Artivism 4 shared humanity
Collection of videos from the Artivism 4sharedhumanity YouTube channel. This series features presentations, talks, and discussions exploring the intersection of art and social change. Topics include art as activism, education, community building, social transformation, and the power of creative expression to address social issues and inspire positive change.
Artivism 4 shared humanity
Collection of videos from the Artivism 4sharedhumanity YouTube channel. This series features presentations, talks, and discussions exploring the intersection of art and social change. Topics include art as activism, education, community building, social transformation, and the power of creative expression to address social issues and inspire positive change.
Adelphi Fall Arts Festival: Artivism Round Table Live Event
Artivists discuss current projects and engage the audience through thought-provoking topics that inspire action towards social change via the arts. *Featured Artivists: Alina Bloomgarden, Founder of Music on the Inside Cynthia Tobar, Assistant Professor and Head of Archives at Bronx Community College Eirini Linardaki, Founder of Occupy Art Project and Public Arts artist Karlee Roberts, Bicoastal Filmmaker Rowan McKiernan- Poetry Faith Coleman- Dance Charles Herman- Adelphi's Criminal Justice Club President Artivism is grateful to our Adelphi University Liaison Dr. Stephanie Lake, Director of the Criminal Justice Program in the Sociology Department. Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation is sponsored by, Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University, Sing for Hope and Adelphi University.
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Art as a Commune, Presentation Led by by Eirini Linardaki with International Collaborators Panel
Public art as a commune : A commune is an intentional community of people sharing living spaces, interests, values, beliefs, and resources. Even work, income, or assets may be shared in some communes. History provides examples of when and how the artistic world was a form of commune, with a synergy that allowed for creativity and change to transform our view of art and its role in the world. In a larger sense, communes can be viewed as our shared living spaces and values, thus becoming a most valuable field for experimentation and collaboration between artists and communities. In these times of social change and transformation, artists and communities are joining forces in occupying and claiming public spaces as both physical and metaphorical dimensions in which we can move forward together to develop a more poetic and just society that reflects humane values and creates responsible citizens. In our discussion we will present how artists, curators, and their initiatives explore collaborations with community synergy and foresee the impact and life of the art projects within our society.
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ARTIVISM Party with our Collaborators of Spring 2021
ARTIVISM Party with our Collaborators of Spring 2021 (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Stephanie Lake. The Clothesline Project
ARTIVISM: Stephanie Lake. The Clothesline Project (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Alina Bloomgarden: Jazz for Justice Top Musicians Playing It Forward
ARTIVISM: Alina Bloomgarden: Jazz for Justice Top Musicians Playing It Forward (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Argie Moutafis-Agelarakis. The Power of Art: Creativity and Academics
ARTIVISM: Argie Moutafis-Agelarakis. The Power of Art: Creativity and Academics (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Arturo O’Farrill. Jazz as Global Citizenship
ARTIVISM: Arturo O’Farrill. Jazz as Global Citizenship (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Hannah Smith Allen. Borderlands
ARTIVISM: Hannah Smith Allen. Borderlands (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Inés Mónica Sarmiento-Archer, Indigenous Poetry in Women’s Voices
ARTIVISM: Inés Mónica Sarmiento-Archer, Indigenous Poetry in Women’s Voices (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Julia Silvestri and Yiru Chen. Deaf Music Edited
ARTIVISM: Julia Silvestri and Yiru Chen. Deaf Music Edited (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Julian McBride, Reflections on War (R.O.W. Initiative).
ARTIVISM: Julian McBride, Reflections on War (R.O.W. Initiative). (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario, Art and Resistance Through Education
ARTIVISM: Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario, Art and Resistance Through Education (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Melissa Subin: Founder of Bake Back America
ARTIVISM: Melissa Subin: Founder of Bake Back America (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. Sing for Hope: Voicing the Social Imagination
ARTIVISM: Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. Sing for Hope: Voicing the Social Imagination (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: Stephanie Lake & Cynthia Tobar "Reclaiming the Hall" 2021
ARTIVISM: Stephanie Lake & Cynthia Tobar "Reclaiming the Hall" 2021 (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ARTIVISM: The Power of Art for Social Transformation, Spring 2021
ARTIVISM: The Power of Art for Social Transformation, Spring 2021 (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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ArtsAction Group: Artful Coalitions through Socially Engaged Art
Dr. Cindy Maguire and Dr. Ann Holt present: ArtsAction Group (AAG), is an international community-based arts collective of arts educators, art therapists, artist teachers, and educators focused on global partnerships with populations in conflict-affected environments . Acknowledging arts as increasingly recognized in global development and social change work, AAG facilitates arts and education initiatives with children and youth in conflict-affected environments. Through respect, open dialogue, and long-term cooperation, we work with local partners to create, produce and share these experiences with a broader global audience.
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Constructoras Sonoras: A Feminist Project to Decolonize Sounds Cultures
Presented by: Susan Campos-Fonseca Key Note Speaker: Rodrigo A. Carazo, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York with Angelica de Vito, Fulbright Scholar, International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) member The Musical Historical Archive of the School of Musical Arts of the University of Costa Rica develops the social action project entitled Constructoras Sonoras within the framework of the Bicentennial of the independence of Costa Rica (1821- 2021). This project aims to question the white, western & patriarchal paradigm that prevails in the design of the sound identity of the nation. For this purpose, an investigation was carried out that would allow the identification of women from different ethnic and sexual communities, makers of diverse sound cultures, whose legacy documents a polyphony silenced by the hegemonic groups of Costa Rica. This project demonstrates how art is used to construct national mythologies, but also how it can confront and refute them. The narratives about independence must be thought not only at the level of the political project of the ruling classes, they must be thought from personal political actions. The project vindicates the individual struggles of women to build their own independence through artistic practices, building diverse sound stories, like themselves and their communities.
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From Vortex to Peace: Poetry as a Pathway of Resistance, Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Dr. Yolanda Sealey- Ruiz discusses the writing of two full-length books of poetry as a way to deal with pain and joy, journey to self-love, affirm her love of equity and ancestors' legacy.
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Maine Inside Out, Bruce King, Margot Fine, Darryl Shepherd Jr.
Since 2008 MIO has organized and supported system-impacted young people through art programs inside Maine’s youth prison and in the community. MIO’s art and advocacy has changed the culture and policy of youth incarceration in Maine in tangible ways including support of youth-led advocacy which saw the population of incarcerated youth drop from over 200 in 2008 to under 20 youth in 2021.
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Movement Matters, Presented by Paz Tanjuaquio
“Movement Matters” follows the trajectory of a dancer’s life in NYC. Paz Tanjuaquio discusses her artistic path as a dancer, choreographer, and performer that leads to creating the nonprofit arts organization TOPAZ ARTS - an essential and inspiring space for contemporary dance and visual arts, celebrating over 20 years of making and supporting creative visions. Paz Tanjuaquio has been active in New York City since 1990 as a choreographer, performer, visual artist, educator, and is a six-time marathon runner. She is Co-Founding Director of TOPAZ ARTS, Inc. – a nonprofit arts center in Queens, NY, established in 2000 with collaborator Todd B. Richmond to provide a creative space for contemporary performance and visual arts. Her choreography integrates art forms, from dance and performance to visual art, film, and design, creating images through movement. Her works have been presented by LaMaMa, Wassaic Projects, 92Y Harkness Dance Center, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Danspace Project, Movement Research at Judson Church, among others; nationally, at Operation Unite in Hudson NY, San Diego Trolley Dance, American Dance Festival Screen Dance, Philadelphia Fringe Festival; and internationally at Le Commun in Geneva, Switzerland, and residencies in Japan, Korea, and her birthplace, the Philippines. Awards include Artist Relief, National Endowment for the Arts, Dance/NYC’s Dance Advancement Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, NYFA, and The Suitcase Fund’s Mekong Project in Cambodia and Vietnam. Residencies include Kaatsbaan in Tivoli, NY, Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Japan, The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard, Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. As a dancer, she has performed for Molissa Fenley, Nicky Paraiso, Dean Moss, Carl Hancock Rux, Marlies Yearby, among others. She has taught Dance full-time at SUNY/Nassau Community College, Adjunct at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and as guest artist at CUNY/Queens College, Sacramento State University, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, and Vargas Museum at Univ. of the Philippines. She received her MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and BA in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Paz is a member of New York State DanceForce and serves on the Steering Committee of The Bessies NY Dance and Performance Awards.
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Occupy Art Project Greece-France-USA
The Occupy Art Project took its roots in New York, in 2020, when Eirini Linardaki invited about 28 artists to explore and invest the spaces of the Consulate General of Greece in New York, as a form of physical and dialectical occupation. Joined by a very active team of artists and curators, they aimed to question the nature of the presence and the role of art in public space and in a public service, a representation of Greece, a country that inspired artists via its aesthetics. Being of dual citizenship and living between countries Ms. Linardaki also wished to highlight the citizenship of artists as fluctuating and transformable throughout life, and in osmosis with the communities they interact and build projects with. Through this project, the artists also interrogated the public space as a primary horizon for dialogue and the role of artists as mediators questioning how social issues walk hand in hand with artistic research. The continuation of Occupy Art Project during the pandemic became a platform where they expanded their need for exchange. They created a broad network of initiatives, and an open dialogue questioning social roles through an existential and anthropological interrogation with public panels and discussions. For the following months, through “Expanded Studios” the network of artists, curators and initiatives, in Greece, France and the US, opens this dialogue from within the studios and creative spaces. Each participant of the project, is to invite an artistic team and highlight, in her/his turn a new network that moves organically in this path of artistic citizenship.
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Recognizing and Dignifying: Restorative Art in Conflicts, Presented by Emmanuelle Sinardet
Recognizing and Dignifying: Restorative Art in Conflicts, Presented by Emmanuelle Sinardet (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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Sensory Safety in an Art Museum with Dr. Alexander Sorokin
Sensory Safety in an Art Museum with Dr. Alexander Sorokin (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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The Classroom at the Intersection of Art, History, & Social Justice
Presentation by: Art Jones, Award-winning Filmmaker Dr. Cristina Zaccarini, Professor, Adelphi University Nashon Jackson, Outreach Coordinator of Network Support Services Presenters discuss the making of Art Jones' documentary featuring Dr. Cristina Zaccarini's "History, Mindfulness, & Prison Reform" Class as both artistic work & amplifier of social justice.
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The Talisman Project: Artifacts of Growth Mindset, Nina Bellisio
The understanding of Growth Mindset, or the concept that our capacity to learn is not fixed, is a significant equalizer for underserved or underrepresented students. The Talisman Project was developed as a way to engage students with new technology and to provide a platform for them to access their awareness of learning. Using 3D modeling and printing, students create artifacts to represent a growth experience. This talisman acts as a physical representation of the acquisition of knowledge, hopefully enabling future growth and success. In this workshop we will talk more about these ideas and you will create your own talisman for a future exhibit at Gottesman Library.
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Theater as a Tool for Social Change Fundraising
Theater as a Tool for Social Change Fundraising (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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Unjust Democracy: Unconstitutional Practices & Neocolonial Policies in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Unjust Democracy: Unconstitutional Practices & Neocolonial Policies in the Ecuadorian Amazon (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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Virtual Reality in Artistic Exhibitions: The UTPL, Ecuador, Experience1280
Virtual Reality in Artistic Exhibitions: The UTPL, Ecuador, Experience1280 (2021). Tags: artivism, social change, education. Credits: Artivism 4sharedhumanity
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A Brainstorming Afternoon with Artivism
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation An opportunity to Meet the Artivists - Ask questions- Join the discussion- Network- Collaborate- Share ideas and resources- Troubleshoot ideas for social transformation- Inspire and be inspired!
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A Converstation with Mónica Mayer: El Tendedero Project
Mónica Mayer, Mexican Feminist, Artist, Activist, and Art Critic and was invited to speak to students at Adelphi University about her 1978 El Tendedero Project that inspired the US Clothesline Project.
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Andrea Samantha Paltzer: Using Creativity to Drive Sustainable Change
Andrea Samantha Paltzer speaks about how she’s used creativity to drive sustainable change and educate on stereotypes around race and gender. Founder of the NGO XtraOrdinary Women, an alternative job training program for disadvantaged women in Nicaragua and jewelry brand Chureca Chic that empowers social change in Central America’s largest landfill, Andrea discusses her ideation process and inspirations, her motivation, and strategies behind creating an organization to tackle social issues.
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Art for Life: The Role of Culture in Sustainable Development Through Case Studies, Dr. Madhura Dutta
The presentation addresses 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. Dr. Madhura Dutta is the Director and Lead, Research and International Collaborations. Madhura has twenty years of experience in the fields of social development, sustainable livelihoods based on traditional cultural assets, women empowerment and creative entrepreneurship. Other than her present organization, Banglanatak dot com, she has worked in UNESCO New Delhi as National Program Officer, in All India Artisans and Craftworkers Association, as its Executive Director and had short stints as an Advisor for Corporate Social Responsibility program. She has a PhD from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and MA degrees in Sociology (Calcutta University) and Sustainable(Staffordshire University, UK). Banglanatak dot com is a 21+ year old Social Enterprise working with culture and development. We work across India with a mission to foster inclusive and sustainable development using culture-based approaches. We work for the protection of rights of women, children, and indigenous people. We are global partner to UNWTO, National partner to UNESCO, accredited to UN ECOSOC (special consultative status) and UNESCO ICH Committee for advisory services. We have 80+ full-time team with HO at Kolkata and branches in Jaipur and Goa. Our flagship program on culture and development is called Art for Life.
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Artivism Fall 2022 Inaugural Event: Carla Canales, keynote speaker, & April McCarthy, Presenter
Artivism's 4th season inaugural event featuring: Keynote Speaker: Carla Canales, who has won acclaim on leading stages around the world as a performer while also being recognized as an educator, advocate, and entrepreneur. This summer, she joins the faculty at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, where she will serve as Professor of Practice and lead a program on cultural diplomacy. In addition, Carla is a Social Innovation and Change Initiative Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Presenter: April McCarthy, Campus Education & Outreach Coordinator for the only comprehensive family violence agency in Long Island, The Safe Center LI. For over 13 years, April has been committed to The Safe Center’s mission “To protect, assist, and empower victims of family violence and sexual assault while challenging and changing social systems that tolerate and perpetuate abuse.” She has provided direct trauma support services as a Crisis Counselor, Crisis Advocate, Shelter Support Advocate, Educator, and Group Facilitator for survivors of abuse and their children. Currently, as the Campus Education & Outreach Coordinator, April oversees a Title IX & New York State Enough is Enough joint task force and provides awareness education and prevention training on a variety of topics. Topics include, but are not limited to sexual abuse, dating violence, trauma, bystander intervention, healthy relationships, healthy nightlife, hazing, role modeling, federal and state student rights and protections, and other relevant topics. Remaining true to The Safe Center LI’s motto, “Restoring hope for victims of abuse,” April utilizes her prolific speaking, educational skills, and commitment to inclusivity to establish connections and to foster personal understanding with all training participants. April often reminds community partners that “We are all stakeholders in challenging and changing social systems that tolerate and perpetuate abuse. It starts with us, personally, then graduates to a collaborative effort to help restore hope for survivors of abuse. We all have our parts to play within our spheres of influence to hold offenders and systems legally, ethically, and socially accountable. It really does takes all of us to do that.”
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Artivism Panel Discussion:Refugee & Immigration Crisis:Transforming Mindsets & Practices via Arts
Artivism Panel Discussion: The Refugee and Immigration Crisis: Transforming Mindsets and Practices via the Arts Adelphi University Fall Arts Festival Kick-off 10/11/2022 Through their work, experience, and best practices these panelists explore how they break misconceptions concerning refugees and immigration. Why is this perspective important in bringing about social transformation? In the current socio-political refugee and immigrant crises in the United States, this event aims to inspire mindset transformation. Moderators: Charles Herman, Senior, Criminal Justice Program, President CJ Club, Adelphi University Rowan McKiernan, Senior Criminal Justice Program, Artivism Club Co- Founder, Adelphi University Panelists Tereza Buskova, Artist and Educator in the UK Studies at Penn State University Garyfalia Terizaki (Preschool Educator, Head of the Children’s Section at the Trifylia Library, Greece) Devin Thornburg, Senior Adjunct Faculty, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University Stephanie Lake, Director, Criminal Justice Program, Adelphi University Vincent Lodato, undergraduate student at Adelphi University in the Criminal Justice Program.
