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		<title>Buy jewlery and support URBAN ART RETREAT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please help URBAN ART RETREAT. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WOMEN&#8217;S RESIDENCE, OUR PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, HELP UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLE AND UNDER-REPRESENTED ARTISTS. Help us to help young children and teens who we help with healthy food, tutoring &#038; homework, and offering them a place to express themselves.
HERE IS AN EASY WAY WHERE YOU GET [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion meets art for UAR fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 29 at 7 p.m. is the date for or next fundraiser. UAR will have art on display at Bolat&#8217;s African Cuisine Restaurant. On Sunday we will be there while Bolat&#8217;s is hosting a fashion show by local designers. The proceeds will be shared by Bolat&#8217;s and URBAN ART RETREAT. Nyjiela, the manager, is organizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Erika Klotz: Mexico UAR Advisory  Council Member</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a 2x annual report from Erika Klotz. She is a member of UAR National/International Advisory Council.
Hello all!!
I hope that you have all been well and enjoyed summer! here it went by incredibly quickly and it is hard to believe that our kids go back to school on Monday! Here for your reading enjoyment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And then there were three.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interns at URBAN ART RETREAT]]></description>
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		<title>End of Summer Festival at URBAN ART RETREAT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 28, 2010, the UAR will present a party to celebrate the summer and lots of things are planned to take place. We will have an art show reception from 1-4 p.m. The show will feature art by UAR artists members, participants from our various programs including seniors in C.H.A. building, residents from Sacred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Office Helper to work on Marketing and Outreach!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chantera Rodgers is our new employee funded by Put Illinois to Work program. She has a lot of computer skills and people skills. Chantera works Monday-Friday during the day. Chantera has many duties,not the least of which is to set up Educational Opportunities for our volunteers, interns, and the neighborhood. The subjects of the 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Interns learn Carpentry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The interns (Martika, Tenishia, Champaign, Jasmain, and Tatiana) come from a  large building complex on Chicago&#8217;s south side. They are involved in many diverse projects here at URBAN ART RETREAT. They are learning  carpentry, housekeeping, building maintenance, house painting, gardening, mural painting, internet research, and are working with the children during our children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partnering with Center for Urban Transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[URBAN ART RETREAT has often offered classes in assemblage using found objects and encouraging recycling in art. Now we are partnering with Center for Urban Transformation. This organization, represented by Orrin Williams, has agreed to work with UAR to increase using recycled wood in building projects UAR volunteers and interns create.
So far, the summer interns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We ask adults to make art whether they are art-inclined or not; to use the problem-solving of art making in other areas of their lives. We ask people to recycle used stuff into objects of art- something they never thought of before. 
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		<title>Chicago Black Artists: Group show on the theme- City of Chicago as Art Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liz Long Gallery, our onsite art gallery, is now recruiting Chicago Black Artists to be part of a group art show for Fall 2010 during October &#038; November. Our lead artist is James V. Allen. James will be heading up the open group show with his wonderful art work. Look for us to post additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for Tech help at URBAN ART RETREAT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WOW! We JUST RECEIVED A DONATION OF 2 COMPUTERS AND 2 AIR CONDITIONERS. This could not have been more timely! We can now cool off from time to time. In addition, the generous individual who donated these &#8220;gently used &#8221; appliances also spent part of 3 days
this week trying to get it all up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URBAN ART RETREAT location</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are just 2 blocks west of the Kedzie stop on the pink line!
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		<title>Parents Party June 19!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget our Parents Party is this Saturday, June 19, here at URBAN ART RETREAT, 1957 S. Spaulding Ave.
This is a kick off for our Summer Youth Program. We invite parents to bring their children this day and register and meet some of the volunteer teachers who will be spending time with your kids this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbanartretreat.com/?p=423</link>
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		<title>Youth Art Show funded by ASM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Youth Art Show will feature art made by young people during the last 10 weeks thanks to a grant from After School Matters. We have loads of abstract art to see. it will be on display beginning Saturday, from 11-3 p.m. through the end of the May. Come tot he gallery on one of th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Coordinator Jen Hilton for KIDZ!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jen Hilton is our newest volunteer and she will head up the summer effort to provide services for children. Jen is inviting anyone who wants to volunteer to help kids in the N. Lawndale neighborhood where we are located. The children really can use friends, mentors, role models, and teachers who can help them enjoy [...]]]></description>
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