"Visual Arts Career Now Possible" Says Hannah

CORCORAN ARTREACH SUCCESS STORY

Fifteen-year-old Hannah C's enthusiasm for art may never have matured into a potential career

path if it weren't for THEARC.

In the fall of 2008, her mother Marcy passed the Corcoran ArtReach classroom at THEARC

on a visit to the Levine School of Music, where her sons take guitar lessons. Marcy introduced herself to instructor Sandra Gobar and subsequently enrolled all of her children in classes for the

spring semester.

Since her first class with ArtReach, Hannah's interest in art has thrived. She received a scholarship to attend the program's summer camp in sculpture and printmaking, studied the work of influential artists and explored a variety of different media.

Gobar's guidance has helped Hannah become a better artist and given her the confidence to pursue art as a career. She hopes to train for a career in architecture or graphic design.

"When I show Ms. Sandra one of my sketches, she will critque it and show me what I need to do to become more proficient," Hannah said. "The Corcoran ArtReach program at THEARC has made the path to becoming an artist clearer; I now see careers in visual arts more within my reach than before."

WHY IS THEARC NEEDED?
Shockingly, the U.S. Census Bureau 2005 American Community Survey shows that our nation’s capital has the highest rate of childhood poverty of any jurisdiction in the United States. Three out of ten children in Washington, DC live at or below the poverty line—.

WHAT IS THEARC?

Ten non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children.
Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social, cultural and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River) a regulation size gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the-art music and dance studios.

Will you contribute to help each charity fulfill their missions? Just click on the donate button! For more information about THEARC please go to our website http://www.thearcdc.org or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC (1-202-484-3272).

Selected for the 2008-2009 Catalogue for Philanthropy
“One of the best small charities in the greater Washington region”