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Artivism: Alison Cohen and her Inspiration Show
Alison Cohen discusses The Inspiration Show, the virtual show she created on Instagram. She shares her vision, mission, and some of the stories that have been featured. Alison Cohen (@alisoncohen27) created a virtual show during the Covid 19 pandemic with a mission to inspire. The Inspiration Show is a virtual show where Alison interviews people who have inspired her as well as people with inspiring stories. She has had over 55 guests including celebrities, TV stars and people with life-altering inspiring stories. The mission of The Inspiration Show is to inspire others through stories and courageous efforts. Each story has an inspirational message of individual courage and hope; it will leave you feeling more positive about life.
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Artivism: Opening #1 Adelphi University PAC, Art for a Purpose Multi-Venue Exhibition
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation: Art for a Purpose unites global visual statements where the processes and ideas are as important, if not more, than the finished artwork. This exhibition is a platform where global multi-disciplinary artivists express social concerns and provoke conversations for action.
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Artivism: Opening #2 The Center for the Women of NY Art for a Purpose Multi-Venue Exhibition
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation: Art for a Purpose unites global visual statements where the processes and ideas are as important, if not more, than the finished artwork. This exhibition is a platform where global multi-disciplinary artivists express social concerns and provoke conversations for action.
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Artivism: Opening #3 The Offit Gallery, Gottesman Libraries Art for a Purpose Multi-Venue Exhibition
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation: Art for a Purpose unites global visual statements where the processes and ideas are as important, if not more, than the finished artwork. This exhibition is a platform where global multi-disciplinary artivists express social concerns and provoke conversations for action. Venue 3#: The artivism in Offit Gallery's selected works touches on connecting nature to the body and how individuals advocate for themselves or heal through art and nature. Additionally, it addresses the concerns of nature and the body and how they affect each other. The collection expands minds on how we care for ourselves as individuals, as a collective, and nature's influence in the process of seeking liberation. Romanticism and transcendentalism connect to the theme of nature and the body, but with 21st-century concerns of liberation. These contemporary concerns relate to the self reaching sublime and that the sublime is accessible to all. We can ask the question of what disrupts our personal and collective peace and how nature is involved. This venue's selection explores how the body is either manipulated by nature, moves in nature, or uses, or rejects, nature through various mediums such as paint, media, and literature.
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Artivism: Opening #4 Art-profiles.net be pART of ART, Art for a Purpose Multi-Venue Exhibition
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation: Art for a Purpose unites global visual statements where the processes and ideas are as important, if not more, than the finished artwork. This exhibition is a platform where global multi-disciplinary artivists express social concerns and provoke conversations for action. Venue #4: The Artivism exhibit hosted by Dimitri Lazarou's Art-profiles.net lines with the online gallery's mission: giving the opportunity to visual artists around the globe to show their artworks and voice their work's purpose, to bring awareness, and address social issues, provoking change.
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Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformatiom celebrating World Theater Day 2022
World Theater Day is celebrated annually on the 27th of March, initiated in 1961 by the International Theater Institute. Maria Katsioni, director, performer, and educator shares her message with her collaborators.
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Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation Fall 2021 Highlights
Highlights from the Fall 2021 season of Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation.
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Blanka Amezkua: AAA3A: Liberating the Domestic
Blanka Amezkua shares AAA3A and what it means to have an artist run project in the intimacy of an apartment in the South Bronx. Blanka Amezkua is an artist, cultural promoter, educator, and project creator based in the South Bronx with exhibitions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, El Museo del Barrio, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, San Diego Art Institute, and the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Art Base, Brussels among others. Amezkua’s practice is greatly influenced and informed by folk art and popular culture, and in 2008 she began an artist-run project in her bedroom called the Bronx Blue Bedroom Project (BBBP), which ran from 2008-2010. Between 2010-2016, she lived in Athens, Greece where she initiated FoKiaNou 24/7, now FokiaNou Art Space, in the center of the Hellenic capital. Blanka currently operates AAA3A (Alexander Avenue Apartment 3A) an alternative artist-run project which offers food, dialogue, workshops, and art in her living room. She is an active member of Running for Ayotzinapa 43, an international community of runners based in NYC that promotes dialogue and consciousness concerning human rights violations worldwide. Mentions of her work and projects can be found in various notable national and international publications.
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Challenges to Social Transformation in Arts: Martial, Andrzej Sadej and Priscilla Gagné
The Artivism team and event participants had the pleasure of hearing from Mr. Andrzej Sadej and Priscilla Gagné on how they aim to transform the art of Judo by developing a program adaptable for the visually impaired. Mr. Sadej talks about his many years of practice, athletic achievements, instruction, coaching, the many projects he has developed, and the life-changing initiatives he has inspired. Priscilla Gagné speaks about how she overcame her challenges and discuss her achievements and career highlights.
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CWNY: Building Community & Encouraging Gender Equality Through Free Services & Programs
Cecilia Venosta-Wiygul, President CWNY: The presentation focuses on how CWNY builds community and discusses free current and future services and programs. Some of the current programs include gardening and sustainability, yoga, financial literacy, career and self-esteem workshops, support groups for women, ESL classes and more. A few future services and programs being planned for 2023 are: parenting workshops and support groups, career coaching, walking group, women’s issues think tank, film club, and art classes.
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Embracing the Natural Art Around Us for Self-Reflection and Personal Growth, Anne Warburton
Anne Warburton, fibre artist and artist-trained in the expressive arts, showcases the art series she has been creating, based on the artistic side of timeworn and weathered objects around us, both in nature and manmade. By noticing this beauty around us, its changes and growth, and through exploring these subjects using our own creative outlets, we find connections and create opportunities for self-reflection, growth and gratitude.
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Exonerated: False Confessions and Wrongful Conviction, Jeffrey Deskovic ESQ. MA, Oscar Michelin ESQ
Internationally recognized wrongful conviction expert and Founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., MA, joined by his colleague, Oscar Michelen, Esq, an Advisory Board Member of The Foundation, discussed their work on false confessions and wrongful conviction. Jeff himself spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit based in large part on coerced, false confession obtained from him, and has used that miscarriage of justice to help others in similar circumstances. Mr. Michelen has exonerated 6 people including David McCallum who falsely confessed and is currently preparing for an upcoming retrial for a Foundation client who falsely confessed. Topics discussed included: Jeff’s false confession; types of false confessions; percentage of wrongful convictions caused by false confessions that ended in a DNA exoneration; red flags that a confession may be false; best practices for preventing wrongful convictions caused by false confessions; legal limitations on false confession experts; defending cases involving false confession – at trial, on appeal, and in the exoneration process via post conviction; and pending legislation that addresses false confessions.
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Freeing Up the Windup Dolls, Aphrodite Désirée Navab
Artist Aphrodite Désirée Navab presents on her ink drawing series: WINDUP DOLLS (2020). Navab explores how the same tool which winds the doll will become the key that frees her. Like her invented heroine, Super East-West Woman, whose chador turns into a cape of agency—transformation, metamorphosis and reinvention are significant strategies for survival explored in Navab’s art. This series is inspired by one of Iran’s first feminist voices, Forough Farrokhzad (1934-67) and her poem “The Wind-up Doll” (1959): “More than this, ah yes, one can remain silent more than this…Exactly like a wind-up doll, one can see one’s own world with two glass eyes. One can sleep for years in a felt-lined box, on lace and tinsel. And in response to every obscene squeeze of a hand, one can exclaim without reason: ‘Oh, I’m so happy!”
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Gender and Design, Melanie Levick-Parkin
The discipline of design plays a central role in how the human made world is constructed, yet material agency is distributed unequally, economically, culturally and by gender. This talk will discuss some of the ways in which gendered power relations impact on the design of the artefacts, sites, and systems that we live with, in and by. For material agency to distributed equally, not only by gender but also by age, class and ethnicity, we need to better understand how designs’ role in re-producing in-equality and demand a future design practice that attends to gender equality and social justice. We need a design practice that transcends traditional and binary constructions of gender, addresses intersectional lives, and the symbolic and embodied violence which excludes people from materializing their lived realities and futures. Join us in exploring issues around this theme and discover some of the work done that tries to address it. Dr. Melanie Levick-Parkin is a feminist design researcher and design educator, with an interest in heritage, human making practices and visual/material language. There is a particular focus on gender and design in her research and she works within speculative and design anthropological methods and approaches. She is passionate about situating design in the context of political, social and environmental justice and ethics (and hopes design can become a better person).
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Hidden Mothers Project: Tereza Buskova, Karolina Wegrzyn and Tina Francis, Stitch Innovator
Hidden Mothers Project: UK based Czech artist Tereza Buskova in conversation with Polish singer Karolina Wegrzyn and Tina Francis, Stitch Innovator. Hidden Mothers video featured in part here was recorded from apublic art project by Czech artist Tereza Buskova which is inspired by the cultural customs from Great Britain, Central and Eastern Europe. Its focus is the empowerment of women, in particular mothers, who experience isolation and routinely face stigma in the UK. Hidden Mothers began in Birmingham in 2019 with workshops inviting migrant and refugee mothers. The project was paused in 2020 – due to the pandemic and emerged again in summer 2021. It is a project in three parts, consisting of workshops, a procession, and an installation of a large-scale replica of a Slovak inspired cottage façade. Adopting a ritualistic approach, the final panels of the construction were carried and assembled by the participants of the ceremonial procession. The project encouraged community engagement through collaborative design, to stimulate transcultural conversations, and to link people who would not otherwise have access to art resources. The project has been presented in association with Every Woman Biennial and London Festival of Architecture 2021.
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Krystyna Sadej: Art Made of Recyclable Materials
Krystyna Sadej (Canada) is an accomplished contemporary tapestry artist whose unique experimental work incorporates a dynamic range of textures, designs, colors, and materials. Her use of recycled materials transcends art activism, creating beauty out of environmental waste. Krystyna’s works of woven art have been exhibited in Asia, Canada, Australia, the United States, Poland, and many other countries in Europe.
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Media Used for Justice, Equity, and Respect, Maria Torres, Loisaida, Inc.
Media Used for Justice Equity and Respect (M.U.J.E.R.) is a program launched in 2020 by Loisaida, Inc. that provides an opportunity for emergent or pre-emergent creators, artists, media enthusiasts, makers/inventors, entrepreneurs, and creatives, to learn about independent media production, how to share personal stories, develop strategic messaging and work on script writing, video editing, film and more. Selected participants also receive a modest stipend for their commitment, consistent attendance and participation throughout the 8-12 week program. Participants are chosen through an application process, applications are reviewed by a committee of fellow artists, professionals, educators, counselors, and community leaders.
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Mónica Mayer: A Few of My Long-Term Feminist Art Projects (1978-2022)
Mónica Mayer is interested in organizing long-term art projects in which art, activism and pedagogy intertwine. Mayer loves it when projects are collaborative in nature, horizontal and they include the voice of the audience. Since she is interested in long-term change, many projects also have to do with archives. Some of these works include The Clothesline (1978-2022), Raya: art crit, chronicles and debates in the visual arts (1991-2016), Archiva: feminist master works of art (2012-2021), Abducter Motherhoods (2012-2019) and I Don’t Celebrate or Commemorate Wars (2008- 2019).
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Multilingual Artivism: Case of the Americas Poetry Festivals NY & Artepoetica Press, Carlos Aguasaco
This presentation will summarize the main aspects of our multilingual approach to Artivism. To do so, we will discuss the experience of the eight editions of the Americas Poetry Festivals of New York. The second topic is Artepoetica Press and its multilingual editions. Some transversal topics include challenges and opportunities of the multilingual approach; identifying volunteers and institutional partners, celebrating diversity, and ensuring inclusion; and integrating technology and remote participation. Carlos Aguasaco PhD. (Bogotá, 1975) Professor and Chair at the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences of City College New York —CUNY—. He has edited twelve literary anthologies and published six books of poems, most recently The New York City Subway Poems (2020). This book received the gold medal in the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book category of the International Latino Book Awards. In 2021 The Academy of American Poets granted him the Ambroggio 2021 Prize for his book Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on Its Beak (University of Arizona Press: forthcoming). His poems have been translated into a variety of languages including English, Portuguese, Romanian, Galician, French, and Arabic. He has also published a short novel and an academic study of Latin America’s prime superhero El Chapulín Colorado entitled ¡No contaban con mi astucia! México: parodia, nación y sujeto en la serie de El Chapulín Colorado (2014). He is also the editor of Transatlantic Gazes: Studies on the Historical Links between Spain and North America (2018). Carlos is the founder and director of Artepoetica Press a publishing house specialized in Hispanic American themes and authors. He is also director of The Americas Poetry Festival of New York and coordinates The Americas Film Festival of New York.
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Reimagining Fashion & Art, Hyunsoo Alice Kim
What impact does sustainable design practice and art education have on society? Based on Sustainable Leather and Holistic Education, 2020, the author expands the discussion to sustainable consumption and Artivism for new times, and its potential influence on society. Hyonsoo Alice Kim is a multidisciplinary artist who actively works as a designer, merchandiser, engineer, entrepreneur, researcher, and educator. She holds BFA Textiles from RISD, MS Textile from Philadelphia University, AAS Fashion Marketing from Parsons, and MA Textile Futures from CSM in London, UK. She is currently a doctoral candidate and studio fellow in the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Social Justice, Theatre, and Teaching
Rachael Feldman, Marlee Koenigsberg , and Margaret Lally The journey and work of three related theatre artists at Adelphi University and where their passions for theatre and social justice are taking them. Two AU Theatre Department alumni and a faculty member discuss their work as artivists and speak about the collaborations and experiences that have informed their current career directions.
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Spring 2022 Artivism Inaugural Presentation
Artivism: Season 3 (SP 2022) Inaugural Presentation featuring Keynote Speaker CaSandra Diggs, RING Greece (Marina Sgourou, Despina Sakoulogeorga, and Garyfalia Terizaki), Yiannis Kaminis, and Charles Herman.
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The Earth Singing Project, Katarzyna Sądej,
International opera and concert singer, takes us on a journey with her ongoing environmental art project “Earth Singing”. Mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sadej’s international, eclectic career spans concert, opera, film, chamber music, oratorio, recital and voice over performance. Her voice has also captivated the attention of living composers and she has performed many world premieres. She raises awareness for the fragile beauty of our planet through her Earth Singing project.
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The Ground Beneath Our Hearts, Trebbe Johnson
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. Radical Joy for Hard Times offers a simple, portable practice that you can do anywhere, alone or with large groups, to confront grief over damage to the Earth, share stories with others, and create spontaneous acts of art as gifts to the place. Trebbe Johnson is the author of Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and Making Beauty in Earth’s Broken Places, and other books, as well as many articles and essays that explore the human bond with nature.
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The Power of Artmaking Towards Transformation: Macro and Micro Healing Ourselves and Community
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. “I really just want to be upbeat, and let people know it ok to love themselves and care, truly care for self and that art making forms can help.”
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The Veggera Project: A Feminist Intergenerational Initiative in a Cretan Village, Irini Ampoumogli
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. The participants of the project Zoomed in live from the village of Eleutherna- Rethymno, Crete Greece for a “Veggera”, an event hosted by Panorama Traditional Tavern. Veggera Project Team speak about their experiences and pass on from one generation to the next this knowledge, building a sense of belonging. Despite its importance for the womens’ community, the veggera is mostly a thing of the past. The “Veggera Project” engages women living in rural areas in Crete with issues concerning gender equality and stereotypes. It aspires to create a strong supportive community among women in the village, contribute to the tightening of bonds between them and reveal their potential. It empowers women through a participatory and entertaining process via a series of workshops of intergenerational exchange, where the content of the workshop is formulated by the participants based on their ideas and knowledge. At the same time, the Veggera Project treasures the life narratives of these women, thus witnessing the transformation in the rural society and the life of women. In the presentation we will describe our methods, the reception of the project from the village community, and we will show some results and discuss possible actions for the continuation and expansion of the project.
