ABOUT

BREATHE RESIDENCY ARTS PROGRAM

Launched in 2012, the Breathe | Youth Arts Program cultivates creativity while providing a positive environment for youth to express themselves, engage in dialogue about important issues, and experience personal and social transformation through the arts. The program provides constructive creative outlets, encourages cooperation, and teamwork; as well as teaches artistic and social skills in an environment where youth are valued and celebrated.

After achieving great success with our after-school program, we’ve created a school residency initiative that brings Breathe into classrooms to provide a non-traditional creative outlet and fosters personal and social transformation while learning.

BENEFITS

  • Promote - Creativity for youth to grow personally, socially, and professionally.
  • Develop - Leadership, character, and relationships among young people by connecting them with opportunities to serve their community and other areas of need.
  • Improve - Educational opportunities for program participants.
  • Mentor - Foster youth’s well-being by enhancing social, emotional, and cognitive skills.
  • Showcase - Program participants' work, skills, and abilities.

FOCUS

Programming

Focuses on self-expression, artistic engagement, and selfless service to others.

Provide

A constructive outlet for youth’s creative energies by encouraging cooperation and teamwork by developing artistic and social skills.

Engage

Youth in unique opportunities to explore the arts while developing supportive relationships and connections within their community.

Increase

Youth’s self-esteem as well as their self-worth by developing, sharing, and celebrating the stories of their life and their community.

Help

Youth establish and achieve personal goals by discovering different ways to critically think and solve problems.

PARTNERSHIP PROCESS

Four simple steps to partnering with us and our Breathe Residency Arts Program.

1

Choose Interest

Choose your area of interest you would like to partner with us on, classroom or at-risk.
2

Timeframe

Determine the amount of time you would like to partner with you, long-term or short-term.

3

Customize

Contact us to customize your student’s experience. Each residency is different and caters to your specific needs. We work alongside and guide you to find the perfect fit for your youth.
4

Finalize Details

Determine start date and begin working with youth.

TARGET AREAS OF INTEREST

Classroom or At-Risk
CLASSROOM
Our in-school residency program curriculum is uniquely developed in partnership with teachers and is designed to help students bridge their personal narratives with the issues and themes already being studied in the classroom.  Our practicing, professional teaching artists collaborate with teachers to implement a new and innovative curriculum.
At-Risk
Breathe can also be incorporated into nontraditional learning spaces such as alternative schools, day treatment, and juvenile justice centers, to give youth a creative and therapeutic outlet. Breathe is used as a tool to reduce incidences of delinquency. This helps prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system and intervenes with first-time and non-serious offenders who are already in the system.

CLASS CHOICES

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Visual Arts

Students learn graphic design skills with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Canva, and create various forms of studio art, including paintings and sculptors.

Overview of Learning

  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Sculpting
  • Origami
  • Photography
  • Digital Art
  • Portrait
  • Pop Art
  • Graphic Design

Music

Students learn how to create, record, mix, and master music using various production programs such as BandLab and EarSketch.

Overview of Learning

  • Singing
  • Beat Making
  • Songwriting
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitar
  • Drums
  • Rapping
  • Bass Guitar
  • Recording
  • Piano
  • Mixing & Producing
  • Mastering

Dance

Students learn different styles of dance including Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Modern; choreography, performing, and how to create their own routines.

Overview of Learning

  • Hip-Hop
  • Jazz
  • Modern
  • Choreography

Yoga

Students learn to look inward to become more mindful of themselves and their surroundings, about breathing techniques that will help them keep their mind and body-centered, and how to improve their physical and mental health. It helps with ADD/ADHD, trauma recovery/PTSD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, anger management, crisis intervention, and grief counseling.

Overview of Learning

  • Stress Relief
  • Anxiety Relief
  • Depression Relief
  • Helps ADHD/ADD
  • Helps Bipolar Disorder
  • Improves Academic Performance
  • Improves Behavior
  • Improves Posture
  • Yoga Flow
  • Mindfulness
  • Meditation
  • Focus
  • Confidence
  • Flexibility
  • Strength
Balance

Culinary Arts

In Madisonville only, students learn hands-on and interactive cooking lessons in which the instructor will help students prepare and cook meals and snacks. In addition, educate the students about the importance of healthy eating through topics like proper portion sizes, common nutrition myths, recommended calorie intake, and more.

Overview of Learning

  • Learn various cooking styles
  • Mindful eating
  • Nutritional values of foods
  • Marinades
  • Plating
  • Soups and stews

CONTACT & PARTNER WITH US

We use our Breathe Residency as a tool to change young people’s lives, inside and outside of the classroom. We want to bring our innovative and one-of-a-kind program to help your youth. To partner or inquire about our residency program, please email us at info@lightofchance.org or contact us at (270) 875-4332.
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