Events

Melissa Leaym-Fernandez will share some thoughts regarding giving ourselves permission to be creative and art making on both micro and macro levels to survive/thrive after trauma, COVID, or just to get centered as people.

Join us for an evening of storytelling weaving narratives of displacement with original music made by and for Bushwick’s Latinx community.

What impact does sustainable design practice and art education have on society?

When the places where we live and that we love are hurt, we hurt too. In our western culture, it’s hard enough to cope with the loss of a loved person. Knowing how to live with damage to places and species has been even more challenging.

Women’s participation in ‘world shaping’ activities and their representation through design is still circumscribed by gender imbalances and exclusion, reflecting wider gender inequalities across a broad spectrum of society.

Artist Aphrodite Désirée Navab will present on her ink drawing series: WINDUP DOLLS (2020).

The presentation will address how cultural heritage can be drivers of socio-economic empowerment and human rights protection for the communities and contribute towards establishing more peaceful, cohesive, resilient societies.

This presentation will summarize the main aspects of our multilingual approach to Artivism.

Creative Arts Therapy is a unique and often non-intimidating approach to mental health treatment in a correctional environment, wherein expressing and processing emotions can be challenging or even dangerous outside the framework of these sessions. Working in a forensic setting, our goal is to empower our patients to use their voice, increase self-esteem, build community, and instill hope.

The project’s name is inspired by the old tradition of late evening gatherings with women in the villages, called veggeras. “Veggeras” provided the opportunity to the women to converse, share their knowledge and expertise.

Art and culture have served as an ideal ground for innovative ideas to grow, often acting as a catalyst for social change.