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<br />FACES / A Children's Art Collaborativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964889628062523839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149709538929610386.post-27430011586063200702014-09-12T06:36:00.001-07:002014-09-12T06:36:40.030-07:00A successful school year ended in the Spring of 2014 and a new one about to begin in the Fall of 2014........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2013-2014 Fall, Winter and Spring school year proved to be a good window of creativity for the children at both the Manchester Charter School [MACS] and the Manchester Pgh Public School K-8. The kids interacted well with the Collaborative Arts Program to produce some very interesting images and the Annual year end exhibition at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on the Northside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>FACES / A Children's Art Collaborativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964889628062523839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149709538929610386.post-68495930707937476062013-10-01T08:10:00.002-07:002013-10-01T08:12:23.847-07:00<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FACES/ a children's art collaborative is about to begin it's 11th year of offering art classes to the children of Manchester, on the Northside of Pittsburgh, PA. We begin our first class Wednesday with the MACS Charter School children and are expecting a full class of students. We will be posting information about the classes as they unfold.</span><br />
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We reach children in both the Pittsburgh Public School and the Charter School both located in Manchester. We want to thank our Sponsors: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keith Kondrich and Darlene Collier from the </span><a href="http://www.svdppitt.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Society of St. Vincent de Paul</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and our school partners: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms. Walker and Ms. Strader <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">from the</span> </span><a href="http://www.macsk8.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MACS Charter</span></span></a></b><a href="http://www.macsk8.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></a><b><a href="http://www.macsk8.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms. Cherry and Ms. Bivins <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">from the </span></span></b><b></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>FACES / A Children’s Art Collaborative</b> is an after-school arts program that has offered arts curriculum in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh since 2003. <b>Meda Rago</b> and <b>Francis Crisafio</b> have worked with over 500 children, mainly in the second to sixth grade age range. Initially funded by the <b>Manchester Citizen’s Corporation</b> with <b>Collin Kelly</b>, the program is now generously funded and sponsored by <a href="http://www.svdppitt.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>the Society of St. Vincent de Paul</b></span></a>. <b>Keith Kondrich</b> and <b>Darlene Collier</b> from the Society have been instrumental in sustaining the program. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The classes are built around the concept of self-portraiture as it relates to identity. The students begin with a pencil drawing based on a photo portrait Francis makes of each student. From the photo Meda and Francis instruct each student in making a contour line drawing. The line drawing is the foundation upon which the students then learn how to create a self-portrait collage from cut out textures and images from recycled magazines.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way of this process students encounter issues of identity, gender, class and race through the artistic metaphors of form and color. The final pieces are made into inkjet transfers ironed onto a T-shirt for each child. The students each receive their shirt which they wear and take home as an outcome of their work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the school year <b>FACES</b> hosts a exhibition/reception for the students, family, teachers, and community where a copy of the T's are displayed. For the past several years we have been fortunate to have our reception and display at the <a href="http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/allegheny/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Northside Carnegie</b> <b>Library</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Occasionally, <b>FACES</b> has offered bookmaking classes where students explore autobiographical writing along with photographic explorations. We hope to offer this class on a more regular basis in the near future.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Meda Rago &</b> <b>Francis Crisafio</b> partnered and founded <i><b>FACES</b></i> in 2003. Both are working artists.</span></div>
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