[inter/meta/trans] Fwd: ArtCorps

[adam overton]

Fwd: ArtCorps

ArtCorps seeks artists of all disciplines interested in strengthening
international development in Central America.

Reply ASAP if interested.

"Personally, after Uaxactún, not a day passes without remembering that
amazing experience." --a 2004 ArtCorps artist

ArtCorps pairs volunteer artists for 11-month residencies with host
nonprofit organizations in Central America to communicate their messages
through art. Artists use every imaginable art form including theater,
mime, puppetry, mural painting, sculpture and poetry to bring the
organizations'

environmental and social messages to life and engage the local community
in its activities.

We are seeking a total of three artists to go to Guatemala and El
Salvador from mid-January 2007 to mid-December 2007 to work with the
following organizations: Save the Children, an affiliate of the
Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America, and Fundacion
Hermano Mercedes Ruiz. Candidates should be professional artists, fluent
in Spanish, mature, autonomous, and have community arts experience if
possible.

We provide health insurance, cover international travel and living
expenses and also a stipend for art materials. There is a training
session in Guatemala January 13-14, 2007 where our artists meet each
other and receive training from a past artist as well as a Peace Corps
trainer in cross-cultural work.

To read about the life of a current ArtCorps artist, see Aryeh's blog at
www.aryehshell.

blogspot.com.

Interested artists should contact Suzanne Jenkins immediately at
jenkins at nebf.org <mailto:jenkins%40nebf.org> or +1 (978) 927-2404 x4.
More information is on our website at www.artcorp.org.