Our annual student art show held on Thursday, May 15th was a success with multiple representations of every students masterpieces showcased in the Donna's Kids On Stage Theatre. CONGRATULATIONS to all our students.
To conclude our season on a high note, four of the pieces shown were selected to be on the next cover of the Kids Guide Magazine! Congratulations to Christopher H., Connor H., Ashley K and Sloane M. - all Kindergarteners in our Studio Fine Arts program.
KIDS HELPING KIDS THROUGH ART
A Note from Donna
Young Artists at Donna's Kids have joined the call for artists and students from around the world to be part of an international fundraising art exhibition and auction designed to draw attention to the plight of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and poverty stricken children in sub-Saharan Africa. This unique effort, founded by artist and photographer Naomi Natale, is called The Cradle Project.
We are pleased to announce that 8 of the 550 cradles on exhibition in Albuquerque, New Mexico through June 28, are from Donna's Kids. Participants were asked to craft cradles and cribs out of scrap and recycled materials in a symbolic effort to represent the "lost potential of an estimated 48 million orphaned children." We were asked to send each cradle with a sponsorship of $100. Donna's Kids' families and friends reached out and helped raising over $600 to date.
Our students were very excited about working on the project and liked the idea of helping other children who were in need. Each class had a different artistic vision of what their class cradle should look like. After school Young Artists participating in the project included two Pre-K classes, two Kindergarden classes and one First Grade class. Photos of our cradles will be posted on this page shortly.
We saw this project as a meaningful experience for the children and a unique opportunity to teach our students that each one of us can make a difference. Making these cradles stimulated the children's imaginations and artistic expression and was a perfect tool to promote teamwork and learn about an important humanitarian global issue, multi-cultural awareness and social responsibility.
We would like to congratulate our students on their enthusiastic effort and a job well done. I would also like to thank Donna's Kids art teacher Crystal Martucci for bringing this project to my attention and congratulate her on her cradle entitled, "Defining Home" which was one of the 76 cradles selected from the over 500 around the world for inclusion in The Cradle Project Book.
Thank you also to the many Donna's Kids parents and friends who supported this effort with generous donations totaling over $600 to this worthwhile cause.
To learn more about this effort and see the collection of creative and artistic cradles, visit www.thecradleproject.org. All proceeds are going to the Firelight Foundation, a non-profit that funds projects for orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa.
UPDATE
All of our Donna's Kids cradles sold!
FYI The Cradle Project is still accepting donations for this worthy cause.
