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Metro Arts Summer Youth Employment
Since the
summer of 2000, Metro Arts has provided area teenagers (15-19 years
old) with paid summer apprenticeships in various arts disciplines.
The goal of the program is to simultaneously provide opportunities
for youth and enhance the community through the arts.
2010 Projects
Mural
The new mural, “Natural Vitality,” is at the southeast corner of 4th
Street and Pershing
Avenue in Davenport. Lead artist Sarah Robb and the muralists will
continue working
weekday mornings through July 15.
Sculpture
Apprentices are working with lead artist Mark Fowler on four public
sculptures to be
installed in the District of Rock Island. They are exploring
materials such as concrete, steel,
and glass to construct multi-media works.
Dance 101
Ballet Quad Cities is working with apprentices at their studio to
choreograph original works
in various styles. Led by professional BQC dancers Maggie Huling,
Kaleb Baker, and
Andrea Rehn, the group will perform and educate out in the
community.
Micro-Fiction
Literary artists are working with Rachel Krein, a Metro Arts alum,
in the former Rocket
Theatre in Rock Island. The apprentices are exploring many forms,
including 55 fiction,
flash fiction, drabble and others.
2010 Mural Design
2010 Sponsors
Quad City Arts Metro Arts is made possible by generous support from
Bechtel Charitable Trust,
Riverboat Development
Authority, City of Rock Island,
Modern Woodmen of
America,
John
Deere & Company,
Genesis,
Moline Forge, Inc.,
Davenport
Noon Optimists,
Community Foundation of the Great
River Bend,
Bituminous Insurance Companies,
City of Rock Island Gaming Funds, Moline
Foundation: Karen’s Summertime FUNd,
City Of Moline Community
Development Block Grant, American Bank,
Missman Stanley & Associates,
Junior Board of Rock Island,
The National Bank. In-kind
support has been provided by
Ballet Quad Cities,
AAMCO Transmissions,
Renaissance Rock Island, Liquid Fire Studio,
Nichols Aluminum,
Davenport Fire Department,
Stetson Building Supplies.
Programs Overview
For five weeks, area teens work together in groups to complete art
projects under the
supervision and mentoring of professional artists. Teens learn the
artistic techniques
and applications of their particular genre, while developing
personally and professionally,
gaining patience and self esteem, and learning responsibility
and teamwork. As one
printmaking apprentice said of their experience in the Metro Arts
program, “I got to do
something that I love and got paid for it. It is an awesome
opportunity to enhance one’s
skills.” The last day of the program is a showcase and
celebration of each teen's hard
work. Each group works in one of several genres including the
literary arts, performing
arts & visual arts. Genres change from year to year.
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