Ayuda’s Community Arts Program embarks on a journey with local youth ages 10-18 to create artwork using a variety of artistic mediums (visual, musical, and performance) that question issues of self-image and how culture uses image to shape definitions of gender, success, and power. reIMAGE developed in response to discoveries and conversations that took place during the 2008-09 theme RISE: Art in Action Against Violence. Guided by Ayuda’s art mentors, youth will explore through their courses how images absorbed from various forms of media can perpetuate acceptance of violent behavior as well as skew definitions of power and self-worth. Desiring to provide young people with artistic and cultural experiences and to improve their quality of life, Ayuda seeks to propel youth to reIMAGE their future, breaking the cycle of poverty found in Hunting Park and improving their quality of life and interpersonal relationships by using the power of transformative arts.

FALL COURSES: Pastels, Video, Singing/Choir, and Mixed Media

SOME PHOTOS OF YOUTH ARTISTS AT WORK:

Singing/Choir, Teaching Artist Sarah Gerhart

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