These Newark students are auditioning for a spot in our Creators Club Kids program to bring talented young people to WIP (work in progress) in Manhattan for workshops with established artists. Creators Club, you never know who might show up…..
Just check out who was at our opening!
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Thousands of students from over 30 communities and 20 schools marched for art and peace.
Featuring:
Shabazz High School Marching Band
Cecily Tyson School of Performing Arts Marching Band
Orgcasa Dominicain Carnival Group
Talpulli Aztec Dancers
Arts High Dancers
Christian Karate Association
NJ Street Klan
and many more!
The parade will now begin at our headquarters at 765 Broad Street. Bank Street will be closed down for staging. We will then march to Washington Park as planned.
10 am – Staging
11 am- March
12-5pm Festival Washington Park
765 Broad Street 9-11am staging
March Down Broad Street 11-12 pm
Washington Park and Music Festival 12-5pm
The Barat Youth Initiative is proud to introduce The Creation Nation: a campaign to further our efforts to promote self sufficiency and empowerment through the arts. Children and students of all ages, artists, teachers, mentors, and volunteers from all walks of life create, learn and grow together. We invite you to become a member of the Creation Nation and make a stand for the power of art to transform young lives and communities and march with us on October 23rd.
Student from the Newark Conservancy painting their Animodule.
We fervently believe that our greatest natural resource is our children. It is their resiliency and creativity that will form our collective future. As members of the Creation Nation, we are passionate about creating platforms for their unique voices to grow and develop with an understanding of their social responsibilities to their communities, and one another.
Over the past 15 years, the Barat Foundation Youth Initiative has developed a unique experiential based educational methodology based on the multiple intelligences our inner-city students demonstrate. This art based approach to learning, summarized as “Exposure – Experience – Expression”, provides youth with tools to overcome adversity, and develop their own unique creative voice.
