Arts United and the
Narrows Center for the Arts
sponsored a free concert at the Gates of the City on July 17th,,
2009 to
launch Fall River’s Y.E.A.H.! Youth Experiencing Artistic Hope, The
event included
the
X-Static Dancers, DJ-TAZZ, Loralee's
Dance Studio, Live Painting Street Crew, and free YEAH! wristlets.
C.J.
Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band provided the music for the
6:00 p.m. event. The Mission-Vision
Committee of the
B.O.L.D.
(Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition has been meeting over the past
year to establish
an arts program for youth 14-25 as an alternative to drug
involvement. The group envisions the establishment of one or more
locations in Fall River
where youth can listen to new bands rehearse, use networked computers,
try out new painting styles, learn new hip hop dance moves or just drop
in to see what’s up. The group is currently working to form a
formal board and by-laws and is seeking resources in the way of useable
space and potential sources of funding.
Click here to read the Herald News article.
Click here,
here
and
here
for photos of planning sessions.
Click here for
a
video about a similar effort in New Bedford.
For further information, contact BOLD staff member contact Susan
Wolfson at
Stanley Street Treatment & Resources,
508-235-7032.
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(Top row, left) BOLD
staff member Susan Wolfson signs in Amanda Donovan and Nancy
DeMello at the start of the Launch Party. (Top
row, center)
Painter-photographer and Arts United president Jeff Carpenter
announces the opening of the Launch Party on the
Narrows Center for the Arts stage at
the Gates park. (Top row, right)
Matt Nhem
gets his photo taken while waiting for the music to begin. (Middle row, left)
Marc DeRego and Kristen Rogers of
Smoke & Pickles
prepare the food for the evening. (Middle row, center and right) Three young
artists try their hand at
painting inspired by the dancing. (Bottom row, left)
C.J.
Chenier of the Red Hot Louisiana Band
plays while Ronnie Chhot and Carl Burnett do some of their break dancing
routines.
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