honeymoon - looking forward

Looking forward to a fabulous honeymoon with my husband in November.

SURA Arts Academy

My "baby" turned 10 this year!

SURA Arts Academy (a youth photography program in the Chadsey-Condon neighborhood of Detroit) is celebrating its 10th year with an all-inclusive exhibit at the Arab American National Museum showcasing the best work from the last 10 years.

Noon Saturday, September 18, 2010 Complimentary refreshments and a free live performance by BombaRica

Exhibit will be on display September 18th - October 31st

Arab American National Museum13624 Michigan AveDearborn, MI 48126
Call Vanita Mistry at 313-624-0210 for more information about the program and this particular exhibit and event.


http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/2010.sura.exhibit

...these are some of my favorite photos from the 2007 exhibit
(2006-2007 was the first year of SURA Arts Academy as a year-round after school program)

8-14-2010

August 14, 2010 I married the love of my life...

We are Hiring!

style="font-family:arial;">AIE Job Posting

The Community Arts Partnerships Office (CAP) at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) has paid part time teaching opportunities to work in our art and design programs throughout Detroit.

Artists in Education (AIE), a program of the Community Arts Partnerships office of the College for Creative Studies, has provided after-school art programs throughout Detroit's inner city since 2001 and worked with more than 26,000 students. Artists from the College and the community are trained and placed in a wide variety of programs serving predominately low-income, minority students from inner city Elementary/Middle Schools and community centers. Programs are hands-on art making with fine art, crafts, and design curricula.

Extensive outreach programs provide large numbers of students with often the only high quality arts programming they have access to in their communities. In-depth, long term after-school partnerships allow for deeper exploration, learning and development. Intensely focused Saturday programs support committed students in beginning to explore mastery in the arts and success in their lives.

Programs are art/education/social service partnerships that address art and youth development goals for students from some of the poorest urban communities in the United States.

We are looking for Artists Teachers with the following qualifications (We look for evidence of these points in your cover letter and resume):

• Interest – Why do you want to work for CAP? Why do you want to teach?
• Experience – Have you taught before? Have you worked with kids?
• Leadership – Have you held a leadership position/role?
• Teamwork – Our programs are team-taught. How well do you work/interface with others?
• Communication – We are looking for people that are strong, effective communicators – how do you communicate? How effective are you at communicating?
• Technology - We use email a lot – our staff MUST check their emails regularly and be available by phone during working hours. We are also on facebook, flickr, and have a blog – Will you check these?
• Work Ethic – Show examples that you have a strong work ethic.
• Willingness – Teaching requires a lot of planning and research. Are you willing to put in the extra time to go above and beyond?
• Time Management – Show examples that you can effectively manage your time.
• Availability –Our classes are primarily after school and take place between 2pm and 6pm weekdays, how does your schedule fit with this? We also have some Saturday classes – are you willing/able to work Saturdays?
• Responsiveness – Do you follow directions/take direction well?
• Organization – Teachers are required to do paperwork and maintain their area, how well will you be able to do this?
• Strengths – What specific strengths/talents do you have to offer our team?

Send all inquiries to CAP Program Coordinator,
Lynn Blasey, at lblasey@collegeforcreativestudies.edu.
Each inquiry should include a 1 page cover letter, 1 page resume, and current availability.
We will schedule a portfolio review after receipt of previously listed documents

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Please join us for an information session on how you can be put on the Artist Rooster for community+public arts:DETROIT.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:00–8:00pm

Arts League of Michigan
Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center
311 East Grand River Avenue
(Parking will be available at the Detroit Opera House parking facility at a special rate of $3.00 with ticket validation.)

what is the artist roster?
The Artist Roster is a resource for C+PAD, civic leaders, community groups, and other project initiators to find pre-qualified local artists to design and coordinate public art projects around metro Detroit. Past projects for roster artists have had budgets of $20-30,000.

Each selected artist will have both a printed and a searchable online profile indicating their experience,
specialties, and work samples, which will be made available to organizations locally and worldwide.

www.cpadetroit.org

RSVP requested: 313-664-1549 or strujillo@collegeforcreativestudies.edu

Please come and be a part of the public art movement in Detroit.

All in a Month...

Pinckney Homecoming 2009

Wii Bowling at Ma Howard's

Wedding

Me and Jay at the Wedding Reception

Halloween with Friends

Filming of Red Dawn outside our office window (New Center, Detroit)

Makeover

Birthday Party

Metromode - highlighting the positive

Metromode is a website that chose to go against the trend and highlight the positive instead of the negative. I was chosen to be featured on their "Jobs Landed" page that highlights those in metro Detroit that have landed a job within the last year or so. Check it out :) http://www.metromodemedia.com/jobslanded/Default.aspx

They approached me for a profile and this is what you'll find on the site:


Lynn Blasey

Job Title:	Community Arts Partnerships Program Coordinator
Company:	College for Creative Studies
College:	Michigan State University, Bachelor of Arts, History, East Lansing, MI
High School:	Pinckney Community High School, Pinckney, MI

I work in the Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) Department at CCS. CAP develops and maintains partnerships between CCS and the Metro Detroit community to provide unique and effective art and design education and enrichment programs for young people, schools, and community organizations.

Community involvement is a crucial component of CAP’s successful approach to providing programs that inspire young people from diverse backgrounds to make the visual arts a part of their lives, bring education in art, design and new technologies to the greater community, and inform young people about career opportunities in visual art and design. All CAP programs are free for Detroit youth and are facilitated by professional artist faculty. CAP programs serve over 4,000 kids annually. I also work with community+public art: DETROIT, a public art movement in the city to involve the community in the process of creating public art.

I manage 25-35 faculty in addition to interns and work study students. This includes payroll, communication, scheduling, billing, filing, supply orders, problem solving, teacher support, etc... I also schedule & coordinate Career Day tours of the CCS campus for area middle school students. Tours are designed to enhance their art experience and give those students interested in arts careers insight into what Art School can be like.