Reflections 2014

Artistic Noise presents:

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Reflections Welcome to our mirror Come see the world as we do ...or wish to Our art reflects our minds It shows who we once were Who we are and strive to be Take time and reflect with us Look back and see All that you’ve missed All you could maybe be Let our eyes guide you Let them allow you to see These are our reflections Through our eyes for all to see.

Statement written by Ebony, Exhibit Manager Curators: Marcus, Roshawn, Tashawn and Jesus

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Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program Harlem, NY In this project, our advanced Art & Entrepreneurship participants studied the work and methods of contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley. Wiley recruits African American men, in their casual street clothes, to be painted in poses that mimic the priests and kings depicted in Baroque and Renaissance artwork. The race and dress of Wiley’s subjects subvert traditional representations of powerful leaders. The youth artists considered ways in which they are powerful and meaningful participants in their lives, and the world, and chose a representative pose. The first step was to create pencil drawings from these photographs. Next, students appropriated the symbol of French and Italian monarchies, the Fleur-de-lis, and changed its design to be a personal emblem.

These designs were then carved in linoleum and printed. Using Photoshop, the artists combined the linoleum printed symbols with a photograph of their drawing.

Teaching Artist: Laura Schneider Teaching Assistant: Michael Watson

VIP Symbols Project Marcus Born of Knowledge It’s not only the fact that I love to draw, it is rather I have to draw. Drawing is a way of relief, or a specific design of emotion figures, from the simplest of shapes and colors to the deep darkness of your head. What you draw, regardless of whether it is a sketch or a doodle, is a way of transferring to a different world. Art is a bridge formed out of imagination in order for us to travel so far that it can be written and drawn on the simplest piece of paper.You can draw or create who or whatever you want and the eraser is your enemy in reality. Why not draw? It’s as if asking a person why he is alive, no?

In the picture, the book I am reading symbolizes that not all power is obtained through money and strength but through the power of knowledge. In the background, the baby symbolizes that true power and knowledge is born by what you have learned.You are still a child.

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Roshawn Choices I chose this thinking pose to show that you have choices in life and that someone is always watching over you no matter what. I made a background symbol about life’s choices inspired by the symbols in Kehinde Wiley’s portraits. The handcuffs represent having no freedom—being a slave locked up behind bars for life. The diploma symbolizes focusing on getting a good education instead of being locked up and getting a college degree. For me, the art brush is a way to explain and accomplish your goals. This work shows that I am powerful in all ways.

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Tashawn My Way Out Where I am from, praying is everyday. I pray to make it to see another day. I look to the sky and ask for a way out.

Kehinde Wiley made portraits of people who didn’t have power, posing them as famous rich men painted by master painters. His work shows that black men are powerful and important to society, even if they are not portrayed that way often. I showed myself praying because it represents me with power. In the background, I made my own symbol of a king inspired by the fleur-de-lis.

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The Brentwood Residential Center Dix Hills, NY In this project artists explored the contemporary medium of collage as it intersects with the historical role of the mask. The youth artists investigated various collage techniques and styles, before developing their own paper mask conceptually bound to their identity. The mindfully executed masks found their completion through the photographical process, in which artists worked together to stage, edit and produce photographs of themselves wearing their masks.

Teaching Artist: Lauren Levine Teaching Assistant: Anneice Miller Special Thanks to: Danielle McDonald for the inspiration for this project

Mask Project

Freeasia Appreciate Us As We Are Behind my mask I am someone who cares about different races. In my mask I’m showing that all the skin colors combine together to show diversity.

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Myla Life of Me Behind my mask I am full of life. What you see on the outside is just half of me. On the inside I am full of colors for every mood that I am in. They are the colors I show.

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Alyssa Diversity of the People Behind my mask I am different than most kids my age, they look at my kindness and take it as a weakness. I wish people noticed that nobody’s better than anyone else. Whether you’re black or white, gay or straight. In the future I hope people can see the real me.

Destinee (Modeled by Zynaisha) Mass Production Behind my mask I am strong, I am alive, I am devoted. Our struggles don’t make us who we are, our attempts to grow from them makes us who we are. As you take a piece of my mask you learn about a piece of me. I am who I am and I am proud of me.

