Students at Alampil Roman Catholic School, Sri Lanka
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.
At present, our projects are centered at:
Please note that wherever possible, we contract with local individuals, organizations and businesses in carrying out this work.
- Fellbach-Haus Creative Educational Centre, Suhareka, Kosovo,
- ARTifariti and The Western Sahrawi refugee Camp Boujdour, outside Tindouf, Algeria
- Motif Art Studio & Workshop, Sahrawi Refugee Camp Smara, outside Tindouf, Algeria
- Artistic Noise and Brentwood Residential Center for Girls, Long Island, NY.
- Adelphi University & The Allen-Stevenson School
- Alampil Roman Catholic School, Alampil, Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka
Please note that wherever possible, we contract with local individuals, organizations and businesses in carrying out this work.
OUR PROJECTS
SUHAREKA/THERANDA, KOSOVO
Mapping Suhareka 2011
We are in our sixth 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 DISTRICT, SRI LANKA
Body Maps 2016
In partnership with the Jesuit Centre for Social Concern and Alampil Roman Catholic School, we have begun 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 recently been re-opened and the community is interested in incorporating arts and culture as a way forward for all. This year we worked with 150 students at one school, along with counselors that work across the other Catholic schools in the region. There is a request for us to broaden the work across 26 more 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 SAHRAWI 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 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 currently, the Telling Stories project.
Funding Needs:
We have 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 currently, the Telling Stories project.
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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In partnership with ArtsAction Group, Motif is seeking funds to build the first Motif Art Studio & Workshop in the Sahrawi 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) and Tslagi/Cherokee (Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma).
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Building the Foundation of Motif
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PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTISTIC NOISE & THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTIAL CENTER
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ArtsAction Group and Artistic Noise partner to provide arts workshops to girls at the Brentwood Residential Center. Begun in 2012, the partnership brings together the strengths of each organization to provide for youth involved in the criminal and juvenile justice system.
Funding Needs:
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Body Mapping by Theresa
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You can see the Body Maps by the Brentwood girls here.
SEED MONEY FOR SOUTH AFRICA, NY STATE K-12 SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
In order to respond to invitations from communities in the USA and these countries, we are need of seed money which will allow us to:
- hire teaching artists
- purchase equipment to establish a central office
- 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.
