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Fall 2011 News!
Greetings!
BuildaBridge is gearing up for another season of international service with its Diaspora of Hope arts trainings and camps in Nicaragua, Haiti, Congo and Kenya. Thanks are in order to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, who hosted our Artology exhibit for the past three months. Meanwhile, the Discovery and Refugee Collaborative programming are finding their rhythm. It's been great to reconnect with alumni through our phone calls.
We welcome our new interns: Du-Ying, Tracie Blummer, and Brittany Witcher. Du-Ying and Tracie are lending their Masters level educations to strengthen and focus BuildaBridge's international programming. Brittany is our new Development intern, assisting with grants and our Painting A Brighter Future campaign. BuildaBridge also said good-bye to two great leadership interns who helped us through our strategic planning: Julia Crawford and Jamaine Smith. |
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Painting A Brighter Future - Think 3:30
Thank you to those who have already donated and joined us in Thinking 3:30! We have raised $1,867.00 to date, leaving $23,133 to reach our goal of $25,000. Think 3:30 and partner with us by sharing your stories (email them to our Development Associate), and donating to out-of-school programming. Read Programs Administrator Danielle Dembrosky's Dancing 5 Days A Week, as an example of the transforming stories you can share with us. If 2,500 people can give $10 each, we reach our goal and can continue providing arts-based intervention and educational programming.
BuildaBridge would like to publicly thank past Teaching Artist Mindy Flexer and Institute faculty Lynne Farrow for incorporating Think 3:30 fundraising activities and marketing initiatives into their events. Lynne Farrow went on to share a post on the ArtBlog: Sun and Shadows. We also want to thank Laura Mufson, Director of Theatre and Department Chair of Fine Arts at Mercersburg Academy, who led her school in its decision to make BuildaBridge their Charity of the Year.
More thank you's are in order for Artist Dan Curry and Mary Kay Beauty Consultant Vivian Castillo, who will donate 50% and 25% of their sales, respectively. Learn more about how your purchase of artwork, beauty products or a consultation can help us! |
International
Kaylie Sauter has returned to Kenya to begin her second year as a resident Artist on Call in Kenya. This November she will assist with the fourth year of Diaspora of Hope camp in Mombasa, which "began through the initiative of BuildaBridge International." Learn more!
Dr. Vivian Nix-Early will be joined by Nancy Perez from Guatemala to provide artist training at the Nehemiah Center in Nicaragua this weekend, November 3-7. Community Programs Coordinator Magira Ross and Teaching Artist Camille Edwards will lead a training for Haitian artists and assist in their arts camp, November 19-26. Drs. Corbitt and Nix-Early will be joined by Artists on Call Julia Crawford, Kaylie Sauter, and Shem Akinyi from Nairobi to provide training and therapeutic arts with the Wamu Center in the DR Congo from November 17-25.
Community
Discovery's Fall Term kicked off Monday, September 26th with classes in Photography, Visual Arts, Spoken Word, Hip-hop and African dance. During Discovery Week 2, BuildaBridge artists conducted 78+ contact hours with 55 children (some children attend multiple classes).
Read stories of transformation from the teachers, as these children discover how to paint a brighter future in their own lives.  | | BuildaBridge Teaching Artists |
Let these statistics paint a better picture of who the children are that we serve: - 59% 6-9 years old
- 32% 10-12 years old
- 9% 13-15 years old
- 68% female; 32% male
- 90% are African-American; 7% Caucasian; 3% Hispanic
- 79% of families receive food stamps
- 47% of families receive both Disability/SSI and TANF help
Institute and Training
The 2012 dates for our annual Institute are set:
Open Institute: June 6 - 10 Arts Relief: June 11 Graduate Residency: June 6 - 14
Early Registration Online begins December 1, 2011
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Refugee Collaborative continues
The energy picked up as the music grew louder, and even the parents watching on the side were clapping along with the children.. Read more. |
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Artology Updates Bridget Carroll is BuildaBridge's part-time volunteer Artology Associate, engaging parents throughout the academic year and writing articles regarding the fusion of arts and science. Bridget was the Artology intern this past summer, and she has renewed her commitment to the organization and the program. Read her latest article here.
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Dancing 5 Days a Week
Programs AdministratorDanielle Dembrosky I danced 5 days a week from the time I was 11 to age 18. Dance is what kept me going. Dance kept me out of trouble... Read more. |
Non-Profit Management
Du Ying joins us from China as part of a partnership with the Amity Foundation and the International Ministries of American Baptist Churches. Daily she works with Leadership Intern Tracie Blummer focusing on developing their non-profit management skills and contributions to BuildaBridge.
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Purchasing for a Cause
Artist Dan Curry's October Sky, and Mary Kay opps.
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Discovery Stories of Transformation
.By end of class she was smiling and laughing with the other girls... Read more. |
Brand New Landscape at the BuildaBridge House
Saturday Oct 15th BuildaBridge welcomed 8 volunteers from Wayne Presbyterian Church and our local community for a "Saturday of Service."
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