buildabridge institute 2011 photo report
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BuildaBridge Institute 2011 Photo ReportTRANSCRIPT
Dr. Joseph Modica presents an award
from Eastern University to co-founders
Dr. Vivian Nix-Early and Dr. Nathan
Corbitt for the 10th Anniversary.
Past participants like Michaelanne Harri-
man (above), and Sara Blackburn (left)
returned to share about their training and
experience at the Alumni Symposium.
BuildaBridge Teaching Art-
ists Magi Ross and Sarah
Thompson led participants
in the BuildaBridge Class-
room training exercises, ex-
ploring music, emotion and
color.
Alumni and local art ministries presented
their work at the 10th Anniversary Art Ex-
hibit, providing a space for dialogue and
discussion about how to live out and apply
Institute principles.
Participants and faculty en-
joyed a barbeque dinner at
the BuildaBridge House to
kick off the Institute
Institute attendees celebrated
faculty member Lynne Farrow’s
nine years of service. Her pres-
ence has been much appreciated
and will be greatly missed!
Leah Samuelson returned with
the 2010 mural, and guided par-
ticipants with new ideas and a
fresh layer of paint.
“Working with Leah
and others on the mu-
ral gave me time to
process. I absorbed
the calls to action, as
the canvas absorbed my
paint. I felt the freedom to
go in life where I would,
just as my patterns turned
and twisted where they
would. I could finally
breathe.”
- Sarah Rohrer
While we are
called to give
and to serve, we
need to also sit
and receive.
- Lynne Farrow
(Right)
“the instructors grasp of the subject matter, the
passion & commitment that they displayed imbued
the words with life & reality “ - 2011 Participant
COO and Co-Founder of
BuildaBridge International Dr.
Vivian Nix-Early
From left to right: BuildaBridge Programs Ad-
ministrator Danielle Dembrosky, and Faculty
Lisa Jo Epstein and Kathryn Pannepacker en-
joy a happy moment together.
Left: Trapeta Mayson. Above:
IT Associate John Austin.
Right: Board of Directors
Chairman Ron Hevey
“The problem with
faith discussions
today is that peo-
ple want to make
faith a noun” - Dr.
Modica
What gets fired together
gets wired together”
- Dr. Gene Ann Behrens
The Institute is the reason I
wake up and come to work
everyday...to see the people
who attend take what they
learn and share it and change
the lives of children and com-
munities around the world.” -
Danielle Dembrosky, Pro-
grams Administrator
“When they walk through that door they’re
kids; it doesn’t matter where they came
from” - Barbara Price-Davis (Right)
“Ritual is at the essence of being hu-
man.” - Dr. Nathan Corbitt, Co-Founder
and CFO of BuldaBridge International
Henry Holcomb,
BuildaBridge Interna-
tional Board member
and Institute blogger
From Left to Right,
BuildaBridge Shelter Relations
and Community Programs Co-
ordinator Magira Ross and Hai-
ti Arts Relief and Development
Coordinator, Maeva Renaud.
BuildaBridge Institute Fac-
ulty, Dr. David Bronkema
BuildaBridge Teaching Artist
Sarah Thompson (left), and
BuildaBridge Board member,
Jim Ballengee (Below)
Although we pledge to restore hope
and healing in the young people we
work with, I have learned how to uti-
lize visual art as a way to restore
hope and healing within myself. It is
important that we enter the space
feeling good about ourselves; not
just feel good about what we do.
—2011 Participant
“knowing that there’s a place where
artists can come together and be
trained and work with children in
overseas missions. .. I feel really in-
spired.”- Hannah Poon (Left), 2011
Participant
“BuildaBridge is teaching me how to
integrate my two passions: helping
Haiti and the arts. Hopefully some-
thing beautiful will come about.” -
Nathalie Cerin, 2011 Partici-
pant & Haiti Artist on Call
“I see the Institute as a piece of
heaven, a time of refreshment, to be
reconnected with the art parts in me
that have become dulled.” - Lindsey
Jo Bailey, 2011 Participant
Maria Carlini guided
participants in a music
and mask-making jour-
ney into the Self. Masks
were given some of the
following names:
In.Sight,
Shantih,
Talie,
Beloved,
Selah
Lisa Jo Epstein taught Transfor-
mational Drama, both in its prac-
tice and in its TO (Theatre of the
Oppressed) philosophical base.
Lynne Farrow led a
Writing Workshop em-
phasizing parallel and
collaborative poetry
“If there is to be peace in
the world, there must be
peace...
in the home...
If there is to be peace in
the home, There must be
peace in the heart.”
— Lao Tzu
between neighbors...
in the nations...
in the cities...