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Children Thrive With The Basics 5!


2024

A public art exhibit at the Carlisle Family YMCA made with United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County and 5 regional artists: Molly Goehring Burke, Michelle Moats, Carol Reed, Luke Gawron, and Artzbeat. The collaboration also included in an exhibit at Carlisle Arts Learning Center called “Overcoming Separateness.” Holly Cameron provided promotional graphic design.


In this public art project, five commissioned local artists play a key role in building community-wide awareness of The Basics 5, part of the United Way’s Success by 6 initiative, which encourages strong early childhood development. The Basics 5 are five simple ways that children learn and grow, and the project aims to establish visual tools for community members to identify and recall each Basics principle. This exhibit showcases five new, original artworks that visualize positive, loving interactions between caregivers and young children, and selected artists used their own lived experience to inform and create their works in a variety of artistic media.

Large-scale reproductions of the artworks were on display at the Carlisle Family YMCA during the summer of 2024. During and after this exhibit, postcards showing each piece continue to be issued by local health centers, community centers, and childcare facilities in the south-central Pennsylvania region.


1. Maximize Love, Manage Stress, by Molly Goehring Burke 2. Talk, Sing, and Point, by Michelle Moats 3. Count, Group, and Compare, by Carol Reed 4. Explore Through Movement and Play, by Luke Gawron 5. Read and Discuss Stories, by Artzbeat





Overcoming Separateness


2024

Companion exhibit at Carlisle Arts Learning Center featuring contributions from Children Thrive With The Basics 5, CALC ArtWorks students, ArtLab students, and Artful Aging participants

This collaboration got us thinking – how does this kind of interaction extend throughout our entire lives? Care and love are both complex, essential parts of living—through all stages, ages, and relationships. Five works by local artists Artzbeat, Luke Gawron, Molly Goehring, Michelle Moats, and Carol Reed were shown alongside a series of community-based artworks made by CALC’s ArtWorks, ArtLab, and Artful Aging programs. Together, these projects emphasize the importance of overcoming separateness through care and attention to one another.