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Theater as a Tool for Liberation, Margarita
Margarita Espada discusses her theatrical piece “What killed Marcelo Lucero? a work created with the community as a response to the Hate Crime committed by young white men in Patchogue, Long Island against Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant in 2008. She talks about the artistic process and the civic dialogues and a reflection on where we are today.
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Towards a more inclusive culture: Opening Art and Culture to people with visual impairment
Stela Anastasaki: Art Historian, Cultural Manager, R&D Off Stream Christina Vlachou: Cultural Manager, Project Manager Off Stream Art and culture have served as an ideal ground for innovative ideas to grow, often acting as a catalyst for social change. Art suggests alternative ways of perceiving the world around us, providing a wide field of experimentation, while addressing issues of social injustice and defending fundamental democratic rights. But, to what extent art and contemporary culture are actually from all and addressed to all? Is art considered democratic, when certain social groups are excluded from its experience? Could the introduction of inclusive practices in the cultural sector pave the way for the inclusion of persons that experience sight loss and visual impairment in other aspects of everyday life? Today, as we experience a gradual shift towards the integration of participatory practices in various aspects of culture and education, the provision for equal access to culture for all, appears to be more urgent than ever and therefore should be considered a priority for cultural professionals, curators, educators and artists in designing cultural experiences addressed to all. With the aspiration to contribute in the dialogue on the methods of including people who experience loss of sight and visual impairment in the experience of art and culture, Stela Anastasaki and Christina Vlachou form Off Stream, showcase examples of projects and practices that enable the equal participation to art and cultural goods. The aim of this presentation is the exchange of knowledge, to raise awareness on matters of accessibility and social inclusion, so these practices are adopted and multiplied by other professionals in the future.
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"Can Community Music Help Create More Equitable Societies?" Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, introduced by Dr. Gillian Howell, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In her talk, Professor Bartleet opens up a conversation about the role community music can play in addressing entrenched social inequity. Brydie-Leigh Bartleet is a Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Creative Arts Research Institute and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (Australia). She is a dynamic research leader, award-winning educator, respected community collaborator, and arts sector advocate. Over the past 20 years, her work has advanced our understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and educational benefits of the arts in First Nations’ Communities, prisons, war affected cities, educational and industry contexts. Her research is known for its innovation, interdisciplinarity, and cross-sector partnerships, connecting the arts with areas as diverse as social inequality, regional development, criminology and corrections, health equity, and human rights. Social inequity can be understood as inexcusable disparities in the resources, opportunities, rewards, and rights a person has based on their position within society. The foundations of social inequity are structural and relate to social systems of power that cause certain groups to thrive at the expense of others. Social inequity is escalating, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating problems of long-term disadvantage in many communities. There are growing calls for place-based initiatives that bring together diverse stakeholders and sectors to work collectively with communities on addressing these complex challenges. In her talk Professor Bartleet will draw on insights from her Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, called the Creative Change Project, which is seeking to examine the role community music can play in addressing these entrenched social inequities in Australia. Specifically, her research aims to explore the creative change that music can bring to place-based initiatives tackling social disadvantage in communities. In her talk, Professor Bartleet will pose the question: How can we become better at conceptualizing and critically framing how the positive outcomes from music-making lead to the kinds of macro, systemic changes needed for social equity to occur? Facebook: Artivism 4sharedhumanity Instagram: @artivism4sharedhumanity Email: artivism@adelphi.edu Website: https://www.adelphi.edu/artivism/
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"It's Never Too Late!", Patty Labriola
Patty Labriola, a first-time author, shares the journey of how her inspiration to write a children’s storybook came about and how a project that began over 30+ years ago finally became a reality. Patty shares the journey of how her inspiration to write a children’s storybook came about and how a project that began over 30+ years ago finally became a reality. A testimony that it is never too late to see your dream come to fruition. She will have opportunity to read her illustrated storybook and show the original artwork. The Yawn That Went Around the World, published by Morgan James Publishing, communicates a universal lesson that transcends language and relates to children and adults alike. Patty Labriola Patty is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). For the past 40+ years she has been an entrepreneur, operating here-commerce business that has become a worldwide enterprise. Patty lives in Long Island, NY with her husband Dennis, has two daughters and four granddaughters. For more information contact pattylabriola@gmail.com.
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"The Lesson That Never Happened... " By Eleonora Malliou
Looking for the components of the “effective” school and its ability to “listen” to children’s needs and emphasize on their adequate support in a context of communication, understanding and care, we proposed an ART-Project oriented towards this very emotional environment, which surrounds learning. Eleonora Malliou, joined with several of her students, as part of Artivism’s European Time Zone Monthly series, discusses her Art Workshop at the Senior High School, Atsipopoulou-Rethymno Crete, where students created both paintings and creative writing texts. The main theme dealt with school violence and more generally violence and war in the modern world. About the Presenter Eleonora Malliou Looking for the components of the “effective” school and its ability to “listen” to children’s needs and emphasize on their adequate support in a context of communication, understanding and care, we proposed an ART-Project oriented towards this very emotional environment, which surrounds learning. Last year, we have created an Art Workshop in our school (Senior High School Atsipopoulou-Rethymnon) where students created both paintings and creative writing texts. The main theme dealt with school violence and more generally violence and war in the modern world. This year students, while searching life’s norms in a world without meaning, they came to realize values’ supremacy of Life versus Violence, War and Human suffering. So, starting from the “world’s absurd silence”, “despair” and “fear” they tried to reach life’s positivity. A strenuous journey with a unique weapon, their faith in Humanity and their Art. Bio: Eleonora Malliou is a graduate of the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Crete. She has been working for the last 6 years as a teacher of Greek language at Atsipopoulou Senior High School and as a school life consultant specializing in Special Education issues. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Hellenic Open University specialized in modern and innovative teaching methods. She was an assistant to Professor and Painter F. Klein of the School of Fine Arts in Munich, undertaking the creation of an Art-Project (Painting and Theater) for the students while simultaneously presenting their works in painting exhibitions in Athens and Crete. She has participated as a speaker in workshops organized by the special education consultants of Heraklion for teachers’ training, as well as in various in-school trainings. In the context of her work as an educator and school life consultant, art functions as a basic method of teaching and as psychological support for her students.
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Advancing Advocacy through Social Justice Art with Vicki Rosenthal
Social justice artist, Vicki Rosenthalshares her journey from growing up in the Deep South to starting her advocacy art business 5 years ago. She describes her driving forces and intentions into art advocacy projects, collaborations, stumbling blocks, and processes that have created a strong business foundation. She believes the opportunities and creative innovations are endless for those whose purpose is to advance advocacy through their art. With this presentation, Vicki hopes to spur inspiring project ideas and conversations as we continue to try to alleviate inequities in our world. Vicki Rosenthal is a creative of social justice advancing advocacy through art using authentic stories to create understanding and equity. This visual artist focuses on social impact through community involvement projects, public art, and individual custom work. Additionally, for artwork sold, 10% of net profits are invested back to grassroots causes. In her childhood, Vicki learned various art forms and techniques, and exhibited and sold paintings in her teens. Always painting for pleasure, she worked a variety of jobs, until earning a master’s degree in social work. With this qualification, her experience expanded to nonprofits for HIV/AIDS and anti-human trafficking advocacy and education. She taught and developed macro social work curriculum at Florida Atlantic University, and all the while continued to create art projects and paintings. In 2018, her social work focus and art talent came together to form Vicki Rosenthal Art, a cohesive social impact art business. This painting, Titles, was created to highlight the oppressive issues occurring in Florida and other non-democratic states. Som... This year, she illustrated her first children’s book, and has an ongoing exhibition at Plunge Beach Resort in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea. In February 2023, she created and curated a month-long exhibition on immigration justice, Walk In My Shoes, at the Ethel M. Gordon Library, Oakland Park, FL. She was awarded a 2021-22 Broward Cultural Division (BCD) Artist Support Grant creating a community art project and wall mural installed at the newly constructed LA Lee YMCA / Mizell Community Center. She gave a presentation as an invited guest speaker at the 2022 “BCD Business Skills for the Modern Creator Institute” as a BCD Artist as Entrepreneur alumnus, and showed at three artists’ exhibitions. Besides painting, creating projects, and curating exhibitions to bring empathy and change to social justice issues, Vicki Rosenthal continually advocates and volunteers on these issues, including assisting people persecuted in their home countries and seeking protection in the U.S. Their Souls Live On The public wall mural was created by families honoring their family members who have passed by painting w... Presently, Vicki is working with asylum seekers who want to share their stories offering the public greater understanding of firsthand persecution, bringing more acceptance towards asylum seekers, and challenging biased news media. Asylum seekers hope to create awareness and empathy towards their plight in order to live their lives with autonomy and self-sufficiency. You can find more information about Vicki Rosenthal on her Website, Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin.
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An Inspirational Flight! with Polly Ferman
An event about Polly Ferman: her life as an advocate for Latin culture, its race and gender equality, educator and musician. Arivism Ambassador: Raul Orlando Edwards A cultural entrepreneur, Ferman is the founder and artistic director of Pan American Musical Art Research, a 501(c3) organization she founded in 1984 to promote awareness of and appreciation for the cultures of Latin America. Use the following link for more information: pamar.org. Ferman established, directs and performs in GlamourTango, EL TANGO HECHO MUJER, a unique all-female international multimedia music and dance show, the ultimate homage to Women’s Empowerment. Use the following link for more information: glamourtango.com Polly Ferman shares the importance of discovering our love for the arts and how to make it the soul of our life, to find the essence of generosity with her colleagues as opposed to competition. She talks and shares her long-life experience in the arts and as a human being. Raul Orlando Edwards Featured on NBC Nightly News, Panamanian-Jamaican artist Raul Orlando Edwards is the recipient of a Certificate of Congressional Recognition, Jefferson Award, four consecutive City of Houston Mayoral recognition, and multiple honors. An artistic career that began over 25 years ago, he continues to use the arts to positively impact communities in and out of Houston. A highly creative individual, he sought to showcase the many influences that make up Latin American and Caribbean cultures, leading to the establishment of FLAMART (Featuring Latin American Music and Art) in 2006, with a focus on cultural diversity and education through artistic programs. In 2008 the Foundation for Modern Music (FMM) invited him to join the organization as Artistic Director. In his first two years at FMM, he led the organization from local to internationally recognized, growing attendance from a few hundred to over 8,000. A collaboration between Strictly Street Salsa, FLAMART, and FMM launched Salsa y Salud (the country’s first and biggest salsa/health initiative, 2011), Navidad Latina (Museum of Fine Arts, 2011), the Afro-Latin Fest (2014), and others. His work has been featured in over 20 local and regional newspaper articles and over 35 appearances on TV and radio. He was a contributor in the research article SALSA: SAving Lives Staying Active to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating with the Texas Obesity Research Center (University of Houston), Department of Health Disparities Research (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center) and Strictly Street Salsa (2011). Civic and artistic engagements include: City of Houston, VH-1’s movie The Way She Moves, Houston Grand Opera, Consulates of Panama, Mexico, Israel, Egypt and Italy, Houston Ballet, Society for the Performing Arts (SPA), Latin American Cultural Week (NY), Miller Outdoor Theatre, Rothko Chapel, Rice University, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M University, San Francisco Rueda Festival, and others. He is currently engaged in building national collaborations while expanding existing programs that continue to improve communities in the Greater Houston Area and beyond.
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Are We Free to Move About the World:The Passport in Contemporary Art Grace Aneiza Ali & Mona Bozorgi
Grace Aneiza Ali, curator of the recent exhibition, “Are We Free to Move About the World: The Passport in Contemporary Art” and featured artist, Mona Bozorgi, discuss the ways in which artists engage with the passport to examine its great paradox—its ability to grant freedom of movement as well as curtail it.
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Art Literacy is Future Literacy: Angela Chalkiopoulou
Children of today are growing up in an environment of overstimulating processes and continuous information. What is the role of future education? Future literacy has a very important task of educating the critical and creative thinkers of tomorrow, of providing this necessary “inner blank” which allow us to absorb, invent and create. This is the path of one’s personal and later of societal development, and this is where children’s literature and art in general will support our efforts as educators. Angela Chalkiopoulou is a teacher, creative educator, a researcher of children’s literature and a Creative Director to the institution of “Little Odysseus”. She studied English Literature in Artistotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece and at the same time studied Visual Communication in the private institute, Applied Art Studies in Thessaloniki. Her love for experiential learning led her to the creation of an original Children’s Creative Learning Centre, “Alice’s Nest” in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. She later moved to Cyprus where she created “Little Odysseus” and a series of programs, “Alice in Writer’s Land” with a focus to a future literacy that uses today’s “creative toolbox” and harnesses the wisdom of culture and art. Among her many awards, she is the received the Global Teacher Award in 2022, by AKS Education Awards.
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Art Methodologies for Freedom, Healing, and Understanding in Teaching and Research, Abby C. Emerson
In this presentation, Abby discusses how inviting a visual arts-based practice into her research helped make it a space where freedom, healing, and understanding were possible. Her project, which explored antiracist teacher learning in New York City schools, became a vehicle for not just for deepening her understanding of the topic, but also deepening her understanding of herself. She will also share classroom examples of how the arts can help students of all ages grapple with those same tensions in spaces of learning. Abby C. Emerson, Ed.D. is an Assistant Professor in Elementary Special Education at Providence College. Her research and teaching centers on antiracist and abolitionist teacher education, a critique of whiteness in education spaces, parenting as a site of social change, and arts-based research methodologies. Previously, she was an elementary school teacher for 10 years in NYC public schools. During that time she was named the 2018 National Association for Multicultural Education’s Critical Teacher of the Year. Her writing about teaching and learning can be found in Radical Teacher, Whiteness and Education, Review of Research in Education, and Bank Street Occasional Paper Series. She recently completed her dissertation inquiring into the curriculum of antiracist teacher learning in NYC schools between 2012-2022. In this qualitative work she used visual methods in the data collection with educator participants, during the data analysis process, and ultimately in the final presentation with an art exhibit for educational practitioners and scholars. More information can be found at abbyemerson.com.
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Art To The People: How to Help Our Communities Heal Through Creative Wellness Practices, Z.Lintzeris
Zoë Lintzeris How one artist returned to her hometown and created the city’s first Arts in Health workshop experience, assessing how mindfulness and art work together to help individuals express their emotions healthfully and to rebuild stronger communities, particularly in COVID-19. Born and raised in Baltimore, Zoë Lintzeris is a visual artist working in painting and photography. Founded on her previous work in journalism, her artwork explores the human condition and the emotional psyche through a minimalist lens. Her pieces reside in private collections throughout North America and Europe and have been exhibited in installations at galleries and creative spaces including 222 Bowery, Clover’s Fine Art Gallery, Greenpoint Gallery, Maryland Art Place, and Point Green Studios. From 2017-2019 in New York City, she held three solo shows highlighting her conceptual-documentary photo work and marked her first solo show in Baltimore in 2022. Since 2018, Zoë teaches Arts in Health practices in personal sessions and workshops, and regularly speaks on the intersection of the arts and well-being. She holds a graduate certificate in Arts in Health and works with the International Arts + Mind Lab: Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School for Medicine. She is developing the world’s first Arts in Health residency and retreat space in Greece and looks forward to helping artists and creatives from all over the world.
