EDUCATION — PUBLIC ART FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

PARJE educational branch is divided into two groups:

1) Adult-oriented lectures in partnership with local cultural institutions. We will bring in prominent BIPOC artists and educators to discuss how art can change the world. Keep reading for more.

2) Immersive and interactive programming for children. Our children’'s program will kick into high gear as we begin the Sister Mural Project. We will be engaging children in and out of classrooms to both researches, discuss, and create our murals.

Watch our first 3 lectures now!

DR. DAVID CANTON - BLACK ART AND POLITICS

PARJE is pleased to co-sponsor a lecture by Dr. David Canton about Black art and politics. The talk was given on June 9th (virutlaly) at the Lyman Allyn Museum in conjunction with their Memories & Inspiration - The Kerry and C. Betty David Collection of African American Art Exhibition.

Dr. David Canton - Director of the African American Studies Program at The University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Talking Mural Painting with Cadex Herrera

Tuesday, JUNE 29 - Hosted by the Florence Griswold Museum

The Big Picture: Painting Murals to Inspire Change
A conversation between Cadex Hererra, Eddie Long, and Jac Lahav.

Artist Cadex Herrera is a multi-disciplinary artist bringing awareness to humanitarian, social, and environmental injustices. He is a portrait painter and muralist. Hererra recently participated in a mural honoring George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Eddie Long and Jac Lahav are members of the recently formed group Public Art For Racial Justice Education. Their upcoming Sister Mural project will create 4 murals in the neighboring towns of Old Lyme, New London, Norwich, and East Lyme. These public artworks will focus on history, equity, and inclusion. This event will be a conversation between Cadex Herrera and members of PARJE with a focus on murals and how art can be used to encourage social change.

AMALIA AMAKI AT THE LYMAN ALLYN

Wednesday, JULY 14 - Hosted By the Lyman Allyn Museum

Amalia Amaki - Atlanta-born artist, curator, critic and educator, whose art explores the lives and culture of African women of the Diaspora.

Dr. Amaki will begin with an introductory discussion about some of the artists featured in our exhibition, “Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art.” After Dr. Amaki’s remarks, Kerry Davis will offer additional comments, and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions or offer brief comments.

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Below is a selection of articles about contemporary artists creating work around Racial Justice.

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WHAT DID DAVID RUGGLES LOOK LIKE?

What did David Ruggles Look Like?
As Public Art For Racial Justice Education dives deeper into our Sister Mural project we examine one of the themes of the Norwich mural, David Ruggles (1810 - 1849). A contemporary of Frederick Douglass, Ruggles was active in the underground railroad and owned the first Black-owned bookstore in New York.)

Since murals are visual artworks, we started wondering “What did David Ruggles look like?”

A NEW MONUMENT: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans

“Monumental Reckoning,” 350 sculptures she created to represent the first Africans kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1619.

TURNING BODY BAGS INTO ART

Seattle based artist Abigail Echo-Hawk, a public health researcher for the Seattle Indian Health Board and a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. When her workplace requested personal protective equipment during the Corona pandemic, they were sent a box of body bags. This left Echo-Hawk feeling like the U.S. government didn't value the lives of Native Americans.

IS FRIDA KAHLO GUILTY OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?

Joanna García Cherán dissects Frida Kahlo’s dress as cultural appropriation of indigenous people.

LAND CLAIM

Tomashi Jackson’s show at the Parish Museum of Eastern Long Island explores the experiences—past and present—of communities of color on Long Island’s East End.

THOSE PEOPLE : FILM

"Those People"; Simply People : about the premiere at the Garde of the new documentary about New London Youth Talent Show which was co-founded by two PARJE members Curtis Goodwin and Frank Colmenares.