PUBLIC ART YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SUMMER 2016
COMMUNITIES FOR HEALTHY FOOD AT WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC ART YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SUMMER 2016 HEALTHY ACTION IN HARLEM by Painting Lango Unveiling Celebration Tuesday, August 9th, 2:00 PM Communities for Healthy Food at West Harlem Group Assistance 115 West 142nd Street New York, NY 10030 Beata Drozd, Teaching Artist About the Mural Youth Apprentices created Creative Art Work’s fourth mural for West Harlem Group Assistance on the northwest corner of 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue, half a block north of Communities for Healthy Food at West Harlem Group Assistance. This new mural will not only beautify the block but also help promote the vital work of WHGA’s Food Hub. www.creativeartworks.org.
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FROM BRIAN RICKLIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
Public Art is a Conversation At Creative Art Works, we know that the artistic process is a powerful tool for creating meaningful conversation and shared understanding. In light of recent events in the news at home and around the world, the need for common ground among people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and points of view is ever more present in our minds. This summer, our Youth Apprentices met with our program partners and ventured out into our communities seeking to answer this essential question: “What message should our art express?� As they gathered stories bridging generations, languages, cultures, identity markers and social stations, they also wrestled with harder questions about American history, race relations, food scarcity, public health, law enforcement, and the nature of access and opportunity. Some of these conversations were challenging, some were uplifting; in every case they led to a deeper understanding. As our young people developed storyboards and mural designs, we also witnessed them developing the ability to passionately advocate for their ideas while simultaneously respecting the perspectives of others. Today, we are excited to share with you the youth-generated work, which we believe embodies the spirit of our community. We hope that this public art will continue to encourage robust and fruitful conversations for many years to come.
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Tyrese Kierstedt Age 16 I will be a senior this upcoming school year. I attend All Hallows High School in The Bronx. I plan on being an engineer, although I am not sure what type. I play sports outside of school such as football and basketball, but I don’t have aspirations of playing on a professional level.
Kayla Smart Age 16 I attend New Visions Charter School, my favorite color is blue and my interests are boys, sneakers and money. I am a junior in high school. What I want to do when I grow up is to be either a pediatrician or a veterinarian.
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Ruby Bonilla Age 17 I am going into the 12th grade at West Bronx Academy. In the future, I want to work with animals so I want to be a veterinarian. I love music and love scary movies. I went into this program because I wanted a new experience and I have some skills in art.
Jakari Greene Age 19 My name is Jakari Greene, I am currently in college studying criminal justice. I enjoy listening to music and drawing.
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Ismael Sandoval Age 16 I live in The Bronx. My future is to work in something that involves finance. I love music and I go to Bronx River High School
Carolina Abreu Age 18 I went to George Washington High School. My interests are art, reading and being with friends and family. I might go to college but I don’t know which one yet. I would also like to go traveling.
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Denise Cruz Age 17 I go to Harry S. Truman High School and live in The Bronx. My favorite musicians are DMX and Branden Wilson. I’m interested in joining the Air Force. I love my grandma so much. She is the world to me and more.
Avian Moore Age 16 I was born in Harlem, but I live in The Bronx. I have an interest in fashion, cosmetics and modeling. I want to attend F.I.T. and pursue a career in Fashion. F.I.T. is in Florida.
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Ashanti Albert Age 18 I go to A. Phillip Randolph Campus High School. I am a senior. I like to write music, play tennis, basketball and I wrestle. My main goals in life are to be a registered nurse and a veterinarian. One day, I will open my own veterinary clinic. In a way I can say CAW saved me, because art has become the light that guides me through the darkness of my mind. My aspiration in life is to be happy.
Anali Blaine Age 16 I go to the New Design High School. I am moving on to the 11th grade. My interest is to go to medical school and become a surgeon. I live in Harlem, although I was born in Watertown NY. I want to go to college although I am not sure which one yet.
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Andrea Basanta Age 16 I go to the High School of Environmental Studies. I am going to be a junior this upcoming school year. Right after I graduate high school, I want to go to John Jay to study criminal justice. I grew up in Dyckman and Washington Heights where I go back and forth to live.
Beata Drozd, Teaching Artist Beata Drozd was born in Gdansk, Poland, and grew up during the collapse of the Soviet regime. She studied painting at St Martins College of Art and Design in London and at Ecole Superioure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Beata began her career painting portraits for many prominent New Yorkers and commissions for such establishments as The Friars Club and The Rainbow Room. She has concentrated on collage since 2006, cutting and pasting thousands of pieces of paper from fashion magazines and other materials onto canvas in order to achieve the shades, mood, vibrancy and unusual characteristics of each person she portrays without using a drop of paint. 9
Beauty shot
Ruby Bonilla Anali Blaine 11
Avian Moore
Carolina Abreu Andrea Basanta
Kayla Smart
Jakari Greene Denise Cruz
Ashanti Albert
Beata Drozd
Tyrese Kierstedt Ismael Sanoval 12
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About Creative Art Works
Creative Art Works (CAW) improves the lives of thousands of NYC youth each year through in-school and out-of-school-time classes, community art-making events, and youth employment creating large-scale public art or multimedia projects. Working in public schools, community centers, parks and libraries, CAW provides dynamic arts experiences for youth who otherwise lack access. Our programs build confidence, unlock a love of learning, and teach valuable technical and developmental skills while creating profound connections between our young constituents, their art and their communities.
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About the Public Art Youth Employment Program
The Creative Art Works Public Art Youth Employment Program gives teens and young adults 14-24 years of age full-time summer jobs and part-time jobs after school to create large-scale public art and multimedia projects. Our Youth Apprentices are guided by professional teaching artists and executive staff from the initial concept development through client presentation, to the final brush stroke and public unveiling. Along the way, they gain tangible employment and life skills such as leadership, teamwork, responsibility and the power of taking initiative. They are empowered by the enduring accomplishment in their work of art and its positive impact on the community.
This program was made possible, in part, with funding from the Summer Youth Employment Program of the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, as well as by NYC Council members Mark Levine and Melissa Mark-Viverito, and these generous supporters:
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