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Artivism Fall 2023 Indigenous Images on Gentrified Lands, Brenda Perez with keynote by Timothy Long
Brenda Perez, Presenter Timothy Long, Keynote speaker Hawkins Lewis, Artivism Ambassador Mural Artivism as Decolonial Praxis: Restorative Justice for the Arts, mobilizing to preserve murals and sacred imagery. Restorative Justice for the Arts (RJFTA) was mobilized to preserve murals and sacred imagery, cultivate decolonial pedagogies of creativity, and protect the cultural identities narrated through community art. This grassroots community project aims to educate communities on how to protect their art using federal, state and local laws, the importance of preserving sacred Indigenous murals and community art as to empower marginalized and displaced communities. By utilizing an arts based facet of reconciliation and reparations (restoration) and restorative justice practices, our mission is to help remediate and heal the historical trauma of native peoples’ misrepresentation or total lack of representation (ghosting) in the artistic, political, and social justice arenas.
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Artivism: Kick off of Adelphi University's Fall Arts Festival 2023
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation Kicked off the Fall Arts Festival with faculty, staff, students and alumni in a number of departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences come together to promote social justice through the arts. Different events were scheduled across campus all day, including the always popular chalk-up project.
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Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation Fall 2022 Highlights
The video contains highlights from Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation's 4th season, Fall of 2022: Visuals of each presentation and sponsored events Music, Music by Slip.stream - GUM "Chipped Nail Polish" - https://slip.stream/tracks/dd1ae2db-b...
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Conscious Coffee: Adam San Miguel CEO of Cortaditos Coffee
Conscious Coffee: Adam San Miguel, CEO of Cortaditos Coffee Spring 2023 Inaugural Presentation with Keynote Speaker: Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Adelphi University Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. This presentation shares the inspiration and purpose of Cortaditos, a Cuban-American cafe, a nonprofit organization that supports Cuban American college students via scholarships and leadership development programs. Cortaditos was founded by two Cuban American entrepreneurs, who came together under the pretexts of social impact and passion for their Cuban roots, literally. Adam, American born to Cuban parents, founded a nonprofit organization that supports Cuban American college students with scholarships and leadership development programs. Andres, who immigrated from Cuba at the age of 25, founded Sweets & Cortaditos, a local bakery cafe with his family. Andres would donate the appetizers, coffee, and desserts for Adam’s nonprofit scholarship Galas. And that is where the partnership formed, at the intersection of social good and Cuban culture. Adam San Miguel is an international business and civic leader with over a decade of experience in the technology sector. Currently CEO of Cortaditos Coffee, Adam recently worked at Google as a Client Director in the Google Cloud Platform division. Prior to Google, Adam worked for Microsoft, in the Technology for Social Impact (TSI) division as well as in Enterprise sales. Additionally, Adam worked for Dell Technologies, where he oversaw the Dell EMC New Jersey Public Sector practice and also served as the Dell Technologies Charity Ambassador to Cuba. Keynote Speaker: Jacqueline Jones LaMon Jacqueline Jones LaMon is the author of three collections, What Water Knows, Last Seen, a Felix Pollak Poetry Prize selection, and Gravity, U.S.A., recipient of the Quercus Review Press Poetry Series Book Award. She is the author of the chapbook, The Legend of Clarence Thomas, winner of the Integral Music Chapbook Prize; and author of the novel, In the Arms of One Who Loves Me, published by Random House/Ballantine Books. Ms. LaMon’s work has appeared in a wide variety of publications such as POETRY, Callaloo, and Narrative Magazine. Noted twice by the NAACP in the category of Outstanding Literary Work, Poetry, Ms. LaMon is the recipient of fellowships from the BAU Institute at the Camargo Foundation, the Cave Canem Foundation, the Yaddo Foundation, and others. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College and UCLA School of Law, Ms. LaMon earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Poetry, from Indiana University Bloomington. She served as a board member and past president of Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. A member of the National Council for Graywolf Press, Ms. LaMon taught for over a decade in the multi-genre M.F.A. program at Adelphi University, where she currently holds the position of Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
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Conservation of Sea Stars in the North Atlantic Ocean, Melina Giakoumis
Women in Science: Melina Giakoumis discusses her research on Asterias sea stars and how they have declined drastically in recent decades, likely due to human-associated impacts on the intertidal habitat. Sea Star Asterias sea stars in the North Atlantic Ocean are an ecologically crucial species in an economically important region. Despite their importance, little is known about these animals. My research shows that Asterias sea stars have declined drastically in recent decades, likely due to human-associated impacts on the intertidal habitat. I am currently working with wildlife managers across the National Parks and seashores in New England to create and implement a conservation plan for these species, and ultimately hope to predict and mitigate any further loss in these important and interesting species. Melina Giakoumis is the Associate Director of the Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History. She completed a PhD in Biology at the City University of New York in 2023, where she studied the population genomics and ecology of marine invertebrates, and used that research for conservation planning. Melina is interested in wildlife management and science communication, and was featured last year on a popular episode of The Story Collider. Melina also completed an MA in Conservation Biology at Columbia University in 2013 and a BA in Environmental Studies and Anthropology at Adelphi University in 2011. Related Publications The Story Collider: Anxiety: Stories about feelings of worry NPSL Seeking Sea Stars
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Creating an Inclusive Culture:The Value of Participatory Methods in CoDesigning Accessible Artifacts
Presenters: Dr. Anastasia Samara and Angeliki Kosta, Inclusive Lines act and innovate in Greece, specializing in participatory design and developing its tools. They create projects and workshops that enable participants with and without disabilities to work together on a common basis so as to come to decisions and plan together. How well do we know our senses and to what extent do we use them when participating in a cultural experience? Inclusive Lines act and innovate in Greece, specializing in participatory design and developing its tools. This presentation aims to share more about the utilization of the human senses and how to include people with visual impairment in creative projects. At the end of the presentation, the audience will take part in an inclusive activity, taking an active role in participatory decision-making. Dr. Anastasia Samara is an architect, a cultural manager, a facilitator, a researcher on creative industries and the founder of Inclusive Lines. She has focused many years on her academic development by researching the human-centered aspect of architecture and the preservation of built heritage. Her research has been presented in conferences around Europe and it was part of an exhibition in the Frequency Festival. She lived and worked many years abroad (UK and Germany) but her love for contributing to the cultural sector of her hometown made her establish a professional base in Greece. Inclusive Lines is part of her latest contribution in which she acts as a cultural manager and coordinator. The main goal of her work is to promote participatory design methods in heterogeneous teams in order to create a positive social impact. Angeliki Kosma is a driven project manager with a background in culture with comprehensive experience leading varying complexity to successful conclusions. Angeliki holds a Master in Cultural Management and Communications from AUTH. Proficient in managing diverse and inclusive initiatives. Experienced in close interactions with internal and external customers, users and sponsors. Has managed teams with dynamic knack to organize, manage and complete projects on time and within budget. Enjoys directing multiple priorities and creating innovative strategies to achieve exceeding objectives.
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Creativity Heals in an Uncreative Place: Art and Art Therapy in Prison, Dave Gussak
Artists and art therapists who wish to work in prison may believe that they will be operating within a highly structured and regulated system that restricts true creative expression and healing. Yet, for an environment that is perceived as stifling, desolate, and rigid, there are surprisingly inventive displays of creativity that occur within the walls. Counter-intuitively, innovative artistic expression is inherent –even championed–within this subculture. This presentation, through interviews and discussions with inmates in prison who create, numerous illustrations, and personal experiences, will explore not only the value that art offers this population, but this drive to create as well. In doing so, the speaker will illuminate the numerous creative workaround techniques that allow art to flourish and creativity to heal in this uncreative environment. David E. Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM is Professor for the Florida State University’s Graduate Art Therapy Program and Project Coordinator for the FSU/FL Dept of Correction’s Art Therapy in Prisons program. He has presented and published extensively internationally and nationally on forensic art therapy and art therapy in forensic settings. These include, amongst others, Art on Trial: Art Therapy for Capital Murder Cases (2013), Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned: Re-Creating Identity (2019), and The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence (2022). In 2022, Dr. Gussak was granted the American Art Therapy Association’s Honorary Lifetime Member (HLM) award.
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Cretan Macrame “Traditional Desia”, Eleni Voumvoulaki on Artivism's European Time Zone Chapter
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation inaugural presentation of its European Time Zone Chapter presents: Eleni Voumvoulaki virtually from Eleutherna, Rethymno, Crete Greece to discuss the styles and legacy of Cretan macrame, knots and other stitching styles. This presentation took place from the Eleutherna Village on the island of Crete at the town taverna, Panorama. The women of the community were present at this “workshop” and joined in the discussion on the significance of this traditional art form, its history, function, and symbolism.
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Fashion Show: Kick-off to Wearable Art for a Purpose Multi Venue Exhibitions Spring-Summer 2023
Highlights from the Wearable Art Fashion Show held at Adelphi University's Performing Arts Center in Garden City, New York: Tired of social disparities? Use your purchasing power to change it! This fashion show and exhibition will start conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial conversations that will have you thinking before you make that next fast-fashion purchase. Fight the status quo, and get to know what your purchasing power is truly buying!
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Festival of Cinema NYC: Creating a World Class Film Festival to Inspire Social Transformation
Jayson Simba: This presentation explores the journey and the challenges of putting together a film festival that can effectively inspire change for social transformation. Jayson Simba, Founder and Executive Director Jayson Simba will speak about the journey and the challenges of putting together a film festival that can effectively inspire change for social transformation. Resources will include The Asian American Film Lab, ArteEaste, and America’s Media Initiative.
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Frances Negrón-Muntaner: Valor y Cambio: Art, money, and change in Puerto Rico
Frances Negrón-Muntaner is a filmmaker, writer, scholar and professor at Frances Negrón-Muntaner is a filmmaker, writer, scholar and professor at Columbia University, where she is also the founding curator of the Latino Arts and Activism Archive and the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities. Among her books and publications are: Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture (CHOICE Award, 2004), The Latino Media Gap (2014), and Sovereign Acts: Contesting Colonialism in Native Nations and Latinx America (2017). She has received various recognitions, including the United Nations’ Rapid Response Media Mechanism designation as a global expert in the areas of mass media and Latin/o American studies (2008); the Lenfest Award, (2012), the Latin American Studies Association’s Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award (2019), and the Premio Borimix from the Society for Educational Arts in New York (2019). Negrón-Muntaner served as director of Columbia’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race from 2009-2016 and co-director of Unpayable Debt, a working group that studied debt regimes in the world. Her most recent films and art works include War for Guam (2015), Life Outside (2016), and Valor y Cambio, an art, digital storytelling and just economy project in Puerto Rico and New York. For more information check out Valor Y Cambio.
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Helping Adult Learners Tell Their Stories Using Photo Literature: The FotoDialogo Method
The presentation will provide ideas for those in community-based education regarding methodological issues of recording and portraying adult learners’ lifelines. It will argue that the use of learner-produced photo-literature not only entices the unveiling of personal histories, but it also provides an appropriate atmosphere for the sharing of collective experiences. Senior Research Associate and Associate Director, Center for International Studies in Educational Research & Development Flavia Ramos-Mattoussi, Ed.D, is a Senior Research Associate leading several of LSI’s efforts in international education and development. Prior to joining the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University in 2009, she served as director of the Assistance to Basic Education (USAID ABE-IQC) at Juarez & Associates in Washington (2007-2009); Assistant Professor and Director of the International Training and Education Program at American University (2002-2007); Visiting professor of International Education at the George Washington University (2000-2002); Adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut (leading a study abroad program to Cuba in 2002) and at the School for International Training in Vermont (1990). Facebook: Artivism 4sharedhumanity Instagram: @artivism4sharedhumanity Email: artivism@adelphi.edu Website: https://www.adelphi.edu/artivism/
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Mark Gruenwald & Charlie Kernaghan: Unlikely Heroes with a Common Legacy
Catherine was married to the legendary Marvel Comics comic book editor, Mark Gruenwald, and Maryellen is sister of Charles Kernaghan whose decades-long dedication to social justice with workers’ and human rights solidarity is equally legendary. For more information, please visit: https://www.adelphi.edu/events/mark-c... Facebook: Artivism 4sharedhumanity Instagram: @artivism4sharedhumanity Email: artivism@adelphi.edu Website: https://www.adelphi.edu/artivism/
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Music that Transforms Prisons in Costa Rica (Música que transforma los centros penitenciarios en CR)
Rialengo (Francisco Murillo), Juan Carlos Chavarría, Felipe Vega According to Rialengo, cumbia is a language that the entire region understands, a language that is in our blood. Rialengo (Francisco Murillo) is a songwriter from the Costa Rican Caribbean. Rialengo has opted for cumbia as a form of expression. He refers to this musical genre as the most effective element of integration for Latin America. According to Rialengo, cumbia is a language that the entire region understands, a language that is in our blood. Rialengo proposes an immediate appropriation of our Latin American cultural heritage, to relearn who we are and banish once and for all the shadows that have perpetuated Latin America in a crisis for hundreds of years. In that logic, Rialengo composes songs about female empowerment, political responsibility, migration, and the importance of agriculture. He uses songs as a tool to rethink us as an American society. For more information visit www.rialengo.com. Juan Carlos Chavarría is the Director of Transformación en Tiempos Violentos (Transformation in Violent Times), a foundation that promotes the destruction of weapons transformed into art, workshops, and different events. This personal and social transformation leads us to a greater change as a country; and then from Costa Rica to the World. To become a leading organization worldwide in the promotion of peace, disarmament, and transformation, it is vital to collaborate with different groups, agencies, entities, and volunteers. Felipe Vega:Raised in the language of ecological science since childhood, he became an assistant professor and guide for international pre-grade and grade students at the young age of 16. Now, researcher, educator, and artist 16 years later, he has taught people of all ages from Kindergarten to University in several fields of Science, Math, Arts, Engineering, and the English language. While working on an internship for the National Psychiatric Hospital he developed workshops in garden therapy and logic therapy and received training and resources to implement Math and Science Gifted Programs from the University of Connecticut. He has held a Harmonic Science platform for more than 5 years at TEC University, focused on innovative methods of accessing music through the philosophy of nature and common everyday knowledge.
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My Choice to Return to HS:: Planting the seeds of Personal Power and Creative Equity in a Small Town
Melissa Leaym-Fernandez, Ph.D shares going back to teaching High School upon earning her Ph.D., by enacting findings from her research to make changes in young lives. During this presentation, Dr. Leaym-Fernandez conversationally shares why going back to high school is a great choice for her and how her research supports this professional choice as she works with a diversity of learners in a single space. For the most part, she enacts findings from her research to make changes in young lives, lives that for the most part may not have university experiences being resistant and an activist at the same time through her praxis.
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Nisha Nair: Creative Participation through Art as a Site for Pedagogical Transformation
ArtSparks Foundation is an educational nonprofit organization that leverages the power of the visual arts to support the development of 21st century learning and life skills in children from some of the most disadvantaged communities in India. In order to deliver its programming for children, ArtSparks recruits from within the local communities where it works, women—often marginalized by their own lived experiences—to serve as facilitators. This presentation intends to shed light on an art project that was initiated in response to a curatorial call by the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) in NYC, for an upcoming exhibition. Four of ArtSparks’ women facilitators were encouraged to submit a piece towards the open call, that has since been accepted into the show, set to open in March 2023. What happens when social memory is evoked amidst newly emerging social consciousness? How might it further the reimagining of individual and collective identities? These are some of the questions that the four artists-facilitators have grappled with in response to the curatorial call. Their work serves as a site for recollection as they come together to contemplate their inherited positionality as women, mediated through sociocultural norms and often unequal power structures that maintain systems of patriarchy that in turn impact them either directly or indirectly. Through their images, rich in their narrative qualities, they seek to challenge these norms and power structures by reimagining and reclaiming their presence as women. While the art-making process serves as a means to extend their thinking into new horizons, the work they produce is intended to shine a light on their experiences and provoke consciousness-raising conversations among other women with similar shared histories. The aforementioned art project will serve as a lens through which to explore how creative participation in the making processes of art through the collaborative and negotiated development of ideas, the assumption of various roles, the formation and re-formation of identities, and more, has implications for transforming teaching practice. Nisha Nair is the Founder & Executive Director of ArtSparks Foundation. At Teachers College, she is a doctoral fellow and candidate within the Art & Art Education program. She is also an instructor within the program, having co-designed a course in art and community engagement, which she teaches in the Fall semesters. Nisha’s work in education spans varied settings, across continents, in both the US and in India. She has served in various capacities from teacher, teacher professional development specialist, curriculum developer, researcher, program director, to her present role as Executive Director. As Executive Director, Nisha wears many hats, supporting organizational strategy development, program design, human resource development, fundraising, and donor relations, to name a few. At the core of her work in education lies a deep interest in how meaningful art experiences can support the development of a range of human capabilities that in turn propel individual and social transformation. And in how educators can promote such experiences for diverse learners. Her current research explores teachers’ creative participation in the making processes of art, viewed through a sociocultural lens, and the position exchanges they facilitate that have implications for perspective transformation and altering teaching practice. Prior to education, Nisha spent 8 years as a multi-award winning graphic designer working in the field of Marketing Communications Design, meeting the branding and design needs of diverse clients such as the Smithsonian Institutions, National Endowment for the Humanities, NASA, and more.
