- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Preserve the memories of our first decade, to build a foundation for our second decade!
ORGANIZATION: Grand Street Community Arts
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Over the past 10 years, Grand Street Community Arts has hosted exhibitions and plays, offered after school programs and summer camps, started gardens and playgrounds, and installed public art in the South End and Mansion Neighborhood.
All of this activity is stored on many pieces of paper and in the memories of many individuals.
As we move into our second decade, we are creating a new website. We would like to highlight our past activities on that site. To do that, we need to create a master archive of what we've done.
MEMORY WEDNESDAY will be a dedicated time each week to work on our archive. Activities will include scanning paper documents, updating documents, contacting past board members and staff to arrange interviews. Interested volunteers could also conduct interviews, both in person and via Skype.
Come and help us know where we're coming from as we chart where we are going!
More opportunities with Grand Street Community Arts
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Grand Street Community Arts
Location:
68 GRAND STREET, ALBANY, NY 12202, US
Mission Statement
To develop programs in the Capital Region that enlighten, empower, and engage our diverse community through the arts.
Description
Grand Street Community Arts was formed by concerned neighbors in the Mansion Neighborhood in 2003 as a way to bridge the cultural and economic divides within their neighborhood. The organization negotiated the purchase of the former St. Anthony’s Church, a long-vacant cornerstone of the community and a link with its immigrant past.
Constructed in 1907, St. Anthony’s Church not only filled the spiritual needs of parishioners, but also helped immigrants adjust to new lives in America by offering English classes and hosting performances, weddings and operas. Thus, St. Anthony’s has always been a center for the arts! In 1972, following the construction of the Empire State Plaza and the demolition of many homes in the South End, St. Anthony’s had lost its congregation and closed its doors. In 2003, Grand Street Community Arts purchased St. Anthony’s from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, reopening its doors as a community center.
Since 2004, Grand Street Community Arts has offered a variety of creative programs, mostly focused on youth and access to public space. Our most successful program is YouthFX, a summer film-making academy launched in 2006. In 2016, YouthFX will become its own independent organization, offering year-round programming.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
68 Grand StreetAlbany, NY 12202
DATE POSTED
October 26, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A