A series of arts programs dedicated to fostering and developing artistic
talent and sensibility, cultural awareness and avenues for expression
for our youth. Programs celebrate cultural traditions as well as contemporary
art forms, in an effort to provide top quality instruction and life-skills
development. Program include:
 Latin
Percussion
A program providing instruction on a variety
on Latin percussion traditions and instruments, offered through the South
End Youth Music Consortium, a collaboration between Villa Victoria Center
for the Arts and Berklee
College of Music, USES’s
Arts Incentives Program and MassHousing,
with the support from the Charles
Hayden Foundation, MassHousing and Berklee College of Music. Latin
Percussion teaches participants diverse techniques and styles, special
tutoring and lesson follow-up, access to Berklee College events including
workshops and concerts, as well as performance opportunities. Offered
by Berklee faculty Mr. Ernesto Diaz, this program introduces new rhythms
and techniques on Mondays (mandatory) and his intern reviews and practices
these rhythms and techniques with students on Thursdays (recommended).
All levels welcome!
Participants
are also highly encouraged to attend Community Education workshops on
Fridays from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
Neighborhood
Chorus
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts is
pleased to host the Boston Children’s Chorus’ first Neighborhood
Chorus. Children ages 7 – 15 are invited to audition for placement,
to later take part in a children’s chorus. In addition to learning
songs and singing technique, participants develop repertoire which they
later perform in various activities throughout the community.
For additional information and to
obtain audition forms, please visit www.bostonchildrenschorus.org
or call 617-778-2242 x222
Our Youth Arts programs are made
possible thanks to the generous support from:
The
Tomfohrde Foundation
Sponsored by the American
Friends Service Committee, Critical Breakdown is a Hip-Hop activist
program that engages youth creativity to explore solutions to poverty,
oppression and injustice. Through monthly open mics, workshops, conferences,
participation in rallies, protests and marches, Critical Breakdown has
created a cultural phenomenon and has become a major influence in Boston
organizing.
Spring 2006 Events
At Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
85 West Newton Street, Boston
MORE INFORMATION
See upcoming events at Villa
Victoria Center for the Arts
For
a full schedule of this season's community education curriculum please
contact:
Rhuth Henry, Arts Education Coordinator
617-927-1731 or rhenry@iba-etc.org
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CLASSES
Offered in collaboration with the Esprit de Corps Artists Collective,
this unique workshop series guides participants through the process of
creating large scale collaborative paintings, to be featured as banners
throughout our community. All levels welcome! Ages: 10-20.
Rhythmik Reflectionz is an intensive lyrics/poetry workshop series, which
encourages youth to use Hip Hop and Spoken Word as vehicles for in-depth,
critical thinking about the world around them and to examine their lyrics
and poetry on a deeper level than is possible at an open mic. The workshops
are facilitated by a rotating schedule of professional MCs and poets.
The basic workshop structure includes the introduction of inspirational
quotes/ images for the day, introduction of week’s community education
theme, free-writing to music, sharing/ feedback sessions, and directed
writing exercises. Participants are also linked into a wide range of new
performance opportunities. Ages: all ages welcome.
Specially designed for Boston’s streets, Hapchida Do is an internationally
certified martial art combining techniques from Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Hungar
Kung Fu, and kickboxing. Taught by Khari Moran, a lifelong resident of
the South End/ Lower Roxbury and professional martial artist, this class
is a crucial part of our efforts to provide cross-turf programming. Self-defense
is especially important given the violent reality which our youth confront
simply because of which neighborhood they do or don’t live in. Through
this program we prepare them to handle violent situations efficiently
with a de-escalation strategy, increase their sense of self-confidence,
and provide them with practical techniques to protect themselves. All
levels welcome! Ages: 10-20.
The purpose of these workshops is to begin to contextualize the issues
which our youth are facing daily within a broader socio-political picture.
Developed in conjunction with our peer leaders, the workshop topics speak
directly to their experiences as young people growing up in Boston today.
Ages: 10-20.
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Painting/ Mural Project
Rhythmik
Reflectionz
Hapchida
Do (self defense training)
Community
Education Workshops