Tribeca Arts Project

NY Tribeca Art Summer Project

I am moving to New York City for 6-7 weeks this summer to help staff the Tribeca Arts Project.
This project brings in over 15 staff members of Campus Crusade for Christ who are artists to work with about 30 art students coming from all over the nation to study the diverse culture of the City, along with the arts community and how to use the gifts we've been given for the greater purpose of serving God. I came here two summers ago to staff the project to end my year of ministry working with Campus Crusade for Christ. During this time on the project we worked with students of the multiple campuses around the city where we surveyed over 800 people with the "soularium" survey (a visual image survey that leads people in a spiritual questionnaire through the use of 50 images that evokes spiritual conversation). Through this survey, we compiled the results and studied them as a small population of society, looking at the trends and most common answers to questions such as, "What are 3 images that you wish were a part of your life right now?", and "If you could choose 1 image to represent your view of God, what image would you choose?" With the results of our surveys we organized groupings of students and staff members to create a gallery show near the Chelsea Art District in Manhattan. Every person that we surveyed we also invited to the show's reception, where we were able to follow up with people and reconnect. God did some powerful things, and used the art to create a unique bond between the people and the artists.
This coming summer will involve similar aspects, where we will survey people in our hometowns before we go to get a read of the overall United States, then all come together to be built as artists, seeking to follow God in this calling we've been given. We will have a variety of artists represented--musicians, painters, dancers, actors, graphic artists, and more. I will be in charge of specific aspects of the project, discipling students, as well as developing parts of my own artistic abilities. We will see what this summer brings.
Because Campus Crusade is a non-profit organization, everyone involved in the project, as well as in the organization has to raise their own funding. After a year and a half of raising support traditionally through letters and phone calls a few years ago, I have decided to try raising my support in a different manor. I started praying about how God wanted me to go about this about 6 months ago, and as time crept closer, He began to reveal the way to go about this...through painting.
I have been in a painting slump in the past 6 months, where it has been very difficult for me to create due to physical exhaustion from teaching, as well as emotionally fatigued from investing most of my energy into high school art students. I am used to painting large-scale portraits, but they became overwhelming, so as I began to think about how to potentially raise support through my art, smaller works became of interest. So, that's what I did.
My original plan was to have "30 Days of Creation", where for the whole month of March, I would create 20 pieces. Well, March is gone, and I have 11 completed, with 3 more waiting to be finished. I am going to continue to create paintings and drawings, and will add them as I go.
What I am hoping to do is to sell these paintings as my means of paying for the project costs and the cost of living, which will be about $2300 altogether.
If you would like to be a part of this by either purchasing an artwork, or by giving a donation, please email me at sfilby28@hotmail.com.

Because this is a blog site, you can't pay over the internet, so if you are interested in purchasing a piece of art to help support this project, follow the steps below:




To Purchase Artwork:

1. Decide on the piece and remember the title and description of the work. (All artwork images are on the side of this page)
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THESE IN A LARGER FORMAT, EMAIL ME AND I WILL RESPOND WITH THE LARGER IMAGE ATTACHED.

2. Email me at sfilby28@hotmail.com to let me know that you're interested with the following information:
-artwork title
-artwork description
-amount of purchase price (This is a suggested donation that will be tax deductible through Campus Crusade for Christ)
-If you want your artwork matted and framed, add $50 to the amount
-your name and shipping address ( or if you want to pick it up, let me know)

Also email me with any questions you might have and if you would like any more information.