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The
Teen Arts Puentes Project
is an arts activism and youth development
program for San Antonio teenagers ages 13-17. Its
mission is to use the arts to develop young people as
effective social leaders and active civic participants
through challenging artistic projects. The Teen
Arts Puentes Project is unique in San Antonio
as a long term, year round program designed to support
the critical, social, developmental, and intellectual
needs of youth from all over San Antonio .
The program is guided by the belief that art has a practical purpose in society
and that art can be useful even for those who do not choose the arts as a long
term career path. Projects challenge participants to work together in a positive,
supportive environment that promotes respect and empathy for one's peers, mentors,
and external community, in addition to problem solving through a diversity of
ideas.
Members of the Teen Arts Puentes Project participate in workshops in Theater,
Poetry, Video Art, and Visual Art. The workshops are led by professional artists
in an apprenticeship structure where young artists work hand in hand with lead
artists on projects to gain experience and learn about the artist's respective
crafts. Crucial to the project is that the creative work is informed by ideas
and issues generated from the young people themselves and that it has community
impact.
In the Summer of 2007, the Teen Arts Puentes Project took part in a one-of-a-kind
collaboration with the Dreamyard ACTION Project, a teen arts and activism group
from New York City . For 2 weeks, the Teen Arts Puentes Project and the Dreamyard
ACTION Project worked on-site at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, participating
in arts workshops, holding forums on artistic, personal, and social issues, taking
excursions to local San Antonio arts institutions, and meeting with San Antonio
based artists who shared their experiences and ideas with the two groups of young
artists. The 2 week collaboration culminated in a multimedia performance at the
Guadalupe Theater on July 27 th , where the more than 30 participating teen artists
exhibited their work to a packed audience. The show was such a success that the
Dreamyard ACTION Project has extended an invitation to the Teen Arts Puentes
Project to visit them in New York for the summer of 2008.
You can help make this happen. The Teen Arts Puentes Project is currently raising
the funds to maintain the program and make the summer trip to New York . Contributions
are payable to:
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
For The Teen Arts Puentes Project
1300 Guadalupe Street
San Antonio , TX 78207
http://www.myspace.com/teenartspuentesproject
http://www.youtube.com/PuentesLive
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Valentino Lucio
Express-News
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Summer
Arts Intensive
JUNE/JULY 2008
The
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center was founded in 1980 as a nonprofit, multidisciplinary
organization. Located in the heart of San Antonio’s
west side, the Guadalupe is the largest community-based, multi-disciplinary
organization in the United States.Our mission is to preserve, promote and
develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples
for all ages and backgrounds through public and educational programming
in six disciplines: Dance, Literature, Media Arts, Theater Arts, Visual
Arts and Latin Music.
The Teen Arts Puentes Project Summer Arts IntensiveThe Teen Arts Puentes
Project’s mission is to use the arts to nurture the growth of adolescents
in a positive environment where they can build individual talents, develop
social The Teen Arts Puentes
Project members will participate in workshops in theater, visual art, poetry,
and film, with projects and events focused on fostering healthy personal
relationships, community activism, and self-reliance. The Teen Arts Puentes
Project members will be given hands on training by professional teaching
artists. Each session will culminate in a performance/exhibition. The Teen
Arts Puentes Project is committed to empowering the teens in the program
by inclusion into the decision making process of the greater community.
The Teen Arts Puentes Project members will have creative and decisive input
into the vision of the performances and exhibitions as well as decisions
concerning day to day programming. The Teen Arts Puentes Project team believes
in a democratic collaborative approach to art where all voices are respected.IMPORTANT:
EVERYONE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE TEEN ARTS PUENTES PROJECT SUMMER
ARTS INTENSIVE MUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND ATTEND AN ENTRANCE INTERVIEW.
THE INTERVIEW OPEN HOUSE WILL TAKE PLACE ON
SAT. MAY 24TH FROM 10AM TO
2PM.
Please call for extented interview time.
210.271.3151
GET THERE EARLY. SPACE IN THE PROGRAM
For more information about
theTeen Arts Puentes Project
visit www.guadalupeculturalarts.org www.myspace.com/teenartspuentesprojeact
Or email Vincent Toro at
vincentt@guadalupeculturalarts.org
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