AMPed UP
April 30, 2019
This past Saturday, AMP hosted nearly 100 Connecticut star teachers—all Fund for Teachers fellowship grantees—at the mill for a full day of activities, including working with them on a collaborative project. Click here for more photos of the day.
Moving In: Installation
April 25, 2019
Assembling the pieces that were moved to the mill on Monday! Click here to see more photos of this incredible day.
AMPed UP
April 23, 2019
Meet Ruthie Ursone Napoleone, who joined AMP as development manager in February!
Ruthie is a Winsted native who most recently worked as the communications and community specialist at Camp Jewell YMCA, where she implemented the camp’s communication strategies and built meaningful community partnerships. Her past work experiences in Litchfield County include positions at NW CT’s Chamber of Commerce and The Litchfield County Times. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Marist College and a M.S. in School Counseling from Central Connecticut State University. At AMP, Ruthie works on grantwriting, sponsorship, membership, and other development initiatives. She is most excited about working alongside and learning from AMP’s team of dynamic and accomplished professionals. She and her husband, Tony, live in Winsted with their two children (and one black cat). In her spare time, Ruthie can be found reading a book, traveling with her family, alpine skiing, or volunteering with Boy Scout Troop 1027, Winsted Youth Soccer, and Winchester Public Schools.
Moving In: Installation
April 22, 2019
More mural pieces are on the move to Winsted! You get a pretty good sense for just how BIG this is going to be when seeing the size of each individual piece. Get AMPed! Click here to see more photos of this BIG move.
AMPed UP
April 19, 2019
Exciting news for Ellen! AMP’s founder to receive education award. Click here to read about it. Watch Ellen’s acceptance video here.
Register Citizen
April 19, 2019
American Mural Project founder and artistic director Ellen Griesedieck will receive the Connecticut Art Education Association (CAEA) 2019 Distinguished Service to the Profession award. One of seven arts professionals being honored, Griesedieck will receive the award at the CAEA annual awards dinner, April 28 at the Country Club of Farmington, where she will be recognized for her outstanding achievement and contributions to the field of art education. Click here to read the full article.
Building Up and Raising Funds
April 15, 2019
Thanks to Eversource CT for their grant in support of AMP's summer enrichment programs! They see the value of giving children and teens the opportunity to spend time outdoors—learning, designing, inventing, building, growing, and more. AMP continues to be committed to providing young people with learning opportunities that cultivate the skills and self-reliance needed for the next generation!
Art at Work: Education
April 5, 2019
Our "Whole School Mural" project finished up at the Renzulli Academy in Hartford, and the pictures of what they accomplished are incredible! Led by AMP teaching artist, Kathy Reddy, 130 students in 4th-8th grade created three 4' x 8' plywood panels depicting their school community, complete with the Hartford skyline, school buildings, self-portraits, and even their night janitor. Lots to ❤️ about this!
Register Citizen
April 5, 2019
Pilobolus performs special show at the Warner Theater. ASAP!’s Ultimate Collaboration with Pilobolus and the Winsted-based American Mural Project was featured, along with the Multi-Generational Community Dance Project. Click here for the full article and photos by Lara Green-Kazlauskas.
Art at Work: Education
April 1, 2019
AMP's "Ultimate Collaboration" with ASAP! and the Warner Theatre culminated in a performance by Pilobolus, one of the most popular and unusual dance companies in the world, on Saturday. The multi-generational community dance project was also featured in the performance.
Moving In: Installation
March 27, 2019
We've got the A-Team breaking down sections of the mural in preparation for our next moving day. Thanks, HVRHS Class of 2019! #dayofservice
Click here to see more photos.
Art at Work: Education
March 27, 2019
Introducing Julianne, our education intern from Northwestern Connecticut Community College. After graduation, she plans to transfer to Central Connecticut State University to study elementary education with the goal of becoming an elementary school teacher. Before she interned with AMP, she was a math tutor for middle school children.
Our programs director had this to say about Julianne: "After observing the warmth and enthusiasm that Julianne brings to the room when she is engaging with the kids in the CHAMPS after-school enrichment program, I couldn't be more thrilled to have her join AMP as an education intern for the spring and summer! She is a natural educator."
Art at Work: Education
March 23, 2019
Thursday kicked off our in-school residency with the Renzulli Academy in Hartford. And what a day it was! Our teaching artists worked with students in 6th-8th grade to create a whole-school mural. Eighth-graders started out painting the ombre sky, then projected images of the Hartford skyline that the seventh-graders painted black. Others students created self portraits. More to come next week!
Art at Work: Education
March 17, 2019
Our guest artist, Jessica Jane Russell from Art Room Atelier, led the projects for our CHAMPS after-school program on Thursday. She'll also be leading a week of our summer programs in August!
Moving In: Installation
February 27, 2019
It's getting really exciting around here because it's MOVING DAY! Three sections of the mural are making their way out of Ellen's studio and will soon be heading to the mill for the next phase of installations.
Moving In: Installation
February 2, 2019
Ellen and crew are working through the plans on the steel/aluminum plates, U bolts, and scaffolding platform on wheels that will be needed to get the rest of the mural up--and how to get the remaining sections to the mill in Winsted. So much happening in the weeks ahead.
Register Citizen
January, 29, 2019
Winsted’s American Mural Project reaching toward its goal. Click here for the full story.
Republican American
January 24, 2019
The first panel of the American Mural Project is up. Early Thursday afternoon, project founder Ellen Griesedieck and five helpers carried the roughly 10-foot-tall aluminum honeycomb panel from one end of the former factory building to the other. They hoisted it 6 feet off the ground and secured it with bolts. Click here to read more.
Art at Work: Education Programs
January 2, 2019
Our third- and fourth-graders in the CHAMPS after-school program were very busy in December! Lots of new and exciting projects coming up this month.
AMPed UP
December 22, 2018
The Connecticut Economic Resource Center - CERC recently held their annual Celebrate CT! event, which honored economic development successes throughout the state, including naming AMP (and 17 other organizations) a top economic development leader for our contribution to the state's economy!
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