Blog Entries tagged 'Artists On Call'

Saying Goodbye

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By Sarah Heady

BuildaBridge is excited to host its winter 2008 signature event, IDignity. On December 2-22, BuildaBridge will be presenting an exhibition at the Philadelphia Cathedral focusing on the issue of poverty and social justice. The show will exhibit artwork from local and international artists that highlight the dignity and value of those w [...]

Artist on Call: Diaspora of Hope

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By Kyle Evans

BuildaBridge is coordinating a Diaspora of Hope Artist on Call program this Thanksgiving in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Portau Prince, Haiti and Nairobi, Kenya. November [...]

Artists on Call: Estrategia de Transformacion Mural-Final Day

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We didn’t have the proper party we were hoping for when we finished the mural today. The tall, sturdy ladder we needed to reach the top half of the wall was in use at the prison hospital most of the day. I had brought with me a change of nice clothes for the event, but someone spilled black paint on the blouse while it wa [...]

Artists on Call: Estrategia de Transformacion Mural- Day 3

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Today the men made us lunch. It was a nice surprise! Two fries eggs with beans and a lot of bread. One of the chaplains who translates for us was excited to take several photos of me eating it. One or two chaplains sit with the men every day. While I am here they are my guides and guards.

The men who gather to watc [...]

Artists on Call: Bonzai in Guatemala

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Leah Samuelson. It's hard to know what to think about the painting gangsters. They have such a strong and violent reputation here (no one will work with them), and I'm getting feedback from different outside sources:

One opinion is that these guys aren't a good use of our resources, which

would be better spent in poor villages with people who aren't murdering people. </

Another opinion is that the real enemy lies within the church- among those who d [...]

Artists on Call: Estrategia de Transformacion/BuildaBridge Mural- Day 1

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Leah Samuelson. Estrategia de Transformacion staff showed me to the prison for barrio 18 gang members at 9:00 this morning. We entered with a long line of wives and girlfriends bringing clothes and gifts to men inside.

I was introduced to two artists in a hallway who were interested in helping with the mural. My host from EDT asked if I was ready to begin painting. I said no, and

asked where was the wall we were supposed to consider. “Right here,” he said, [...]

Artists on Call: Leah Samuelson in Guatemala

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Muralist Leah Samuelson heads to Guatemala City on Sunday May 18 to begin a mural in one of Guatemala's prisons that houses gang members. The project, a local request, will

pair Leah with an artist inmate as they design and complete a mural on the theme of the Prodigal Son.

Leah is a professional ar [...]

La Limonada Arts Camp

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When one enters La Limonada the warnings of violence, the smell of poverty and the sheer compression of people, especially children, are overwhelming (over sixty percent of the country's population are children under 16).

This Thanksgiving a team of BuildaBridge artists joined hands with three collaboratin [...]

Thank You BuildaBridge Artists

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During this Thanksgiving season we say thank you to the artists of BuildaBridge, and many others, who give of themselves in the transitional homes and sheltersof Philadelphia working among the more than 3000 homeless children of the city. Here is a page from Mindy Flexer's journal that typifies their experie [...]

Boy Scouts Make an Impact at BuildaBridge

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Thanks to Jesse Steele and Chestnut Hill Troop 221 scouts, the Community Studio planned at the BuildaBridge House is on its way to becoming reality. To achieve his Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts, Jesse planned

the site clean-up project and organized 30 troop members and adults in late June 2007 to clean out the back yard by the Carriage House. The Carri [...]

Artists On Call

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BuildaBridge announces the launch of our new Artists On Call initiative, which will connect artists and volunteers willing to serve underpriveleged children in Philadelphia and around the world.

This program is designed to provide opportunities to those wishing to be affiliated with BuildaBridge in any capacity, allowing you to fu [...]