SPLASH

Programs

1. I Made This is an expansive program that actively engaged around 250 students from pre-K to age 16 including 30 seniors Incarcerated Youth and homeless families who received free art classes. This initiative is an ongoing art class in Chattanooga. SPLASH firmly believes in nurturing children's artistic journey from an early age and encouraging them to lead a creative life throughout their entire existence. We believe in engaging seniors with art classes that involve cognitive experiences to promote brain health. This project was overseen by teaching artists employing a specially designed rubric to assess skill level comprehension and attitude or behavior. Spanning multiple locations the program took place at the Chattanooga Public Library Orchard Knob Elementary School Brown Academy Life Care of Hixson The Chatt. Foundation Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center The Reserve at Mtn. Pass and Lynns Playpen in East Chattanooga an area plagued by high crime rates and gang activities. Under the guidance of 4 professional Teaching Artists students found themselves in a professional art studio setting delving into drawing and painting. For many of these children it marked their…

   $20,600 spent
   20% of program spending

2. Art Tank is a program engaging 120 students with apprenticeship-based youth arts training. The Art Tank led by 5 Teaching Artists is an extension of our entrepreneur program that introduces the business of art to kids aged 4 to 16. We teach design fabrication quality control framing marketing and presentation for exhibition and sales at festivals markets art fairs and galleries. The kids learn studio practice and get to make the connections between good studio practice and reward. They create and critique their work while being mentored by teaching artists in art practices as well as behavior collaboration skills studio and workplace etiquette critical analysis self-pride pricing display design salesmanship and all the things necessary for a successful career. This program takes place at the Chattanooga Public Library Orchard Knob Elementary School Brown Academy and Lynns Playpen in East Chattanooga. The program took place at the Chattanooga Public Library Orchard Knob Elementary School Brown Academy and Lynn's Playpen in East Chattanooga an area plagued by high crime rates and gang activities.

   $8,270 spent
   8% of program spending

3. A Place of Healing 250 served. SPLASH Art Gallery A Place of Healing is a collaborative effort between SPLASH Project Lead and CommonSpirit CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga Project Support culminating in a year-long exhibition and permanent changing of the SPLASH Art Gallery that will be seen by literally thousands of visitors to the hospital. When revisiting the Water Lilies in my present condition-vision loss from glaucoma-I slip into a sense of completeness. Surface depth and reflection converge just as past future and present moments become one. And Ive realized Ive lost nothing. I feel no anxiety or dread. I simply luxuriate in the joy of color and celebrate this present moment. This to me is the healing power of art. Christopher Bailey reflects on his personal history with Claude Monets Water Lilies over many decades. Medjugorge Bosnia and Herzegovina Lourdes France The Massabielle Grotto Lourdes France Grunwalds Isenheim Altarpiece Germany and Charlie Newtons Yo Mary Atlanta Stephanie Hughley former director of National Black Arts Festival and Art Director for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. All of these are places of reported miracles where art and healing have merged…

   $13,750 spent
   14% of program spending

4. Art Is For Everyone served 260. The only visual art class in the neighborhood Art is for Everyone reached 117 underserved kids with professional art training discovering and developing young underestimated and underserved mostly African American youth with free art training. The project takes place in an abandoned school building and a middle school located at the center of low-income housing changing lives by utilizing art as an agent of change. Mentoring is integrated into all classes as kids enter this different studio environment and as the kids gain more confidence through completing projects they learn to see themselves in a new positive light and start to get along with their peers. This project introduced many kids to making serious art for the first time. They worked with 6 professional exhibiting artists learning various skills about drawing or painting. Volunteers were present to help encourage and work with the young artists. They learned basic principles and techniques through an intricate and patient hands-on approach. They learned the proper way to hold utensils posture and mixing of paints and gained a larger vocabulary both artistically and literally. Studio…

   $11,090 spent
   11% of program spending

5. Shelter in Art served 260 and addresses the psychological stress of our current times associated with inclusion justice homelessness incarceration social distancing and social issues coming out of the pandemic centered around justice and racism by providing an alternative outlet the art studio and fabrication environment for children seniors juveniles the homeless and their families using art as a catalyst for mindfulness psychological and emotional healing. The current gang-related violence and crime in our inner-city neighborhoods create a need for intervention that the arts can provide including a safe place for youth to relieve stress and anxiety. Our classes at the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center challenge offenders with an alternative way of thinking to navigate underserved communities to produce a more positive outcome. Shelter in Art addresses the psychological stress associated with social issues centered around justice and racism homelessness incarceration aging and poverty by providing an alternative outlet the art studio and fabrication environment for children seniors and their families using art as a catalyst for mindfulness psychological and emotional…

   $30,000 spent
   30% of program spending

6. Art Pops served 150. SPLASH conducted weekly pop-up art classes at the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center Chattanooga Public Library and McClellan Family Shelter. These classes were open to anyone of all ages. The juvenile court has changing populations as does the McClellan shelter. The Tuesday class at the Juvenile Court engages troubled teens from 12 to 19 20 students. The Wednesday pop-up class at the library which has a diverse and evolving clientele and is intergenerational accommodates families and kids of all ages 45 students. The Friday class at the McClellan Shelter serves homeless families intergenerational and kids of all ages including babies 32 students. We also prepare 32 meals to be served after each class. The total number of students in the Pop-Ups is around 97 to 100 per week added to the current weekly total of around 150 twice the amount as last year. The classes are meant to be a fun art appreciation in nature and focus on beginning drawing painting and mixed media techniques. Students will learn to hold a pencil paint with watercolors and tempera and use pastels and mixed media techniques. They develop at their own pace guided by professional artists…

   $15,000 spent
   15% of program spending

7. Art Helps serves approx. 40 and is a transformative art program designed to bring hope creativity and a sense of achievement to homeless families housed at the CHATT Foundation. Through weekly art classes SPLASH will empower these families and seniors by providing them with an opportunity for self-expression strengthening family bonds and fostering a supportive community. The project will not only include art instruction but also provide meals after each class. Some of the artworks will be framed and included in SPLASH art shows. To ensure the success of this project we employ four to six skilled teaching artists and an assistant who leads the classes providing guidance and inspiration to the students. Additionally two dedicated volunteers help prepare the meals. The classes are scheduled in the evenings and after school accommodating the families other responsibilities while providing them with a safe and nurturing space to explore their artistic talents.

   $2,150 spent
   2% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $100,860.