Students working on a schematic drawing of an invention to clean trash from ocean water.
ArtsAction Group is dedicated to the value of utilizing the arts as a way to engage communities, youth, educators, and families in conflict- and war-affected societies on the community-based, grassroots levels. We are comprised of long-time educators, artists, and a multi-disciplinary group of youth workers who live in, or have lived in Europe, the Middle East, and the Balkans.
Donations pay for art supplies, translating fees, shipping and evaluation costs. Details provided below. If you see a project that you'd like to direct your donation to, just let us know.
Donations pay for art supplies, translating fees, shipping and evaluation costs. Details provided below. If you see a project that you'd like to direct your donation to, just let us know.
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At present, our projects are centered at:
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OUR PROJECTS
SUHAREKA/THERANDA, KOSOVO
Mapping Suhareka 2011
We are in our tenth year of partnering with Fellbach-Haus in creating visual and performing arts projects with the youth, artists and community members. The work continues to evolve with an emerging focus on STEM to STEAM. The introduction of STEAM provides opportunities for fostering creativity and innovation linked to 21st century citizenship, economic and leadership opportunities.
Funding Needs:
Funding Needs:
- materials and equipment
- artist and student international exchanges
- exhibitions and exhibition catalogues
- translation costs Albanian/English
- program evaluation costs (survey, interviews, analysis Albanian/English).
ALAMPIL, MULLAITIVU and ILAVALAI, SRI LANKA
Body Maps 2016
In partnership with St. Henry's College and Alampil Roman Catholic School, we design arts workshops for children and youth designed to foster psycho-social healing and visioning for the future. Alampil is in the Mullaitivu District, one of the worst affected areas during the last phase of the civil war which ended in May of 2009. The borders to the North have only relatively recently been re-opened and the community is interested in incorporating arts and culture as a way forward for all. Each year we work with students at one or both schools along with counselors that work across the other Catholic schools in the region. There is a request for us to partner with other area schools.
Funding Needs:
Funding Needs:
- materials and equipment
- artist and student international exchange costs
- exhibition and exhibition catalogue costs
- translation costs Tamil/Sinhalese/English
WESTERN SAHARAWI REFUGEE CAMPS, ALGERIA
Balloon Sculptures 2013
Camp Boujdour in SW Algeria. Our first project, Water Stories, was a combined arts and public health initiative organized by ArtsAction Group in partnership with the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), PackH20, Camp Boujdour Primary School, and the annual ARTifariti Arts Festival.
We have had two projects in the camps, done in person and virtually via web-based interactions. The camp-based projects include open-ended visual and performing arts experiences for the camp’s primary school children as well as a collaboration with the Shared Roots Project. In this project families were invited to share the history of their ancestors via artmaking, photos, objects, poetry and more. Shared Roots, a project of Terrence Ross, Adelphi University, is a social networking site for ancestors. The web-based projects have included the Body Maps and the Telling Stories project. More recently we continue our partnership with MOTIF Art Studio and Workshop, headed up by Mohamed Sulaiman in Samara Refugee Camp.
Funding Needs:
We have had two projects in the camps, done in person and virtually via web-based interactions. The camp-based projects include open-ended visual and performing arts experiences for the camp’s primary school children as well as a collaboration with the Shared Roots Project. In this project families were invited to share the history of their ancestors via artmaking, photos, objects, poetry and more. Shared Roots, a project of Terrence Ross, Adelphi University, is a social networking site for ancestors. The web-based projects have included the Body Maps and the Telling Stories project. More recently we continue our partnership with MOTIF Art Studio and Workshop, headed up by Mohamed Sulaiman in Samara Refugee Camp.
Funding Needs:
- materials and equipment
- artist and student international exchange costs
- exhibition and exhibition catalogue costs
- translation costs Arabic/Spanish/English
PARTNERSHIP WITH MOTIF ART STUDIO & WORKSHOP
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MOTIF is seeking funds to continue to sustain the first MOTIF Art Studio & Workshop in the Samara Refugee Camps in SW Algeria. The mission of MOTIF is to engage in projects that focus on the core theme (or "motif") of arts-and culture-based projects related to self-determination and the perpetuation of sustainable communities/life ways for the Saharawi (Western Sahara).
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Mural by Sulaiman at MOTIF
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PARTNERSHIPS WITH LONG ISLAND SCHOOLS AND THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTIAL CENTER
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ArtsAction Group works with Long Island School Districts to provide arts workshops with a focus on workshops for new immigrants, arts and healing, arts and language acquisition and STEAM. The Brentwood Residential Center for Girls serves girls involved in the justice system, generally between the ages of 12 and 18 place with OCFS by New York State Family Courts.
Funding Needs:
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Body Mapping by Theresa
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Seed Money
In order to respond to invitations from communities in the USA and internationally, we are in need of seed money which will allow us to:
- hire teaching artists
- funding costs associated with establishing the relationships and projects in each location as well as across locations.
Making a Donation
ArtsAction Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of ArtsAction Group must be made payable to ArtsAction Group and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
