For the next three Saturdays starting February 4th, a diverse group of twenty-two children ages eight to eleven from ten different area schools will meet at the Methodist Church of Red Bank for a program entitled, Kids Create for Change.
About Kids Create for Change
Kids Create for Change is an arts program which aims to guide children to find their voices through artist expression and helps them to connect with each other’s cross cultures to make a difference in their communities. It is a proud partner with the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center whose mission is preserve and further the civil rights and social justice legacy of T. Thomas Fortune through community outreach, education, the arts and public programming.
Sessions
Assisting in the program will be a number of high school students from the church as well as Ranney School. The sessions, which will run from 10:30am-1:00 pm will include picture book readings, guest artists, discussion and creative activities.
Guests will include the author/illustrator Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo (Quincy, the Chameleon who Couldn’t Blend In), Sira Williams (Red Bank Children’s Librarian), Culture Connection Theatre playback theatre company, and author Diana Lee Santamaria.
Each participant will receive a keepsake book of the group’s artwork and stories at a celebration event on March 24th which will feature a slide show and Carmen Rubin reading her book, Ashti Meets Birdman Al.
This event will be open to all.