West End Music and Arts Institute

Our Summer Camp is on its second week. Here’s some pics from week 1! We appreciate the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts for hosting us again this summer!

Here we have the kids showing off their art and musical expressions at our Culmination Celebration. Thanks to all the family and friends that came out to support. Thanks to the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts hosting us. Thanks to the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands for sponsoring the program!

We're printmaking at West End Music and Arts Institute! Funded by Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands.

"Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness." Anne Albers

Teaching artist: Waldemar Brodhurst
Photo: Stacie Haynes Carroll

Vocal coaching with vocal instructor, Philippa Smith-Tyler, graduate of New England Conservatory at the piano. *
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Schools will be closed next week but we are ON next week: Mon-Wed 4-6pm!

"Science has shown that musical training can change brain structure and function for the better. It can also improve long-term memory and lead to better brain development for those who start at a young age."

The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity Learning an instrument increases resilience to any age-related decline in hearing.

Last weeks highlights at West End Music and Arts!
Artist, Yemaya demonstrated the photographic printing process on fabric which produced a cyan blue print. The children produced their own prints by creating their own cut-out templates from paper as well as items they found in their natural environment.
Also, we thank the Arthur Richards School for providing us their instruments for our programming as they continue to work towards a solution.

In the rhythmic pocket..
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We had the opportunity to learn from artist, John Obafemi Jones who is recognized locally and nationally for his work. Deeply rooted in jazz and blues music, his paintings “evoke feelings of wellbeing and excitement very like improvisational aspects of jazz.” Under the direction of John and a violin, the children used this concept for creation.
Funded by Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. Artist in teaching: John Obafemi Jones
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Piano pedagogy at !
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When there is no music program at school, you create one. 🎶

The children of WEMAI created a collaborative mobile art piece with artist, Katherine Manuselis. Visit Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts to view it in the courtyard.

Teaching artist, Katherine Manuselis and the children of WEMAI worked together to create a mobile, using natural materials from the sea. Come visit our creation at the Caribbean Museum Center Of The Arts courtyard. We thank artist, Katherine for her artistic energy and @communityfounvi for their support.

Works in progress with artist, Katherine Manuselis and the children of WEMAI (West End Music/Arts Institute). Today the children will collaborate and make a large piece for the museum courtyard.
Funded by Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands

We thank metalsmith and assemblage artist, Sandy Hruska for sharing her talents with the children of . They were working on assemblage pieces and discussing Picasso and Joseph Cornell. Grateful to be funded by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. 👍Sandy Hruska Studio
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Last week, we worked with local Saint Croix artist, Tahirah AbuBakr where we examined the topic of mask making. Through mask making the students had the opportunity to imagine an identity other than their own, while altering the way the world views them. We thank artist, Tahirah for giving them the knowledge to express themselves. 👏👏

Thank you Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands for your continued support.

Piano pedagogy is part of the routine at West End Music and Arts Institute. Group classes require peer communication and interaction, which encourage teamwork, as children collaborate to create scales as an ensemble.

*We thank Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands for their support.*

The correlation between math and music is intrinsically fundamental to expression.

Musician and blogger Roel Hollander notes, “Thelonious Monk once said ‘All musicans are subconsciously mathematicians.’ Musicians like John Coltrane though have been very much aware of the mathematics of music and consciously applied it to his works.”

John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common.

WEMAI (West End Music & Arts Institute) participants were given an overview of the filmmaking process from Peter Pearce, a NYC based professional cinematographer! Working in teams, these young filmmakers worked against the clock to plan, storyboard, shoot, act and edit their films. Now to complete this process, we will be scoring our own music🎶 to finish the editing process. This is one way utilize the use of a device that fits in your pocket.

*We have space available for children age 11 and up to attend classes at WEMAI at the Carribean Museum Center for the Arts. Classes are Mondays and Tuesdays 4-6pm. Please contact us at: [email protected] for further information. All classes are free. Space is limited.*

Funded by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands

We welcome students from Complex and Central High School -and musicians to come and bring your horns to our upcoming open jazz sessions at Cibonè, Tuesday nights, 7pm. Please share.

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