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Pink Pearl Press March/April 2019 Page 5

Target Programs

GIRLS INC.- HUNTSVILLE GOES ON ART "TOUR" FOR

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
March 29, 2019; 4:15-6:30 PM

Article by: Soror Phyllis Roberts

Photos by: Soror Mildred Blackshear

Our Girls Inc. Committee and Target 4, The Arts! enjoyed a collaborative art “tour” on
an early spring afternoon on March 29, 2019 to celebrate and commemorate Women’s History
Month and celebrate “AKA Girls of the Month.” This was indeed a celebration of females who
were and are strong, smart, and bold! The girls were quite engaged and excited.
The event recognized “AKA Girls of the Month” for the months of January, February, and
March. The girls were rewarded in three grade categories: Kindergarten-2nd grade, 3rd-4th
grades, and 5th-8th grades. The selections were made by the Girls Inc. Program Director and
Coordinators and selection criteria included good citizenship and good character. EGO awarded
each girl with a $15.00 gift card.
The celebration continued with a salute to Women’s History Month by our Target 4: The
Arts! Committee. As the “Curator”, Target 4 presented the girls “Art Tours” of the Harlem
Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and Today through our “Art in a Suitcase” and our
“Distribution n’ Discussion” Arts activity booklet! The “Art in a Suitcase” focused on the
younger girls and "toured" the works of two Harlem Renaissance artists and had kindergarten
through 4th grade girls draw their own interpretations of the artists’ themes. The “budding
artists” then presented and discussed their interpretations.
Our middle-school aged girls received copies of our “Artistic Expressions of Excellence”
Arts Activity Booklets and had discussions led by “Tour Guide” Soror Dawn Stanley. The
activity booklet, which was created by Target 4, focused on women artists (visual, performance,
and literary) from the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movements and featured the
works of some of our own EGO sorors under the “Today” section.