Pigeon Arts

Jesse White is thrilled to serve as a “Master Teacher” for the Methods Practicum Lab portion of the BuildaBridge Institute.  She will be modeling for Institute participants a mini-course for 5-8 seniors entitled “Self-Portraits: Visual Storytelling through the Altered Book.”  Here is a short description of the course:

Our stories are like our shadows; they travel with us wherever we go.  They are the less corporeal pieces of our person.  In this workshop, we will make our stories tangible, creatively capturing pieces of our historical selves.  Through spontaneous exploration of our stories through creative writing exercises, we will find our voices in the written word.  We will then illustrate our words through the use of collage and/or paint in a structurally altered book.  As we re-create a book, we may find a re-connection to the intuitive and spiritual places with us.

BuildaBridge is a non-profit 501(c)3 arts education and intervention organization that engages the transformative power of the arts to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communities in the tough places of the world. BuildaBridge motivates, enlists, trains, and connects those with artistic gifts with those in greatest need.

BuildaBridge Institute is a research and training institute designed to prepare artists, social service  professionals, community and congregational leaders, youth workers and non profit organization personnel to integrate the arts effectively in education and community development.  BuildaBridge Institute embraces the power of the arts in community outreach by teaching arts based tools for healing and empowerment, and efficient ways to implement them, to better serve those in need.

BuildaBridge Institute 2009
“Transforming Lives Through the Creative Arts”
Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr, PA
June 3-7 (Open Institute)
June 3-10 (MA in Urban Studies Graduate Residency)

For more information about BuildaBridge and the BuildaBridge Institute, please visit: http://www.buildabridge.org.