MEDIA ADVISORY
Feb. 5, 2015
Contact: Lynn Susholtz, lynn@artproduce.org
Editors and reporters: This is a non-district sponsored event to benefit our students. We welcome your coverage.
“Hello, My Name Is”
An Art Exhibit and Opening Reception featuring art work from students
What: Opening reception for an exhibition by Lynn Susholtz in collaboration with The New Arrival Center (NAC) at Crawford High School. Students from the Crawford High School NAC have worked with Lynn Susholtz creating art that tells stories of their travels from their home countries. The New Arrival Center provides a solid foundation in oral and written English for students who are new to the United States. The NAC began at Crawford in the 2008-09 school year to serve immigrant and refugee groups of secondary students. Most of the students have had some form of interrupted formal education and have experienced varying degrees of violence and trauma. These students have already overcome enormous obstacles in their young lives and are now learning a new language, culture, social, and educational system. They strive to achieve their goals and better their lives with a level of sincerity and enthusiasm that belies the awful situations that many of them have escaped. That they are now able and ready to tell their stories is a testament to their will to survive and now thrive. The exhibit raises funds to support the arts program at the New Arrival Center.
When: Opening Reception, Feb. 6, 2015, from 5-7 p.m.
Art Exhibition, Feb. 6 – March 1, 2015
Where: Bread & Cie Bakery & Café
350 University Avenue (92103)
Details: Lynn Susholtz owns the public art and education company, Stone Paper Scissors, known for local award-winning public art projects, including the Vermont Street Pedestrian Bridge and the North Park Community Park Playground. Stone Paper Scissors seeks to integrate a community voice and vision into the cultural and physical landscape through art and education. In North Park for 20 years, Susholtz has been living and working as a community artist to advocate for increased access to educational, cultural and environmental resources. She is the owner/director of ART Produce Gallery, a storefront exhibition space. Susholtz is an arts educator, engaging students and community members in the process of creative problem solving both in and outside the classroom. She teaches classes and workshops throughout the county in schools, cultural centers and at her Stone Paper Scissors studio.
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