Blog Entries tagged 'community'

IDignity

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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 [...]

Back to School Night

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By Anna Murphey

The church lobby buzzed with excitement as students, parents, and younger siblingsmingled with BuildaBridge staff and volunteers on a recent rainy fall evening at Second Baptist Church of Germantown. In between introductions to new classmates and teachers, students joked, made colorful nametags, and helped themselves to hot chocol [...]

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 [...]

Help Out Create! Acheivement BuildaBridge's New After-School Initiative

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Create! Achievement, BuildaBridge's new after-school initiative, opens today at Second Baptist Church of Germantown. Though a grant covers many of the costs, and the space is an incredible in-kind donation, there are still essentials to ensure quality programming for children living below the poverty line (Create! Achievement is free, like all our programsto vulnerable communities). Here is a list of our current needs. Feel free to Donate through GroundSpring. [...]

Check out our new video on our ARTOLOGY Camp

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Artology video click here.

Act Out for Peace Concludes

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This summer, BuildaBridge piloted the first of it's Community Studio programs, Act Out for Peace. Parents

and supporters filled the Wissahicken Boys and Girls Club to participate in a final "performance" of learning on August 9, 2007. Sixteen youth fr [...]

Artology 3: Sculptures and Snakeskins

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Each morning begins with a drum circle to steady the excitement and focus for work. Then it is out to the woods. This day visiting Artist Pedro Ospino talks about Native

American traditions and helps create an installation honoring Mother Nature. Then towards the end he pulls out a pouch with a special offering of sn [...]

Artology 2: Artist Lucian Crump and Shoe Horns

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The Artology camp is in full swing with kids arriving as early as 7:30, excited and ready to explore natural biology and create art. Charlene Melhorn, BuildaBridge Community Driector explains it this way:

Today, like each morning, we began with our drum circle. Miss Janet taught us the names and c [...]

Artology

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BuildaBridge Community Create! Discovery is partnering with local organizations to present an art and biology camp in Northwest Philadelphia for homeless kids.

Learning about biology can be fun and art can be educational. In this arts-integrated summer program of BuildaBridge, the two are combined in what we call Artology. Desi [...]

Act Out for Peace

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A program in drama and peace-making presented by BuildaBridge in partnership with the Neighborhood Interfaith Movement, the Wissahickon Boys’ and Girls’ Club, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm from June 26-August 9, 2007

Wissahickon Boys’ and Girls’ Club, 328 W. Coult [...]