"Each Park brings a new outlook on things."
YorkArts, and more specifically Arts in the Park, is a progressive organization that attempts to bring peace to a community through art. What makes Arts in the Park so unique is that it focuses on the kids and youth of our generation. By focusing on the future, they realize that kids are positively affecting York by providing a creative outlet. YorkArts not only focuses on building peace, but also builds a community through teaching kids that collaboration and creative can be magnificent.
In the world today, we deal with unrest in the Middle East, cyber-terrorism, political insurgency in Southeast Asia, Al Qaeda, and more. The people involved in these groups are torn apart. How do these communities deal with the realities and difficulties of living in such harsh conditions?
If they worked with organizations, such as YorkArts and Arts in the Park, they would realize that a cooperative and collaborative community is much more effective than a missile or a bomb. Creating opportunities for children empowers them to care about their town. By developing these programs, our communities and country have a far brighter outlook.
If they worked with organizations, such as YorkArts and Arts in the Park, they would realize that a cooperative and collaborative community is much more effective than a missile or a bomb. Creating opportunities for children empowers them to care about their town. By developing these programs, our communities and country have a far brighter outlook.
Global Connection
The world we live in is dangerous and frightening. It is filled with such horrors as terrorism, chemical weapons, and the threat of nuclear wars. The death of thousands of innocent people is linked to these global issues. Conflict is usually recognized from a global standpoint but roots from a community. In york today people are caught up in domestic abuse and other frightening things much like these global issues. However these are seen right here in our community. These all impact the children of the world in which they are raised. How do we keep these issues from impacting the children?
We need peace to solve them and we found that Art in the Parks is striving to create peace by focusing on the young children that will eventually grow up and do great things in the York community. This also keeps the kids out of trouble and allows them to express themselves through art. The essence of their mission is peace and that is exactly what ties all of these issues together. They are also giving these kids great opportunities that they otherwise would not have gotten whether that be paper mache, working with clay to make sculptures, or just meeting other kids and friends that they might not have before. These chances allow the kids to develop interests and maybe they will choose to continue with that later in life. However Art in the Parks isn't just about the art it is about giving the children an opportunity to get involved and making a difference.