Category — Outreach

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.

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Thursday, September 13, from 7 to 10pm

A friendly drawing party. Paper and markers will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own, too! Because sometimes it is just nice to sit with other people and draw. Also, we will be sharing zine-making skills and advice.

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May 12th and 19th, opening exhibition on June 1

The FOTP High School Photography Workshop is a two-day intensive workshop held in conjunction with the first annual Festival of the Photograph coming to Charlottesville June 7th-10th 2007.

Students will explore aspects of both the photographic process and practice, narrowing in on the concept of narrative, both personal and fictional. The students will experiment with several photographic processes to produce final works that examine narrative within a spectrum that ranges from photojournalism to storytelling. This workshop encourages an atmosphere of exploration and experimentation in both the production and presentation of works created.

Saturday, April 21 at 8pm
As part of Child Abuse Awareness Month, The Bridge and Foothills Child Advocacy Center are co-hosting a special engagement screening of the Award-winning documentary Searching for Angela Shelton with filmmaker Angela Shelton.

The film documents Shelton’s personal journey into her difficult past. Beginning in 2001, the filmmaker began contacting and interviewing women, across the country, who shared her name. She came to discover that of the 40 women interviewed over half had been raped, beaten, or molested. The discovery ultimately leads Shelton to confront her own past in an emotional and candid meeting with her father, who molested her and her step siblings for several years. The film beautifully illustrates the importance of forgiveness, faith, and the power of the human spirit.

There will be a discussion with the filmmaker following the screening.

Friday, April 6 from 6-9pm
The Mother.Father Project is an ongoing art project run by local artist Johnny Fogg. He’s spent the last several months asking members of the community to create “a drawing of your Mother and/or Father” on a 4.25×5.5 postcard, and so far he’s recieved over 1500 submissions.

This Friday The Bridge will host extensive exhibition of these drawings. The project is always accepting submissions, so if you haven’t had the chance to contribute yet, it’s not too late! There will be blank postcards available at the opening. There will also be delicious food prepared by Tea House chef Rick Easton.

Johnny and Zack have also built the “Sanctuary,” a portable gallery which houses a rotating selection of the drawings; it’s sitting in our parking lot right now, and Friday will be the formal public debut of the Sanctuary before it spends the Spring and Summer travelling throughout the city, showcasing these drawings for the community that created them.

The opening will begin at 6:00pm at the Bridge. Please bring your family and friends!