March 2018
In This Issue:


NEWS
Countdown to Party Time: Open House is One Week Away! OpenHouse

Join Art with a Heart on Sunday, April 8th from 2:00pm to 4:30pm for a celebration of its new home at Mill 1. Come see the space, enjoy delicious food and beverages, shop for beautiful new products and preview unique items for special order. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet Art with a Heart students and view a new program video.
Valet parking will be available. RSVP  here.
Brain Awareness Week Blew Our Art-Lovin' Minds BrainAwareness

During the month of March, Art with a Heart partnered with  The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University , The Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute , The International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab),  Baltimore City Public Schools,  Project Bridge,  BELL and  Port Discovery Children's Museum, to educate students about how the brain works and unlock the neuroscience of emotions. Art with a Heart collaborated with Hopkins neuroscientists to develop the art curriculum and developed a training video for all the facilitators. Students of all ages in Art with a Heart classes responded to the prompt "What's on Your Mind?" and created illustrations reflecting their thoughts and feelings. Additionally, fourth grade Art with a Heart students from nine different Baltimore City Public Schools participated in building neuron sculptures with the assistance of neuroscience student volunteers from the Johns Hopkins University. The illustrations and wire sculptures were exhibited at Port Discovery Children's Museum
in celebration of  Brain Awareness Week .
Create for a Cause: B-More Engaged and Art with a Heart Collaborate to Support the Crohn's and Colitis Foundationcrones

Join B-More Engaged at Art with a Heart on Sunday, April 29th from 4:00pm - 6:30pm for a workshop fundraiser to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Create a unique mosaic trivet while you enjoy complementary wine, snacks and more. Art with a Heart will guide you through creating one of many Spring themed trivet options. With Mother's Day around the corner...this is a great way to spend time with Mom or make her something special! Registration is  $35  before April 23 rd and  $40  after April 23 rd.  Register here:  https://b-more-engaged.ticketleap.com/create-for-a-cause-mosaic-night/

Art with a Heart Student's Message of Unity Wins Anti-Violence Art ContestAntiViolence

Day'sean Matthews, an Art with a Heart student at  City Springs Elementary/Middle School was a contest winner in the Art Against Violence Competition sponsored by the  R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.  In describing his painting, Day'sean said, "I just wanted to do this piece to explain how we're all in unity and we all need to come together and help one another out." See the news story here. 


Impressionists Knew All the Things at Trivia Night: Cheers!Impressionists

Art with a Heart's Junior Board, The Impressionists, spent an evening engaged in a battle of wits at Sammy's Trattoria. BMore Knowledgable facilitated a highly competitive trivia game while food, drinks and camaraderie were enjoyed by all! To stay up to date on future Impressionists events contact Yolanda Jenkins at yolanda@artwithaheart.net.


PROGRAMMING
The Future is Adorable with Pre-Kindergarten InventorsInventors

Pre-Kindergarten students in Art with a Heart classes at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School celebrated the important contributions of African American inventors. After discussing how the microphone, fire extinguisher, mop and refrigerator make our lives better, students brainstormed ideas for their own inventions to help the world. Students were given a variety of recycled materials to build models of their fantastic innovations. [Note: add mustaches to clocks, pronto. That idea is long overdue.]    
Fourth-Graders Pinch Teachers' Noses and Don't Even Get in TroubleCJR

Art with a Heart's fourth grade students at Commodore John Rogers Elementary/Middle School had a great time creating clay portraits of their favorite teachers. Students learned about proportion and the detail needed for modeling facial features. These colorful portraits were gifted to teachers as tokens of the students' gratitude.  
Students Can't Resist Chance to Portray Animals in Their Environments  BAS

In their Sunday afternoon classes at Art with a Heart,  Baltimore Autism Society students learned about animals and their living environments. After the lesson, students were tasked with creating landscape watercolor resist paintings of their favorite animals in their specific environments. 