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Spectrum Detainment Center Dorchester, MA The youth who created this film have all faced many trials and tribulations through life. In making this project, they wanted to portray something that everyone involved has gone through. As a result, they created a project about a young girl in detention. This young girl gets arrested for selling drugs on the street with her boyfriend. After she serves her time in a juvenile detention facility she realizes that her mother isn’t coming to pick her up from the facility. She gets transferred to Independent Living. She decides she wants to change her life and with the help of a therapist she starts to make positive choices. In the end, this young girl decides that she wants to go to college. The film ends with her graduating from community college and turning her life around 180 degrees.

Teaching Artists: Julie Martini and Minotte Romulus

Animation Project

Aujhiana, Bobbie, Calvin, Cassandra, Daniela, Fatima, Gia, Gianni, Jada, Jasmine, Kathleen, Kayla, Kyara, Maithe, Mercedes, Nicole, Sammantha, Shana, Shantel, Solinette, Sosarita, Suely, Tamauri, Thaliah, and Tuezdae 180 Degrees The youth involved in this project want the viewer to know: “How the community impacts peoples’ lives”; “[We all] need to be more open minded about the struggles that teenagers face”; “Your past does not predict your future;” and “It’s not just one way, there are a lot of reasons why things end up the way they are!”

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Art Therapy Program at The New York City Department of ProbationBrooklyn, NY This project explores sculptural forms through an everyday material, cardboard. As a light flat medium, cardboard can be both challenging, as it can be difficult to manipulate into three-dimensional forms, and rewarding, as it can be built up and out in a variety of scales, shapes, and textures. Our aim here was to bring ideas into form. How can an idea be transformed into the sculptural while acting as a vessel for our individual interests and worldviews?

Our young artists used as inspiration everything from words to objects to humor and narratives that responded to each other’s projects. Roody’s “Magical Gold Sword that I Can’t Use” was conceived of to kill Roshane’s majestic beheaded lion. Kendrick’s vessel flies over Anthony’s city neighborhood that glows in the dark, each exploring the notion of flight through unique strategies. Levi’s cracked towers rise above the city in two elegant, yet menacing forms. Briana’s “Stars from another Galaxy” shine in an abstract construction that is sophisticated both in concept and in form. Lastly, Osiris pays tribute to his friends and his own feelings of loss with a half-eaten cardboard pizza that began, with sharp humor and insight, from the verb “to starve”.

Teaching Artists: Shadi Harouni & Jennifer Kind-Rubin

Cardboard Sculpture Project

Anthony, 17 Fly City Hard work. To fly above the city.

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Briana Stars from another Galaxy Stars made in another galaxy.

Things are not always as they seem.

Expect the unexpected.

Unique stars never before seen.

Levi Untitled

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Osiris This is How I Feel until They Free all my Day 1’s.

And my hat boys My son e-money My son Butter Brag My son Brandin

Roody Magic Gold Sword that I can’t Use I made this cardboard sword that I can’t use to hunt down animals.

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Art Therapy Program at the New York City Department of ProbationQueens ECHOES This project was developed to allow students to learn from German Expressionist woodblock prints. This project was such a success previously that we have implemented it again this year with the Queen’s ECHOES Art Therapy Program.

The young artists created self-portraits highlighting their emotional and psychological selves. The participants studied the historical context in which the German Expressionist prints were created and how the events in the world affected the portraits created during this time period. Like the German Expressionist artists, students discussed as a group the issues in society personally that affect their lives. They then created their own self-portrait prints and drawings to further explore these issues.

Teaching Artists: Sergio Perez and Lisa Kisiel

Portrait Project

Trayvil Untitled

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Devere Josiah’s Masterpiece

I want others to see nice things in my artwork. It is full of detail and full of facial expressions. My art sends a message to always be happy.

Gregory Unknown

Just live your life. Be yourself.

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Jordan Explorer

My art is full of passion. It looks to the future and is full of the environment that surrounds us. It is my self and contains a lot of facts and things that people like.

