[Jubilee] announcement: Institute for Arts & Transformation, May 31-June 4

[Chris Steinbeisser-Fitz]

Greetings in the name of the Jubilee!

The Institute for Arts & Transformation takes place in Philadelphia from 
May 31 to June 4. See the announcement below and website link for more 
info. Consider attending if you are looking for more experience and 
accredited training with the arts and community-building and/or ministry 
work!
(More on our own September retreat at www.jubileetroupe.org .) peace!

Announcing BuildaBridge International’s


  /INSTITUTE FOR ARTS & TRANSFORMATION V/

/(Formerly the Institute for the Church and Community Arts)/


    /Registration Now Open/**

May 31-June 4, 2006
Mother Boniface Spirituality Retreat Center
Philadelphia, PA

BuildaBridge International announces the Fifth Annual Institute for Arts 
and Transformation V (IAT), /formerly the Institute for the Church and 
Community Arts. The Institute will be held on /May 31-June 4, 2006 at 
the Mother Boniface Spirituality Retreat Center in Philadelphia, PA. 
This year's featured faculty is William Swetcharnik, artist, writer and 
educator who has used art in Latin America for community development and 
violence reduction.

IAT5 is an intensive five-day training institute for community leaders, 
youth workers, ministers, teachers, and artists of all disciplines who 
want to integrate music, dance, drama, visual arts and dance effectively 
in community-based service. /IATV harnesses the power of the arts for 
community outreach and transformation. /

Presented by BuildaBridge International, an arts education and 
intervention non-profit organization, the Institute will offer short 
courses in arts-integrated education and healing for youth leadership, 
after-school programming, spiritual development, community building, 
life skills education, and more.

Learn from the research of the Institute and the experience of proven 
arts programs with vulnerable children and youth. ACT48 credit for 
teachers, undergraduate and graduate credit is available through Eastern 
University.

*Why attend?*

Learn how to:

    * Effectively use the arts in community service and ministry
    * Integrate the arts in teaching
    * Develop a community arts program
    * Utilize the arts in youth spiritual development, leadership,
      academic improvement, and life skills development
    * Collaborate with faith, community, government programs and
      organizations
    * Network with practitioners
    * Gain new resources: funding opportunities, curriculum, collaborations

*Courses: *

    * Introduction to Arts-Based Community Programs and Service
    * Arts and Spiritual Development: Developing maturity and character
    * Arts in Education: Turning classroom lull into classroom inspiration
    * Arts in Social Services and Health Education: Collaborating with
      partners in the civic sector
    * Arts in Community and Economic Development: Recovering indigenous
      resources to transform current needs
    * Community Arts Practicum I: Leadership skills for the community
      arts program

*Features:*

    * Open Art studio with Lynne Farrow /where participants can create,
      meditate and reflect/
    * Gallery and Studio Recitals /where participants are encouraged to
      share their work/
    * Site visits /to local community arts organizations and projects/
    * Master class and teaching practicum in visual arts, music, dance
      and drama

*Cost: *

$450 Registration fee covers all course work, Open Art Studio, textbooks 
and supplies

$250 /additional/ cost covers room and board at the Mother Boniface 
Spiritual Retreat

Center and all meals

$150 single night rate includes registration and 3 meals

Full Institute commuters can pay $28 per day for all meals

*Academic Credit*

A Certificate in Community Arts is offered through the Campolo School 
for Social Change at Eastern University--Philadelphia

Undergraduate and Graduate credit is offered through Eastern University. 
(Tuition is not covered in the registration cost.)

*How to Register**

*Online registration at: http://www.mollyguard.com/event/24634683

*For further information*, see the website at
http://www.buildabridge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=196&itemid=72
or e-mail: iat at buildabridge.org <mailto:iat at buildabridge.org>

You may also call: 215-842-0428 and ask for J. Nathan Corbitt or Jennifer
Shaver. 

For more on BuildaBridge International:  www.buildabridge.org