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BuildaBridge Images of Student Artwork Our ar&sts do excellent work with children intransi&on. Unfortunately the ar&sts do not o9en have the luxury of a semester or a year to work with a child living in poverty. Most of the artwork to follow was produced by brave children who at the maximum had 10 classes to complete a project. Because these children are “homeless”, they o9en carry a s&gma and are seldom iden&fied once they leave the emergency shelter. Remarkably they show amazing crea&vity and hope.

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Images of children's art produced in BuildaBridge programming in Philadelphia and abroad.

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BuildaBridge  Images  of  Student  Artwork  Our  ar&sts  do  excellent  work  with  children-­‐  in-­‐transi&on.    Unfortunately  the  ar&sts  do  not  o9en  have  the  luxury  of  a  semester  or  a  year  to  work  with  a  child  living  in  poverty.    Most  of  the  artwork  to  follow  was  produced  by  brave  children  who  at  the  maximum  had  10  classes  to  complete  a  project.    Because  these  children  are  “homeless”,  they  o9en  carry  a  s&gma  and  are  seldom  iden&fied  once  they  leave  the  emergency  shelter.    Remarkably  they  show  amazing  crea&vity  

and  hope.    

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Artology  2010:  Water    

Originally  installed  in  an  abandoned  community  plot,  the  water  garden  was  reinstalled  at  the  Philadelphia  Museum  of  Art,  Children’s  Art  Wing,  September  to  October,  2010.    It  received  its  third  installa&on  as  part  of  the  BuildaBridge  invited  art  exhibit  at  City  Hall  in  March,  2011.    The  exhibit  was  hosted  by  the  Philadelphia  Office  of  Arts,  Culture  and  the  Crea&ve  Economy.    “This  is  the  first  &me  my  son  has  ever  succeeded  in  any  academic  class”,  stated  a  mother  a9er  her  son  with  au&sm  aVended  Artology.    He  aVended  the  camp  for  three  years  and  has  graduated  to  one  of  the  camp’s  student  leaders.      

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Artology  2011:    Earth  Installa>on  The  two  major  projects  of  the  Artology  2011  summer  camp  were  public  art  installa&ons  –  one,  depicted  here,  at  the  historic  Cliveden  House  of  Germantown  in  which  the  6th-­‐8th  graders  showcased  soil  layer  pain&ngs  and  “glass  vines”.  ..  (con&nued  on  next  slide).      and  a  second  at  the  nearby  Awbury  Arboretum  in  which  the  4th  -­‐5th  graders  built  a  “living  wall”,  installing  their  clay  flower  sculptures  together  with  living  flowers  on  ver&cal  panels.  These  pieces  brought  together  principals  that  Artologists  had  been  synthesizing  in  their  science  and  art  classes,  reinforced  by  field  study  trips.  Both  groups  got  a  chance  to  showcase  their  work  in  a  public  forum,  and  to  be  celebrated  as  contributors  to  the  community.    Before  this  session,  I  looked  at  soil  as  something  you  put  pants  in.    But  now  I  see  it  as  nutrients  for  plants  and  animals.  -­‐  Autumn.    Artology  means  a  lot  to  me  because  when  I  go  back  to  school,  I’ll  always  be  pu@ng  up  my  hand  in  class.  –  Kendra.    

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Artology  2011:    Earth  Installa>on,  cont.  …and  a  second  at  the  nearby  Awbury  Arboretum  in  which  the  4th  -­‐5th  graders  built  a  “living  wall”,  installing  their  clay  flower  sculptures  together  with  living  flowers  on  ver&cal  panels.  These  pieces  brought  together  principals  that  Artologists  had  been  synthesizing  in  their  science  and  art  classes,  reinforced  by  field  study  trips.  Both  groups  got  a  chance  to  showcase  their  work  in  a  public  forum,  and  to  be  celebrated  as  contributors  to  the  community.  