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Part 2 Little Odysseus Alice in Writer's Land, Art Literacy is Future Literacy: Angela Chalkiopoulou
Children of today are growing up in an environment of overstimulating processes and continuous information. What is the role of future education? Future literacy has a very important task of educating the critical and creative thinkers of tomorrow, of providing this necessary “inner blank” which allow us to absorb, invent and create. This is the path of one’s personal and later of societal development, and this is where children’s literature and art in general will support our efforts as educators. Angela Chalkiopoulou is a teacher, creative educator, a researcher of children’s literature and a Creative Director to the institution of “Little Odysseus”. She studied English Literature in Artistotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece and at the same time studied Visual Communication in the private institute, Applied Art Studies in Thessaloniki. Her love for experiential learning led her to the creation of an original Children’s Creative Learning Centre, “Alice’s Nest” in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. She later moved to Cyprus where she created “Little Odysseus” and a series of programs, “Alice in Writer’s Land” with a focus to a future literacy that uses today’s “creative toolbox” and harnesses the wisdom of culture and art. Among her many awards, she is the received the Global Teacher Award in 2022, by AKS Education Awards.
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Regenerating Ecoliteracy: Karen Viola
The resilience of our biosphere depends on an ecoliterate human society. Plastic has fascinating properties with both beneficial and harmful histories we are only beginning to fully understand. The resilience of our biosphere depends on an ecoliterate human society. Plastic has fascinating properties with both beneficial and harmful histories we are only beginning to fully understand. It is abundant, pliable, and durable, even archival in an awful way. Through experimentation with found plastic packaging as a primary medium, I explore ways we might regenerate and deepen our understanding of ecological systems on which our lives depend. Karen Viola works and resides on ancestral lands of the Munsee Lenape, in White Plains, NY. Her extensive experience designing innovative children’s books and her love of nature informs her interdisciplinary art practice. Her art often gravitates to the book form using found materials, offering visceral, hands-on learning experiences that strive to nurture curiosity, ecoliteracy, and social connection. Resources: https://kvartworks.com Climbing Tree Design Instagram @climbingtreedesign
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Rowan McKiernan: Becoming an Artivist
Rowan Mckiernan, Adelphi University senior and co-founder of the Artivism Club, will discuss her “Artivism” experience. From having no voice and wanting to make a change, but not knowing how; to having a voice, growing my confidence, publishing poems, and starting the Artivism Club at Adelphi University. This is my story of how I became an Artivist. Rowan Mckiernan is a senior, doubling majoring in Psychology and Criminal Justice and minoring in Sociology. She is also currently in her freshman year of Adelphis Masters in General Psychology progam. She co-founded, and is currently co-chair, of the Artivism Club here at Adelphi University. She hopes that her poetry and work through artivism will help others find their voice, give them the courage to use their voice, and encourage others to never stop fighting for what they believe in.
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Spread and Inspire Change Around You Through The Simple Act of Loving-Kindness
Holistic Meditation Coaches Michelle Anglisano and Kristen McDermott discuss their initiative. As NYS certified Special Education teachers, much of their careers have been focused on behavior modification and classroom management. Continuing their education in the field of Health and Wellness is their passion. Each day many people walk through life not remembering where they have been, where they need to go or who they spoke to because they are not present in the moment. These same people, therefore, become stressed mentally, physically, socially and emotionally. They become disconnected from their individual lives and from the lives of all the people surrounding their own. Anger, sadness, discontentment, fear and misunderstanding of themselves and others ends up being the definition of life. Practicing the simple act of loving-kindness is a way to become inspired to change the lives of so many people, as well as your own life. Through discussion, questioning and meditation, The Zen Den will teach the practice of loving-kindness. Michelle Anglisano For 30 years, Michelle has informally studied both of the traditional Hindu and Buddhist meditation philosophies. She also studies and practices the modernized Buddhist practice of Mindfulness. Her strong belief in healing through energy, motivated her to receive her certification in Reiki. She enjoys Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, and practices Kundalini Yoga daily. Michelle is a veteran Special Education public school teacher of 30 years. Michelle is a published co-author of the book Methylation Madness: Insight into the Biochemical and Personal Lives of Hypermethylaters. She has spoken at the American Naturopathic Association Medical Convention about her life’s journey from almost being homebound due to her former struggles with anxiety to living a stunningly peaceful life. Michelle lives her life by incorporating positive energy, setting a daily intention of striving to improve as a person each day and to spread loving-kindness. Michelle’s book can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Kristen McDermott Kristen has been teaching Special Education in the public school system for 19 years. She continually practices the modernized Buddhist philosophy of Mindful Meditation, in combination with Hindu Vinyasa Yoga. She is consistently maintaining her lifetime of spirituality in Catholicism. Her ultimate goal in life is to help others in a positive way. She values family, friends and her community. Kristen wants to do everything in her power to affect people on a deeper, more positive level. She is forever continuing her education in teaching, meditation and mindfulness. She truly believes the more people learn, read and experience, the more they will open their minds to a better sense of themselves and the world. Kristen looks forward to bringing the gift of meditation and mindfulness to all of you! For more information on The Zen Den you can find them on Facebook, Instagram, The Zen Den Website or at thezenden2019@gmail.com
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The Art of Words, Mgim Lee Gousse
Mgim Lee Gousse The goal of this project, Art of Words, was to design an art program that encourages individuals to be “loud” (or find their voice) and create a picture that makes it impossible not to be seen or heard. This project was intended to add to the healing art-making process that allows for self-expression, encourages emotional processing, art-making as a diversion, and as a means of communication. The focus was not simply on the individual but on community collaborations and was intended to create a beneficial, safe space for those that may experience difficulty in creatively expressing themselves. Projects were also created to enhance specific workshops already scheduled by the organizations. Workshops were conducted at Luv Michael with founder Dr. Lisa Liberatore and Felicia’s Promise with founder Felicia Fonrose. This presentation will discuss the logistics, planning, art process, specific projects, and the consideration taken of the specific vision and mission of each organization and their participants. Mgim Lee Gousse is a student at the Honors college at Adelphi University majoring in Psychology with minors in Sociology and Art Therapy. She hopes to one day conduct research about mental health in the Caribbean because she feels that many places, like in her home country Haiti, mental health is not prioritized enough. For more information contact artivism@adelphi.edu.
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Wearable Art for a Purpose at Teatro Yerbabruja Venue #3
The Wearable Art for a Purpose Multi Venue Exhibition Venue #3 at Teatro Yerbabruja, October 21, 2023. The opening reception: The Artivism Team, Argie Agelarakis & Carolina Cambronero Varela Margarita Espada, Director Teatro Yerbabruja Daniel Jimenes & Segundo Orellana, Curators Denise Silva-Dennis WeeTahMoe Silva Arrow Shinnecock/ Hassanamisco Nations, Bead Workshop Leader Music by DJ Jomero Tired of social disparities? Use your purchasing power to change it! This fashion show and exhibition will start conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial conversations that will have you thinking before you make that next fast-fashion purchase. Fight the status quo and get to know what your purchasing power is truly buying! Facebook: Artivism 4sharedhumanity Instagram: @artivism4sharedhumanity Email: artivism@adelphi.edu Website: https://www.adelphi.edu/artivism/
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Wearable Art for a Purpose Multi Venue Exhibition Offit Gallery Gottesman Libraries Teachers College
The Wearable Art for a Purpose Multi Venue Exhibition Venue #2 at the Offit Gallery, Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College Columbia University. The opening reception: Musical performance by Cat Schuller, Jackson Sturkey, & Will Studabaker Keynote Speakers Maryellen Kernaghan Catherine Schuller Tired of social disparities? Use your purchasing power to change it! This fashion show and exhibition will start conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial conversations that will have you thinking before you make that next fast-fashion purchase. Fight the status quo and get to know what your purchasing power is truly buying!
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Wearable Art for a Purpose Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Team: Margarita Espada (Artist, Educator, Activist), Felipe Vega (Polymath), Jenna Rubaii (Stylist, Performer, Fair Trade Ambassador), Stephanie Lake (Sociologist/Criminologist), Daniela Fabrizi (Textile Artist, Costume Designer, Cultural Manager) This round table discussion is the preface to the Fashion Show and visual arts exhibition that provokes conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial ailments. Tired of social disparities? Use your purchasing power to change it! This fashion show and exhibition will start conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial conversations that will have you thinking before you make that next fast-fashion purchase. Fight the status quo, and get to know what your purchasing power is truly buying!
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A Chance To Change, presented by Nahshon Jackson
NahShon Jackson who is serving as Director of Community Outreach for Network Support Services, Inc. will speak of the program he works at, his life experience, and how he aims to inspire social change and make a difference in so many lives. As a participant in the Network Program at Otisville Correctional Facility, NahShon Jackson experienced two years of being in a safe place that allowed for the confrontation of mistakes and the acceptance of responsibility for life. Although NahShon’s positive change did not originate with Network, the program provided a space to set goals and practice behaviors conducive to successful living upon release and maintaining a disciplined lifestyle. This transformative process, facilitated by Network, involved examining attitudes and values and learning to cope with stress. NahShon Jackson serves as the Director of Community Outreach for Network Support Services, Inc. Since his release from prison in May 2017, NahShon has been employed by Network and established its first Office of Community Outreach. The Office of Community Outreach has provided services to over 1000 justice-impacted individuals, including employment, job training, housing, resume writing, legal advice, and general counseling, including life coaching. NahShon has cultivated meaningful partnerships with individuals, businesses, organizations, and schools like Adelphi University, aimed at providing unlimited resources to justice-impacted individuals to aid in their resettlement and community reintegration. On January 18, 2023, the New York State Assembly recognized NahShon Jackson as a pillar in the community, providing necessary re-entry services and support to empower the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated in returning home. Resources and Awards 1/18/2023 NYS Assembly Citation issued by Assemblywoman Emily E. Gallagher HIPPA Training KORU Mindfulness For more informationFor more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Arachne’s Weavers: Making Fiber Arts Accessible, Building Community, & Inspiring Change
Adelphi University Student organization, Arachne’s Weavers, a fiber arts organization is dedicated to creating an inclusive, accessible space on campus where students can explore and share their love for fiber arts, regardless of level of experience, making these centuries old arts accessible while learning more about them from each other. A central mission of the organization is to make fiber arts accessible by providing materials, resources, and workshops, ensuring these time-honored crafts are available to everyone. We celebrate and promote a variety of fiber arts from diverse cultures, acknowledging the cultural significance and social impact of these practices. Founded on the belief that fiber arts can foster community, creativity, and social change, this presentation highlights our journey, from our founding to the initiatives that use fiber arts as a tool for bridging cultural divides and inspiring positive social impact. Presenters: Wallie M.: Arachne Weavers Founder and President of Arachne’s Weavers, Wallie has a lifelong background in fiber arts, having grown up with a South Asian seamstress in the house, she learned how to sew by the age of 6 solely by using fabric scraps and borrowed needles/thread, spending countless recesses mending classmate’s stuffed animals and clothes. She learned how to crochet by the age of 9 after stumbling across an old crochet hook once belonging to her relatives and it made her wonder how many other arts she could be proficient at if she had access to more materials at that age. Inspired by the accessibility challenges of fiber materials and the cultural value of these skills, Wallie aims to make fiber arts more accessible & to educate the community on all the little ways they show up around the world and in our daily lives. Wallie is currently studying Psychology & Computer Science (Information Security) at Adelphi University, blending creative and technical skills to lead Arachne’s Weavers in meaningful projects. Tahreem Shah: Treasurer of Arachne’s Weavers, Tahreem has self-taught herself many forms of fiber art such as embroidery, sewing, and crochet when she was young. However, throughout middle school and high school she mainly focused on 2D art. With her background in 2D art she is now re-teaching herself fiber arts alongside members of the club. Tahreem aims to show members of the club the beauty of the process of learning a new skill. She believes that the most important step is taking the courage to start, and hopes that with her learning alongside her peers, she can foster a supportive environment that welcomes mistakes. Tahreem is majoring in Computer Science (Software Engineering) and double minoring Graphic Design and Video Game Design at Adelphi University. She hopes to blend technology and art to help create and support new projects in Arachne’s Weavers. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Art Heals Using Art to Navigate Through Life While Making Meaningful Connections, Constance Ivana
During the course of her presentation, Constance Ivana will discuss how art has been beneficial throughout her life and how she has used art to connect with the community especially specific groups like at risk youth, domestic violence survivors and seniors. She will speak about pivotal moments starting with her childhood, giving specific examples of how art helps her to navigate through life. After telling her story and having a few interactive experiences, she will challenge participants to select a group and provide an experience. Constance Ivana is an educator, community activist and independent artist whose motto is Art Heals…creating artistic opportunities that cause people to smile, reflect and start difficult conversations. With a lifelong passion for art and education and a mission to expand artistic access, Constance Ivana uses her creative voice to tackle issues of social justice and Black history, primarily through vibrant works in spray paint and acrylics. Currently an artist-in-residence at Bailey Contemporary Art Center and History Fort Lauderdale, her pieces often include messages of hope and encouragement.Constance is a regular volunteer with the City of Fort Lauderdale and has fostered collaborations with a wide range of organizations, including the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, Art Prevails, Art 13, Art n Soul, Heal the Planet, numerous schools, independent artists, and various nonprofits. Beyond selling her artwork, Constance actively engages the community by hosting painting parties and workshops and creating impactful murals. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Artivism Chapter Liaisons: Want to Transform Your Community? Become an Artivism Liaison!
Be part of the conversation and be inspired to create your own chapter of Artivism to transform society through the power of art! After over 120 plus virtual presentations and currently into Season 7 of Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation, Artivism the initiative, is now expanding with regional in-person chapters. Zoom in and meet the artivists, now known as Artivism Liaisons, taking on the challenge: Irini Ampoumogli, Greece Angela Chalkiopoulou, Cyprus, Creative Director, “Little Odysseus” Vicki Rosenthal, Florida, U.S.A., Vicki Rosenthal Art Brenda Perez, Los Angeles, U.S.A., founder of Restorative Justice for the Arts For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Bake Back America's Sienna Besikof: Simple Act of Kindness
Each simple act of kindness is color coded with the corresponding color of a bracelet. Small acts of kindness are unexpected gestures that can have a powerful and positive impact on yourself and others, so please take a bracelet!
