Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals
- Asian American Studies (ASAM), Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS), Shira Walinsky, the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE), and the Karen Community Association of Philadelphia (KCAP)
- Asian American Studies Program (ASAM), Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS), School of Arts & Sciences
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Community Partnerships Grant
In Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities through Participatory Murals, the University of Pennsylvania’s Asian American Studies Program (ASAM) and Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS) will collaborate with Shira Walinsky, the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE), and the Karen Community Association of Philadelphia (KCAP) on a participatory community mural project to be installed in three locations, emphasizing the critical role of immigration. The project brings together Latin American communities through CCATE and the Southeast Asian communities through KCAP and Shira Walinsky in collectively depicting and honoring their histories and cultures. This participatory mural project has a threefold goal that includes art making grounded in the history and culture of local communities, the exploration of migratory practices, and the deepening of community partnerships amongst the university’s students and local communities. The three-piece mural will be created by members of all community partners involved, including students, and will be displayed as both individual and combined pieces throughout Philadelphia.