For a class assignment, we needed to volunteer for 5 hours. We needed to pick a volunteer program that we found interesting and that had faced a social issue that presented itself in the world today. It was hard picking a place to volunteer at because I wanted to pick a place that faced a social issue in today’s world, but I also wanted to pick a topic that sparked my interest when mentioned. I looked through a booklet online filled with volunteer opportunities and I went on the high school’s Student Employment Services to help me find other volunteering choices. After a while of looking at SES’ website, I went back to the booklet online and noticed that there was a volunteering opportunity at the Bruce Museum. I remembered that I volunteered once at the Bruce Museum with my cousins, but I couldn’t remember much of what I did because I volunteered a long time ago. So I thought that this would be a great place for me to volunteer again, and this time I knew I would remember what I did. The Bruce Museum was a great place for me to volunteer, it gave me a great opportunity to talk to some of the artists and really get to know them and their artwork. At first it doesn’t seem like an Arts Festival tackles any real-life social issues, but if you look deeper, you can see that there are some hidden social issues within the organization 's program that they tackle. The organization tackles ideas like artists’ creativity and how they survive in a cut throat world with an unstable job.
During my volunteer hours I learned a lot about my own community I that I have not been able to experience. For example I have never been able to participate in so many writing programs and workshops in my local high school, this is because I also did not attend my own local high school because my mother did not allow me to instead, she asked me to attend a charter school. By partnering with LA826, I was able to attend different writing workshops where I would help different high school student write essay, cover letters, and personal statements. Furthermore I believed that most of my activities consisted of just being able to listen to some of the students.
I would grade papers and tests for Walton-Verona Middle School's 6th grade reading and math teachers. This was a unique experience as it allowed me to see the struggle that teachers went through. Most of the reading papers I graded were not very good to my standards. There was punctuation and spelling errors and sometimes the students would even spell their name wrong. Also I would grade the papers while class went on and I was able to see how teachers dealt with the students. I was surprised and in awe with how swiftly and easily the teachers were able to calm down the students and keep their own temper when they would have to repeat instructions over and over again. I had always known teaching was a stressful job, but seeing it with my own eyes further confirmed it. I have a new found respect for them. They deal with rude kids a lot for a living and still are able to be kind and polite. They even become parental figures to students more than the students' actual parents. Seeing the teachers in action and not be a
(Wilson & Musick, 2000) Volunteering at City Youth gave me the opportunity to invest in children’s lives, and hopefully, have a positive impact. This semester, we played games, laughed, ate, and shared about our days. My experience at City Youth Ministries was not “ a short-term artifact” (Astin, Sax, & Avalos, 1999). Hopefully, this service participation will enhance my opportunities for graduate schools (Astin, Sax, & Avalos, 1999). By volunteering at City Youth, I accepted the social responsibility that I have to the children of
I have had a passion for art since childhood. Over the past three years i have sought to use this enthusiasm to good effect. I focused on discovering new talent and learning about the process of creation and also the curating of exhibitions. This lead to me creating a pop up exhibition for students at Central Saint Martins in a vacant space on the Portland estate in
The community engagement and service I’ve participated in has been unique. My community of Hudson, NY is home of the formerly know New York State Training School For Girls opened in 1904. The reformatory school housed “juvenile delinquents” ages twelve to sixteen, and among the most notable was jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. Through The Prison Public Memory Project my team and I were able to exhume the history of the prison through records kept by the institution. At the NYS Archives located in Albany, NY we analyzed legitimate documents recovered from the institution itself. We helped some local family members find record of their loved ones who had been detained in the reformatory. Some of the material unearthed seemed to suggest the institution
As an event planner of an art exhibition in my community, my focus would be to develop ways in which the community can participate in the exhibit and how the exhibition can benefit the community as a whole. Art exhibition attracts the members of the community to come together in an appreciation and awareness that fosters unity in the community. Experiencing art at the local community helps to reveal the character and identity of the neighborhood. It enriches the lives of the people as they come together and shares a public space, the interaction of shared thoughts how they feel about the art promotes positive bonding between family members, children and even strangers (Art in Public Places, n.d.).
