Current Projects

Artists and Communities 2008

American Visionary Museum, Baltimore, MD                                                    
Joshua Bisset & Laura Quattrocchi, Jersey City, NJ
The choreographers will engage approximately 50 inner-city youth, local dancers, and neighborhood residents in the creation of two large-scale, outdoor site-specific performance works focusing on life on Baltimore’s historic Federal Hill.

Arts Council of the Morris Area, Morristown, NJ                                                 
Cesar Viveros-Herrera, Philadelphia, PA
The muralist and Arts Council of the Morris Area will work with members of the Hispanic and African American communities served by the Morristown Neighborhood House to create a large scale mural on the exterior wall of the organization’s headquarters reflecting its mission to foster cross cultural understanding.

Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD                                                                   
Laura Jean McLaughlin, Pittsburgh, PA
The clay artist will work with physically and emotionally abused adolescent girls from the Good Shepherd Center, a residential treatment facility in Halethorpe, MD, to create a large ceramic mural as part of a courtyard renovation project.

Braddock Redux, Braddock, PA                                                                          
James Simon, Pittsburgh, PA
The sculptor will partner with at-risk young adults, community organizations, and government agencies to transform a 4,000-square foot abandoned lot into an urban park through the creation of, primarily mosaic, permanent installations, including waterfalls, streams, ponds, and sculptures. 

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE                   
Elisabeth Nickles, Almond, NY
The mixed media artist will work with 15 at-risk adolescent girls from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delawareand their adult partners on the creation of three-dimensional objects to be incorporated into a performance work addressing idealized notions of beauty and their relationship to self-esteem.

Fisher Center at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY                                  
Noemie Lafrance, Brooklyn, NY
The choreographer will work with at-risk teens from a local community-based arts organization, and Bard College and Conservatory dance and music students, respectively, in the development of a site-specific dance and aerial work celebrating the architecture of the Frank Gehry designed Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
Jonas dos Santos, Philadelphia, PA
The artist will work with members of neighborhood groups, community organizations, and local schools to develop a large scale, mixed media installation comprised of both man-made and organic materials, which will explore ecological themes, at the organization’s gallery space.

Huntingdon County Arts Council, Huntingdon, PA                                              
Dan Burkholder, Palenville, NY
The photographer will work with various constituents of this rural community to develop the content for a permanent installation in the radiology department of the J.C. Blair Hospital to celebrate the institution’s centennial anniversary.

New Jersey Women and AIDS Network, New Brunswick, NJ                            
Hima B, New York, NY
The filmmaker will work with 10-to-15 adult female and juvenile members of the host organization to create a DVD and website that profiles their lives with HIV/AIDS, and portions of which will be incorporated into a larger documentary film exploring the lives of women grappling with the disease. 

Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ                                                      
Cesar Viveros-Herrera, Philadelphia, PA
Partnering with the host organization, a community development corporation and the county prosecutors office, the muralist will work with at-risk teens and neighborhood residents to develop the design and assist in the installation of a large-scale mural in the historic Fairview section of Camden, New Jersey, the first federally-funded planned community.

Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, Philadelphia, PA                                        
Dread Scott, Brooklyn, NY
The multi-media artist will work with twelve teens from the organization’s arts education program for at-risk youth to create a large public artwork consisting of multiple audio and visual elements, including human-sized light boxes, which will focus on the impact of gun violence in Philadelphia.

Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, PA
Michele Brody, Highland Park, NJ
The artist will create two site-specific mixed media installations at the site of the host organization with input from members of its Jewish congregation and students of the Ivy Leaf Middle School, located in the former Temple Judea building, and adult residents of the surrounding, primarily African American, North Philadelphia neighborhood to promote greater understanding and communication between the communities. 

Village of Arts & Humanities, Philadelphia, PA                                                   
Ping Chong, New York, NY
The multi-disciplinary theater artist will work with African American and Latino teens from North Philadelphia neighborhoods to create a community-specific oral history theater work that explores the effect of urban violence on their lives.