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Programs

Community Programs

Discovery

BuildaBridge's Discovery Program offers after-school and evening arts-integrated education programs to children and youth living in emergency homeless shelters and transitional homes in Philadelphia (usually in 10-15 week modules). Read more...

Artology

Artology, an art and science summer learning program with an emphasis on ecology and environmental justice, sparks students’ curiosity by utilizing Philadelphia's park system as a vibrant interactive classroom. Read more...

Dance Explorations

Dance Explorations is a summer dance program that engages the transformative power of dance to bring hope and healing to young girls coping with life in transitional homes of Philadelphia. Read more...

Healing

Creative Arts Therapy provides safe avenues for youth to express their authentic feelings and enable them to cope with and recover from traumatic or tough experiences. BuildaBridge provides creative arts therapy in local transitional homes and service sites upon request. Read more...

Institute Programs

Annual

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Online

The BuildaBridge Institute Online is a training and education program of BuildaBridge International. It is designed for artists and community workers who work with people in the contexts of crisis and poverty. Our focus is on engaging the arts for healing, education, community development, and the environment. Read more...

Certification

The Certificate of Training is awarded as a non-degree and non-credit certificate granted to students who have completed all requirements through residency-based training and online coursework in preparation to serve their communities effectively as arts-based teaching and psycho-social support assistants and community workers. Read more...

Trainings Program

BuildaBridge Institute is a training and applied research academy designed to prepare artists, youth workers, community and congregational leaders, teachers, social service professionals, and nonprofit organization personnel to integrate the arts effectively in education, social services and community development. Read more...

International Programs

Arts Relief & Development

The Arts Relief and Development initiative is an arts intervention and restoration development program that focuses on children in communities of poverty and crisis. Our main objectives are to create safe places, provide healing and education for children living in transitional environments (shelters and residential care institutions); and to train local artists and community workers in creative arts methods of education, healing, and the environment. Read more...

Current Trips

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Procedures

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