Dr. Joseph Modica presents an award

from Eastern University to co-founders

Dr. Vivian Nix-Early and Dr. Nathan

Corbitt for the 10th Anniversary.

Past participants like Michaelanne Harri-

man (above), and Sara Blackburn (left)

returned to share about their training and

experience at the Alumni Symposium.

BuildaBridge Teaching Art-

ists Magi Ross and Sarah

Thompson led participants

in the BuildaBridge Class-

room training exercises, ex-

ploring music, emotion and

color.

Alumni and local art ministries presented

their work at the 10th Anniversary Art Ex-

hibit, providing a space for dialogue and

discussion about how to live out and apply

Institute principles.

Participants and faculty en-

joyed a barbeque dinner at

the BuildaBridge House to

kick off the Institute

Institute attendees celebrated

faculty member Lynne Farrow’s

nine years of service. Her pres-

ence has been much appreciated

and will be greatly missed!

Leah Samuelson returned with

the 2010 mural, and guided par-

ticipants with new ideas and a

fresh layer of paint.

“Working with Leah

and others on the mu-

ral gave me time to

process. I absorbed

the calls to action, as

the canvas absorbed my

paint. I felt the freedom to

go in life where I would,

just as my patterns turned

and twisted where they

would. I could finally

breathe.”

- Sarah Rohrer

While we are

called to give

and to serve, we

need to also sit

and receive.

- Lynne Farrow

(Right)

“the instructors grasp of the subject matter, the

passion & commitment that they displayed imbued

the words with life & reality “ - 2011 Participant

COO and Co-Founder of

BuildaBridge International Dr.

Vivian Nix-Early

From left to right: BuildaBridge Programs Ad-

ministrator Danielle Dembrosky, and Faculty

Lisa Jo Epstein and Kathryn Pannepacker en-

joy a happy moment together.

Left: Trapeta Mayson. Above:

IT Associate John Austin.

Right: Board of Directors

Chairman Ron Hevey

“The problem with

faith discussions

today is that peo-

ple want to make

faith a noun” - Dr.

Modica

What gets fired together

gets wired together”

- Dr. Gene Ann Behrens

The Institute is the reason I

wake up and come to work

everyday...to see the people

who attend take what they

learn and share it and change

the lives of children and com-

munities around the world.” -

Danielle Dembrosky, Pro-

grams Administrator

“When they walk through that door they’re

kids; it doesn’t matter where they came

from” - Barbara Price-Davis (Right)

“Ritual is at the essence of being hu-

man.” - Dr. Nathan Corbitt, Co-Founder

and CFO of BuldaBridge International

Henry Holcomb,

BuildaBridge Interna-

tional Board member

and Institute blogger

From Left to Right,

BuildaBridge Shelter Relations

and Community Programs Co-

ordinator Magira Ross and Hai-

ti Arts Relief and Development

Coordinator, Maeva Renaud.

BuildaBridge Institute Fac-

ulty, Dr. David Bronkema

BuildaBridge Teaching Artist

Sarah Thompson (left), and

BuildaBridge Board member,

Jim Ballengee (Below)

Although we pledge to restore hope

and healing in the young people we

work with, I have learned how to uti-

lize visual art as a way to restore

hope and healing within myself. It is

important that we enter the space

feeling good about ourselves; not

just feel good about what we do.

—2011 Participant

“knowing that there’s a place where

artists can come together and be

trained and work with children in

overseas missions. .. I feel really in-

spired.”- Hannah Poon (Left), 2011

Participant

“BuildaBridge is teaching me how to

integrate my two passions: helping

Haiti and the arts. Hopefully some-

thing beautiful will come about.” -

Nathalie Cerin, 2011 Partici-

pant & Haiti Artist on Call

“I see the Institute as a piece of

heaven, a time of refreshment, to be

reconnected with the art parts in me

that have become dulled.” - Lindsey

Jo Bailey, 2011 Participant

Maria Carlini guided

participants in a music

and mask-making jour-

ney into the Self. Masks

were given some of the

following names:

In.Sight,

Shantih,

Talie,

Beloved,

Selah

Lisa Jo Epstein taught Transfor-

mational Drama, both in its prac-

tice and in its TO (Theatre of the

Oppressed) philosophical base.

Lynne Farrow led a

Writing Workshop em-

phasizing parallel and

collaborative poetry

“If there is to be peace in

the world, there must be

peace...

in the home...

If there is to be peace in

the home, There must be

peace in the heart.”

— Lao Tzu

between neighbors...

in the nations...

in the cities...