SPROUTS! Final Event at University of Dayton, July 23 2009

Images of performers at the SPROUTS! final event, July 23 at University of Dayton ArtStreet facility and at Sears Hall. Special thanks to Bill Burns, Dr. Willie Morris, Rick Evans, Pete Schomberg, Rob Ward, Susan Byrnes, The ArtStreet Staff, The KIND Staff, and everybody that helped make this summer special for our kids.

JULY 5th With Francis Wyatt

On July 5th, a select group from SPROUTS! performed at Memorial Church with Special Guest Artist Francis Wyatt. Francis is Minister of Music at Willow Creek Church in Chicago, one of the largest churches in the U.S. with more than 17,000 members.

The performance was a wonderful success!!

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Music Therapy at SPROUTS!

Select SPROUTS! students spent a month working with Susan Gardstrom and Liz Crombie, Music Therapists from University of Dayton. Music therapy is a systematic process of intervention wherein a therapist helps the client to promote health - physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual - using a variety of music experiences and the relationship that develops between the therapist and the client.

The children in the SPROUTS music therapy program have a range of learning and emotional difficulties. Experiences in music listening, singing, playing instruments, and moving to music can help these young people become better listeners, extend their attention span, improve physical coordination, increase confidence, and develop appropriate social skills through collaborative music-making.

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Costume Day!

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NEVER LET KIDS DO THIS

Apparently, letting kids put their hands in paint is a pretty bad idea. Especially when you're dealing with 30 or 40 kids.

Too late...


ALL PHOTOS BY DAVE COLEMAN
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It's all about the kids

SPROUTS! is about the kids. It is about delivering substantial, high quality arts education to kids in a bad neighborhood in East Dayton.

For these children, Arts education is virtually nonexistent in the school system.

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SPROUTS!

I'm the Executive Director of The Dunbar Institute, Inc. the non-profit arts org that presents SPROUTS! each year. It's a free arts ed program for at-risk kids in East Dayton, presented in partnership with a faith-based organization called KIND (Kids In New Directions). KIND ( www.kinddayton.org ) has provided food, sanctuary, recreation, transportation, dental care, and a host of other critical services to East Dayton youth for more than 22 years. The Dunbar Institute provides the arts education component (SPROUTS!) in partnership with KIND. This partnership between a faith-based social org and a secular arts org is reaching kids in one of the most distressed neighborhoods in our community.

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A few more pictures from SPROUTS!

Here are a few more images from the SPROUTS! field trip to SUMMERSPACE, an arts studio in Dayton, OH run by artist Mike Elsass.

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Dunbar Institute SPROUTS! summer arts program

The Dunbar Institute, Inc. is presenting SPROUTS! in East Dayton for at-risk kids K-6th. Kids learn about music, visual arts, and literary arts from some of the finest arts educators in Dayton. The curriculum includes field trips, hand-on arts experiences, nutrition, transportation, and recreation....and it's free!

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