Do you know a person who has strengthened a Long Beach neighborhood using creativity? Engaged residents to participate in a community building activity using art? Would you like them to be recognized? We would!
Please send your nomination of someone who you believe acted on the mission of ArtWorksLBC to info@rpna.org.
The mission of ArtWorksLBC is to create opportunities for neighbors to connect, build community and foster healthy neighborhoods through arts wellness and collaborative creativity.
Utilizing the nomination statement below, please submit the requested information in a word or pdf file to info@rpna.org by end of day on December 15, 2020. Those who are selected will be notified by December 22, 2020 and asked (if feasible) to participate in a safe distance photo shoot and receive recognition during a Padnet TV show. Please note: Self nominations will be accepted and are encouraged!
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Nomination Statement
First & Last Name of Nominee
Contact Email & Phone Number of Nominee
Please describe in 500 words or less how the nominee identified a need and worked on community building using creativity and/or art in their Long Beach neighborhood. Identify the specific work to which the nomination is based, how it helped the neighborhood and how this embodies the mission of ArtWorksLBC. A ‘work’ might be an art session, collaborative process, or joint effort to build community using art or art expression as a component. The community building project should have started or been completed between Dec. 1, 2018 – Dec. 1, 2020.
Two letters of support – may be written by nominee, partner, affiliated organization or resident.
One or two photos of the work which examples the community building benefit.
Review criteria: The review committee wants to learn how the nominee defined the need, and used an artful or creative process to address it, and how the community responded.
ArtWorksLBC fosters community engagement through the conduit of art, in conjunction with the Rose Park Neighborhood Association’s Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. ArtWorksLBC is a community benefit project of Rose Park Neighborhood Association.
More information about ArtWorksLBC HERE.
