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Welcome to BuildaBridge
Greetings!
BuildaBridge is celebrating some great art-making by children in Philadelphia through an Art in City Hall exhibit that ended last week. Celebration has encouraged us on for the coming months with planning for our 10th Annual Institute, summer Artology program, continued work in Haiti, and a new program with refugee children in Philadelphia through a collaborative funded by the Department of Behavioral Health.
When you click through for more information on these items, you will see a new website. In several weeks we hope to unveil the new website that has integrated features of job postings, social networking features for BuildaBridge groups, and blog entries for news and information about our programs.
Thank you for your continued support. We appreciate your assistance in fulfilling an important mission.
Nathan
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Art In City Hall
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There was the usual backstage jitters and meticulous preparations. Scores of youth from BuildaBridge Community programs across the city gathered for the opening night of BuildaBridge's Art Exhibit entitled My Home is in My Heart: An Artistic Inquiry of Place, Home & Belonging by Philadelphia's Children. Mama Magi (right), as the kids call Magira Ross who is the coordinator of the Community Programs, moved about the backstage area checking dance attire, easing the nerves, and generally directing the fidgety and anxious lot.
READ THE FULL STORY
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Register Now!
Institute 2011
Arts in Service to Communities
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June 1-6: Open Institute
June 6: Arts Relief
June 7-10 Graduate Residency
For more details please see our website.
Please see Institute 2011 schedule here.
Online Registration
Alumni Celebration Exhibition
Celebrate the tenth anniversary BuildaBridge Institute. Contribute to a unique gallery exhibit Sunday afternoon at the close of the Institute. READ MORE.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 from 1:00-2:30pm
Eastern University Falls Center Campus
3300 Henry Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
If you are an alumni or past faculty member and would like to participate, please email us at institute@buildabridge.org for more information or to secure a limited spot.
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Finding Your Path in the Midst of Calamity
Maeva Renaud
Haiti Arts Relief and Development Coordinator
BuildaBridge International
After the 2010 earthquake, I was determined to do more for my country. READ THE FULL ARTICLE.
This year, through our Discover Haiti Service Trips, we will be heading to three locations in Haiti, Pond Sonde, Jacmel, and Cap-Haitien, to co-lead arts-based approaches in child development and programming and provide training to local community workers. Our first trip will be the week of July 16-24, 2011 at the Louis Pierrot Elementary School in Pond Sonde. To participate in this catalytic event and support the development of children living in transitional homes in Haiti contact haitiproject@buildabridge.org our Arts Relief Blog for more details.
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Register for Artology 2011
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Transforming summer into hands-on fun learning!
Dates:
Session I - grades 6-8: June 27th - July 22nd
Session II - grades 4-5: July 25th - August 12th
Registration:
Spots are filling up so HURRY! Registration Deadline: June 4th
For an application or questions email: info@buildabridge.org
Fax Registrations to 215-842-2025 or send/drop off:
205 W. Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, PA. 19144
**Note there is an essay section that students must fill out**
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THANK YOU!
Many thanks to both Target and Olive Garden for their in-kind donations supporting our Volunteer and Teaching Artist Appreciation Event!
See photos of the event here.
Thank you also to the volunteers from Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church who assisted BuildaBridge Saturday April 16th in taking inventory of all supplies in preparation for future programming.
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Meeting a Guatemalan Legend
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How often does one get the chance to meet a living legend? Drs. Corbitt and Nix-Early traveled to Guatemala to continue discussions with faculty and research programs of Landivar University, visiting Sonrisas community program
and the Asociación Efraín Recinos. A highlight of the visit was a tour of the
National Theater, the architectural creation of Efraín Recinos (above). READ MORE
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Discovery Programs Update
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Discovery Winter Term, January 24th to April 8th, served on average 50 students per week, all who live in emergency and transitional housing.
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Quo Vadis Art Therapia?
It is a long title and one you would expect at an academic congress--Arts for Relief and Development: developing non-clinical psycho-social support for hope, healing and resilience through creative art-making in the community context. The Congress title was even longer.
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JOB POSTINGS
Looking for volunteer positions, part-time work or staff positions? As part of our new website design we have integrated a new feature listing all job postings. Our goal is to list those of BuildaBridge and also collaborating alliance organizations in Philadelphia and abroad. Check out our first posting:
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Recent Grants and Contributions
$3,000 Individual Gift--Artology
$2,000 Douty Foundation--Artology
$5,000 Lincoln Financial--Artology
$12,000 Northwest Fund--General Operating
$8,826 Philadelphia Cultural Fund--General Operating
$1,000 Individual Contribution--International Programs
In-Kind
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Target
Olive Garden
Grace Bible Church of Souderton
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In response to the growing statistics in Philadelphia, BuildaBridge is partnering with multiple refugee resettlement agencies and health providers in Philadelphia to provide art therapy services as part of the Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative.
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