Our First Newsletter!

May 26, 2020 – The Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists releases their FIRST newsletter! In order to communicate all that’s been going on with the Lucia Bocchino Fund – including our first virtual and international exhibition – we have created a NEWSLETTER to keep everyone in the know. Any ideas for the future? Contact us!

Lucia Bocchino Fund Featured on Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS’s) American Portrait: A National Storytelling Project

May 22, 2020 – The Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists’ response to PBS’s American Portrait: A National Storytelling Project prompt “I Never Expected…” lead to a feature on their website. In essence, the Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists’ annual art exhibition to reach a global community of promising young artists.

“Children’s Art Exhibition Goes Virtual – And Global” – Bernardsville News

May 7, 2020 – Instead of allowing the coronavirus pandemic to derail the annual Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists’ Children’s Art Exhibit, the foundation came up with a creative solution that has expanded the event’s reach far beyond the Somerset Hills.

The Lucia Bocchino Fund donates 65 arts education books to Art Teachers at Newark Public Schools

On January 15, 2020, the Lucia Bocchino Fund for Promising Young Artists presented 65 educational, art-centric children books to the Visual Art Teachers of the Newark Public Schools at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) auditorium. 

Members from the Lucia Bocchino Fund, NJ Transit, and the Newark Public School System’s Director of Visual & Performing Arts, Margaret El, gathered with over 150 teachers for the presentation. Artist Serena Bocchino, writer and illustrator of What Am I? The Story of an Abstract Painting donated these books as a community outreach as part of her Public Art Installation that was recently exhibited at Newark Penn Station. A component of the installation featured page by page displays of the children’s book, depicting the creation of abstract art. The temporary public art installation, at Newark Penn Station, included 27 illustrations from the book, enlarged to 3 x 5 feet installed from October 2019 to January 2020.

The Lucia Bocchino Fund donates Dolls and gifts to Tilly’s Kids

On December 2019 – just in time for the holidays – the Lucia Bocchino Fund donated children’s art supplies and numerous dolls from Lucia Bocchino’s doll collection.

Tilly’s Kids is a nonprofit organization under the direction of Pastor Tilly Giresi and is an extension of the House of Mercy Mission serving the community of Newark, NJ. To learn more about Tilly’s Kids, check out the links below.