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The Arts Incentives Program (AIP) helps young people be successful in all areas of their lives through skill-building in the arts, arts-based mentorship, art-making, performance, and exhibition of their work. By linking AIP members to community arts organizations, mentors, and youth development programs throughout Greater Boston, AIP provides a consistent and stable place for young people to navigate difficult transitions and specific life challenges. Our mission: Art as an incentive toward health & hope for a positive future. AIP serves young people who may have already crossed the line into social, academic or legal difficulties. These youth and their families live in the Greater Metropolitan Area- their neighborhoods are some of the most culturally diverse, yet economically poor communities in Massachusetts. AIP youth face challenges in daily living at school, at home, and in the street. In AIP improved mental health is linked to opportunities for social mobility, self-expression and advocacy.
During our Interactive Field Trips, AIP youth attend cultural events as reporters, participants, and observers. Events included: attending "Ballet Rox" Urban Nutcracker, participating in a panel on race issues, Investigating issues of womens health at the Museum of Science, Learning about African dance and drumming at the Museum of Fine Arts, Volunteering at the Greater Boston Food Bank. AIP youth write and produce a quarterly newsletter, In Our Times that showcases art experiences, reviews AIPs activities, and discusses lessons learned in the program. Learning and practicing Cyberarts skills is central to the creation of this newsletter. Our youth write and produce a quarterly newsletter, In Our Times that showcases art experiences, reviews AIPs activities, and discusses lessons learned. With Exploring Art Forms we provide modules of skill-building through the arts. Past programming includes: Contemporary art-making, Mask-making, Creative writing, Film critique, Hip Hop and Modern dance. We foster a sense of community through AIP Community Meetings. We promote youth leadership, development and public speaking skills through our Youth Advisory Forums. We create and participate in Specialized Prevention-Based Programming as a launch point for youth to engage in community issues and interact in a positive manner with other youth and community leaders. Our Summer Placement Programs provide educational, recreational, and vocational opportunities for AIP youth.
Lisa Fliegel - founding director of The Arts Incentives Program (AIP), is an art therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Throughout her life Lisa has used art as a tool for reconciliation and social change in the US and the Middle East. In 1996 Lisa founded AIP during her advanced training at the Adolescent Hospitalization Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. AIP found a permanent home at the United South End Settlements in July of 2003. AIP staff are ethnically diverse and multi-lingual. We are seasoned professionals, artists, graduate interns, volunteers and consultants who share the mission of providing strengths-based, culturally sensitive, quality care to underserved youth. AIP mentors include educators, mental health workers, athletes, multi-disciplinary artists, and grass roots activists. AIP staff and mentors receive intensive training and supervision in order to maintain the highest clinical standards.
Past In Our Times Newsletters
This Program is supported (fiscally and emotionally) in part by: The Baker Foundation Krupps Corporation Hunt Alternatives Mass Impact Mass Housing Amelia Peobody Foundation Liberty Mutual Inc. H. Mark Smith Jim McKoy and The Office of Community Partnerships at the Berklee College of Music The Alden Trust The Bydale Foundation The Cloud Foundation The Department of Social Services The Massachusetts Cultural Councils Youth Reach Initiative The Dolphin Trust The United Way's "Today's Girls, Tomorrows Leaders" Grant The Anna B. Stearns Foundation The Chelsea Community Fund The Generosity of our Individual and Corporate Donors Collaborating Artists Arts Organizations University Collaborators Linda at the front desk. Call (617) 536-8610 for more information or to register.
Last Update: 05/02/2007
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