  
Students Fly to the Moon and Back with Art as Their VehicleJudyCenter

Art with a Heart students in the after-school program at the Judy Center at Eutaw Marshburn Elementary School reinforced their understanding of shapes and enhanced their scissor skills by creating geometric rockets. The students then enjoyed embellishing their rockets using oil pastels to create space-scapes. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC ART
After a Long Journey, These Community Birds Flew HomeSinaiHospital
 
In collaboration with the William E. Proudford Sickle Cell Fund, Art with a Heart worked with hundreds of volunteers to create this beautiful ceramic installation. Staff members from the Maryland State Department of Education prepared the clay pieces that children and families personalized and painted during an  artSPEAKS! workshop at the Maryland State Sickle Cell Picnic. In March, the assembled piece was installed at Sinai Hospital for all to see! 


The Path to Healing, One Stepping Stone at a Time JohnsHopkins

With creative input from clients at the Johns Hopkins Broadway Center for Addiction, Art with a Heart's longtime teacher and talented muralist, Edward Williams painted this beautiful 20' x 7.9' mural in the cafeteria of the Center. 
 
B'More Healthy Expo Visitors Help to Make a Kaleidoscope of ButterfliesBMoreHealthyExpo
 
On March 3 rd ,  Art with a Heart participated in Fox 45's B'More Heathy Expo and engaged hundreds of guests in an art activity. Attendees painted paper butterflies that will be incorporated in a larger community piece to be installed in Weinberg Housing and Resource Center (WHRC), another Art with a Heart programming partner.  
 

Thank you!  FebThankYou

Art with a Heart is grateful for t he hundreds of volunteers who  dedicated their time and talent to the organization during the month of March: Circle K of Towson State University, Morning Star Baptist Church, Notre Dame of Maryland University Art Club, Stevenson Therapeutic Recreation Class, and Year Up. 











Art of Leadership
Student Leaders Consider Compassion, Trauma, and Healing AOL

For the March session, Art of Leadership students were fortunate to visit and tour the  R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center . The session started with a video showing the  impactful  work of the Shock Trauma team and included a trip  to the helipad where students learned how some patients arrive to the facility. Students also visited the Trauma Resuscitation Unit ( TRU ) where they saw how the Shock Trauma team works together to save lives. After arriving back at  HeARTwares,  the leaders discussed how compassion is an essential attribute of good leadership. Also, students had an engaging conversation about the  gun control debate.   
 
HEARTWARES 
HeARTworkers Learn Job Skills While Making Art You Will Want to Purchase!HeARTwares

On March 19th, Art with a Heart launched its spring  HeARTworks program. Participants were immediately engaged and have been diligently working on their art. Come to the Open House on April 8th and see the results of their hard work. 

Art with a Heart is grateful for the many volunteers, friends, and organizations who have graciously donated food items during the month of March to help with the daily meals Art with a Heart serves its HeARTworks students: Drue Hodgetts, Christina Bergie, Mandy Mathai, Tiffany Tupper, SweetSide Cafe, Morning Star Baptist Church, Jewish Volunteer Connection's "School's Out, Pitch In!" and the  Super Giant in Hampden. To make a donation, contact Christina Ralls at christina@artwithaheart.net or at 410-366-8886.

After a short hiatus, Gallagher Services is back in action at HeARTwares! Participants enjoyed the new space while painting colorful hubcap mandalas. The hubcap mandalas will be displayed and sold at the April 8th Open House. 
   
Amazing Space, How Sweet the Board RoomRental

Art with a Heart has great spaces available for your next party, meeting, workshop, retreat, training, event or conference. For more information, contact Yolanda Jenkins at  yolanda@artwithaheart.net  or call her at 410-366-8886.
 











Art with a Heart provides Baltimore's vulnerable children, youth, and adults with 11,000 visual art classes a year in schools, community centers, group homes, shelters, permanent housing facilities, hospitals, and senior facilities.

Since 2000, Art with a Heart has provided its students with access to creative, educational, and positive programming, caring and nurturing adults on a consistent basis, and the chance to embrace new ideas and skills in a safe and structured environment. In an effort to achieve its mission of enhancing the lives of people in need through visual art, Art with a Heart works to harness the benefits of arts education to cultivate positive changes in behavior and general attitudes among its participants. Art with a Heart is steadfast in its commitment to help nurture and grow its students and encourage them to become better communicators, problem solvers, and community members. 
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