We are a family that believes art has the power to change lives and communities.
Project Jericho provides in-depth visual and performing arts programming to youth and families across Clark County, OH. Our organization is built on research that demonstrates the positive impact of arts programming to affirm positive youth development, strengthen families, and promote resiliency.
OUR IMPACT
Quotes From our Family
“I believe in Project Jericho and their staff. They have given my children strength to express the beauty they hold within. They have shown my daughters strong, powerful women and how they can become the same… Thank you for sharing with us how to work through the struggle, through pain… Thank you for not giving up on us.”
-Shelly, Project Jericho Participant/Parent
“Every day is an opportunity for me to exist and to create and to give myself to the world. And I owe that confidence in living to the three years of support and love Project Jericho has provided me. It promotes life. Project Jericho is not a luxury for the children of Springfield: it is a vital, life saving necessity.”
-Erin, Project Jericho alumnus
Project Jericho at a glance
20
Average number of public art displays or performances by participating youth and families each year
45
Average number of community resources introduced to participants through collaboration each year
40
Average number of professional local, regional, and national artists invested in each year/hired to teach each year
1,466
Number of hours invested into art experiences by youth while they were incarcerated
317
Unique participants served through youth and family programming last year
122
Unique individuals served through programming inside the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center last year
158
Youth, family, or community art sessions offered throughout the last programming year
436
Free tickets distributed to families to attend shows at the Clark State Performing Arts Center and other community venues last year
OUR PROGRAMS
We offer three different programs
Project Jericho utilizes diverse and dynamic teaching artists to lead intentionally designed camps, modules, and workshops for youth and families. Our artists range from Springfield’s finest local artists to regional and national artists.
The art forms we love
Watercolor, acrylic, and gouache painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics, charcoal, ink, dance, music, theatre, poetry, creative writing, comics, felted and woven art, printmaking, and chalk art.
