Local glass artists will be at Brazee Street Studios on Saturday, September 19 for a marathon bead making session. During the annual Beads of Courage Bead Challenge, artists create one-of-a-kind glass beads that will be given to children coping with serious illness to help them record, tell, and own their story of courage.
Families are welcome at the free event, which runs from10am -4pm, to watch the artists create unique glass beads. Children and adults can get involved in the fun by making key chains, necklaces, and polymer clay beads. Those interested can also help with writing letters to accompany the beads. Tours of Brazee Street Studios will also be available.
The Beads of Courage Bead Challenge is a national one-day event hosted at 20 art studios across the country. Local bead makers create unique glass beads that are given to children at 240 children’s hospitals to celebrate different treatment milestones. The program is a resilience-based intervention meant to give children and families encouragement while coping with serious illness. The children tell their stories using the colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones they have achieved along their treatment paths.
Brazee Street Studios is located at 4426 Brazee Street, Cincinnati, OH 45209.
