SPACE Final Project: Sanctuary, at Curie Metro High School
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This event takes place at Curie Metropolitan High School, 4959 S Archer Ave. Please contact Lydia Ross for more information.
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Participants in the MCA's SPACE program at Curie Metropolitan High School pose with (bottom row): Lydia Ross, MCA Programmer of Education, far left; Andres L. Hernandez, Artist-in-Residence, 2nd from right; Valerie Xanos, Curie teacher, far right
Photo: Anna Chiaretta LavatelliA festival of free, public art actions focused on concepts of safe space and positive neighborhood change
As part of the MCA's SPACE (School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement) program, Curie Metro High School's Multimedia Art class has spent the year working with Resident Artist Andres L. Hernandez to explore ideas around community safety and youth empowerment. Together students asked: How do we (re)activate spaces in which we feel we have no power? How do we create spaces where young people can be their authentic selves?
The MCA and Curie Metro invite the public to join us for an afternoon of performances, workshops, and dialogue. In Lost Miami Bowl, students consider the loss of a former neighborhood gathering space, now a vacant lot, as well as its future potential. Contribute to the Safety Ne(s)t by sharing your definitions of community safety. Construct your own sanctuary in Home, Tweet, Home. Celebrate your right to free public speech with Sanctuary Soap Box and poetry flash mobs.
SPACE students explore layers of local history during a neighborhood walk
Photo: Ellen ChuFunding
Lead support for SPACE is provided by Crown Family Philanthropies. Additional generous support is provided by The Siragusa Family Foundation.