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Open Doors Program
Art with purpose for our community, by the community

The Open Doors program was founded in 1989 with financial support from the Junior League of Louisville. It is an umbrella program of classes and art enrichment experiences designed to give a voice to under-served populations including the at-risk youth, refugees and immigrants, senior citizens, victims of domestic abuse and more. Our projects are designed to pair local professional artists with groups who have limited access to the visual arts to collaborate in creating works of self-expression. Projects are tailored to meet specific needs of each population and serve to enrich not only the individual participant, but the community as a whole.

Artists who lead our programs are passionate about facilitating the realization of creative talent and offering tangible tools for communication, engagement, leadership and positive change. The program utilizes the visual arts for:

Building confidence and leadership skills in at-risk youth
Raising public awareness by creating meaningful dialogue about a myriad of social issues facing program participants
Serving as a creative outlet for abused, neglected or otherwise traumatized individuals
Historically documenting powerful stories
Neighborhood beautification
Commemorating community leaders and important events
Reintegrating the visual arts in education and social activism
Establishing new relationships through project specific collaboration between participants and community leaders

Open Doors Projects:

Alley mural with Neighborhood House and artist Natalie Anne Dye

Art therapy with GuardiaCare participants and artist Laura Malbasa

Warm/Cool art workshop at VIPS with artist Aron Conaway

Peace-stick construction at Planned Parenthood with artist Collis Marshall

Design at YouthBuild with artist Leticia Bajuyo

Quilt-her-story at Maryhurst with artist Mary Yates

Mask-making at Wheatley Elementary-Crane House with artist Liang Rong

Heritage Holiday Tree construction with artists Morgan, Moore, and Conaway

Mural and installation for World AIDS Day at LOT with artist Tara Remington

Poetry and photo portraiture workshop at Healing Place-ACLU with artist Aron Conaway and poet Emily Ritter

Keith Haring inspired mural in gymnasium at St. Joseph Children’s Home with artists Janet Britt and Tara Remington

Girl’s photo portraiture workshop at Neighborhood House with artist Natalie Anne Dye

Photography exploration exercise at Maryhurst with artist Raegan Stremel

Shadow puppet creation at Wheatley Elementary-Crane House with artist Liang Rong

BANG Perma-sculpture Project with the Center for Neighborhoods, Open Doors Program of the Louisville Visual Art Association, Portland Promise Center, Neighborhood House

Boy’s photo portraiture workshop at Neighborhood House with artist Natalie Anne Dye

Garden pavilion project with Norton Foundation (2012) at YouthBuild with artist Leticia Bajuyo

Drawing sessions at Waterfront Plaza with St. Joseph Church and artist William Duffy

Alley mural (#2) at Neighborhood House with artist Natalie Anne Dye

Program artists (click names to see bios):

Tina Bernstein-Camins

Leticia Bajuyo

Janet Clements Britt

William Duffy

Natalie Anne Dye

Martin Edlin

Jesse Gibbs
Suzy Hatcher