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Art Therapy Program at The New York City Department of Probation – Harlem ECHOES In support of growing efforts to improve the service and court user experience in Family Court, Artistic Noise has partnered with the Bronx Family Court to enrich the Family Court’s public areas and courtrooms with visual art created by youth with firsthand experience of the court’s juvenile justice system. These banners were created as a part of this project. The youth involved in Artistic Noise’s Art, Entrepreneurship & Curatorial Program, all of whom have spent a lot of time at the Bronx Family Court, began this multi year project by leading a brainstorm session with judges and other staff at The Bronx Family Court. Through this meeting the youth, judges and court staff spoke about the messages, themes and content they would like to see in the artwork created for Family Court. The notes from these meetings were used throughout all of the Artistic Noise programs working on this project. These painted canvas banners are loosely based on the Tibetan tradition of prayer flags. The themes derive from the youth’s artistic interpretation of waiting and sitting, the judges desired messages, and the concept of passing time peacefully.

Teaching Artists: Lauren Adelman and Paul Singleton

Bronx Family Court Project Lamarana Improve

I chose to create this picture because it reminds me of when I’m at court standing in front of the judge thinking is she going to remand me or give me another chance to improve myself. The person is me staring at the judge. The boat represents slavery, it reminds me of boats that brought people from Africa to America to make them slaves. For me as a Black, African person I am trying to improve myself.

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Wilson, Felix, Lamarana, Joe and Yancy Time to Breathe 24

Devaughn, Joseph, Marquis and Abraham Recognize, Positive, Why? 25

Next Generation Center Bronx, NY In this 8 week project youth were exposed to murals and the mural making process. In the first workshop participants explored the history of mural making and the relevance of murals today. They worked together to develop a theme that was meaningful to them and the placement in The Next Generation Teen Center. We found that what we all had most in common were the challenges we face daily and our means to overcome them and break free from them. Once the theme was finalized, participants learned and experienced the four stages in mural making: research, design, presentation, and fabrication.

Teaching Artist: Sophia Dawson Assistant Teaching Artist: Mary Gordon

Mural Project

Rhadu, Erika, Michael, Mike, Christina, Christina, Sabriya, Love, Luis, Nayab, Destiny, Michael, Gimy, Michael, Dayshawn, Alberto, Raymond, Darall, Marquis, Mark “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

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Art Therapy Program at The New York City Department of ProbationBrooklyn, NY Leake and Watts - Yonkers, NY These two site specific projects were created by youth at Leake and Watts and at Brooklyn Probation. Both sites requested moveable murals that would be installed in their facilities. Participants at Leake and Watts began this project by looking at the work of Shepard Fairey and deconstructing the messages of his pieces. With the goal of creating a large, colorful work reminiscent of his style, the artists discussed what main messages they would want to communicate to young men in the juvenile justice system. They ended up choosing “Trust”,” Respect” and “Success” as themes for a piece comprised of three banners. Participants in the Brooklyn Probation Art Therapy Program began by creating a word wall that described the activities at the Department of Probation.

From these words they decided upon imagery to depict their themes.

Teaching Artists: Shadi Harouni, Jennifer Kind-Rubin, Sergio Perez, Laura Schneider and Paul Singleton

Banner Project

Devin, David, Travis, Garvin Trust, Respect & Success 28

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Briana, Jesus, Anthony, Roody, Roshane, Levi, Osiris, Kendricks and Rahmel Our City

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This is home.

This is Brooklyn.

This is where we reach for the sky. For our goals.

This is where we reach for gold. For love. For Joy. These are everyone’s hands. Young and old.

This is our sky.

A golden fence of diamonds that opens for the blue.

To let us through.

And the bridge.

This is where we go when we want to take a walk on our own.

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Utopia/Dystopia Project Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program - Harlem, NY In this project, we delved into the concepts of Utopia and Dystopia. For writer Thomas Moore, Utopia was an island of harmonious social and political systems. Participants were challenged to come up with a description of their own Utopia, considering the roles of laws, leisure, recreation, education, health, etc. When discussing how a Utopian world would actually function, we were continually challenged by “what ifs” that threatened to destabilize our grasp on what was good or fair. We realized that imagining Utopia, for us, was far more difficult than imagining Dystopia. Characterized by misery, violence and hopelessness, Dystopia became our starting point. The group decided to paint a diptych that functioned as a mirror image, with each aspect of Dystopia interpreted and transformed into an element of beauty or idealism on the Utopia side.