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Bake Back America's Young Volunteers and Their Initiatives
Bake Back America, was founded by Melissa Brown Subin and her daughter Brianna Subin in 2020 in response to the hardships of Covid 19. The organization encourages and supports young people in taking action toward social change by creating programs that “perform acts of kindness”. This presentation will focus on the work of the young the volunteers that will present their initiatives, sharing their experience with the hope to inspire others. Sienna Besikof Emma Kudelka Sienna Rapillo Patrick Simon David Stark Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Deepening Educational Impact with Artistic Inquiry: Erin M. Price’s arts-based research, inQUIRE
An Exploration of Transformative Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education through Visual Art This cross-contextual exploration of art, education, and their implications for collective connection highlights Erin M. Price’s arts-based research, inQUIRE: A Chorus of Questions for Educational Research. This inquiry of personal teaching experience and contemporary issues presents a tour of art as both confluence and catalyst of connections across P-16 education, youth detention settings, and teacher professional development. Price showcases a number of projects and possibilities across educational settings, with attention to continued questions and conundrums for equity, inclusion, belonging, wellbeing, and the storied relationships at their core. Artist, educator, and teacher-educator Erin M. Price, EdSp, is passionate about the powerful role art can play in cultivating connections to self, classroom, and society. With over 25 years of experience as an educator both in the U.S. and abroad, Erin’s personal teaching experiences – particularly as an art educator in remote rural Title 1 schools – continue to compel her work in informal and formal teaching as well as in educational research. Currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, Price employs her own experience with art and teaching in her roles as an undergraduate instructor for future elementary generalists and a University Field Supervisor for beginning art educators in St. Louis Public Schools. In these roles, she actively supports teacher identity development, reflective inquiry, and skill-based mentoring to enhance teachers’ capacities to cultivate meaningful inclusion through literature and the arts. Perhaps most importantly, she witnesses and supports the ways in which art helps teachers grow as individuals in a collective as they negotiate multilayered and increasingly challenging conditions in America’s public schools. Her scholarship aims to support community and social change through both the enactment and cultivation of affirmative connections made possible through art. Price’s 2021 series, inQUIRE, exhibited at the University of Missouri in 2022, continues to pose critical questions of theory and practice for inclusive education and authentic research. Only through thoughtful contemplation and intentional relational interACTion, Price believes, can we intervene in vicious cycles of oppression, division, and disconnection which impact our students and our schools. Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Exploring the Energy of Colors, Danielle Chery
Where Colors Do the Talking Exploring the energy of colors with Danielle Chery. This presentation explores the energy of colors and the feelings they have the power to evoke through abstract art creations. Danielle M. Chery is a self-trained artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of the award-winning home decor business DMC Original Art, which has been recognized in national magazine and newspaper publications, including the Yoga Journal, NY Amsterdam News, and the LA Sentinel. Danielle creates functional abstract art for residential and commercial spaces and draws inspiration from the colorful flow of nature. She uses a fluid art technique as a moving meditation practice to create abstract marble-like designs on wooden and ceramic materials with acrylic paints and epoxy resin. Danielle is also a teaching artist, partnering with community-based organizations to facilitate classes for youth, adults, and senior citizens. Most recently, she has been collaborating with Sing for Hope to design and paint pianos with senior citizens in NYC. Additionally, Danielle has years of experience as a published children’s author, English as a Second Language teacher for adults, nonprofit manager of volunteer events, and Community School Director. She values community, collaboration, and using artistic expression as a way to heal and connect with others. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Exploring the Harmonic Nexus: Uniting Science, Music, & Art for Societal Transformation, Felipe Vega
Let’s embark on a transformative journey intertwining science, music, and art. Delve into the historical link between mathematics and music, dating back to the Pythagoreans, setting the stage for a harmonic worldview. Experience the emotive power of music as a catalyst for social change and exploration of harmonious paradigms. Picture a metaphorical bridge spanning disciplines, unifying physics, biology, and society under the influence of music. Witness the role of “artivism” in driving social transformation through visual art, music, and poetry. Explore the collaborative synergy between creativity and science, unveiling innovative solutions. Reflect on your creative potential and envision a harmonious response to contemporary challenges. Engage in open dialogue, sharing thoughts on the intersection of science, music, and art. Conclude with a summary, reinforcing the attainability of a harmonious worldview through creativity and knowledge. Felipe Vega: I’m a researcher, educator, and artist with a passion for blending science, art, and community engagement. From an early start as an assistant professor for international ecology programs in Corcovado, Costa Rica, I’ve evolved over 16 years to embrace diverse fields—Science, Math, Arts, Engineering, and the English language. During an internship at the National Psychiatric Hospital, I developed workshops in garden and logic therapy, and was trained in Math and Science Gifted Programs. For over six years, I’ve led a Harmonic Science platform at TEC University, exploring music through nature and everyday knowledge. Currently, I conduct music therapy workshops at Aldeas SOS’ Green Classroom and Casa de Luz programs, focusing on abandoned youth. Through the power of music, these workshops provide inspiration and healing, aligning with my belief in the harmony of science, art, and community.
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Fall. 2024 PosterDesign! Little Odysseus Educational Program, (Larnaca, Cyprus)
Congratulations to Little Odysseus, Limassol, Cyprus, the poster selected to represent Arivism’s Fall 2024 season! As part of the Little Odysseus Educational Program, (Larnaca, Cyprus), students took part in an educational journey through literature in an attempt to find new ways of facing "bullying issues", exploring vulnerability, honesty, and trust as foundations of open communication. Through stories that cultivate empowerment and self-regulation, students created artworks inspired by the book "All Bodies Are Beautiful to Me" (by Charlotte Barkla, illustrated by Erica Salcedo). For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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How the CIA Created American “Literature”, Shariann Lewitt
We talk about genre fiction (which I happen to write) as that stuff that “isn’t real literature” because we know what real literature is supposed to be. But what if “real literature” is actually a genre of its own, created for a particular purpose, for a particular audience, that has somehow hoodwinked the readership of the American audience. Enter the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The first MFA in the country, and the most prestigious, it has held sway over what we call “real literature” in this country since the 1930s. And it is a “literature” that has elements that are as specific as mystery, science fiction, fantasy, or romance. It examines the internal life, mostly domestic, of mostly middle class/upper middle class white (mostly) men who grapple with those eternal American values of Individualism and Independence. Those values, of course, generally win in the end even if our protagonists don’t, and we are enlightened by their struggles. What if this entire literature, including the means by which it was, and is, produced, is a lie? What if we learned, as we did in February of 2014, when Eric Bennett published his article “How Iowa Flattened Literature,” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, that the venerable Iowa Workshop method, teaching, and definition, of “good” literature, were actually a CIA backed plot? This is not a conspiracy theory. Well researched and confirmed by various academics, we now understand how this came about. The issue now is, how to we unlearn it? What is worth keeping from the Iowa model, and what is pure propaganda? As a writer, a storyteller, and a teacher of creative writing, I find myself questioning every element of my training. Is what I tell my students profoundly prejudiced? Is “show don’t tell” or “kill your darlings”, both techniques writers in present day American schools learn bone deep, really geared toward creating a specific anti-Communist literature for the Cold War? Is the method of the Workshop itself geared toward the white men who mostly populated it, and does it harm marginalized people who participate? And what about the three-act structure as the canonical way to approach long form story telling? The Hero’s Journey? Even “Save the Cat”, which incorporates both? How do we dismantle what is harmful without destroying those elements that do add to good storytelling? How much of what is intrinsic in the Iowa model inhibiting storytelling from marginalized people? Inhibiting the “literary” world from accepting other forms of storytelling as equally worthy? And how do we create a new way forward that can include and honor all peoples’ stories, but still push forward the best and insist on standards? What are the standards? About the Author Shariann Lewitt Shariann Lewitt is the author of seventeen novels under five different names, spanning the genres of hard science fiction, fantasy, and young adult. Her short fiction has been widely published and her story “Fieldwork” was selected for Thirty-Fourth Best Science Fiction of the Year, edited by Gardner Dozois. A third generation Manhattanite, Lewitt moved to the greater Boston area in 2000 and has become a proud citizen of the Red Sox Nation. She dropped out of pre-law to study evolutionary/population biology in college—because law school looked dismal, and she was afraid of fainting in bio lab like she did in high school. She did her graduate work at Yale and never returned to live in NYC. When not writing in local coffee shops, she teaches at MIT, plays with her pet parrots, and travels as widely as possible. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Journey Past Anxiety, Panic & Acute Liver Failure with Biochemical Nutrition, Michelle Anglisano
Michelle Anglisano suffered with debilitating anxiety and panic throughout her 20’s. After being almost housebound, she found her biochemistry was imbalanced, due to a faulty methylation pathway. Through biochemical nutrition, Michelle was able to survive acute liver failure from an antibiotic and release herself from the hindrances of anxiety and panic. Michelle Anglisano For 30 years, Michelle has informally studied both of the traditional Hindu and Buddhist meditation philosophies. She also studies and practices the modernized Buddhist practice of Mindfulness. Her strong belief in healing through energy, motivated her to receive her certification in Reiki. She enjoys Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, and practices Kundalini Yoga daily. Michelle is a veteran Special Education public school teacher of 30 years. Michelle is a published co-author of the book Methylation Madness: Insight into the Biochemical and Personal Lives of Hypermethylaters. She has spoken at the American Naturopathic Association Medical Convention about her life’s journey from almost being homebound due to her former struggles with anxiety to living a stunningly peaceful life. Michelle lives her life by incorporating positive energy, setting a daily intention of striving to improve as a person each day and to spread loving-kindness. Michelle’s book can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Music and Peace: Understanding the types of peace that music-making can foster, Dr. Gillian Howell
Peace is needed more than ever, and many musicians are eager to contribute to building a more just and peaceful world. Violent conflicts in the Ukraine, the Middle East, and South Sudan have brought the reality of war into sharpened focus. Currently, there are more than 110 active armed conflicts being monitored around the world, many of which never reach the headlines. Peace is needed more than ever, and many musicians are eager to contribute to building a more just and peaceful world. In this talk, I will share my recent research on musicians building peace and offer a new approach to thinking about the ways that musicians contribute to peace-building, the practices they engage, and the types of peace they can help to foster. Dr. Gillian Howell is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she leads a portfolio of research investigating the contributions of community music to post-war transitions and recovery including peacebuilding, community dialogue, and music restoration. Her applied research and creative practice have taken her around Australia and the world, including to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Kosovo and North Macedonia, and she has delivered research consultancies for Save the Children Middle East, Musicians Without Borders, and Tura New Music. Closer to home, Dr. Howell’s long-term research and songwriting collaboration with First Nations language educators in remote north-west Australia has produced two albums of original songs and a community songbook in three endangered Aboriginal languages. Resources findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/161258-gillian-howell gillianhowell.com.au/ tura.com.au/projects/sound-fx For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Music as a Social Transformative Tool, Santiago Carvajal and Flora Zenit
Santiago Carvajal is a multi-instrumentalist from Uruguay and Costa Rica. He has played in different venues in Europe and Latin America, playing diverse original music, including meditative, reggae, and fusion; he currently focuses on music production with local musicians. Flora Zenit, a multi-instrumentalist musician, is deeply inspired by nature. Her facilitation of music improvisation circles and kirtan is a testament to her passion for medicinal music, meditation music, and world and Latin-American rhythms. Her technical degree in botany further fuels her art, making her a source of inspiration for many. Santiago Carvajal and Flora Zenit share three original songs and videos and discuss their initiatives, social transformation, and preservation of their environment. The music is inspired by the catchy rhythms and activist Afrobeat lyrics of Feka Kuti. Their presentation focuses on the different cultures in the Caribbean that participate in these songs. Flora Martínez created the idea of the song begins with the phrase that is the driving force of this project: “A conscious people values what they have and defends it,” followed by Carlos Hidalgo, who makes an invocation in the Cabécar indigenous language, Memo —— and Mateo —— add the Caribbean sound in Creolle English. Together, they invite us to reflect on the true abundance and wealth of Puerto Viejo. Santiago Carvajal, the arranger and producer of the song, has extensive experience in musical projects committed to community and has worked with many local and international artists: Beta Pardo and Mario Vega, Musicians of the band Sonámbulo Psicotropical; Renato Conejo, drummer of Mansa riddim; Fer Lagger of Fer Lagger Ska band; Claudio Ambroso of Plan B; Momo Valverde of Cantoamerica. Puerto Viejo has it all: jungle, clean rivers, sea, live corals, wild animals, cultural diversity, picturesque architecture, fertile land, and clean air. We invite tourism development but not the deterioration of these riches, which is why Puerto Viejo and its surroundings are a paradise. It is an invitation to preserve the essence of the place, to rescue the identity, as well as an urgent call to become aware of the jewel that we have, that we have the responsibility to protect before it is too late, for harmonious and regenerative development on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Dunda Ozean youtube.com Nadie Es Ilegal youtube.com Pueblo Abundante youtube.com Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Navigating Diaspora: Teaching with Diverse Populations, Jaizi Abedania
Jaizi Abedania shares the experience of teaching diverse and historically underrepresented youth San Francisco, Seattle, East Palo Alto, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Harlem, & Long Island NY. Jaizi Abedania "In this presentation, I will share my experience teaching diverse and historically underrepresented youth in San Francisco, Seattle, East Palo Alto, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Harlem, & Long Island NY. I hope to engage conversation about the ways we, as a community of educators, can adapt our skills to an ever-expanding range of learning modalities, across and between disparate groups of learners. We will also look at the work of a few revolutionary artist-educators, as inspiration for our own creativity and pedagogy!" Jaizi Abedania is a lens-based, mixed-media artist and professor of digital imaging exploring intersecting concepts of identity, history, and migration through personal narrative. She has exhibited, taught, and practiced in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Long Island, & Harlem, in support of artists and programs promoting accessibility to art and education. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Olivia O, The Musical - A Cross-Border Exploration of Art and Human Liberation
Jessica Carmona Diana Currie Same Jennica Carmona Gil Yaron Be part of an interactive discussion with inspiring Latinx storyteller Jessica Carmona and her creative team: playwright Diane Currie Sam and composer Gil Yaron. Explore how we can “Welcome the Stranger” with theatre, music and storytelling. Enjoy an excerpt from “Olivia O, The Musical”, a theatrical piece that explores the impact of family separation policies at the US border through the eyes of a young Guatemalan girl, Olivia Oritiz, and her American aunt (who is waking up to the realities of the harsh U.S. immigration system). Jessica Carmona is a NYC based Actress, Playwright, Librettist and Lyricist. She is currently a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. She is also an Educator and Immigrant Rights Advocate. She is dedicated to using her art to further the cause for social justice and human rights for all. She is so thankful to be collaborating with Diane and Gil on this musical. Diane Currie Sam is an award-winning essayist/writer, educator, and speechwriter from Vancouver Canada. An emerging playwright and lyricist with a multi-decade career in communications, counseling and educating, she has written about, taught and developed programs covering critically important social issues like mental health, sustainability, and the prevention of domestic violence. She is thrilled to be collaborating with Jessica and Gil on this important new musical. Gil Yaron is an award-winning performer/director/producer and the composer for “Olivia O”. Career highlights include the second national tour of Les Miserables (Mirvish Productions), Canadian Premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins and Jesse Richardson Award’s (Best Director/ Best Production) for the premiere of Barbara Nickel’s SchumannBrahmSchumann. You will be hearing Gil's vocals and music in today's presentation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Opening Reception Venue #1 Art from the Heart: Investing Your Time to Spread Joy, Adelphi University
This exhibition invites you to experience art that was made for giving, hoping to inspire you to invest your time, talent, and care into making a gift, rather than purchasing it. You are giving something that no store can sell: Love Many of the artworks are being donated by the artivists to bring joy to various venues, organizations, and/or community centers. Up Next: Offit Gallery, Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Season 8 Finale of Artivism featuring award recipients of the Sing for Hope Sponsored Artivist Award
SFH Sponsored Seasons 1-6 Artivist Award Recipients: Engaging with the artivists, asking questions from the panel on how the funds were used, how to apply for such funding, and how to connect/network with other artivists, and much more. The Spring 2024 Season 7 award recipient is announced at this 8th season closing event! For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Season 8 Opening: Poeartistry: Self Esteem Through Self Definition -The Art of Defining You
Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation’s Inaugural Presentation, Season 8: Storytelling is an art form that allows us to imagine characters, personalities, and conflicts in countless ways. However, crafting the narrative of your own life journey can be more complex. How do you tell the story of who you are? In an effort to mainstream foundational lessons of social-emotional learning amongst the younger generation, Poeartistry equips users with intentional artistry. Through various resources such as curricular-based activities, this program takes a holistic and creative approach to a mindset that promotes high-level self-awareness. Poeartistry was created by licensed master social worker, educator, author, and performer Rage Sinclaire, also known as Gregory M. Singer, and award-winning producer, social worker, and executive producer of Poeartistry Dr. Lee Stone in 2002. Inspired by the comic books read by so many in their childhood, Rage Sinclaire has always been empowered by being exactly who he wants to be in life. This heroic disposition has allowed him to create a psychologically safe space where individuals off all ages can formulate an identity through self-esteem and art. Poeartistry had a fully orchestrated album for its poetry on music and all that can be explored through a word. With over 25 years in the music field, Dr. Stone has transformed the creativity of the musical genre to celebrate meaning and cognitive advancements. Key Note Speaker: Kabir Sehgal Artivism’s 8th season kicks off with Keynote Speaker Kabir Sehgal. Kabir Sehgal is a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, NYT/WSJ bestselling author of 19 books, US Navy veteran, and former J.P. Morgan banker. He is the Founder & CEO of Tiger Turn, a multimedia production company that makes films & music. Kabir Seghal is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 19 books including seven non-fiction books, Coined, Jazzocracy, Fandango at the Wall, Walk in My Shoes (with Andrew Young), Carry On (with John Lewis), Legion of Peace (with Muhammad Yunus, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora), Close the Loop (with Raghbir Sehgal); eleven children’s books (all with Surishtha Sehgal), A Bucket of Blessings, The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk, Festival of Colors, Thread of Love, P is for Poppadoms, Mother Goose Goes to India, It’s Diwali!, Bhangra Baby; and a poetry book, Home (with Deepak Chopra). A Bucket of Blessings was adapted into a stage production at the Alliance Theatre. Fandango at the Wall was nominated for an Audie Award for Best Original Work. Carry On was nominated for an Audie Award for Business/Personal Development. To learn more about Kabir Seghal, including his music, film & TV experience as a producer and co-writer, his service in the US Navy, and education, visit his website https://kabir.cc/bio/ For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Spring 2024 Inaugural Presentation: Art of the Trusted Messenger in Healthcare
Dr. Jorge O. Moreno discusses his path from undocumented immigrant to Faculty in Medicine, the lack trust in Latinx community for healthcare system. Keynote address by Brooklyn-based artist, author and community activist Danielle M. Chery. Artivism Ambassador: Zoe Laidlow Dr. Jorge O. Moreno is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine where he works as an internist and obesity medicine specialist. Dr. Moreno is originally from Mexico and was the first college graduate and doctor in his family. He graduated with a BA from Columbia College in 2006 and received his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2011. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Yale Primary Care Program in 2014. Initially, he worked in an internal medicine community practice in Connecticut, and in 2018, returned to Yale as faculty in the clinician-educator track. He developed an interest for caring for patients with obesity and started a subspecialty obesity medicine clinic as part of his internal medicine practice. At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Moreno has focused on developing obesity medicine curricula for medical students, physician associate students and medical residents. Recently, Dr. Moreno was a featured obesity medicine expert in an Emmy-winning special by Telemundo/Yale Center for Clinical Investigation—Cirugía Que Tranforma Vidas. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced his clinical practice, he cared for patients with COVID-19 on the inpatient COVID units and in the outpatient setting throughout the pandemic in Connecticut. He quickly recognized not only the lack of information in Spanish about COVID-19 and the vaccines available, but also the vaccine hesitancy that existed in the Hispanic community. His focus turned to educating this community about COVID-19 in English and Spanish. Teaming with the Yale New Haven Health System, he participated in informational videos about the COVID-19 vaccine in Spanish. His outreach work with the Hispanic community led to collaborations with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and garnered media attention from local and national outlets. Recently, Dr. Moreno was selected as a 2023 National Hispanic Medical Association Leadership Fellow. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Cynthia Tanon-Santos (GSAS ’07), and his son, Benji. Danielle M. Chery is a self-trained artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of award-winning home decor business DMC Original Art, which has been recognized in national magazine and newspaper publications, including the Yoga Journal, NY Amsterdam News, and the LA Sentinel. Danielle creates functional abstract art for residential and commercial spaces and draws inspiration from the colorful flow of nature. She uses a fluid art technique as a moving meditation practice to create abstract marble-like designs on wooden and ceramic materials with acrylic paints and epoxy resin. Danielle is also a teaching artist, partnering with community-based organizations to facilitate classes for youth, adults, and senior citizens. Most recently, she has been collaborating with Sing for Hope to design and paint pianos with senior citizens in NYC. Additionally, Danielle has years of experience as a published children’s author, English as a Second Language teacher for adults, nonprofit manager of volunteer events, and Community School Director. She values community, collaboration, and using artistic expression as a way to heal and connect with others. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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The Frailty of a Butterfly: My Journey Through Newborn Loss, Mary Wasacz
Mary Wasacz discusses her book, The Frailty of a Butterfly: My Journey Through Newborn Loss. "As soon as our third child, Cathy Anne, was born the doctor handed her to me. Initially she looked just like her sister Mary Christina, but within seconds her features changed. Her cheeks sank. She didn’t cry and was turning blue. The doctor took her from me to give her oxygen. It took about 10 minutes, which seemed like hours, before she was breathing on her own. Thus begins our journey with our baby with a life -threatening illness. Our children Mary Christina 3 and Johnny 5 years-old were involved with her which was so important to them. My husband was wonderful with Cathy Anne and our children. We had a lot of support from family, friends and our parish priest." She changed my career in nursing from teaching to working with bereaved parents. Later I worked in hospice where I was the bereavement and spiritual care coordinator for 22 years. I also had a private practice as a family therapist, working with families. Sharing my story is a gift to those who have experienced something similar and perhaps have not been able to cope or share yet. It can also be helpful to their family, friends and the medical profession. My story fits into The Power of Art for Social Transformation because death is a taboo subject even in 2024. People tend to run from this topic. "Storytelling can help the reader increase their knowledge about death. Our daughter, Cathy Anne’s, brief life was vital to our family. It was important for us to bring her home to die, even though the cardiac surgeon advised against it in 1977. We were the first couple ever to bring home a dying baby from this prominent New York Hospital. When people read about and see the positive effect our dying baby had on our family, it can help other families suffering the impending loss of their baby. They are not alone. This is my story and I want to share it." Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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The Gift of Time, by Dennis Labriola
��In every adversity, every failure, every hardship carries the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit” (Napoleon Hill). Dennis Labriola: "During the pandemic when it seemed the whole world closed down, work and school was thrown into chaos and a remote world which many of us were unprepared for, appointments were cancelled and life, as we were accustomed to, seemed forever changed. Yes, it was a difficult time to say the least. We all were impacted, but, for me, there was also a silver lining… unscheduled time. Through the encouragement of my wife, Patty, I finally found the “time” to accomplish a life-long ambition to author a book. We all have a story to tell. In my case several stories of events and people that impacted me. I utilized this newfound time to assemble these, often humorous and always faith driven, windowpanes of my life into my book, Seventh-Inning Stretch: Reflections on the Game of Life. I will share my journey of inspiration, the discovered responses of my readership as similar memories of their lives were triggered as they recall their scenes of the past. I will also provide the practical blueprint that I followed for a first-time author into the publishing universe." Dennis Labriola is a businessman and men’s ministry coach. A graduate of the State University of New York, Dennis initiated his IT profession in 1973 and founded his IT company in 1980, providing Public Safety software applications throughout New York State. He is a former board member of The Long Island Software Technology Network, as well as the Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security. Today Dennis and his wife, Patricia, assist those looking for entrepreneurial opportunities to establish e-commerce businesses. He is the former Men’s Ministry director of his local church and is proud to be a veteran having served in the United States Air Force. Dennis resides on Long Island, New York, with his wife Patricia. They have two grown daughters and four granddaughters. Resources: dennislabriola.com Author of Seventh-Inning Stretch: Reflections on the Game of Life by Dennis Labriola For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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The Power of Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Engage the Social Imagination, Petros Panaou
Building on Kelly Wissman’s (2019) work, Petros Panaou calls for radiant readings of literature in ways that may take us outside of ourselves, our realities, and points of view “like rays emitting from the sun, to seek out alternative perspectives, new directions, and unique pathways” (p. 16). The presentation is guided by Wissman’s understanding of the social imagination as the capacity of a reader to imagine “the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others” as well as “to invent visions of what should be and what might be” (p. 15). Nurturing reading as an act of creativity and fostering dialogic inquiry around literature is shown to be quite effective in engaging the social imagination. Petros Panaou is an author of children’s and young adult literature. His first young adult novel, titled Operation LOGOS – The Cellphone Mystery (Teleia Publications, 2022), won the Cyprus National Book Award for literature addressed to children and adolescents. It was also included in the international White Ravens list as one of the 200 best books in the world recommended for translation into other languages. The sequel, Operation ANTI-LOGOS – The Cellphone Mystery 2, came out in January 2024, and the LOGOS trilogy is expected to be completed in 2025. Petros’ first illustrated children’s book is expected to be published in 2024, concurrently in China, Greece, and Cyprus, under the title Dora Mouse, Curiosity, and the Cat. Petros is a professor of children’s literature at the University of Georgia, where he chairs an annual children’s literature conference. He has served as an elementary school teacher in Cyprus and has taught children’s literature at the University of Nicosia, Illinois State University, Central Michigan University, and Boise State University. Lately, his scholarly work has focused on international literature for children and young people, cultivating the social imagination through literature and reading promotion through creative reading and writing. He has coordinated European projects focusing on children’s literature. He is a board member of the Cyprus IBBY. He has served on various literary award committees, including the Newbery Awards, and as editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Bookbird. Resources researchgate.net/profile/Petros-Panaou-4/amp#research petrospanaou.com/ facebook.com/petros.panaou/ For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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The Rise of Purposeful Marketing, John Rea
Brands are now taking purposeful positions, from what they sell to what they stand for. This presentation will delve into the evolution of purpose-led advertising and discover how purpose-driven brands are leading the charge and making a difference beyond profits. From shampoo to shoes, brands are selling more than just their products – they’re also marketing important causes and their commitment to them. Let’s delve into the evolution of purpose-led advertising and discover how purpose-driven brands are leading the charge and making a difference beyond profits. Attendees learn about the emerging marketing and advertising trends driving societal change and how brands are aiming to create a healthier and more compassionate planet. The discussion also showcases how digital and social media channels can act as accelerators for social change, bringing ideas and causes to the forefront of society and expanding their reach. John Rea John’s introduction to the business of communication arts combined his love for design and music: as an art director at Rolling Stone Magazine working with then staff photographer Annie Leibovitz. After several years as a designer, he began an advertising career working on some of the world’s best-known brands: Coca-Cola, Intel, Volvo, Coppertone and Claritin. As Executive Creative Director of Digital Marketing, he’s combined his talents in design and multi-channel thinking to help build the digital and integration division at Havas Tonic, one of the largest fully integrated consumer health and wellness agencies in North America. He is not simply a believer in creative integration, he teaches a course about it at The School of Visual Arts in NYC as well as a course in Purposeful Marketing. Currently on the faculty, he lectures there regularly, and he continues to be actively involved in connecting students with internship programs, fellowships and job positions. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Tongobriga, Portugal and the Erasure of the Local Community: Bruno Miguel Resende
The discovery of an ancient Roman city in the town of Tongobriga in Portugal prompted the local community to gather at the site from 2011-2017 to participate in plays and musical productions based on musical archeology. These events have since been canceled as the location has been deemed an archeological site. That decision disregarded the history of the community (wars, inquisition, catastrophes, famine, and plague) in favor of the “selling” of the archaeological site by franchising the Património Cultural with shops selling T-shirts, a variety of souvenir items and charging a fee to enter the Roman part of the city. Bruno Miguel Resende will discusses the 40 years of archeological investigations, the effects on and extraction of the local community and his related work addressing these issues in Tongobriga through theater and the arts. Bruno Miguel Resende is an artist connected to Xamanism. He is a writer, actor, filmmaker, fire performer, and fakir. His commitment to truth caused several works to be censored. In cinema, he has achieved his own language without words, with 37 awards and 53 nominations. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Artivism Season 9 begins! Presentation by Lorine Padilla & keynote by Rebecca Ringle Kamarei
Lorine Padilla talks about her experience growing up in the South Bronx, a community marked by struggle. She explains how she and her community had enough of the challenges they faced and decided to take action through activism. Their efforts focused on rebuilding the empty lots, improving schools, advocating for cleaner streets, enhancing healthcare, and supporting individuals affected by AIDS. Lorine Padilla is a 69 yr. old Puerto Rican woman raised in the South Bronx. She is a mother of 7 children, 13 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Lorine grew up in gangs since she was about 11 years old and married the founder of the largest street gang in NYC during the 70s. A dropout in 7th grade, she later went on to earn a G.E.D. and an Associate and Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. While studying, she realized she needed to join boards:” School Boards,” Community Boards,” Clinic Boards,” and others so she could be the voice of her community. “I’m a survivor of child molestation, rape, and severe domestic violence.” As an activist, she used her voice and survival skills to force changes in her communities. Lorine’s latest fight is on gun laws because one of her grandsons was a victim of a stray bullet while walking past a park. Due to health reasons, she can no longer be out in the trenches fighting, but she still fights via her telephone or with people who go to her home seeking help or information on various issues. “Today, I belong to a program called Credible Messengers, where I train or speak about peace on the streets and how to try to achieve it.” American mezzo-soprano Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, known for her “outstanding” (The Washington Post) voice of “otherworldly luminousness” (The New York Times) has earned acclaim for international opera and concert performances of stunning lyricism, musicality, and conviction. The 2024-2025 season sees her perform four separate programs on Bard Music Festival’s survey of Berlioz’s music as well as curate and perform Aspect Chamber Music Series’ Tale of Three Cities recital, exploring art song in Vienna, Paris, and New York. Ringle Kamarei has working relationships with classical music presenters around the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Macau International Music Festival, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Marlboro, Ravinia, and Bard Music Festivals. The Rose and the Knife with Loft Opera was one of The New York Times’ top classical performances of the year. TEDxYale presented her talk “Live Performance as a Birthright”. In 2016, she studied and performed as Artist in Residence with Marble House Project, leading to her inclusion in artist Kira Nam Greene’s visionary portrait series Women in Possession of Good Fortune. In a fruitful, long running collaboration, Ringle Kamarei has curated repertoire and sung in works by artist and designer Tara Subkoff as part of New York Fashion Week, and the Art Basel and PERFORMA art festivals in Miami and New York. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Believe: Positivity Changes Lives, Michelle Anglisano & Kristen McDermott
BELIEVE-POSITIVITY CHANGES LIVES is a mediation workshop based off the TV show Ted Lasso. One of the key messages of Ted Lasso’s philosophy is the power of positivity. He believes that staying upbeat and focusing on what you can control can make all the difference in achieving success. As he says, “It’s the happiest people who have the best chance of success.” Ted Lasso believes as well that focusing on what you can control can make all the difference in achieving success. It is difficult at times to remain positive throughout the day, due to both professional and personal situations that can encompass one’s mind and spirit. Learning how to healthfully remain positive is a key to emotional goodness. Holistic Meditation Coaches Michelle Anglisano and Kristen McDermott: As NYS certified Special Education teachers, much of their careers have been focused on behavior modification and classroom management. Continuing their education in the field of Health and Wellness is their passion. Michelle Anglisano For 30 years, Michelle has informally studied both of the traditional Hindu and Buddhist meditation philosophies. She also studies and practices the modernized Buddhist practice of Mindfulness. Her strong belief in healing through energy, motivated her to receive her certification in Reiki. She enjoys Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, and practices Kundalini Yoga daily. Michelle is a veteran Special Education public school teacher of 30 years. Michelle is a published co-author of the book Methylation Madness: Insight into the Biochemical and Personal Lives of Hypermethylaters. She has spoken at the American Naturopathic Association Medical Convention about her life’s journey from almost being homebound due to her former struggles with anxiety to living a stunningly peaceful life. Michelle lives her life by incorporating positive energy, setting a daily intention of striving to improve as a person each day and to spread loving-kindness. Michelle’s book can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Kristen McDermott Kristen has been teaching Special Education in the public school system for 19 years. She continually practices the modernized Buddhist philosophy of Mindful Meditation, in combination with Hindu Vinyasa Yoga. She is consistently maintaining her lifetime of spirituality in Catholicism. Her ultimate goal in life is to help others in a positive way. She values family, friends and her community. Kristen wants to do everything in her power to affect people on a deeper, more positive level. She is forever continuing her education in teaching, meditation and mindfulness. She truly believes the more people learn, read and experience, the more they will open their minds to a better sense of themselves and the world.
