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Arts in the Making is bringing arts workshops of all types to Las Cruces
at The Mesilla Valley Community of Hope. We are currently recruiting
visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors, writers etc... to teach workshops
on Thursday afternoons 2-4pm.
This is a great opportunity to use your artistic passions in service to your
community. Many of our artists and musicians teach a single, two hour
workshop 2 or 3 times a year. Other volunteers are needed to support our
volunteer workshop facilitators.
We would be excited to tell you more about our Arts in the Making
initiative in Las Cruces.
Contact Michele Caskey at michele@sierradove.org.
at The Mesilla Valley Community of Hope. We are currently recruiting
visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors, writers etc... to teach workshops
on Thursday afternoons 2-4pm.
This is a great opportunity to use your artistic passions in service to your
community. Many of our artists and musicians teach a single, two hour
workshop 2 or 3 times a year. Other volunteers are needed to support our
volunteer workshop facilitators.
We would be excited to tell you more about our Arts in the Making
initiative in Las Cruces.
Contact Michele Caskey at michele@sierradove.org.
| Click here to contact Michele Caskey about teaching a workshop, volunteering time, donating materials or getting more information on Las Cruces Arts in the Making. |
| Las Cruces |
Arts Partnership with Homeless Adults begins in Las Cruces WHO: Sierra Dove Global Association, an educational non-profit organization headquartered in Alto, New Mexico is sponsoring Arts in the Making. WHAT: Arts in the Making is a series of expressive arts outreach workshops created for homeless and at-risk teens and young adults that brings them together with professional artists to share their passions for the visual arts, music and movement. Our artist’s passions are vibrant and varied. Workshops have included: jewelry making, glass fusing, deconstruction/reconstruction of old clothes, making totem poles out of clay, climbing a rock wall, community rhythm/drumming, paper mache, song writing, harmonica basics, basketball tricks, fabric collage, hip hop yoga, transferring hand drawn images to T-shirts, making ceramic masks…to name just a few. WHERE: All of our workshops will take place at The Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, 999 West Amador. In addition to their emergency food bank, clothing bank, soup kitchen, homeless child care facility and health clinic, The Community of Hope has recently opened a resource room which will be offering programs and workshops to the Las Cruces homeless population. WHEN: Workshops will be offered on Thursday afternoons, 2-4 pm. WHY: First implemented in Seattle, Arts in the Making was originally designed to raise awareness about the number of homeless teens and young adults living on the streets, but has become much more. One of the main goals of Arts in the Making is to put Arts in the hands of teens and young adults who are living on the street, have dropped out of school or have no home because we know that the expressive arts are essential foundational building blocks to greater learning, expressive language and critical thinking. Art is created, the written word is given poetic form, feelings are given a voice thru musical expression, and participants are moved. What we learned first hand is that everyone loves Art, Music and Movement and for the time we are together, life is better. HOW: Through offering a series of 2 hour workshops as an adjunct to existing services offered by agencies, shelters and drop-in centers serving the foundational needs of the homeless population, we are able create a comfortable and safe environment for volunteers and clients alike. Volunteer artists and musicians are needed to teach 2 hour, expressive arts workshops of all types and additional volunteers are needed to assist the artists during their workshops. If you would like to volunteer or get more information on how you can help call or email Michele Caskey, 575.937.3663, michele@sierradove.org. The workshops provide a respite from the issues of homeless survival, and offer opportunities for healing through creative self-expression, and a window of opportunity to "see" clearly to the other side of street life. |