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Julie  Rosen’s  silk  screen  class  in  a  shelter  May  13,  2011  

I  visited  Julie  Rosen’s  class  on  Wednesday  to  find  an  incredibly  structured  and  peaceful  class  going  on.  The  liVle  gentleman  with  the  big  smile  had  done  a  silk  screen  of  himself  with  a  hat  on  and  he  was  so  proud  of  the  results.  He  was  also  one  of  the  more  disrup&ve  students  when  I  visited  her  prior  class.  I  remarked  that  he  seemed  to  be  having  a  really  good  day  and  his  response  was,  "I  always  have  good  days."  Enough  said.              -­‐  Magi  Ross,  BuildaBridge  Community  Programs  Coordinator  

Self-­‐Portrait  in  Silk  Screen  

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Hope  

Through  the  life-­‐changing  power  of  the  arts,  BuildaBridge  brings  hope  and  healing  to  the  most  vulnerable  children  living  in  tough  places  like  this  transi&onal  housing  facility.    This  6-­‐year  old  forms  a  perfect  silhoueVe  of  hope,  as  she  rehearses  the  steps  taught  in  her  a9er-­‐school  modern  dance  class  for  the  approaching  year-­‐end  celebra&on.    BuildaBridge  Discovery  Program,  2010  

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The  Owl:    Principled  Peacemaker  ARTMAKING  TO  PEACEMAKING  is  a  curriculum  designed  to  teach  peacemaking  skills  to  middle  school  students  using  the  arts:    crea&ve  wri&ng,  dance,  drama,  music  and  visual  arts.    The  curriculum  uses  art  as  metaphor  and  art  as  demonstra&on  to  teach  basic  peacemaking,  conflict  resolu&on  and  nego&a&on  skills.  The  final  exhibi&on  was  a  drama&c  &  musical  portrayal  of  an  original  tale,  the  Tale  of  the  RaVlesnake  in  the  Night”.    Its  animal  characters  embodied  the  five  typical  responses  to  conflict.    These  masks  &  panels,  created  by  the  visual  arts  class  served  as  the  “costumes”  and  scenery  backdrops,  respec&vely,  for  the  performance.    Art4Peace,  2009-­‐2013.    Leah  Samuelson,  ar&st  teacher  &  visual  arts  curriculum  developer  (See  Lesson  Plan  Sample).  

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The  Good  Path  Northern  Cheyenne  children  ages  8-­‐12  designed  and  pain&ng  a  mural  on  the  wall  of  an  outdoor  shower  during  a  BuildaBridge  Arts  for  Hope  Camp  in  Montana  2010.    The  image  was  developed  with  the  children  by  ar&st  BuildaBridge  Ar&st-­‐on-­‐Call  Ben  Pepka,  a  Guggenheim  scholar  who  works  with  Na&ve  Americans  in  Montana.    The  camp  also  included  indigenous  art  classes  in  flute  making  and  doll-­‐making,  all  of  which  incorporated  tradi&onal  cultural  mo&fs  and  values.  

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RootsToTrees  is  the  theme  of  the  2012-­‐13  visual  arts  &  dance  classes  for  7-­‐9  year-­‐old  Bhutanese  children,  lead  by  dance  master  teacher  Julia  Crawford  and  art  therapist  Celeste  Wade  (orange  shirt).    The  classes  are  part  of  a  two-­‐year  Philadelphia  Refugee  Mental  Health  Collabora&ve  project  funded  by  the  Department  of  Behavioral  Health  to  serve  the  Philadelphia's  growing  Southeast  Asian  Refugee  popula&on.  BuildaBridge  is  a  member  of  the  collabora&ve  to  provide  culturally  relevant  art  experiences  aimed  at  fostering  crea&vity,  hope,  &  adjustment  to  a  new  country  while  honoring  &  remembering  their  former  homes  &  families.    Here  the  students  are  midway  through  the  class,  working  with  symbolic  representa&on  art  ideas  and  paper  media  (Content  Standards  1  &  3,  grades  5-­‐8)  to  create  tree  roots  that  represent  both  new  and  old  "lives"  that  nourish  the  growth  of  the  tree.    

