Kara LaFleur recently received a 2008 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant in support of her photography project, Work to Ride (a work in progress). These funds will be used for materials related to documenting Work To Ride during the 2008 equestrian athletic season, leading to a solo exhibition at the University City Arts League in 2009. Utilizing Holga photography, this project uniquely conveys the underlying sociopolitical implications of class and race inherent within the dynamics of Work To Ride from which a deeply touching narrative of impoverished youth and unparalleled opportunity arises. Work To Ride is a program for at risk and urban youth located in the Belmont Plateau section of Fairmont Park.

Check out Kara’s website for more about Work To Ride (a work in progress).

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From The Leeway:

The Art and Change Grant provides project-based grants of up to $2,500 to women and transgender (which includes those who identify as transsexual and genderqueer) artists who: have art and social change projects or opportunities that impact a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Delaware Valley area. One of the more unique aspects of the Art and Change grant is its requirement for projects to be supported by or in collaboration with a Change Partner-a person, organization, or business, that is part of the project in some way.

The Leeway Foundation’s grant-making programs honor women and transgender artists for their ability to create social change through their artistic and cultural work. The foundation is committed to art making as an integral part of social change, movement building, and anti-oppression work.

Thursday, May 29th
Work To Ride Program Featured on ABC 6 News
Watch the clip

Thursday, May 29th
Work To Ride Program Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Read the full story

Wednedsday, May 28th
Work To Ride Program Featured on Philadelphia’s Fox 29 News
Watch the clip.

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Work To Ride (a work in progress) Artist Statement

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Please view the updated section of the website:

Work To Ride (spring 2007) Images

Thank You

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Work To Ride (a work in progress) Artist Statement

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Work To Ride (a work in progress) Featured in the WTR semi-annual Newsletter!

Click here to read the newsletter in pdf format.

To go directly to the WTR website, click here

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Thursday, February 14^th

6 - 9
Reverie Merchants of Vintage Goods

Grand Opening featuring

Work To Ride

(a work in progress)

by Kara LaFleur
205 West Girard Ave Philadelphia PA 19123

Make 2^nd Thursday part of your Valentine’s plans! There are many restaurant and bars in the neighborhood. Crane building galleries are hoping to get a lot of visitors because the Inquirer is sending a reporter to cover the 2^nd Thursday scene.

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In a recent email Tsuyoshi Ito of Project Basho writes:

Hi everyone,

Karen Heller, a reporter from the Inquirer, is writing about Project Basho. The article, The Picture Place is going to be published Tuesday, November 27th, 2007.

It will be an great way to let people know about what Project Basho has to offer and what it is about. If you could forward the news to the interested parties, it is greatly appreciated.

Thank you again for your continued support and involvement with Project Basho.

Warmly,
Tsuyoshi

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Project Basho Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Picture Place
by Karen Heller, Inquirer Staff Writer
Photograph by Ron Tarver, Inquirer Staff Photographer
Featuring Interviews with Friends of Project Basho:
Tsuyoshi Ito, Andrea Modica, Robert Cocozza, Kara Lafleur, and Genevieve Coutroubis.

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Please view the new section of the website:

Work To Ride (spring 2007) Images

Thank You

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Work To Ride (a work in progress) Artist Statement

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Please view the new and improved section of the website:

Work To Ride (winter 2006) Images

Thank You

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Work To Ride (a work in progress) Artist Statement

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Kara LaFleur was born in 1983 in New York City. Her family moved throughout New England before settling into the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1995. Kara attended the University of the Arts where she developed her artistic vision under the tutelage of such esteemed professors as Alida Fish, David Graham, Lori Spencer, and Sarah Van Kuren. After several years of mastering technique and honing her vision it was the 8×10 and the non-silver processes which captured her interest. After graduation, through various affiliations with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, and the University of the Arts, Kara was able to learn the business of art while simultaneously contributing to society. In the summer of 2006, she began volunteering with the Work to Ride program. WTR is located in the Belmont Plateau section of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park facilitating equestrian activities for at risk and urban youth. Inspired by Founder and Executive Director, Lezlie Hiner, Kara found herself taking a vested interest in the welfare of both the kids in the program as well as the unique setting with in which it resides. In the summer of 2007, Hiner offered Kara a temporary position of Summer Program Director. Kara plans to continue her relationship and ongoing photographic project with WTR through their Saturday program.