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Marcus, Roshawn, Jesus, Ebony, Tashawn Dystopia/Utopia (in process) Dystopia/Utopia is a diptych painting showing mirror images of possible worlds. Instead of fire in Utopia we made fireworks--fire that brings joy and celebration rather than pain, fear, and destruction. The tombstones in Dystopia become flowers sprouting life on the other side. A lone, crying baby among the graves with empty, reaching arms is a happy family embracing in Utopia. Here, there is also an ice cream truck that brings people together.

It becomes an army tank that takes people away, destroying families and countries. When seeing this work, we want people to think about what possible world their actions fit into.

We created Dystopia/Utopia by brainstorming what would happen in each place, and then finding images online. We made a photoshop collage of the scenes then sketched the scenes onto wood and painted it.

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Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program Harlem, NY Participants looked at artists who developed rich systems of symbolism and personal iconography, visiting the Wangechi Mutu exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. The artists then used print outs of their pencil drawn self-portraits and experimented with collaging place and objects to explore how the same self-portrait could speak in different ways.

Teaching Artist: Laura Schneider

Iconography Collage Project

Roshawn Dreams

This is a series using the image of my portrait. These works show the same person, myself, thinking about different things. Depressed and Lost is about bullying.

Kids are pointing at another kid while he’s walking away with his head down. Dreams shows money, Hollywood, winning, friends, games, the stuff of daydreams.

Freedom represents the time when you get to make your own decisions and do what you want, without being controlled by others like a slave. I want people to think about these three aspects of life and how you can live and die according to them. You could die doing time in jail never coming home, or die depressed or commit suicide. But you could also die having accomplished your goals and becoming someone remarkable.

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Marcus Untitled

Tashawn NYC Prayers My artwork is a self portrait of me praying.

The buildings are important to this piece. I am surrounded by NYC buildings to show how trapped a person can feel. I am praying for a way out.

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About AboutUs Us Founded in Boston in 2001 and established in New York in 2008, Artistic Noise is an arts and entrepreneurship program for juvenile justice involved youth and youth living in the communities we serve. In Artistic Noise participants process and document their lives by creating artwork exploring themes such as identity, hope, incarceration and dreams. Participants also exhibit and market their artwork learning transferable job skills from entrepreneurial projects and exhibit planning. Artistic Noise works with youth in residential facilities, on probation and in community programs, working to provide continuity for youth experiencing challenges and transition in their lives. www.artisticnoise.org

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Program Descriptions Artistic Noise is comprised of four core components: Studio Art Workshops in Residential Settings; Art Therapy Workshops; Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Programs in Community Settings; and Youth Leadership Development.

STUDIO ART WORKSHOPS IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS Metro Youth Services Center/ Spectrum Detainment Center – Dorchester, MA (2001-present) Brentwood Residential Center- Brentwood, NY (2012-present) Children’s Village - Dobbs Ferry, NY (2014-present) Leake and Watts Residential Facility – Yonkers, NY (Summer of 2013) Studio Art Workshops, which are provided in juvenile detention facilities and other residential settings, provide youth with a safe and structured environment to creatively express and process complex feelings and share their stories. These weekly workshops bring innovative art activities into lock-up. Projects are designed to involve a variety of traditional and digital media and to span several weeks or months. Themes are chosen to maximize the youth’s interest and involvement over time.

These programs regularly involve student volunteers from Adelphi University, Boston College Law School, Columbia University, Massachusetts College of Art, Montserrat College of Art, New York University, SUNY Purchase and Wheelock College, as a way to educate the greater public about issues of juvenile rights, social activism and art education. Selected participants from these workshops are able to apply for employment through our Community Arts, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program.

ART THERAPY WORKSHOPS New York City Department of Probation – Brooklyn, NY (2012-present) New York City Department of Probation Harlem ECHOES Program (Fall 2013) New York City Department of Probation Queens ECHOES Program (Spring 2014) In partnership with The New York City Department of Probation and The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College Artistic Noise provides Art Therapy for youth involved in probation.

