Farewell to a dear friend, humanitarian, and MetaFour/Beyond Walls supporter, Frances Bay. In the words of MetaFour board member Carmen Dean, "Frances Bay will long be remembered for her talent, intellect, and kindness." Indeed...
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Join us for Concerts in the Dell, a live-music series fundraiser and party for all ages from educational nonprofit MetaFour Productions. Additional information may be found at: http://concertsinthedell.weebly.com

Enjoy the talents of local musicians in an intimate backyard setting. Concerts in the Dell is offered as a free event with a suggested donation of $25 per concert–come to one or come to all.  Donations will be accepted via mail or on site. Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase.  
MetaFour has called upon our circle of friends to donate their talents to entertain you and raise funds, which allows all contributions received to support outreach for the BEYOND WALLS project. These musicians are generously performing gratis, so we have encouraged them to have their music available for sale and to promote upcoming events.

MetaFour is proud to have 100% of the donations from Concerts in the Dell dedicated to supporting the BEYOND WALLS project and outreach. Also, the BEYOND WALLS Photo and Video Project will be on site–we hope you will participate in this web-based social media project.

MetaFour believes creative expression breaks down boundaries, encourages dialogue, and improves communication for students. BEYOND WALLS, at BeyondWallsOnline.org, is a free online environment where youth can contribute their creative works and engage in constructive dialogue about important world issues and related themes such as Community, Power of One, Our Earth, Similarities and Differences, Conflict Resolution, and My Story. MetaFour’s outreach  provides free and low cost art and digital art experiences for students and nonprofit organization partners, and professional development support for educators.

MetaFour Productions new instructional Write Right! series teaches Handwriting: Printing and Cursive. Appealing animated characters and catchy songs help students learn how to Write Right!

One of the standout entries in MetaFour Productions and Western Justice Center's "Create Peace Art Festival" in Pasadena on June 5 was the display of multi-media art from Kids Company in London. Their imaginative, peace-themed pieces all won Grand Prizes and MetaFour received this wonderful thank you card.

On June 5, 2011, MetaFour Productions launched the BEYOND WALLS Photo & Video Project at the Create Peace Art Festival in Pasadena, CA. MetaFour partnered with the Western Justice Center for the Create Peace Art Festival which showcased creative works for students grades 1-12 and encouraged students to join the online community for youth--BeyondWallsOnline.org. 

The BEYOND WALLS Photo and Video Project captured personal thoughts and expression, photographs, and video testimonies responding to the prompt: What do we have to get BEYOND?  

The first participants posted responses that included moving "Beyond prejudice," "Beyond judgement," "Beyond convention," even "Beyond cool!"  We've posted these for viewing on the BEYOND WALLS Photo and Video Project Facebook page.

Now it's your turn. Participate in the worldwide BEYOND WALLS Photo and Video Project!

What do we have to get BEYOND?

Let the world know.

Take your picture! Video your thoughts! Post your response to the BEYOND WALLS Photo and Video Project Facebook page. 

Spread the word to your networks.

Start to change the world.

Start to move....BEYOND WALLS!

On Saturday 2/26 MetaFour presented their Beyond Walls curriculum at the San Gabriel Valley Second Annual Youth Summit, on the theme of Social Media, Social Responsibility and Social Change to a capacity class.  Students were introduced to the Beyond Walls.org website, and participated in a group art project which resulted in mural illustrating the themes of Conflict and Resolution.