France 2012!
“Thank you again to all at the Barat Foundation for the life changing opportunity afforded to our daughter, Soreya, this summer.” See the 2011 blog and get ready for this year’s excursion!
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Creation Nation Barat Youth Initiative
The Creation Nation Art Parade is a march for art, peace, and unity. We march for Art, Peace, and Unity, in a continued celebration of Newark’s International Peace Summit, and the blessings of the Dalai Lama. Schools, businesses, government, communities, art galleries and artists marched with their banners and creations, …
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Video | PEACE Mural Inauguration
On May 12, 2011, over 350 attendees gathered for the unveiling of the PEACE mural, the first mural under the collaborative initiative of the Barat Foundation Youth Initiative and the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace, “Messages through Murals”. The PEACE mural was painted by over 500 students at 14 Newark Schools as a welcome to the highly anticipated arrival of His Holiness, the XIVth Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureates Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams, and the Newark Peace Education Summit.
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The PEACE Mural is featured on the cover of the Star Ledger!
With over 500 students and volunteers, the largest mural collaboration in Newark’s history is celebrating a new milestone in public art! On Monday, May 9th, the Star Ledger featured the project as part of the historic Newark Peace Education Summit.
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2011 is shaping up to be a great year! Come meet us on Facebook for photos and updates (tag your pictures!), & follow us on Twitter!
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Video | The Parade!
Since 2008, thousands of students from the Newark Public School system help kick-off the start of the Newark Arts Council Open Doors Tour with a parade through downtown Newark, displaying Animodule™ sculptures that they helped create.
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In School Programs
The Barat Foundation collaborates extensively with many of the major institutions in Newark.
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Student Summer in Provence
You will be living in Provence not as a tourist, but as a local, as you attend the spectacular summer festivals of Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, visit Van Gogh’s city of Arles, and shop at colorful open-air markets. You will visit the Camargue nature preserve and sun bathe along the beaches and shores of the azure Mediterranean. At the end of the day, you can linger at an open-air café or venture home to discuss the events of the day with new friends.
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Afterschool Program
The Afterschool programs provide opportunities for resilient, underserved youth to improve academic performance, develop creative expression, improve self-esteem, and become environmentally aware and active.
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Video | IZOD Center Elephant
The Meadowlands and Ringling Bros.® partnered with the Barat Foundation and NJ Clean Communities for this unique project in which area children from several local organizations teamed up to create a one-of-a-kind elephant sculpture using recycled materials.
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Video | The Spirit of Newark’s Animodules
Click here to view the video by Newark Mosaic! Click here to view the video by Newark Mosaic! Animodules are modularly created art works animated by the love, dedication, and creativity of Newark’s youth with artists from the Barat Foundation. In this first in a series of videos about The …
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Go see the Barat Youth Initiative PEACE Mural at 105 Lincoln Park, created in collaboration with the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace! Painted by over 500 Newark students to greet the Dalai Lama, it is the largest art collaboration in the city's history!