Art therapy groups and individual sessions are provided along with assessment, family therapy and outreach services. While all therapy programming is provided by a licensed creative arts therapist who is board certified in art therapy, groups are co-facilitated by an Artistic Noise Teaching Artist.

This program combines Artistic Noise’s Restorative Justice model with a therapeutic component.

Selected participants from these workshops are able to apply for employment through our Community Arts, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program.

ARTS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CURATORIAL PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS Earl Center for Learning and Innovation, Wheelock College – Boston, MA RAW Art Space - Harlem, NY As youth grow in their art and demonstrate a desire to develop employment skills and competencies, our Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program offers a unique opportunity for teens to work collaboratively with their peers; curate art shows; and market and sell original artwork and products they have designed. The program begins in September and culminates in June with our yearly exhibit of student work. Along the way, participants develop their creative skills as individual artists and collaborators and their business skills as paid artists, entrepreneurs and curators, gaining knowledge of job professionalism, learning about art world careers, and creating their own art exhibit. Through this highly structured program participants see an extensive planning process through to fruition, encouraging youth to understand the importance of working towards long-term goals.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM When Artistic Noise was founded we aimed to build a program that the participants could eventually take over. We still believe in this mission and officially piloted our Youth Leadership Development Program in 2012. We have begun to train the participants who have graduated from our various programs to be our future leaders. These young leaders are mentors to our youth, Assistant Teachers and Advocates for youth in the juvenile justice system.

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Bios Ebony Artist/Curator and Exhibit Manager (2011-present) Ebony is the 18 year old Exhibit Manager at Artistic Noise. She has been a participant of Artistic Noise for approximately 4 years. She is currently enrolled in High School and her expected graduation date is June 26, 2014. She plans on attending college in the Spring semester. She loves writing and plans on studying journalism. Ebony says Artistic Noise is her outlet and is very thankful to have been a part of it’s growing family!

Jen Kind-Rubin MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT Art Therapy Program Director (2014present) Jen Kind-Rubin is a nationally registered, board certified (ATR-BT) and a New York State Licensed (LCAT) Creative Arts Therapist living and working in New York City. She earned her Bachelors degree at New York University (2003) and her Masters of Professional Studies in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute (2011). Jen has experience working with clients across all demographics, but has always had a particular interest in working with urban, at-risk youth. This focus has guided her professional career through numerous settings in New York, including homeless shelters, The Door, New York Foundling, and Brooklyn Leadership.

Jesus Artist/ Curator (2013-present) Jesus is from the Dominican Republic and attends High School in Brooklyn, NY. Jesus has been working with Artistic Noise for 9 months. He was promoted to the Art, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program one month ago which has been good. Jesus’ other talents are writing poems and romantic songs.

Julie Martini Director, Artistic Noise Boston (2011present) Julie Martini is a practicing artist and arts educator.

Julie earned her Bachelor’s in Studio Art at Carleton College and her Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. In addition to working for Artistic Noise, Julie is an instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts. She has also taught at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Fuller Craft Museum, and Massachusetts College of Art & Design. She has taught and made art with homeless individuals as Artist-In-Residence at the Barbara McInnis House, through the Eliot School and hopeFound at the Kitty Dukakis Treatment Center at Shattuck Hospital, and at Pine Street Inn. She has also been an Artist-In-Residence at the Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her work has been exhibited in numerous exhibits in Massachusetts and beyond, and she has received residencies at the Petrified National Forest, the Women’s Studio Workshop, and the Vermont Studio Center.

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Laura Schneider Director, Arts, Entrepreneurship and Curatorial Program (2013-present) Laura Schneider is an Artist and Educator living in Brooklyn, New York, and is thrilled to be working with Artistic Noise. She earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Art History and a concentration in Studio Art from Carleton College (2007). After moving to New York and working as an Artist Assistant and Gallery Assistant for a handful of years, Laura returned to school to get a Master’s in Art Education from New York University (2011). She has taught with many arts programs around the city, including Community-Word Project, TRUCE Arts & Media, and Wingspan Arts. Laura is currently working towards her MFA at City College. Laura holds fast to the belief that art is a living thing, born of our history, enlivened by our humanity, and made powerful by our need for individual expression and social connection.

