Creating a Human Rights Culture through the Arts in 2017
In 2017, Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) will continue our grassroots initiative to bring innovative and educational social justice workshops to your community.
Due to increasing demand, ARTE will offer workshops, for both young people and adults, focusing on the intersection of human rights, along with art, design, and technology. Some potential workshops themes include:
Art as a tool for social justice
Human rights education for youth
Using the arts to realize your social justice passion
Making human rights change through design
However, we are excited to work with you to explore how to best serve your community’s needs. We look forward to learning from and with you as we customize a workshop that will best support your own grassroots organizing. We also seek to build critical partnerships that will allow us to collaboratively make meaningful and sustainable human rights change.
Workshops range from 60 minutes to full day-long workshops. Please contact marissa@artejustice.org more information. Also, our workshop info sheet can be filled out here. While based in New York City, we are thrilled to explore ways to visit cities outside of our home base. Please visit www.artejustice.org to explore examples of our past and current work.
In the effort to build partnerships with other innovative organizations, we have collaborated with a number of individuals so far; here are some testimonials of ARTE’s work:
"The girls in the club liked the presentation very much. They loved that it was interactive and fun. Most of them told me that they never thought about art and human rights. They love how you can incorporate both. The club members told me that they would like to use some of what they learned for our club's future activities."
Laissa Christelle Alexis, St. Vincent Academy
We had such an amazing afternoon with the ARTE team when they visited us at our middle school after school program in Brooklyn. From the ice breaker activity to executing the project for the day, ARTE did a great job at keeping the students engaged and asking questions, even on a Friday afternoon! I think it was such a valuable experience for the students to have a greater awareness of what human rights actually are and how they can have a voice, through art, in expressing the importance of these rights.
Mallory Sustick, City Growers B.E.E.S. After School Program
We can’t wait to learn more about your community and make change together!
