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Arts Program for Israeli, Palestinian and American Students Displays its Work
12:48PM / Friday, July 29, 2016
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Twenty-five Israeli, Palestinian and American high school students have been living and working together at the Buxton School for the Artsbridge Intercultural Leadership Program.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Local residents and visitors to the area this weekend will have the rare opportunity to meet a delegation of 25 Israeli, Palestinian and American high school students who have been living and working together at the Buxton School for the Artsbridge Intercultural Leadership Program.

The three-week summer program is produced by Artsbridge Inc., a Boston-area nonprofit, and Berkshires-based Music in Common. Both organizations use the arts to bring people in conflict together. Until now, each had their own summer program that brought Palestinian and Israeli teens to the States and this is the first year the two have partnered to produce their programs together as one.

Students arrived on July 9 and have been engaging in daily dialogue and working on visual art, film, photography and music projects. They have also participated in a high ropes course for team building, met and conversed with local religious leaders and visited a local planetarium to learn about the natural world around them. Dialogue and art projects are based on this year’s theme of "IDentity." The Artsbridge model of reflective dialogue teaches students how to listen to one another and to ask questions out of curiosity and interest while the art programs teach participants how to work together, think creatively, and communicate constructively. Their art works will be publicly presented for the first time at the banquet and showcase.

The banquet takes place on Saturday, July 30, from 6-9 p.m. at the Buxton School. The evening includes dinner with the students as well as a sneak peek of their finished artwork, films and musical performances. There will also be an auction. Tickets are $75 per person and include dinner and performances. All proceeds will offset expenses to produce this year’s summer program. Purchase tickets for the banquet online.

The showcase takes place on campus the very next day, Sunday July 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All student works will be displayed, screened and performed, and students will be on hand to meet guests and talk about their projects and their experiences in the program.

 

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