Category — Outreach

Saturdays in May (10th – 24th)

This May, The Bridge, in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Festival of The Photograph, will host a 3 day intensive photography workshop with 6 local youth.

Held over three Saturdays (May 10th, 17th & 24th), the workshop will focus upon themes of portrait and self-portraiture. The students will produce a book comprised of selected images and related text from their efforts.

Wednesday & Friday, April 23rd & 25th

The Art of Play: Finding Wholeness through Creativity
A Lecture and Workshop Series

Come and explore the art of play in healing, community-building, self-care and creativity. In this three-day event with international consultant Marta Sanchez and Rachel Mann, owner of MettaKowledge for Peace, we will rediscover the gift of play in our daily lives as a way to maintain balance and wholeness using creative tools such as storytelling, art, writing, meditation, and movement.

Read below for the two-day schedule of events.

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Saturday, March 29th, at 4pm at the Charlottesville Community Design Center

In 2007, six high school students were paired with senior citizens in nursing homes. They documented their experiences through photographic and audio media in The Generations Project.

Nell Casey (editor of An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family) moderates a program in which the students present their work. This event will be at CCDC on Saturday, March 9th at 4pm.

Special thanks to the Shea Collaborative for their generous support of the Generation Project.

Opening Reception, Friday, April 4th 6-9pm

On display through April 27th, Thu-Sun, 12-3pm or by appointment

The work of St. Louis-based painter Steve Kelly explores the collision between the natural world and the so-called human world. His paintings explore the absurdity of that distinction. These playful and vibrant pictures coax viewers to look more closely at their connection and impact on the natural world and their relationship to it. His paintings will be shown at The Bridge from April 4th -27th, with an opening reception on Friday, April 4th. [Read more →]

Wednesday Afternoons in February

This February The Bridge will return to the community of Westhaven to host the 2nd Annual Westhaven Portrait Workshop. Greg Kelly and John Bylander will conduct a month-long workshop to Westhaven youth together to produce 6 portraits of prominent black figures. Last year’s selection’s included such notables as Martin Luther King Jr. and Oprah Winfrey as well as local community members Joy Johnson and Harold Foley Jr.

There will be a reception from 6 to 8pm on Thursday, May 15th at the Westhaven Recreation Center, giving the larger community the opportunity to view the completed portraits and meet the young artists.

Thursdays-Sundays, 12-3pm (or by appointment), February 1-24

Throughout the fall of 2007, The Bridge PAI hosted an intergenerational photography and audio documentary workshop called Generations.

Six high school students were selected to take part in a three-month workshop that paired them with senior citizens in nursing homes. The objective was for the students to listen and learn about the lives of the seniors, and to document their experience and stories through photographic and audio media. The workshop included weekly visiting sessions between the students and seniors, and editing meetings at The Bridge.

There will be an exhibition of their work at The Bridge, beginning with a guest reception on Friday, February 1 from 6-8 pm; the work will remain up throughout the month. [Read more →]

Saturday, January 12 — 5 to 7pm / 8 to 10pm

Josh Van Horne and Adam Rogers present their second basic workshop for those interested in circuit-bending, the creative short-circuiting of audio devices such as children’s toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. They will introduce participants to the general idea of circuit-bending, basic bends, explanations of projects they’ve done, and resources for further pursuit. No experience necessary! For hands-on experimentation, please bring a low-fi instrument or musical toy to work on.

After a one-hour intermission, Adam and Josh will lead a circuit-bent noise jam, accompanied by an immersive interactive video environment (including video feedback and circuit-bent hardware elements), put together by Adam and Chris Balint, who have performed locally and have a cable-access TV show called Tesseract.

Sunday, September 23, from 3 to 6pm

Sonic Fuzz! Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of battery-powered audio devices like children’s toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. You don’t need any experience to participate, just bring your toy/lo-fi instruments. If you don’t have something to work on, bring one of the following: 4 AA batteries, one 9V AC adaptor, or 5 bucks. Electronics geniuses & engineers strongly encouraged to attend and help out. This workshop will be led by Adam Rogers and Josh Van Horne, who have both experimented with electronic music.

Click here for the full listing of FUZZ events.

Saturday, September 22, from 3 to 6pm

The piñata is a brightly-colored paper-mache container, often shaped as an animal and filled with treats. Kristin Smith, who has made piñatas representing endangered animals for Fuzz, will lead this workshop. Come as you are, leave with a wealth of sweet knowledge.

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Wednesday, September 19, from 5 to 8pm

Bring fabric or clothing to alter and sewing materials if you any (even a sewing machine). Sewing machines will be on hand if you don’t have your own. Together we’ll learn how to make some simple trinkets.

Click here for the full listing of FUZZ events.