17th Annual ArtEsteem Exhibition The Art of

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17th Annual ArtEsteem
Exhibition
Advisory Board Kurt Brinkman Former Emeryville Mayor Adam Chapuis Environmentalist/Geologist Michelle Groleau. Psychologist Mill Valley, CA Norm Groleau Formerly with Price Water House Accounting Firm Elihu Harris Former Mayor of Oakland Dawn Hawk Program Officer Philanthropic Ventures Dr. Jerry Jampolsky Dr. Diane Cirincione-­Jampolsky Authors & Founders Attitudinal Healing International Sausalito, CA Jonathan Klein Executive Director Great Oakland Public Schools Rabbi Michael Lerner TIKKUN Magazine Steve Lowe Urbanspace Development Board Member (ITM) International Toy Museum Dr. Elouise Oliver Senior Minister East Bay Church of Religious Science Arnold Perkins Founder, Brotherhood of Elders Dr. Tom Pinkson Author and Founder Wakan Community Elnora Webb President, Laney College” Rabbi Michael Ziegler Ziegler Development The Art of Building
Legacy
WHAT: ArtEsteem's 17th Annual Art Exhibition,
"Reflections of Me and My World 2015"
THEME: The Art of Building Legacy
WHEN: Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 3pm to 6pm
WHERE: West Oakland Youth Center Auditorium 3233
Market Street, Oakland, CA 94608
Oakland, CA - The public is invited to attend ArtEsteem's 17th Annual Art Exhibit "Reflections of Me
and My World", a free community event on Saturday May 30, 2015 from 3pm to 6pm. A Super Hero
Award will be given out; honoring an individual for the extraordinary work he/she has done to uplift
the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our culture.
The Attitudinal Healing Connection offers transformative intervention strategies for schools through
the ArtEsteem Program, an art and social justice program. "Reflections of Me and My World 2015" is
an annual exhibition that offers young people opportunities to display their work to the public. The
exhibition highlights thought provoking visual and performance art created by ArtEsteem students.
Giving voice to dreams, desires and concerns, these young artists are creatively engaged in a
yearlong learning process, developing skills and techniques in visual arts and cultural expression.
Under the theme and curriculum of Self as Super Hero, students create super heroes with powers to
solve problems in the world and transform communities. This year's theme, "The Art of Building
Legacy" focuses on using the imagination to find creative solutions to bring about positive and
sustainable change in our communities.
The event will spotlight art that expresses the critical thinking, realities, and dreams of self and
society, created by children and youth ages 5 to 18. Most of the art will be for sale and there will be a
performance from the cultural arts classes. Based on past years, the exhibit is expected to draw
more than 300 patrons and significant media presence.
ArtEsteem focuses on, but is not limited to, serving children and youth who are at risk for violence
and other dangerous behaviors. It aims to increase students' capacity for leadership and enhance
artistic skills in schools where art classes have been cancelled due to budget cuts. ArtEsteem
provides on-site art instruction, workshops and assemblies that impact over 2,000 public-school
children annually. Each year, the program culminates in this professionally produced art exhibition
that promotes young talent, provides a vehicle for public acknowledgement of their efforts, supports
creative expression, and celebrates the importance of the arts.
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About the Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Founded in Oakland, California in 1989, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.
(AHC) empowers individuals to be self-aware and inspired through art, creativity and education, making positive choices to
break the cycle of violence for themselves and their communities. ArtEsteem is one of AHC's many engaging programs
serving children and youth. Please visit www.ahc-artesteem.com or call (510) 652-5530 for more information.
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