SAVE THE DATES!!!
10th
Anniversary Gala
"My
Window on the World"
October
13th
The
Wherehouse
818
S. Water St. Milwaukee, WI 53204
&
2010/2011 Arts @ Large Orientation
October 21st
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
This summer has been crammed with amazing projects and events, but the fun will continue in the fall!
Come be a part of our 10th Anniversary Gala, on October 13th, as we celebrate a decade of serving the Milwaukee community; food, music, a live auction and more!
Then, join us for our annual A@L Orientation, on October 21st, when we bring together artist educators, teachers, MPS administrators and after school providers to kick off another dynamic school year!
CLICK HERE for more information on the Orientation and to register!
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Arts
@ Large and the Ulster Project Paint Pictures of Unity With MPS Students
Beautiful art was
created and bonds were built for the second summer in a row when Arts @ Large
partnered with Ulster Project,
a project that unites Protestant and Catholic teenagers from Northern Ireland and Milwaukee.
A@L brought Ulster Project teens, 10
Northern Irish and their 10 American hosts, together with MPS students for various service
projects and programs throughout the month of July.
As a part of A@L's
"My Window on the World" 10th Anniversary Gala, the Ulster teens partnered with 20
students from Green Bay Avenue's summer school program to sketch designs of
each student's vision of "the world".
These different
images, ranging from shapes to actual people, were traced and painted onto the
windows, resulting in a variety of culturally unique and diverse images joined
together.
 On July 13 and 15, half of the teens went to 95th St.
School to assist in the school's Summer Art Camp. There, they participated in
different photography activities including a photo scavenger hunt and photographing
abstract letters in nature, with Photographer and A@L Board Member Sue Vliet
The other half
helped artist Tom Gill at 53rd St. School to create disc golf
courses with the summer school students. Using a satellite view of the
school, the students crafted different ideas that were combined to make
a final course around the entire school grounds.
The experience
wrapped up on July 21st when the Ulster teens and Green Bay Ave.
students reunited for a trip to the Milwaukee County Zoo. There, the group
participated in various biological activities including invasive plant weeding
and creating paper mache art that will be stuffed with food for the animals to eat as part of behavior enrichment.
Adam Carr of 88.9
Radio Milwaukee covered the visit to the zoo as a part of the station's Safe Streets, Healthy Kids segment (CLICK HERE to listen to the story).
The windows
completed at Green Bay Ave. School will be auctioned during the 10th Anniversary Gala, on October 13th, at The
Wherehouse in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward.
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Arts @ Large Holds Social
Change Professional Development Workshop
Teachers and artist educators who attended Arts @ Large's Social Change
and the Arts workshop this past July learned that art can have a changing effect on the world.
The
two-session workshop, one on July 19th at Turner Hall and one on
July 20th at the Milwaukee Art Museum, featured artwork and
presenters, all with a message of change.
Both
locally and nationally recognized artists came to be a part of and present at
the workshop. Director Ben Watkins screened his documentary Rhythmic Uprising, which covers arts education
organizations in Brazil and how these organizations have used the arts and
creativity to revolt against oppressive circumstances.
In
addition, local poet and civil rights activist
Margaret Rozga, widow of Fr. James Groppi and Shirley Butler-Derge, former lead
member of Milwaukee's NAACP Youth Council, discussed
their work fighting for fair h ousing in Milwaukee through theater and group
dialogue.
These and other parts of the institute, including a guided tour of the exhibit 'To Speculate Darkly', in which contemporary
Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates Jr. explored the legacy
of Sculptor and Poet Dave Drake (also known as Dave the Potter), were not only informative but practical.
"I found the tour and the poetry
workshop most useful. It was interesting that the poems were very short yet,
each one made specific points. I will be using the information that I found out
about Dave and the poetry forms [as a tool] in the classroom," said one of the participants.
The
Arts @ Large staff was invited to WUWM's Lake Effect radio show to discuss the
event, which was co-sponsored by The Milwaukee Turners and The Chipstone
Foundation in collaboration with The Milwaukee Art Museum (CLICK HERE to listen
to the show).
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FUN FACT!
100% of Principals and Team Leaders surveyed agreed that A@L programs help their students feel good about school.
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95th St. student poses with his art camp painting.  |
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In this challenging budgetary time where more and more
students are missing arts education opportunities,
you can help Arts @ Large expand our service. Join the Arts @ Large family
today!
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