Students from YEAH! (Youth Experiencing Artistic Hope) were able to exhibit their photographs at the opening of the new Cherry & Webb Gallery on April 24, 2014. The project, which originated out of the Mission-Vision Committee of the B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition, received funding  to sponsor after-school art classes for students of the Resiliency Preparatory School. The Changing Lives through Art program pays local artists to work with students several hours a day to inspire and teach them a variety of artistic techniques. "A group of students from the RPS partnered with local teachers, artists and historians to explore the Oak Grove Cemetery," noted Committee chairperson Susan Wolfson. The project was funded by BayCoast Bank, the Donaldson Charitable Trust, Bristol County Savings Bank, Fall River Cultural Council, the South Coast Foundation, and James Karem. Their work was on display at the Gallery Opening put together by Sheila Oliveira and Allison Horvitz of the Greater Fall River Art Association. Click here for the Herald News story.  Click here for a ten-minute video of the opening. For further information, contact BOLD staff member contact Susan Wolfson at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources, 508-235-7032.

(Top row) Greater Fall River Art Association Curator Sheila Oliveira greets Mayor Flanagan and welcomes him to the exhibit at the Cherry & Webb Gallery. (Row two) Art Association member and artist Jay Egge looks over some of the photographs produced by students in the YEAH! project at the Resiliency Preparatory School. (Row three, left and center) Allison Horvitz, left, talks with Art Association member Joan L'Homme, right, before Mayor Flanagan cuts the ribbon. (Row three, right) Fall River Office of Economic Development Executive Vice-President Kenneth Fiola talks with one of the artists. (Bottom row) B.O.L.D Mission-Vision Committee chairperson Susan Wolfson poses for a photo with Michaela Belanger, one of the YEAH! project students whose work was exhibited, before Michaela talks with State Representatives Alan Silvia and Paul Schmid and is greeted by her teacher, Ron Caplain.

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