Announcing ARTE's Launch of the Favianna Rodriguez Education Scholarship Award 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is with great pride that Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) will award its first ever educational scholarship award to one of its student participants in its program at the Pan American International High School in Elmhurst, Queens. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated active involvement in the ARTE program and who has completed an application detailing what they have learned about human rights over the course of the year and how they will work to make positive social change.

 

This first ARTE scholarship will be named after the transnational interdisciplinary artist and cultural organizer, Favianna Rodriguez. Given Favianna’s strong commitment to human rights and the arts, her mission to create profound and lasting change in the world, and the inspiration her work has had on our students, we are honored that we can celebrate her by providing this scholarship to one of our youth this year. ARTE is incredibly grateful to the artist for her generosity in lending her name to this very special award.

 

Favianna’s art and collaborative projects address migration, global politics, economic injustice, gender justice and interdependence. Favianna’s practice is grounded in the desire to humanize and empower communities who are impacted by inequality and racism. As an artist, she submerges herself fully in the issues she addresses in order to produce work that is informed by the social and political conditions of the time. She spends time on the front lines with affected communities, researches policies, and supports fellow artists of color and migrants through resources, mentorship, and collaborative opportunities. Born in Oakland, California, Favianna’s earliest mentors were artists and movement leaders in the Chicano and Black Arts Movement. When Favianna is not making art, she is directing CultureStrike, a national arts organization that engages artists, writers and performers in migrant rights.

 

ARTE will be accepting additional donations to this scholarship fund until June 9th. Donations can be made electronically to the following address: www.gofundme.com/artescholarship. The Favianna Rodriguez Education Scholarship Award will be awarded on Wednesday, June 10th at the Pan American International High School, at a mural unveiling ceremony that is open to the public. To learn more about the work of Favianna Rodriguez, please visit: www.favianna.com.