According to Spark Dallas President and CEO Beverly Davis,
Spark Dallas is a non-profit organization on a mission to ignite the “spark” of creativity inherent in all children. Since opening its doors in June 2015, Spark Dallas has served more than 7,500 children, 45 percent from low income homes.
By the age of 16, children decide if they are creative or not. If they identify as a creative individual, they have higher self-esteem, better problem-solving skills and go further in their education. Through creative programming and play in a fully immersive creative environment, Spark Dallas helps children, in second grade through high school, understand their full creative potential. Here is one story that illustrates the impact Spark! is making on young minds.
In April 2015, Spark Dallas celebrated World Creativity and Innovation Week and invited 24 students from Communities in Schools to experience creative immersion during the first-ever Spark Dallas field trip. These students experimented with recycled art by designing and painting hubcaps that would later be installed on a wavy bridge made of car hoods.
Spark Dallas officially opened the week of June 9. That week, two students from Communities and Schools came back to Spark Dallas a second time. One young lady found the hubcap she painted was hanging from the bridge, and she quickly began showing it to her friends. The confidence she gained from spending time at Spark Dallas is precisely the result that these programs strive to produce. “It’s really amazing to know that a hubcap can be made into art and that my experience could be so great,” she said.
Give the gift of creativity this year, with a membership to Spark Dallas. This new, affordable membership program offers unique incentives including birthday party discounts and tickets to VIP events. Members will enjoy unlimited visits to the learning environment during public hours. No matter which level you choose, your membership becomes an even better value with each visit. Packages range from $75-$2,500 per year.
Through memberships and donations, you’ll help further the mission of igniting the creativity inherent in more than 6,000 North Texas children in 2017.
Visit www.Sparkdallas.org/memberships, call 214-421-7727 or email [email protected] for more information.
-By Beverly Davis, Spark Dallas president and CEO
* Graphic provided by Spark Dallas