For the month of August at Anastasia & Friends, my co-host Paul Kaufmann and I, in conjunction with some of our region's finest artists, present Small Art/Big Heart. This exhibition benefits and promotes awareness to a non profit organization that is tender to our hearts and important for our children and community - Friends of the ARC (Assessment and Resource Center).
For over 20...
[read more] For the month of August at Anastasia & Friends, my co-host Paul Kaufmann and I, in conjunction with some of our region's finest artists, present Small Art/Big Heart. This exhibition benefits and promotes awareness to a non profit organization that is tender to our hearts and important for our children and community - Friends of the ARC (Assessment and Resource Center).
For over 20 years, the ARC has been coming to the aid of children who are suspected of being physically and sexually abused. The ARC’s multi-disciplinary team includes child psychologists, forensic interviewers, a medical doctor, child life specialists and victim advocates. As one of the country’s model child advocacy centers, the ARC is a resource in our community about which all South Carolinians should be proud.
Like other service aspects of our community, the ARC has been hit with huge budget cuts in the past several years. Friends of the ARC was started to help the ARC continue its vital and comprehensive work with those who need it most – our community’s sexually and physically abused children.
Small Art/Big Heart will include paintings, sculpture and mixed media with an emphasis on work that's 12" x 12" x 12" in dimension or smaller. The opening reception will take place as a part of the First Thursday art crawl on Main Street on August 2nd from 6 to 9 and run through August 31st.
Participating artists include:
Bohumila Augustinova
Leslie Bennett
Eileen Blyth
Michael Bolin
Kdawn Branham
Jarid Lyfe Brown
Claude Buckley
Anastasia Chernoff
Toni Elkins
Clark Ellefson
Nathan Fiveash
Robin Gadient
Bonnie Goldberg
Lisa Gray
Jennie Mae Hill
Paul Kaufmann
Michael Krajewski
Matthew Kramer
James Lalumondier
Whitney LeJeune
Justice Littlejohn
Lauren Maurer
Lucas T. Sams
Wayne Thornley
Lindsay Wiggins
The ARC is a nationally accredited Children's Advocacy Center which has operated since 1990 as a partnership of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, the USC School of Medicine, and the Children's Hospital of Palmetto Health Richland. Services include the forensic physical examination of suspected child abuse victims, forensic interviews and mental health evaluations, individual and family therapy for victims and their non-offending caregivers, agency consultations, referrals, training and expert testimony. The ARC primarily receives its referrals from law enforcement and child protective services personnel across a 17 county region, with Richland as its primary focus. The ARC serves approximately 600 children annually.
Special thanks to Maria Kennedy Mungo for providing some delicious hors d'oeuvres for our opening reception.
For more information, contact Anastasia Chernoff via email at stasia1825@aol.com or cell at 803 665 6902.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Assessment-Resource-Center-ARC/125689774154890
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