Photography Course CLOSED

Thanks to all you ambitious students who applied for the photography course.

We have accepted all who applied and its time to shut the door.  All who have been accepted in the program will get their welcome packet in the mail sometime next week.  If you don’t get one - then its VERY important that you give us a call to let us know (513.253.0301).

We will consider opening a 2nd class if there is sufficient interest, so if you missed out on this first call then let us know of your interest and we’ll put you on the waiting list.

Please call or e-mail contact@stelizabetharts.com

Puppets as Art

Jesse Mooney-Bullock has his own website at last.

And its amazing.

Go look at it.  You can find a link on here.

He’ll be hosting a puppet-making class for middle school students that we’ve entitled Puppets from Junk.  You don’t need to be a sculptor or an artist of any kind.  Just bring a willingness to experiment and a couple random objects from your basement.  A broom?  A chair?  An old sheet?  A cardboard box?  Some old plumbing bits.  Some car parts.  You’d be surprised at the things that can be brought to life under Jesse’s fun and skillful guidance.  Get more info on this class here.

getting to know our students

we met today for a private meeting with a group of students from norwood high school.

we asked them about who they were. what they liked. what sort of art they made. how we could serve them. what’s cool. what’s not cool. what its like to be a student at norwood high school. and so on. then we split into focused groups to talk more along the lines of specific interest: creative writing, music, drama, and visual arts.

the students were bright and responsive and interesting to talk to. they shared valuable information and we left with a much richer understanding of not just art and the role it plays at norwood high school, but also what the current vibe is for high school students who go to school in norwood.

we need to think about what we’ve learned… to rest on it a bit before we determine how it applies to our own efforts in the neighborhood.

but it was a fun event… very worthwhile. thanks to the norwood high school staff and administration for being so hospitable. thanks especially to melissa burns and trish duebber for helping make it happen AND for joining us. thanks to laura, justin, and thurman for your various roles in making this happen. and thanks most of all to the students who offered their time and thoughts.

Spring Break Art Intensive

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.

Stay tuned for our summer programs, to be announced soon.

Join our mailing list to keep informed!

family portrait event follow-up.

we’ve developed our first “community action guide” - an important part of our work that is focused on developing tools that other groups can use to replicate our events.  this is absolutely a work in progress.  we haven’t settled yet on the best way to package this thing, so for now you’re looking at it in its fresh-out-of-the-brainstorm dress.  but while we fiddle about trying to make it pretty, hopefully a few of you out there will be inspired by the idea and will spend those good feelings and ideas into your own communities.

thanks again to all the volunteers who helped with this… particularly desiree for the photojournalism, tracy & renee for the cookies, david and megan for minding the door.

thanks also to juli and elizabeth for being geniuses.

am i forgetting anyone?  leave an angry message as a comment…

anyway… it was a great event… check it out here!

mailing list

we’ve added a quick and easy way to put yourself on the mailing list. if you haven’t done so already, then you can click here.

maybe YOU don’t know what Facebook is…

…but your kids do!although we’d much rather have people hang out on OUR website than on facebook, the networking potential of facebook is undeniable.  if you’re not sure how to spread the word about St.Elizabeth Arts Foundation among young folk, sending them to find us on facebook might be a good start.  there’s a link posted to our website and also to the details on our 2008 Scholarship Competition.

if you’re a facebook member yourself, then go find us there.

contact troubles

greetings folk.

if you used our general contact form at any time before 11am january 8th, then due to little glitch in the website, your submission was not received.  please return to the contact page and try again.  alternately, if you had the original submission copied to your own e-mail address, then feel free to forward that message to contact@stelizabetharts.com rather than starting from scratch.

sorry for any inconvenience.