The
Barbara Rosen Creative Arts Fund
Barbara Rosen was a talented artist in
a wide variety of media: drawing, painting, sculpture,
stained glass, mosaics, quilting and tapestries. Barbara
was also a gifted poet. Her first published poem was “One
God” and appeared in an anthology, “Between
the Bookends” in 1934. Thin Mask, a book of her
poems, was published in 1939 by Crown Publications, New
York.
As her granddaughter, Barbara profoundly
impacted my life and the creation of Camp Phoenix – an organization dedicated to providing
free of cost arts programs to underserved youth in Texas.
The Barbara Rosen Creative Arts Fund is my way of honoring
my grandmother’s legacy of creativity.
One hundred percent of gifts given to
the Barbara Rosen Fund will fund two free of cost
creative arts programs provided by Camp Phoenix:
1) Weekday classes in creative writing
and visual art at the Boys and Girls Club of the Highland
Lakes – a year-round opportunity for rural youth
in need.
2) Weekend retreats devoted to meeting
the needs of emotionally troubled rural youth using
the therapeutic arts. We offer 12 weekend retreats per
year, two overnights per weekend. Retreats are held
at The Retreat at Candlelight
Ranch (www.candlelightranch.org).
The Fund will be used for fine arts materials
for our programs, such as:
| $50 |
Student grade oil pastels
and Canvas boards for painting |
| $100 |
Photography or visual art supplies,
Ceramic glaze supply, or Clay supply |
| $250 |
25 half-gallon containers of paint,
Art Papers and Journals for writing, or Sponsor the
end of the year Gallery Exhibition of Children’s
Art - framing |
| $500 |
Publication of the Camp Phoenix Annual
– a book of children’s art and writings |
| $1950 |
Kiln for Ceramic Art |
| $5000 |
Fund the Boys and Girls Club Creative
Arts Programs for One Year |
| $10,000 |
Fund Camp Phoenix Creative Arts Weekend
Retreats for One Year |
Contributions at any level are
deeply appreciated. Checks may be made payable to Camp Phoenix and mailed to P.O Box 732, Marble Falls,
Texas, 78654. Please request that your donation support the Barbara
Rosen Arts Creative Fund.
Thank you for creating a legacy
of creativity in honor of an incomparable and talented
individual and artist, Barbara Rosen.
Sarah Rosen Garrett |
