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If you are interested in supporting We Care Arts, please contact:
Terry Schalnat, tschalnat@wecarearts.org  or Pat Maple, pmaple@wecarearts.org
or call 252-3937.

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Ceramics Program
When clients work with CLAY, they are not just building artwork, they are building additional skills. The hand-building process strengthens hand muscles and can be calming. Folding and pounding clay to remove air bubbles provides an appropriate way to vent frustration. Waiting for clay pieces to dry helps develop patience. And, that exciting moment when the KILN is unloaded provides clients with a sense of accomplishment.

The Ceramic Studio is one of our most costly programs. Kilns are kept in a separate room for safety purposes and are costly to run. Along with the clay, GLAZES, BRUSHES and other SUPPLIES are needed. And, TEACHERS are needed to provide essential information and ensure safety.

Your gift can be designated for the Ceramic Studio. Your $17,088 donation will help keep the studio operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below.

Our Gift Shop features ceramic food-safe and decorative items made by our clients. The sale of these pieces provides an income for the artist client.

Ceramics Program

 
  Per Month Per Year
   Teacher $1,099 $13,188
   Brushes $100 $1,200
   Clay $75 $900
   Glaze $50 $600
   Firing $100 $1,200

Total

$1,424

$17,088

Computer Lab
For many of our clients, rehabilitation begins with a COMPUTER . Whether their first step is scanning an original drawing, or drawing directly into a SOFTWARE program, the computer allows them to be in control. Many find the computer mouse is easier and less intimidating to work with than a brush. They can manipulate images and colors, add words and poetry, and print onto IRON ON TRANSFER S. Computer creativity allows them to overcome their physical limitations. The excitement of an artist actually seeing the work printed is contagious. “Look at this” you’ll hear, “I made that!” TEA CHER S are right there to take the mystery out of programs and problems.

Your gift can be designated for the Computer Lab. Your $8,400 donation will help keep the lab operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below.

The Gift Shop features cards, shirts, and framed and decorated original writings made by our artist clients with the aid of computers. The sale of these pieces provides an income for the artist client.

Computer Lab    
  Per Month

Per Year

   Computers $200 $2,400
   Teachers $441 $5,300
   Software $42 $500
   Printer Ink $9 $100
   Paper/Iron ons $9 $100

Total

$700 $8,400

Sewing Program
Stitching. Quilting. Making embroidered pieces... There’s almost no limit to what can be made as our clients and teachers learn more about our new industrial embroidery machine.

The atmosphere is as warm and supportive as an old fashioned quilting bee. Quietly and comfortably, problem solving skills develop and social skills improve. TEACHER S untangle threads and bobbins and problems that are less easy to identify.

Your gift can be designated for the Sewing Studio. Your $7,500 donation will help keep the studio operational for an entire year. For more gift giving options, see the operating costs below.

The Gift Shop brims with handbags, table runners with matching place mats and napkins; aprons, baby gear, blankets, doggie jackets and tote bags.

Sewing Program    
  Per Month Per Year
   Machines $100 $1,200
   Teacher $320 $3,840
   Supplies $208 $2,500

Total

$628 $7,540

Wood Shop Program
The wood shop is located in the back of our facility which is fitting because it is a strong backbone of what we do. All the kits and wood products that are painted each day are cut and built right on the premises. We are able to develop ideas and perfect them with the team of volunteers and workers in the woodshop. They provide us with all the parts and pieces needed to keep the artists painting. The manufacturing, assembly and final finish spraying is done in the woodshop. When a piece is complete and brought back out for display, the sense of pride and ownership from the artist is fantastic. They love to show their friends and family what they created.

Wood Shop Program    
   Instructor   $15,600
   Wood   3,000
  Total $18,600
  Per Month 171
  Per Day 36

Visiting Artist Program
Once or twice a month, professional artists who specialize in a particular medium, share a hands-on workshop with our client artists. All active participants are invited to enjoy a new experience and create a new product. These may be offered for sale in the Gift Shop, but often each artist wants to keep their creation. The artwork is sometimes displayed in a traveling exhibit. A yearly calendar is also produced from this Visiting Artist Series. The visiting artists, caught up in the creative and loving ambiance of WCA, often return year after year.

Your gift can be designated for the Visiting Artist Series. Your $4,260 donation will help keep these workshops operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs below.

Visiting Artist Program    
  Per Month Per Year
  Visiting Artist $125

$1,500

   Use of Facilities $130 $1,560
   Materials $100 $1,200

Total

$355

$4,260

Traveling Artist Program
If the client can’t come to us, we go to them, with our TRAVELING ARTIST PROGRAM. Clients who have such severe disabilities that transportation to our facilities is difficult benefit from this innovative program. We currently serve teens with serious disabilities and behavioral issues through the Montgomery County Educational Services, clients with dementia or Alzheimer’s through a day program at Shiloh House, and students at Stebbins high school. TEACHERS have developed a fundamental curriculum for drawing , painting , fiber arts and ceramics . Music is often used, as well. Your gift can be designated for Community Outreach. Your $21,900 donation will help keep the our Community Outreach program operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below.