I have been participating in 4-H since 4th grade. During all that time, I have done multiple volunteering acts to help the community I live in. Each year, my 4-H club works a four hour shift in the food stand, followed by a 45 minute shift of the Pavilion. I have helped someone who has needed it, whether it’s taking someone’s order of food, or letting a community member know rules and regulations of the Pavilion. By volunteering at the 4-H food stand, it has tremendously helped other 4-H members and the community because it lowers their membership fees, it has allowed 4-H members to be able to go to leadership trips, or other trips, at a lower cost, and lastly, because it allows everyone to have a large variety of fantastic food all day!
social, and commercial forms.” (American for the Arts 2017) I will also provide ways to achieve
We worked on building awareness surrounding animal rights at St. Edward’s University as well as making an impact on the animal community. We spread awareness by providing flyers about the animals we helped and handed out brochures from the Austin Zoo during our service project. We identified a need, in this case Austin Zoo’s lack of blankets for their animals and contributed our time and manpower towards helping the Austin Zoo in any way needed. On April 9th, 2016 we assisted the zoo by transferring loads of sand in four wheelbarrows to the mammal area enclosure. At the enclosure, we filled buckets with sand and repeated this process for about three hours. In addition, we gave elementary students the opportunity to donate linens and help build blankets so that they could engage in the service project and help Hilltop Leader members make a grander
Tina Pelletier is a Communications Officer at the Prince Albert Grand Council, which represents 12 First Nations in northern Saskatchewan. She is responsible for health promotions and communications in the area of Health and Social Development and has been actively involved in providing communications support to various Emergency Operations Centres created to deal with wildfires, oil spills and other health-related states of emergencies.
Art has a profound effect on society. Maya Cherbo argues that art is completely intertwined in our daily lives. It is found in every medium and in every culture. Everything from social status, to basic self expression, and even societies using art for solidarity and distinctiveness prove this point. Our species is inherently “artsy” - it’s in our DNA and it is a vital part of the human spirit. Art is something ordinary that is turned special and that is exactly what we are doing in this current unit. We are using the artistic platform of theatre to elevate our poems about social challenges we face in 2017 to make a statement. This project isn’t just pointing out the problems in the world, we are elevating it into a powerful piece of
Upon entering the Volunteer Center, I noticed how colorful and vibrant it was. There was abstract art, pictures of volunteers, and children’s drawings. I learned a bit of the history, and how it functions within the university. I took this chance to learn about the many programs that the Mary-Ellen Brandell Center puts on, including Safer Sex Patrol, Service Ambassadors, and many other miscellaneous projects. Out of the list, Service Ambassadors seemed most interesting to me. Every couple weekends, the Volunteer Center sends students to a charity to donate their time and effort locally. The next available trip, which was all filled up, was to go to Joshua’s House, a home for young, pregnant women in need of guidance and emotional support. The trips typically last one day and
For my first event paper, I decided to go to the Dallas Art Museum over the first weekend in February to see a painting. I decided to go visit the European Art portion of the museum as I have always been interested in it. This painting emphasized the true meaning of a mother’s grace in response to the children’s needs and attributes. Overall, the painting “Nature or Abundance” by Léon Fédéric uses vibrant, yet contradicting, colors and tender strokes to create an emotion of care and nurture, emphasizes the strength and hold onto the children by using hair as branches and wheat sheaves for leaves and flowers, and displays a sense of age, time, and effort given to these children using symbolism.
As part of our graduation requirements, we each had to complete fifty hours of community service during the course of junior year. For me, Free Arts was both the most intriguing option and the one closest to my house. The organization specializes in bringing art therapy to kids of all ages living in group homes. Because I was too young to directly work with the kids, I spent my hours working around the office. At the end of my time, they were so impressed with me that I was offered a seat on the art auction board.
For this reflection paper I decided to visit the Young at Art Museum. It is located on Southwest 121st Avenue and is just south of 5-95.(Figure 1) I decided to go on a Friday and I think a few schools may have had the same idea. Upon first arriving I knew, almost instantly, that Young at Art was designed with the youth in mind. Which is great reasoning for the name Young at Art, but I hadn’t thought much of it before my visit. At first look I noticed that there was much to do at Y.A.A. and I was not sure where to start so I checked out the information wall which let you know all the different sections and styles of art they had on exhibit. As I began to walk through the first piece that caught my eye was a realistic sculpture of a young girl constructing a puzzle. (Figure 2) At first I thought she was really just a child at the museum playing and then I realized how well the artist captured the moment with the sculpture and I knew that I was hooked. I could not wait to experience more, so I quickly moved forward through the exhibits, possibly a bit too fast and I decided to make extra stops while on my way back. Another amazing piece had caught my eye named “Sweet Madness” which depicted perfect circles which were made using many different colored pill capsules. (Figure 3) I was really able to relate with this piece and because of the feelings I received, I really enjoyed my overall experience. From the moment I arrived I could tell that the environment had a life of its