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Art of Justice with Alisha Wormsley
October 27, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Artmaking + Literature + Social Justice for young people and their grownups
ARTIST Alisha Wormsley
BOOK Parable of the Sower from the Earthseed series by Octavia Butler
THEME Afrofuturism, social justice, self-empowerment
ARTMAKING Collage, printmaking & more!
About the Project
Using collage, printmaking, text, photography and video, Alisha Wormsley will work with young people and their grownups to create art that conceptually resonates with ideas of Afrofuturism, social justice, self-empowerment and care. Please wear comfortable clothes that might get a little paint on them.
About the Artist: Alisha Wormsley
Alisha B. Wormsley is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer. Her work is about collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. Wormsley’s body of work includes There are Black People in the Future, Homewood Artist Residency, and The People are the Light. She is currently working on a number of public art projects and exhibitions, including August Wilson Park, ArtUp South Africa at the Mattress Factory, and Pittsburgh’s Market Square.
About The Art of Justice!
Learn how artists are using art for social change and how their literary inspirations have guided their creative practice: make work alongside them to express yourself and share your vision for a just and equitable world. #artofjustice #remakelearning
Three artists, Alisha Wormsley, Max Gonzales and Darrell Kinsel will work with us on artmaking projects connected to literature, based on social justice themes. These will be suitable for all ages. Families are invited to come early, before classes, or to stay after classes to talk, read and make things together.
This series is curated by Bekezela Mguni, of the Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project, and funded by The Great Remake Learning. Workshops and artmaking activities take place in the Social Hall (basement level) of East Liberty Presbyterian Church on 10/27/18, 11/17/18, 12/1/18, 1/12/19, 1/19/19, 2/2/19 and 2/9/19.
ALISHA WORMSLEY’S LITERARY INSPIRATIONS
FOR GROWNUPS
· The Sanctified Church – Zora Neale Hurston
· Widow Basquiat: A Love Story – Jennifer Clement
· Jesus: The Son of Man – Khalil Gibran
· Lilith’s Brood – Octavia Butler
· Book of Symbols: Reflection on Archetypal Images – Taschen
· God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
· Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor
· All About Love – bell hooks
FOR TEENS (and grownups)
· Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
· Earthseed – Octavia Butler
· Till We Have Faces – C.S. Lewis
FOR CHILDREN (and teens and grownups)
· Skin Again – bell hooks
· Be Boy Buzz – bell hooks
· Homemade Love – bell hooks
· Happy to be Nappy – bell hooks
· Grump, Groan, Growl – bell hooks
· Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
· Coraline – Neil Gaiman