Lauren Adelman Director/ Co-Founder, Artistic Noise (2001-present) Lauren received a BFA from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts and a MA in Arts Education from NYU. She co-founded Artistic Noise in Boston in 2001 and New York in 2008. Lauren also worked as an educator at the Museum of Modern Art from 2006-2013. Lauren is a licensed Department of Education Teacher and has taught art in many varied settings such as public schools, juvenile detention centers, and non-profit arts organizations both locally and abroad. Lauren has shown her own artwork nationally and has been awarded residencies at The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL and The Artist’s Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lauren Levine Artist in Residence, Artistic Noise NY (2014-present) Lauren Levine is an art, yoga and wellness educator.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Studio Art and Art History from SUNY New Paltz, in which she immersed herself in studio practice, research and the administrative lens of the professional art world. After working in museum and gallery settings, Lauren actualized her passion to become a yoga teacher. She is a graduate of the Kripalu School of Yoga. Through her business, Good Life Yoga, Lauren offers community outreach programming, therapeutic yoga for a range of mental and physical health conditions and school-centered programs for faculty and students. Her work in the academic setting led Lauren to pursue a Master’s degree in Art Education at New York University, in which she studies the dynamic relationship between art education and social justice, while formulating and implementing curricula that upholds this doctrine.

Marcus Artist/ Curator (2013-present) Marcus has been an artist since he was a child, and has a mind like no other. He’s been with Artistic Noise for a year and focuses on drawing. Marcus is interested in writing and creating images for fantastical worlds.

Minotte Romulus Artistic Noise Co-Founder/ Youth Participant, Artistic Noise Boston (20012006) Artistic Noise Assistant Director and Board Member (2006-present) Minotte Romulus is an emerging artist, mentor and educator who has collaborated with John Ewing on several large-scale public art projects. She has taught for St. Stephen’s Be Safe Program and led projects for Artistic Noise in both New York and Boston.

Minotte has spoken at Boston’s Cyclorama, The Boston State House, The Cloud Foundation, Columbia University, The Massachusetts College of Art and most recently at The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Annual Conference in Washington DC. Minotte was first involved with Artistic Noise as juvenile delinquent and is now the Assistant Director of Artistic Noise Boston. As a former Artistic Noise participant she offers the young people she works with hope that they can succeed, follow their dreams and that anything is possible.

Paul Singleton (MA, ATR, LCAT) Art Therapy Program Director Paul Singleton is originally from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. He is a nationally registered Art Therapist (ATR) with the American Art Therapy Credentials Board and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) in New York State. Paul has worked as an art therapist in various settings throughout New York City as well as internationally. A life-long artist, writer, and illustrator, Paul studied Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he obtained his Bachelors of Fine Art degree in Art Education with a Minor in Psychology. Pursuing his interest in both Art and Psychology, Paul earned his Master of Arts degree in Art Therapy from New York University.

Roshawn, Artist/ Curator (2013-present) Roshawn was born in Brooklyn. He’s 17 years old and in high school. Roshawn works with Artistic Noise in a job readiness program, Arts & Entrepreneurship, so that he can get a full time job in the future. He’s been working with A & E for a year which he says “has kept me out of trouble and put a salary in my pocket to support my needs and benefit my health.” Roshawn believes that being an artist and curator with Artistic Noise is not just about art it’s about your thoughts and emotions.

Sergio Perez Artist in Residence, Artistic Noise NY (2011-present) Sergio Alexis Perez is a NY based Artist and Educator who originally hails from Southern California.

He received his BA in Arts Education at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and his MA in Arts Education at NYU. It was in Boston that Perez began working with youth and utilizing his experience as a means of empowerment and self-esteem for young people. He has continued to work and create in various community centers, public schools, incarceration facilities and arts organizations. Much of his work references both his exposure to military life as well as his indigenous and Hispanic roots in a free-associated narrative style in a variety of mediums. Currently, Sergio teaches art at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens and continues to paint murals with youth in New York City. Most recently he has completed murals with teens in conjunction with C.A.W. (Creative Arts Workshops for Kids), The State of New York, The Harlem Development Council and the community organization H.O.P.E. in East Harlem.

