A Community of Sisters: The Art of Growing Leaders at Camp Sojourner
Guest post by ArtWell teaching artists Ariel Eure & Kris Smith Cricket silence and shy smiles – this was how we were greeted in January on our first day facilitating ArtWell’s The Art...
View ArticleArtWell Students Explore Creative Solutions for Social Challenges
In today’s test-driven academic climate, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and collaboration often take a back seat to memorization and technical skills. Teachers have little time for...
View ArticleArtWell Slam Cultivates Garden of Hope, Guts, and Growth
“She calls it her garden of hope. Every day she watches over it to see if something will grow.” -Kadijah, ArtWell Slam Team member ArtWell has been honored to help plant our own seeds of hope by...
View ArticleArtWell Awards 2015 honors Spike Lee, Lynne Horoschak, Jerron Corley
Announcing the 2015 ArtWell Awards Honoring Spike Lee, Lynne Horoschak, & Jerron Corley Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at 6:00 pm 2424 East York Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Tickets and Additional...
View ArticleArtWell Honors Spike Lee at the 2015 ArtWell Awards on October 17th!
Image: Spike Lee visits ArtWell fall 2014 We are honored to welcome visionary artist and director, philanthropist, and activist Spike Lee to the ArtWell Awards on October 17th. Spike’s body of work,...
View ArticleLynne Horoschak: Connecting Passion and Mission
Image: Lynne Horoschak, Graduate Program Manager for Graduate Studies at Moore’s MA in Art Education with an Emphasis in Special Populations, with graduate students and their students, 2013. Photo:...
View ArticleLessons from an Art Teacher, from the Bartol Archive
Bartol Foundation recently re-issued ArtWell Award Honoree Lynne Horoschak’s 1999 fellowship documentary ‘Lessons from an Art Teacher’ online. Things change. Things stay the same. Fifteen years after...
View ArticleYoung Hearts Beat a Rhythm of Joy & Hope through ArtWell’s HeartBeat Programming
Thanks to generous funding from the William Penn Foundation, ArtWell is launching our long anticipated 15-week HeartBeat music program! Building on 15 years of partnership with Marcy Francis and Jan...
View ArticleSonia Sanchez to Create a Poem in honor of Spike Lee at Artwell Awards
On October 17th at this year’s Artwell Awards, renowned filmmaker Spike Lee will be the focus of a poem to be performed by last year’s honoree, Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez, who was Philadelphia’s first Poet...
View ArticleArtWell Receives Prestigious George Bartol Arts Education Award
ArtWell Students work on a MasterPeace Mural at Bache Martin School ArtWell is extremely honored to be selected by The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation as the winner of the 2015 George Bartol Arts...
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