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ABOUT YOUTH ARTWORKS (YAW)<\/strong> : a Mentor-Apprentice Arts Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

YAW is a collaborative program with Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno Police Department, the Nevada Art Museum, and Job Opportunity in Nevada (JOIN). Selecting artists-educators through the Arts Education component of Reno’s local arts agency, Sierra Arts Foundation, the YAW project provided a daily, arts-based training and employment for youths ages 15-21 over a 12-week period. YAW aimed to educate, mentor, and train youths in skills designed to expand their career opportunities and enrich the Truckee Meadows community. Built on an apprentice-mentor model, YAW emphasises community involvement, on-the-job training, and social and artistic development for area youth. <\/p>\n

For “Dancing the Labyrinth” I had proposed a collaboration with the Visual Art mentor and our apprentices: perhaps the Visual Art apprentices would consider making a 11-circuit labyrinth upon which the Dance apprentices could present their choreography and spoken-word pieces in the mother tongues of their cultures (Korean, Spanish, English). That is indeed what occurred; it was a joy. (I had undergone Labyrinth Facilitator Training in 1998 with Dr. Lauren Artress and Veriditas at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, earning certification as a Labyrinth Facilitator – https:\/\/www.veriditas.org\/ft). <\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, several labyrinths have been constructed throughout Reno and\/or is being used as a healing tool, including at Washoe Medical Center and the garden grounds of the Wilbur May Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s “Labyrinth Garden” (https:\/\/www.washoecounty.gov\/parks\/maycenterhome\/arboretum\/index.php). Our YAW labyrinth was gifted to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada (https:\/\/www.uufnn.org\/). They have since constructed a labyrinth on their grounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many years later, a member of my YAW dance group flagged me down on the street and excitedly told me how our project changed the course of his life. He was now working as a graphics and design artist. I have been thrilled nd deeply moved to learn from students how their dance\/movement experiences altered and\/or enhanced their minds, widened their thinking, and impacted their career choices,–from K-12 through university (and students who grew up from their K-12 experiences and sought me out as university students! (Y)our children are my children. A’ho.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery transition=”crossfade” galleryType=”thumbnail” id=”460″]\n

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