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Crea>ng  Safe  Art  Spaces  with  &  for  Children  in  Bogota  The  streets  of  this  barrio  are  the  only  places  for  children  to  play.    A  BuildaBridge  arts  camp  discovered  much  ar&s&c  talent  among  the  77  children  (ages  3  to  15)  that  aVended  the  August  2012  camp  taught  by  12  BuildaBridge  Ar&sts-­‐on-­‐Call  and  12  BuildaBridge-­‐trained  Colombian  ar&sts.    It  also  helped  them  transform  a  corner  dumpsite  in  order  to  declare  a  permanent  "crea&ve  space"  for  their  community.    Here,  the  drama  class  for  8  year-­‐olds  performs  a  short  piece  in  front  of  the  just-­‐created  Welcome  mural  created  by  the  teen  visual  arts  class  under  the  teaching  of  BuildaBridge  ar&sts  Stevie  Neale  (drama)  and  Kelly  Finlaw  (visual  arts).  

Before  

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Haiku  and  Tree  

"Dancing  the  disco  naturally  taking  its  way  the  trees  feel  the  breeze"  

 Children  in  the  6th-­‐8th  grade  class  of  Artology  2012  explore  environmental  responsibility  and  reflect  on  our  natural  resources  through  Haiku  poetry  &  visual  art  (Art  Content  Standards  1,3  &  6).    Painted  “en  plein  air”  on  the  banks  of  Philadelphia’s  Wissahickon  Creek,  this  finished  watercolor  art  piece  by  middle-­‐school  student  Ryan,  followed  a  study  of  Cezanne  and  was  displayed  at  the  final  celebra&on  &  art  exhibi&on  of  the  5-­‐week  summer  art,  biology  &  environmental  science  program.    Artologist  art  work  has  been  exhibited  at  the  pres&gious  Philadelphia  Museum  of  Art  for  the  last  four  years.  u.    

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Adapta>on  Fish    Coralizita  and  Swager  Fish  are  the  crea&ons  of  the  6th-­‐8th  grade  Artologists  who  aVend  the  2012  summer  Artology  Program.    The  curriculum  theme  of  Fire  &  Ice  included  a  study  of  some  of  earth’s  coldest  places:  the  deep  sea,  and  also  a  study  of  the  concept  of  adapta&ons.    Students  created  their  own  sea  creatures  with  their  own  special  adapta&on  to  deep  sea  living.    Students’  imagina&ons  conjured  up  coral  with  adapted  appendages  to  aide  its  preserva&on  (keep  people  off),  and  a  fish  with  bio-­‐illuminescence  for  aVrac&ng  females,  speed,  and  powers  of  mind  control  &  ability  to  change  iden&&es  to  aide  its  survival.    

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Weaving  “Memories”  BuildaBridge  Discovery  Program,  May    2012  –  Two  6-­‐8  year  old  girls  put  the  finishing  touches  on  a  colorful  weaving  that  they  &  their  classmates  completed  as  a  “community”.    They  were  part  of  the  a9er-­‐school  program  at  one  of  BuildaBridge’s  partner  West  Philadelphia  homeless  shelters.    The  art  work  pictured  was  a  special  project  that  BuildaBridge  teaching  ar&st  Julie  Rosen  created  in  light  of  the  16  yr  old  boy  who  was  killed  in  the  area.  (He  lived  at  this  shelter.)    The  piece  was  a  weaving  of  good  thoughts  and  memories,  things  that  the  children  wanted  to  share  and  express  about  the  tragedy.    The  weaving  was  intended  for  the  mother  of  the  boy.    BuildaBridge  teachers  are  trained  to  be  flexible  &  child-­‐centered,  adap&ng,  when  necessary,  the  art  lesson  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  children  vs.  the  teacher’s  need  to  “finish  the  lesson  at  hand”.    

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Home  is  Where  the  Heart  Is  Houseless  but  not  homeless.    This  was  the  theme  of  the  2011  Discovery  program,  BuildaBridge’s  a9er-­‐school  arts  program  in  Philadelphia’s  homeless  shelters.    A  part  of  the  City’s  larger  focus  on  homelessness,  elementary    &  middle  school  children  created  art  that  expressed  what  “home”  meant  to  them.    This  finished  paper  collage  piece  is  one  student’s  vision  of  “home”,  complete  with  garden.    It  was  one  of  many  works  of  art  by  “BuildaBridge  Kids”  exhibited  on  this  theme  as  part  of  the  BuildaBridge  invited  art  exhibit  at  City  Hall  in  March,  2011.    The  exhibit  was  hosted  by  the  Philadelphia  Office  of  Arts,  Culture  and  the  Crea&ve  Economy,  and  was  on  public  display  for  two  months.