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Article: Industrial art: mission to meaning.(Cal Farley's Boys Ranch)(Organization overview)
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- Reclaiming Children and Youth
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- March 22, 2009
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This is a story about industrial art. It is certainly not a story about smart studios and fashionable galleries, subtle techniques and aesthetic beauty. This is a story of sheet rock, nails, and low-grade lumber in the hands of unskilled teenage laborers. While this story boasts of no future museum pieces, it tells a heartwarming story of rare beauty.
Imagine this scene: A displaced family of eight in an impoverished Mexican border city receiving the keys to a new home. The four-room home is a pure gift, built by twelve foreigners from the United States. Eight of the foreigners are at-risk youth. Many of the American youth have personal histories of heartbreaking ...