Traveling Artist Program  
   Teachers   $50,000
   Materials   5,000
   Marketing Material   1,000
  Total $56,000
     
  Per site 11,200
  Per site per month 934

High School Transition to Work Program
The TRANSITION TO WORK Program was developed with input from participating high school Work-Study teachers. Life and Job Skills , both social and task oriented, develop as students are encouraged to take on new responsibilities. They ride public transportation to the Wilmington facility, learn to follow directions, sit together, make something that has a sequence, and finally, completing a task. The first reward is a dawning sense of success and accomplishment. The rewards become even more tangible when they take their products into the community to market and sell. This expanding program meets twice a week. Currently served are Centerville, Fairmont, Stivers and Belmont.

Your gift can be designated for the Transition to Work Program. Your $16,600 donation will help keep this program in operation for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below.

High School Transition to Work Program
  Per Year
   Two teachers per day $6,000
   Facility $6,600
   Supplies $4,000

Total

$16,000

Art Café
A weekly drop-in class for special needs young adults and teens, the Art Café is a place for them to meet, socialize and create art. Art Café features a new art project each week. One week the clients make flags or murals; another week they create jewelry or craft ceramic bowls. Another week they might PAIN T or do PLASTER CASTING . Whatever the project, the young adults and teens who attend Art Café know they’ll always find SNACKS, music, fun, camaraderie and acceptance.

WE CARE ARTS TEACHER S share the duties of planning and teaching the weekly activities. They enjoy the challenge of designing projects that guarantee success for the clients and creating an accepting, environment that encourages creativity.

Your gift can be designated for the Art Café. Your $15,000 donation will help keep this program in operation for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the Art Café Operating Costs chart below.

Art Café    
  Per Month

Per Year

   Teachers $300 $3,600
   Food $100 $1,200
   Supplies $300 $3,600
   Facility costs $550 $6,600

Total

$1,250 $15,000

Art Class Support
This would help our regular weekly Art Classes.

Client Sponsorship

157 clients per month

   Yearly $2,531
   Monthly 211.11
   Per hour 26.50
Art Supplies  
   For one year $20,000
   For one month 6,666
   For one day 83
Daily Art Classes  
   Weekly $7,950
   Daily 1,987

Decorative Painting
Every level of ability can find success in the Decorative Painting Program. Beginning painters apply the base coat of Paint – covering the whole surface requires attention and focus and is a good beginning task. Intermediate painters add specific details, while advanced clients make finishing touches that turn a piece of wood into an appealing character or seasonal piece. Repetitive tasks benefit stroke survivors or those with memory deficits. TEACHERS demonstrate basics and techniques, advise on color and provide encouragement. Your gift can be designated for the Decorative Painting Program.

Your $10,800 donation will help keep the program operational for a month. For gift-giving options, see the operating costs below.

The Gift Shop has a variety of charming wood products made by our artist clients. These are popular items and the sale of these pieces provides an income for the artist client.

Decorative Painting Program    
  Per Month Per Year
  4 Teachers $6,000

$72,000

   Use of Facility $4,000 $48,000
   Wood Cost $400 $4,800
   Paint, Brushes,    
   Books, etc. $400 $4,800

Total

$10,800

$129,600

Jewelry Program
Old BEADS collected from closeout and estate sales and new beads from catalogues are recreated into new necklaces, bracelets and earrings in our Jewelry studio. What started out as a once-a-week class is now held twice a week and there is a waiting list of clients eager to learn this skill. Jewelry making teaches fine motor skills and requires great patience. TEACHERS help with the clasps and pin backs and many of the other tiny materials needed to complete professional looking pieces.

The Gift Shop can hardly keep our clients’ handmade jewelry in stock. Many pieces are displayed in lighted, revolving cases. The design and color choices are contemporary and stylish. Your gift can be designated for the Jewelry Studio.

Your $3,920 donation will help keep the studio operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below.

Jewelry Program    
  Per Month Per Year
  Supplies (Tool, string, etc.) $33

$400

   Beads $83 $1,100
   Teacher $210 $2,520

Total

$326

$3,920

Fine Arts Program
WATER COLORS, OILS, PASTELS, CHARCOAL – even CRAYONS and most other two dimensional media – are used by our client artists in the Fine Arts Studio. Some experiment with unusual multimedia combinations in this special studio where self expression, exploration and experimentation are encouraged. This is a gathering where connecting and healing have a special place. Clients develop trust, and learn to relax and share their lives and stories. Fine Arts Studio TEACHERS encourage creativity and originality and fosters a non-judgmental atmosphere that supports personal growth.

Your gift can be designated for the Fine Arts Studio. Your $10,800 donation will help keep the studio operational for an entire year. For more gift-giving options, see the operating costs chart below. The Gift Shop features many of the items from our Fine Arts Studio that are made by our artist clients.

Our Gift Shop Gallery, along the back entrance hallway, displays both group and solo exhibitions. The exhibitions are often kicked off with a reception for friends and family of the artist client.

Fine Arts Program    
  Per Month Per Year
  Supplies, Framing and Matting $200

$2,400

    Staff $400 $4,800
   Supplies $200 $2,400
   Staff, Teacher $100 $1,200

Total

$900

$10,800

 
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