Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals
- Asian American Studies (ASAM), Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS), the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE), and Southeast by Southeast
- 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 the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE) and Southeast by Southeast on a participatory community mural project to be installed in three locations, emphasizing the critical role of immigration. The project brings together the Latin American communities of CCATE and the Burmese, Bhutanese, Karen, and other communities of Southeast by Southeast in collectively depicting and honoring their history and culture. 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.