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Beyond Beauty: Art as a Catalyst for Social Imagination and Transformation, Dr. Jaqueline Cofield
Dr. Jaqueline Cofield explores how art can serve as a powerful tool for nurturing social imagination and addressing systemic inequities. "Drawing from my experiences as an educator, arts consultant, and researcher, I will discuss how collaborative and interdisciplinary art practices can foster meaningful social transformation. The talk will include examples of arts-integrated projects that empower marginalized communities and amplify underrepresented voices. I will also reflect on the legacy of Maxine Greene and bell hooks and the principles of reciprocity, dignity, and community in shaping a more equitable society." Key Points The transformative role of art in addressing social inequities. Collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to artistic practice. Lessons from arts-based projects that reflect and empower marginalized voices. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
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Can Art Change the World? Inside JR’s Foundation for Art and Social Impact
This presentation explores French Artist JR’s Can Art Change the World Foundation, his work goes beyond art – it sparks dialogue, empowers individuals, and brings education and creativity to unexpected places, from the favelas of Brazil to maximum-security prisons in the United States. What happens when art leaves the walls of museums and is taken over by communities in public spaces? French artist JR has spent the last 20 years transforming public spaces into massive, thought-provoking installations that amplify the voices of communities worldwide. Through the Can Art Change the World? Foundation, his work goes beyond art – it sparks dialogue, empowers individuals, and brings education and creativity to unexpected places, from the favelas of Brazil to maximum-security prisons in the United States. In this talk, we’ll dive into the unique work of the Can Art Change the World? Foundation and show how something as simple as a black-and-white portrait can be a powerful tool for activism, change, and community bonding. Presenters: Dr. Ashley Hamilton is the Executive Director of the Can Art Change the World? Foundation, founded by French artist JR. For over 15 years, Ashley has specialized in applied and community based arts, using storytelling in many forms to create transformation, community building and social change in individuals and systems. Ashley has taught at New York University, the University of Denver, City University of New York, and for multiple prison education programs. She was the Executive Director of the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) for seven years, securing a historic multi-million-dollar contract with the state of Colorado. She also co-founded The Beacon at Skyline: A Correctional Community, ReEmergent Theatre, a theater company for formerly incarcerated people and The Circle: A Center for Artistic Justice, an educational and training organization for previously incarcerated people and their employers. Ashley has created work Off-Broadway, with universities, in mental health care facilities, and inside over 30 U.S. prisons, engaging thousands of incarcerated individuals and their families. Ashley has directed and produced innovative artistic projects, including producing and directing theatre and film productions such as IF LIGHT CLOSED ITS EYES, co-producing two prison theatre tours (including one to the public), co-producing the With(in) podcast, and overseeing the first public facing prison radio station in the world Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio, and The Inside Report, a statewide prison newspaper. Since 2018, Ashley’s work has been covered in over 200 media outlets, including The New York Times, NPR, and NBC News. Ashley holds a PhD and MA in Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities from NYU. Tiphanie Constantin – Program Director, Casa Amarela Providência Tiphanie Constantin is half French, half Brazilian, and comes from a family of artists as well. Holding a Master’s degree in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Letters and Editorial Translation from Sorbonne University, she has worked with NGOs such as the Ford Foundation, UNESCO, Le Journal International, Casa do Menor, Autres Brésils, Filhos do Marajó, and AEDA – Enfants d’Amazonie. Having settled in Rio de Janeiro since 2015, she worked for France Télévisions as an interpreter, which is how she first connected with Casa Amarela by interviewing its co-founder, Maurício Hora. Tiphanie has been involved with Casa Amarela since March 2016, leading teams and producing projects. After five years at Casa Amarela, she became co-director and founded the Independent Women of Providência Collective. In 2019, she co-produced the Festival Planeta Ginga in celebration of Casa Amarela’s 10th anniversary. In 2020, she represented Casa Amarela on the SOS PROVIDÊNCIA emergency committee, alongside other important socio-cultural projects in Providência and the Port Region. She led the project and construction of the Santo Skate track in Providência and co-founded the annual Novembro Negro Festival. In 2024, Tiphanie took over as the Director of Casa Amarela. Damariz Damken – Program Manager, Inside Out Project Damariz Damken is an artivist and community organizer born and raised on the US-Mexico Border of South Texas. Driven by her passion for art and social justice, she joined the Inside Out team in New York City in 2020, leading operations and assisting projects across the United States and abroad. As Inside Out Project Manager since 2023, Damariz oversees Inside Out’s global operations and Photobooth productions worldwide. Damariz received a double honors B.A in Latin American Studies and Global Liberal Studies with a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development, and postgraduate studies in International Relations from New York University. She dreams of a world without borders.
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Color Me Beautiful, Shanice Figeroux
Artivist Shanice Figeroux discusses how her art aims to empower minority communities using the transformative power of mural art. "As an artist, I create abstract murals that are vibrant explosions of color, movement, joy, and love. My work is a direct reflection of my belief in the positive momentum of community, designed to propel New York City forward into a brighter future. I aim to empower minority communities to envision their world in a new light, using the transformative power of mural art and community engagement as a catalyst for change. My murals are a voice for the people, embodying the spirit of culture and advocating for progress. My artistic process often begins with the playful and accessible concept of coloring book pages, which serves as a unique foundation for large-scale public art. This approach not only connects to my published work but also invites direct community participation, fostering a sense of shared ownership and creativity. A core theme in my work is mental wellness, explored through concepts like strength, creativity, ambition, beauty, and love, as exemplified in my “The Energy of Queens” series. My distinctive style, characterized by swirling shapes, bold colors, and intricate details, is intentionally crafted to be eye-catching and dynamic, ensuring my murals enliven any space they inhabit. With 15 murals completed since 2016, and collaborations with organizations like ArtBridge, I have a proven track record in public art. My commitment extends beyond aesthetics; I prioritize community collaboration, actively seeking partnerships with local businesses, non-profits, schools, and volunteers. This participatory approach is crucial to enhancing the mural’s impact and fostering a collective sense of purpose. I am dedicated to exploring low- and no-cost healing innovations, recognizing the immense power of public art as an accessible and effective tool for promoting well-being within communities." Artist Bio Shanice Figeroux is a Queens-born visual and performing artist, muralist, and healing arts facilitator dedicated to creating transformative public art experiences that foster connection, resilience, and joy. With over a decade of experience activating community spaces through large-scale murals, therapeutic art workshops, and grassroots collaborations, Shanice blends bold abstract designs with social impact, using her work as a tool for healing and empowerment—particularly within communities of color, youth, and underserved neighborhoods. Her public art installations and spray-painted murals often inspired by themes of strength, unity, and emotional wellness have been featured across New York City, from public schools and healthcare centers to cultural festivals and parks. She has painted more than 15 commissioned murals and led over 80 public workshops and community art therapy events since 2016. For any general questions, please contact artivism@adelphi.edu. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation.
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Movable Parts, Dr. Lucius Von Joo
Dr. Lucius Von Joo presents “Movable Parts” and will explore what happens when the lobbies, hallways, sidewalks, factory floors and empty lots we pass through are set up to invite rather than control. What happens when the lobbies, hallways, sidewalks, factory floors and empty lots we pass through are set up to invite rather than control? This session explores how altering the conditions and aesthetics of space can shift agency, turning ordinary places into sites of play, collaboration, and meaning-making. The interactive talk will move through examples of community-based media projects, which people had the opportunity to author, build, and reimagine together. The focus is less on polished outcomes and more on movable parts, the unfinished elements that allow others to step in and take part. Dr. Lucius Von Joo is an educator and designer whose work centers on play, public imagination, and collaborative making as tools for learning and social reflection. Lucius has taught in the U.S. and abroad, working with learners from kindergarten to university level, with a focus on media and play. He currently serves as Associate Director of the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he develops participatory exhibitions, workshop series, and site-specific installations that invite learners of all ages to build, question, and experiment together. His curatorial work includes MODES, Dead Tech, Puppets in Education, Sandbox, and Boundaries of Adventure Playgrounds, which have been staged in the DFI Gallery. Before his academic post, Lucius co-created The Secret Alley in San Francisco which is an immersive studio and media environment for filmmakers, performers, and many other sorts of collaboration. He also designed for 3 Minute Media, social issues media festival, and later launched Woven Media Fest, designed as a meeting ground that mixes mediums, artistic approaches, and cultural origins to produce new forms of meaning. His research and practice are grounded in the belief that play is a right, and that people deserve accessible ways to think and communicate beyond written or verbal language. Across his projects, he works to reconfigure spaces so that participation is not an afterthought but a condition. References: luciusvonjoo.com buildingplay DFI Gallery Woven This event is sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more info contact artivism@adelphi.edu
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My Journey and Key Life Lessons: From Justice Impacted to Community Leader, Nah'Shon Jackson
Na’Shon Jackson shares his journey from justice impacted to community leader; discusses the value of patience, a lesson he learned during his time in prison. Through participation in therapeutic, spiritual, and organizational programs, he developed the discipline necessary to reintegrate into society and connect effectively with others. He emphasizes that patience and understanding are essential, as everyone is on their own unique journey. His long journey taught him the importance of adaptability and comprehension of how systems operate, even when they seem unjust. Mr. Jackson will share how he evolved into a community leader during his 31 years of incarceration. Recognized by the New York State Legislature as a pillar of his community, he works to provide reentry services and support for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, helping them transition successfully back into their communities. This presentation focuses on how he mentors young people to guide them in the right direction and bring out their best qualities. By training and leading by example, he aims to help them avoid some of the struggles he faced and inspire them to realize their full potential, ultimately creating ambassadors for social change. Nah’Shon Jackson also shares his creative side by sharing how he envisions himself as a superhero! His unique creative take aims to showcase his resilience, adaptability, and his passion for helping others navigate life’s challenges. Resources and Awards 1/18/2023 NYS Assembly Citation issued by Assemblywoman Emily E. Gallagher HIPPA Training KORU Mindfulness For any questions, please contact artivism@adelphi.edu.
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Takeaway Short: Music as a Social Transformative Tool, Santiago Carvajal and Flora Zenit
Hear the presenters' key take-away of their presentation. Like it? What the full episode! Santiago Carvajal is a multi-instrumentalist from Uruguay and Costa Rica. He has played in different venues in Europe and Latin America, playing diverse original music, including meditative, reggae, and fusion; he currently focuses on music production with local musicians. Flora Zenit, a multi-instrumentalist musician, is deeply inspired by nature. Her facilitation of music improvisation circles and kirtan is a testament to her passion for medicinal music, meditation music, and world and Latin-American rhythms. Her technical degree in botany further fuels her art, making her a source of inspiration for many.
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The Art of Becoming with Dan Costello
This presentation showcases a new paradigm of personal evolution. It explains how to achieve personal enlightenment to attain self-sovereignty. The foundation of this pathway is to become a guiding light in the world and to embody love as a powerful force in a time of significant global turmoil. Daniel Costello, LCSW, is an author, professor and clinical therapist specializing in spiritual and psychological modalities grounded in evidence-based practices inspired by Carl Jung. Dan graduated from the Columbia University School of Social Work and is trained in energy healing. He is a veteran who recently retired as the Director of Substance Use Disorders and PTSD Treatment at the Northport VA Medical Center in NY. Dan is a graduate of the South Oaks Addiction Training Program for Professionals and is currently an adjunct professor in the Adelphi School of Nursing. Dan has over 30 years of expertise counseling diverse populations in many areas, including anxiety and depression, addiction, PTSD and trauma, suicide prevention, and crisis and family intervention. For more info contact artivism@adelphi.edu
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The Creative Craft of Advertising/Marketing and Its Impact on Popular Culture, Marc S. Strachan
Marc. S. Strachan: From Mad Men to Generation Z, the power of Madison Avenue and the business of Brand Marketing have had a tremendous impact on the commercial habits and the pop culture of the world at large. Advertising is my passion; it is the career I have always wanted and one that I cherish, despite its changes and evolutions that I question. It is a craft of mind over matter, with AI now driving the craft forward in ways that might change it and its processes forever. Advertising and Media have the power of social transformation through art and the creative process. Marc S. Strachan Senior Marketing and Advertising Executive. Founder/Head Coach, Coach Marc Consulting, LLC. BBA, Adelphi University School of Business, Class of 1981. Former Board Chair and Current Trustee, Adelphi University Board of Trustees. For more info contact artivism@adelphi.edu
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The Role of Music as Artivism as a Means of Conflict Resolution, presented by Marsha Widyatmodjo
This presentation aims to amplify marginalized and overlooked perspectives in peace-building by introducing the Global South’s approach to this field and focusing on the importance of diverse perspectives in peace-building. The discussion will encourage critical thinking beyond mainstream narratives that challenge existing power structures and systems through art and activism. The hope is to expose the participants to non-Western peace-building perspectives, and engage them in cross-cultural discussions with academics and students from different countries, and gain insight into the role of music and activism in conflict resolution. Marsha Widyatmodjo is a final-year undergraduate in International Relations at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. She is strongly interested in peace and conflict studies, focusing on the intersection of culture and peacebuilding. Her research explores the role of Khmer pop music in post-conflict Cambodia, analyzing how it serves as a non-confrontational and accessible medium for fostering social cohesion and resilience. Through this work, she argues that cultural expressions like music offer a more context-sensitive and strategic approach to peace-building compared to traditional liberal peace-building models. Marsha’s passion for centering Global South perspectives in International Relations has been a driving force behind her research. She is particularly interested in how locally rooted, culturally relevant approaches to peace-building challenge dominant, often Western-centric, frameworks and provide more sustainable solutions in post-conflict societies. Resources: “Time to Rise” by VannDa and Master Kong Nay For any questions, please contact artivism@adelphi.edu. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation.
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Theatre of Change: Reimagining The Future, Samuel A. (Sam) Simon
Samuel and Susan Simon, presenters: Samuel A. (Sam) Simon started his career in Washington, DC as a lawyer for Ralph Nader’s first advocacy group. He then spent 25 years as head of a public affairs firm. In that work, he was often in the news, with appearances on Face The Nation, Phil Donahue Show, Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and many more. Sam calls his playwriting and theatre work is 4th Age. His first play, The Actual Dance, Love’s Ultimate Journey Through Breast Cancer, has toured from 2013 to the present. In 2021 The Actual Dance was turned into an award-winning biography. In 2022 Sam was diagnosed with Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease and his response has been to combine theatrical and advocacy skills to create a one-man play: Dementia Man, An Existential Journey, to challenge the world to transform the entire medical construct around cognitive disease support and inclusion. Sam lives in Mclean, Virginia, with his wife Susan. They have two children and four grandchildren. Resources: dementiaman.com theactualdance.com / @dementiaman_ @thedementiaman Facebook Dementiaman Facebook – Samuel A. Simon for more info: email artivism@adelphi.edu
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