ArtBridge celebrated with local artist Caroline Schiller at her art opening entitled “Art Is Real,” which benefited ArtBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children. Caroline volunteers with ArtBridge each week to make art with children at several of our shelters. The exhibition took place at Salon Ceron and featured her paintings along with the photography of Carmen Reed. A big thanks to Caroline for supporting ArtBridge! Congratulations on a beautiful
Our backpack project has begun! Last week ArtBridge delivered 40 backpacks to adolescents at Harris Country Psychiatric Center (HCPC). The ArtBridge crew arrives every Thursday at HCPC, where the adolescents are awaiting a new art project. By showing up weekly for the sessions, ArtBridge creates a form of consistency and gives the group something fun to look forward to each week. During the
During the final month of 2010, the children at A Friendly Haven learned about the process of movie making. ArtBridge facilitator Nick Meriwether led the project which involved brainstorming, writing, making props and costumes, and filming a short film starring children ages five through nine. While the step-by-step movie development took four weeks, the children’s excitement built immediately. They started this project by watching short videos by famous
During the holiday season, ArtBridge hosts celebrations to decorate cookies. Whole Foods supplied 25 dozen homemade sugar cookies and fresh icing so that we could have a holiday celebration at each of our sessions. The ArtBridge team transformed the classrooms into a holiday party before the youngsters arrived. We covered the tables with festival wrapping paper and dispersed candy canes and decorative ornaments. The children got excited as soon as they
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