Community
Community is essential to The Creative Living Room ™. We are
committed to creating avenues for individuals and families to
connect to the greater community in a variety of ways including
collaborative partnerships with other businesses and artists in
Swarthmore and the surrounding areas.
Our community programming includes:
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class
presentations where students can participate and
perform for family and friends
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the “Creative
Family Performance Series” and “First Fridays”
as venues for performing artists to present
their work to the community
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our “Creative
Artists Gallery”, exhibiting artists and
students work.
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birthday Party Entertainment
Other offerings to serve our community will include:
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Open Play
Space - children can come and enjoy supervised
unstructured play in a safe, fun space
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Tea & Talk –
a time and place for Moms and caregivers to
gather while their children play
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Special Needs
Support Group – a support group for parents and
caregivers of children with special needs
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Pillows &
Pajamas Storytime - one night a week children
bring their favorite bedtime stories and the
staff or special guest volunteers will read to
the children
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Community
Mural Project – continue what Philadelphia has
started
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Kids Go Green
- Green Team Task Force where kids help keep the
community stay clean and green
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ARTS SALON –
artists of all disciplines come together to mix,
mingle and co-create through an exchange of arts
mediums.
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Rental Space
- for rehearsals, and complimentary activities
fitting to the center
Outreach
Outreach to serve those less fortunate is an
important aspect of our mission. The Creative Living Room ™ is dedicated to raising awareness to
help individuals and organizations in our community
through good works and fundraisers. A portion of the
profits from registration and events will be
utilized to pay for deserving students’ class
tuition for participation in programs.
Other Outreach Ideas to serve our community are to:
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donate a
portion of the proceeds from the Theatre Program
classes and performances to a charity that
students choose
-
build
partnerships that support sister organizations,
such as The Nia Center, that bring the arts into
the lives of disadvantaged children and families
-
offer
scholarships for classes to talented students
and those serious about studying and or pursuing
a career in the arts
-
create arts
benefit events to raise money for particular
charities
-
raise money
for outreach where teachers go off-site offering
classes and workshops at schools and arts
centers
-
give a
portion of ticket sales from our professional
performance series to pay for low income
families to attend a children’s show
Join us in supporting our community and sharing the
gifts we all have as members of the global family.
Culture
The Creative Living Room ™ celebrates the
diversity in our neighborhoods. Our classes,
programs, performances and festivals will bring
families in touch with many different cultures.
Swarthmore is a unique cultural hub in Delaware
county and home to a host of immigrants and
ethnicities and many more, bringing their rich
heritage with them from other countries or through
their ancestry.
We believe that the act of experiencing other
cultures:
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fosters a
thirst for learning
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builds
awareness both of the self and of others
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cultivates
the ability to understand situations and people
from many dimensions
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gives the
opportunity to embrace cultural differences as
well as differences found in daily living
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sparks an
interest in languages and travel
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develops an
appreciation of arts from other countries
Cultural courses which we will offer to enrich both
children and adults will include but not be limited
to: Indian Dance, African Drumming, Latin American,
Chinese and Japanese Arts etc. We feel that truly
experiencing culture on a first hand basis allows us
to share our humanity on a multitude of levels.
The Creative Living Room ™ takes you places without
having to go very far.
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