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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
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(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. |