Millersville University is offering Art To Heart, a program of free online workshops created by local professional teaching artists that provides both income for local creatives and engaging arts experiences for people of all ages.
Selected artists are paid to develop these workshops through a fund established by the Millersville University Foundation in partnership with Marci Nelligan, program coordinator of South Central PaARTners; Ismail Smith Wade-El, Lancaster City Council president; and Barry Kornhauser, assistant director of campus and community engagement.
Workshops created by the first five artists, covering a range of visual and performing arts genres, are available now. Throughout the spring and summer, Art to Heart will continue to expand the ongoing series of these free workshops while also building an emergency Artist Relief Fund providing small grants to local artists who are currently cut off from their sources of income.
The first five Art to Heart workshops were designed to offer a range of genres aimed at a wide audience.
Evita Colon, poet and founder and CEO of Speak to my Soul, offers a hands-on poetry/spoken word workshop for participants age 10 to adult.
Julia Jordan-Kamanda, singer-songwriter, children's author, music mentor, and owner of J3 Music Studios, offers a musical workshop that blends story and song for children ages 3 to 8.
Solise Kharisma, CCO, choreographer and dancer of Speak to My Soul, offers inventive ways to shake things up in her creative movement workshop for children and adults.
Anita Pilkerton-Plumb, social worker, teacher, Millersville University alumna, and artist offers a way to process this challenging time through the arts with her "Collage a Memory Box" workshop, for people all ages. Participants may hold mementos, special thoughts, and records of this time in their own repurposed box of memories.
Jennifer Tarr, Arts Smarts teacher, and art teacher at Bermudian Springs Middle School, offers "Art in the Kitchen." The workshop takes on the whole idea of paint, using common kitchen goods like coffee, spices, Kool-Aid, and vegetables as materials for producing works of art. It is geared for children and adults.
The workshops are available at http://www.millersville.edu/arttoheart, and more will become available to the public on an ongoing basis. Donations to the Artist Relief Fund can also be made at the aforementioned website or by contacting Alice McMurry at Alice.Mcmurry@millersville.edu.
Artists interested in teaching workshops should email Barry.Kornhauser@millersville.edu or Alice.Mcmurry@millersville.edu.
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