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22 people are interested
Serve as an Arts Mentor with St. Anne's Homeless Shelter
ORGANIZATION: Free Arts Minnesota
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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22 people are interested
St. Anne's Place
St. Anne's is a wonderful program run through Ascension Place, which provides emergency shelter to families.
Be a mentor at this wonderful location and be a rock for youth who are experiencing a lot of transition in their lives.
Our Organization
Free Arts Minnesota is a Twin Cities nonprofit that provides mentorship and arts programming to support artistic and personal development for underserved youth. Partnering with social service agencies, community organizations, and local artists, Free Arts Minnesota strengthens our community by engaging youth with the arts, building positive mentorship relationships, and expanding arts programming to under-resourced neighborhoods.
Your Role
Volunteers serve as mentors, creative gurus, and friends to youth across the metropolitan area. As a secondary organization, mentors serve as at homeless shelters, residential treatment centers, and underserved community centers. You will collaborate in a team with 3 to 6 other mentors to facilitate a weekly, one hour session of creative arts projects for these youth. The projects, designed by the mentors, represent a diversity of mediums including drawing, painting, dancing, screen printing, photography, and metal casting.
Training, art supplies, and on-going support of the mentor experience is provided by Free Arts Minnesota staff.
Contact Us
If you would like to apply to be a mentor or have any questions regarding the mentorship role, please feel free to visit us at our website: http://www.freeartsminnesota.org/get-involved/become-a-mentor/
We hope you "follow your art" and we see you soon!
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About Free Arts Minnesota
Location:
400 First Avenue North, Suite 518, Minneapolis, MN 55401, US
Mission Statement
Free Arts Minnesota works with youth in challenging circumstances to support artistic and personal development through a unique combination of mentorship and arts learning. We strengthen communities by partnering with over 20 social service agencies, community organizations, and local artists in the Twin Cities area; by engaging underserved youth with the arts and allowing creativity to drive learning; and by building positive relationships with these youth.
Description
FREE ARTS MENTORS PROVIDE:
- Artistic opportunities for therapeutic self-expression
- Positive affirmations and a safe community for art making
- Are a positive role model
- A commitment of an hour and a half per week for a full school-year
OUR MENTORS AIM TO HELP YOUTH:
- Create healthy relationships with adults
- Increase their self-esteem
- Learn new ways to communicate through artistic expression
- Mentors lead projects for children that incorporate painting, writing, dance, drama, music, photography, and other art media.
ONE HOUR PER WEEK CREATES A LASTING IMPRESSION
We train volunteers to be Mentors in teams of 4-6 who meet with groups of youth at one of our 23 partner agencies across the metro and surrounding suburbs. Mentors facilitate a weekly, one hour session of creative arts activities to these youth.
Mentors can select their preferred age group (3-18 years old), time of day, and location for their mentorship experience. Due to instability in the lives of the youth we serve, we strive to provide them with mentors committed to the program for one year. Training, curriculum, art supplies, and on-going support of the mentor experience is provided by Free Arts Minnesota Staff.
We are seeking committed, caring individuals with a strong interest in healing young lives through artistic expression. Interested individuals must be at least 18 years old to apply to become a mentor.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1803 Bryant Avenue NorthMinneapolis, MN 55411
DATE POSTED
January 21, 2016
SKILLS
- Exhibition Arts
- Mentoring
- Theater Arts
- Visual Arts
- Music Arts
- Arts Administration
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- 1.5 hours/week
- Background Check Required