Art and community

Looking for youth groups who want to use art as a tool for community

I am planning Sidekicks for Parkinson's (TM) intergenerational art workshops between people with Parkinson's and local youth, in collaboration with the Davis Phinney Foundation.

Do you know of a youth program that would want to learn how to use art to:

Retain a positive attitude, gratitude and hope in the face of challenges?
Look beyond the surface with other people to find not just differences, but the things that unite us?
Improve social connectedness?
And more?

The workshops are open to everyone at every level, even and especially those who think they can't "do" art.

All workshops will be free.

Locations will be in the Bellingham area.

Check out my bio to learn more about my experiences as an artist and coach for people with Parkinson's.

Please answer as many questions as possible, but only those with asterisks are required.

I will contact you within a week to learn more, and will be scheduling workshops as soon as we have core groups within both the Parkinson's and youth communities.

Thanks for your interest and time.

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* 1. What is your name?

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* 2. How many I contact you? Please enter phone number and/or email.

Phone

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* 3. Are you involved with a Bellingham-area youth group? If so, please provide details, including links to any online information about the program. If not, please comment how many youth you know that might be interested.

Yes

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* 4. Do you have 12-15 youth that could commit to 4 sessions?

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* 5. Does the program currently offer programming related to art, social justice, community-building and/or personal development? If so, please provide details.

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* 6. Are there 3 adults, one as a volunteer program partner and two as volunteers, available to help? The program partner would help with logistics, registration and offering the workshops, and the other two would be day-of volunteers.

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* 7. Do you know of a venue that would donate space for the program? Ideally, one with tables and chairs and the chance to get messy with art. If so, please provide details and contact information.