Put it in Stone.

The Stone Sculpture workshop, in conjunction with Bridgeport Beautfies and Global Youth Service Day, was facilitated by Public Allies and local artist Andy Davis. We had 5 youth ranging from 7 to 16, including students with Bridgeport International Academy.  

 

The 3-hour workshop included a discussion on what a community means and the role that art can play in strengthening it. This was followed by a sketch of ideas for the stone sculpture to be placed in the new garden at the downtown Bridgeport Public Library. 

Andy Davis then worked with the youth to help them carve: first with soap and 

then with stone. 

The group came up with a design and began marking the stone which will be installed during the Park City Sweep on April 30th.

 If you'd like to learn more about our Park City Sweep and how you can help, e-mail bridgeportpact@gmail.com.

Graffiti in Green

Here's a cool idea: MOSS.

How to Make Moss Graffiti! You can make it yourself and try it out!


More amazing art and graffiti with moss!  Seriously check these photos out. They'll blow your mind.

Keep it green.

BA-BOOM!!!

Bridgeport Beautifies is the Team Service Project of the Public Allies Bridgeport Class of 2010-2011! This is a beautification project involving murals, gardens, and city clean up. What we have planned is:

• A brand-new garden with a mural at the downtown Bridgeport Public Library
• A new mural painted with the afterschool kids at the McGivney Community Center
• Recruiting high school students to join 4-H Bridgeport
• Promoting the Cook and Grow program 
• Installing a new Pocket Park on Knowlton and Stillman
• A new mural at BJ Park
• Seed Starting Workshop at the Library
• "Seed Bombing" workshop at the 4-H Garden
• Stone Sculpture workshops for the Library Garden and Pocket Park
• April 30th Event - Park City Sweep at 24 sites in Bridgeport

We've partnered with:

• Angie Staltaro and the Neighborhood Revitalization Zone
• Bob Halstead and Bridgeport Community Land Trust
• Jack Dillon and Groundwork Bridgeport
• Scott Hughes and Bridgeport Public Library
• Malin Olofsson and the Mentoring Institute of United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
• Lighthouse Afterschool Program
• buildOn
• 4-H Bridgeport
• Cook and Grow
• Parks and Rec
• Local artists: Liz Squillace, Andy Davis, Sergio Escobar, and Jahmane Artz

*Public Allies is a dynamic AmeriCorps program in partnership with RYASAP, that believes "everyone leads." Each Public Ally spends Monday through Thursday at a local nonprofit, with Fridays spent in professional development workshops. On top of that, we engage in a team service project that is implemented city-wide.