What: Dodge Foundation awards Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts Grant in the Amount of $23,000
Where: Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, 22 N. High Street, in Millville's Glasstown Arts District, NJ
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation awarded the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts in Millville, NJ a grant in the amount of $23,000 for support of RRCA's community building and individual art projects, classes, workshops and forums. In a letter dated July 2, 2007, David Grant, CEO and President of the Dodge Foundation, quoted a report from the MacArthur Foundation: There is no better indicator of the spiritual health of our city, its neighborhoods, and the larger region than the state of the arts. The arts deepen our understanding of the human spirit, extend our capacity to comprehend the lives of others, allow us to imagine a more just and humane world. Through their diversity of feeling, their variety of form, their multiplicity of inspiration, the arts make our culture richer and more reflective. Millville's health, in these terms, has definitely improved vastly over the last 6 years. Citizens have the opportunity to enjoy a richness of fine art and crafts in splendid abundance.
The Dodge Foundation, who supported RRCA's work with the neighborhood school children in creating 3 outstanding murals, looks forward to what Cumberland County children will create in the next round of mural paint-ins. RRCA's Carolyne Krull has been discussing the possibilities of combining mural creation and a curriculum in conflict transformation with Cumberland Empowerment Zone's Director, Cindy Angelo.
Also made possible by this funding will be the expansion of the Arts Creates Excellence to serve senior citizens along with the youth that have gained so much from the ACE program. RRCA will be working with artist Dorothy Conti to begin the program at the Jaycee Plaza, Genesis Healthcare and Spring Oak Assisted Living this summer.
The adoption of Silver Run School by the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts will also be funded by the Dodge Grant. Trips to the Arts Center with studio time and gallery talks for the students are planned in coming school year. RRCA is pleased to be able to partner with Judy Kessler, Silver Run's Vice Principal, on bringing more resources to Millville's inner-city students.
With the support of foundations such as Dodge, the RRCA will be very active growing its outreach in many directions. For more information on becoming involved at the RRCA, please contact Carolyne Krull at 856-327-4500.
Where: Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, 22 N. High Street, in Millville's Glasstown Arts District, NJ
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation awarded the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts in Millville, NJ a grant in the amount of $23,000 for support of RRCA's community building and individual art projects, classes, workshops and forums. In a letter dated July 2, 2007, David Grant, CEO and President of the Dodge Foundation, quoted a report from the MacArthur Foundation: There is no better indicator of the spiritual health of our city, its neighborhoods, and the larger region than the state of the arts. The arts deepen our understanding of the human spirit, extend our capacity to comprehend the lives of others, allow us to imagine a more just and humane world. Through their diversity of feeling, their variety of form, their multiplicity of inspiration, the arts make our culture richer and more reflective. Millville's health, in these terms, has definitely improved vastly over the last 6 years. Citizens have the opportunity to enjoy a richness of fine art and crafts in splendid abundance.
The Dodge Foundation, who supported RRCA's work with the neighborhood school children in creating 3 outstanding murals, looks forward to what Cumberland County children will create in the next round of mural paint-ins. RRCA's Carolyne Krull has been discussing the possibilities of combining mural creation and a curriculum in conflict transformation with Cumberland Empowerment Zone's Director, Cindy Angelo.
Also made possible by this funding will be the expansion of the Arts Creates Excellence to serve senior citizens along with the youth that have gained so much from the ACE program. RRCA will be working with artist Dorothy Conti to begin the program at the Jaycee Plaza, Genesis Healthcare and Spring Oak Assisted Living this summer.
The adoption of Silver Run School by the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts will also be funded by the Dodge Grant. Trips to the Arts Center with studio time and gallery talks for the students are planned in coming school year. RRCA is pleased to be able to partner with Judy Kessler, Silver Run's Vice Principal, on bringing more resources to Millville's inner-city students.
With the support of foundations such as Dodge, the RRCA will be very active growing its outreach in many directions. For more information on becoming involved at the RRCA, please contact Carolyne Krull at 856-327-4500.
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