Thought….

The social responsibility project "Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimore"  has the potential to learn, understand , engage, communicate and heal in some ways of health, environmental, education and social of Brooklyn-Curtis Bay. Using The Arts and our aspects of the program's activities, all fellows, professors and faculty has the power and responsibility to create positive change for the community. This project implies that all media artwork used for the developing of Brooklyn-Curtis Bay will bring a great benefit to the recipients, and create a unique experiential pedagogy for Benjamin Franklin High School and teachers.  
We seek to IRC program by inspiring, educating and interesting through the art that can provoke social awareness ad responsibility. For example, after learning and discussion about an installation titled "Revival Field: Project and Procedure" by Sculptor Mel Chin, the divisions were guided us to create and helping Brooklyn-Curtis Bay's environment, health and seek collaboration with academic departments  and the community. We also learn, and invite artists and other volunteer to IRC Program as inspiration for creative new initiatives, and gain a basic understanding of multicultural arts performances, exhibition such as Mark Dion, Jason Reed. We are continuing learn more about recoiling plays a role in Mark Dion's environmental politics and his art.On the other hand, each fellows creates different ideas how to contribute to the Fundraising project on May 11th, 2014, which has the potential to promote the Filbert Street Garden Fundraising event on December 10th, 2014. My ideas and excitement about this project are  planning a tour-UMBC bus for high school students to visit, share their story, their thought-question, artwork to the elder-retirement of the community; preparing, set up the headline timing for BFHS student, fellows for the next Fundraising event on December 10th; create a simple, clean Web about Fundraising Event December, 2014 INCLUDING: show the money from fundraising from the past-present-continue in Summer, event times, things going on, shop, Food & beverage selling for Fundraising, location-office to donate or buy ticket, or register online/FB, enabling online showing bidding on AUCTION ITEMS, instruction for how to donate online, office (check, cash, debit..);Create a stage Live music/ performance on stage from fellows, volunteers, BFHS student, teachers, professors; create a exhibition by BFHS- using cheap material, or the “packaging ” materials to create a costume, mask about environment, health. I also want to create a Fashion show from the Filbert St, Garden Community  (fashion show's  example ideas http://www.inamaterialworld.com/news.html)..etc 

To achieve our goals for two fundraising event, we need to focus and CREATE more ideas, CHANGE on the education, health, nature and environment, which is also build up the relationship, the TRUST between IRC fellows, faculty and the community, even though we might not resolve the society issues and economy.