Shadi Harouni Artist in Residence, Artistic Noise NY (2014-present) Shadi Harouni is an artist living and working in New York and Tehran. Her practice includes making sculptures, videos, photographs, and compiling archives.

Her art and writing have been featured in The New York Times and The Guardian, among other publications. She has been in residency and exhibited internationally. Shadi currently teaches at New York University and Parsons The New School for Design.

Sophia Dawson Artist in Residence, Artistic Noise NY (2014-present) Sophia Dawson is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the School of Visual Arts and obtained a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts in 2010. She recently graduated from New York University with her Masters in Visual Arts Administration. Sophia’s personal practice aims to educate people on recent history and collective and individual struggles through her art. She has worked as both a teaching artist and muralist on a number of projects throughout New York City.

Tashawn, Artist/ Curator and Sales Manager (2012-present) Tashawn is in High School. Tashawn has been working with the Artistic Noise program for two years.

Tashawn is now the Supply and Sales Manager.

Tashawn is interested in becoming an Art Educator in the future.

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Shout Outs Artistic Noise could not reach as many young people as we do without the support of many people. We would first like to express our deep gratitude to Adelphi University, Bronx Family Court, The Children’s Aid Society’s Next Generation Center and LINC Program, Children’s Village, The Edwin Gould Academy, Leake and Watts, The New York City Department of Probation, The Office of Children’s and Family Services Brentwood Residential Center, Spectrum Detention Center and Wheelock College.

These partnerships enable us to create lasting programs in many different communities and facilities throughout New York City and Boston.

Thank you to all of the staff members at the sites that we serve. We would especially like to thank Ana Bermudez, Audrey Wilson, Delores Hunter, PO Ruiz, Glenn Moises, Rosita Rodriguez, Harriet Goodman, Karen Armstrong, Kim Punter, Myra Radden, Eddie Battle, Randy Williams,Valerie Fitts, Avril Lindsay, Briana Scott, Unique Morris, Dalilah Smith Santos, Gabriel Felix, Connie Rousseau, Mike Williams and Judge Drinane.

Special Thanks to Gregory Gates and Moikgantsi Kgama for allowing Artistic Noise to use RAW Space as our home this Spring. Special Thanks to Gabriel Felix and everyone at The Edwin Gould Academy for allowing Artistic Noise to use your beautiful space this Fall.

We would also like to thank all of the talented interns who have helped us during this very busy year of growth, especially Mary Gordon, Maya Littlejohn and Anneice Miller. We also are deeply grateful to our Art Therapy Extern, Lisa Kisiel and our Assistant Teacher Michael Watson.

Thank you to Artistic Noise’s Board of Directors: Daren Chentow, Interim President of the Board Rebecca Vose, Treasurer and Clerk Yasmine Awais, Board Member Noah Federici, Board Member Barry Gaither, Board Member Kate Jellinghaus, Board Member Tess Korobkin, Board Member Cullen Malley, Board Member Minotte Romulus, Board Member Francine Sherman, Board Member Ann Tobey, Board Member Last but not least, a huge thank you to all of the young artists who have participated in our programs over the years. This exhibit and catalog are for each and every one of you.

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Our Supporters The Board of Directors, staff and youth artists gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the individuals, foundations, organizations and government agencies, that have made contributions to Artistic Noise.

Artistic Noise Supporters 2013-2014: Institutional Funders: The Children’s Aid Society’s Next Generation Center Children’s Village The Janey Fund The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Leake and Watts The Massachusetts Cultural Council The New York City Department of Probation The Office of Children and Family Services Brentwood Residential Center The Research Foundation Individual Funders: Gold Level Public Art Advocates ($2,500 and up) Cleve L. Killingsworth and Daren Chentow Gold Level Youth Advocates ($1500-$2500) Karen Black Francine Sherman Silver Level Program Advocates ($500-$1000) Kathryn Jellinghaus Ann Tobey Anonymous Anonymous Bronze Level Public Art Advocates ($250-$500) Noah Federici L. Gino Marchetti, Jr. Judith McMorrow Rebecca Vose Karin Whittemore

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Presented by: Artistic Noise and The New York City Department of Probation RAW Art Space - June 2014 For more information please visit our website www.artisticnoise.org

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