Dear Friends,
Come celebrate with us our 272nd project. It is through participation in these kinds of events that you'll feel the immense impact that CITYarts has on communities and our youth. Here, you'll get the opportunity to talk to our fabulous Brazilian artist, Duda Penteado, who energized our many youth volunteers to engage in the creative process, from workshops to the painting of the wall. You will also be able to speak with the youth participants and our collaborators from the NYC Parks Department. Projects like this don't just happen - they require the participation of many.
I want to thank our sponsors, New
York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, Sprint Foundation, Newman's Own
Foundation, conEdison, The Walt Disney Company, Milton & Sally
Avery Arts
Foundation, Inc., Goldman Sachs, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation,
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson, Candia Fisher and Winston Fisher.
I'd also like to thank our collaborators Vernetta Diggs, St. John's Recreation Center manager, Kevin Jeffrey, Parks & Recreation Deputy Commissioner for Public Programs, Nicole Moorehead, his Chief of Staff, and the over 200 youth volunteers & CITYarts interns who helped make this permanent mural. We know that it will continue to inspire the community to celebrate nature and raise awareness to help reduce global warming.
Enjoy spring,
Tsipi Ben-Haim
Executive & Artistic Director
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Board of Directors
Carrie H. Cohen, Chairperson
Kate Gehring, Secretary
Bernadette Longford,
Treasurer
Helene Saren
Lawrence
Amnon Bar-Tur
Vera Sung
Irene Minkoff
Helene Feldman
Jean Kim
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive & Artistic Director
Staff
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive and Artistic Director
Kim Llerena,
Assistant to the Director
Marc Maffei,
Project Coordinator
Jordan Taler,
Creative Coordinator
Interns
Leona Deckelbaum
Nicole Costantini
Asli Ersoy
Giovanni Casiano
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Join CITYarts and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation as we celebrate CITYarts' 272nd
public art project, "Nature is Love on Earth". Over the summer of 2008,
artist Duda Penteado worked with youth from the St. John's Recreation
Center and the Crown Heights community to design and paint the mural.
Part of CITYarts' Global HeART Warming project, "Nature is Love on Earth" aims to raise awareness of global warming and celebrate nature.
This
will be a special ribbon cutting event, as the Parks Department is also
celebrating the reconstruction of six basketball courts, twelve handball
courts, and a new playground at the center.
Special thanks to our sponsors: New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, Sprint Foundation, Newman's Own
Foundation, conEdison, The Walt Disney Company, Milton & Sally Avery Arts
Foundation, Inc., Goldman Sachs, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation, Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson, Candia Fisher and Winston Fisher
The celebration begins at 11:00am on Tuesday, April 28 at the rear wall of the recreation center.
St. John's Recreation Center
1251 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Directions
Option 1
Take the C train to Utica Ave.
Walk west on Fulton Ave.
Left onto Schenectady Ave.
Right onto Prospect Place
Option 2
Take the 4 train to Utica Ave.
Walk north on Utica Ave.
Left onto Prospect Place
Mural in progress Parks & Recreation's Deputy Commissioner for Public Programs Kevin Jeffrey joins CITYarts staff and volunteers at the mural.  St. John's Recreation Center youth
CITYarts Assistant to the Director Kim Llerena painting with St. John's Recreation Center volunteers.
Community leaders lend a hand.
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Thinking globally and acting locally,
CITYarts' projects build bridges of cultural understanding and give
youth the opportunity to take an active role in shaping their future.
The Young Minds Build Bridges program connects our youth in New York to the international
community, spreading their voices in a quest for peace and raising awareness of global warming.
Our projects give youth a stage to ask, "What
can I do to reduce the speed of global warming?" Our teens are taking
the future into their own hands, getting actively involved in their
communities, and assuming responsibility through the creation of murals
and mosaics with CITYarts.
Since 1968, CITYarts has created 272 projects that have
transformed communities and impacted over 100,000 kids, collaborated
with more than 500 artists, and partnered with over 300,000 volunteers
in the process.
Thank you in advance for your generous support and for
joining CITYarts in celebrating 40 years of "Making a Difference
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