelphia zoo in the history of the program. After playing an
adaptation game in which they matched jars filled with different
objects using just their ears, the campers, their group leaders and the
lead teachers dispersed throughout the zoo. Many of the students, most
of them male, immediately stopped at the reptile house, a few headed
towards the big cats and bears, and some took off towards the exotic
animal building. Everyone made sure to visit the brand new Avian Center
before leaving.
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Volunteer Spotlight
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Artology Intern,
Karly Kolaja
 This
summer, BuildaBridge was lucky enough to have hosted budding photojournalist
Karly Kolaja as an intern with Artology 2009. As the camp's official
documentarian, Karly shot scores of gorgeous photos capturing students'
"ah-hah" moments in Philadelphia's
park system. If you've read any stories about Artology in our newsletters or on
our website, that was Karly, too!
As a rising
junior at Washington
College on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, Karly is working toward a degree in her own self-created,
interdisciplinary major: "The Power of Visual Rhetoric." The daughter of a
cinematographer, Karly also has a keen interest in issues of social
justice. Her dream is to start her own
nonprofit that fuses social work with art-and we hope that what she learned at
BuildaBridge this summer will help her in that quest. We are deeply grateful to
Karly for her contribution to Artology, and to BuildaBridge in general!
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Artist on Call: Leah Samuelson
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Murals on ECHO Campus
 ECHO's (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) mission "is to
network with community leaders in developing countries to seek hunger
solutions for families growing food under difficult conditions." They
currently impact groups in 180 countries.
I spent 4 weeks on their working, demonstration farm in Ft Myers,
Florida to take a tropical agriculture class through the associated Au
Sable Institute for Environmental Studies. Because my background is in
community arts, I designed a mural project based on ECHO's worldwide
goals. ECHO's interns, students, volunteers, and visitors participated
on the project- a first for many of them!
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Thank
you for your interest in BuildaBridge. Show your support by becoming a
volunteer or advocating for BuildaBridge by asking your company or
organization to become a sponsor.
Sincerely,
Dr. J. Nathan Corbitt
President and CEO
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