ARTIVISM: ART TO EMPOWER WORKSHOP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN OF PROMISE NYC
Photo Courtesy of Children of Promise, NYC
SHEER had the honor of hosting our very first creative workshop at Children of Promise NYC!
Children of Promise, NYC is a community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma plaguing Black and Brown communities.
We had a chance to create with two groups of scholars through an affirmation focused workshop that involved taking Polaroids of the scholars and giving them the space to customize posters with their Polaroids and favorite uplifting affirmations surrounding them. ❤️✨
MAJOR thank you to the amazing team at CPNYC, the fantastic scholars, and all of our wonderful creative volunteers!: Henry Danner, Kamille Glen, Natiah Jones, RaSheba Jones, and Jessica Bruzanniti.
Check out more photos from the workshop below and learn more here about how you can support CPNYC’s mission.
Photography by Avery Savage
To close out The Shed’s Open Call: Portals series, we’re spotlighting Chelsea Odufu, a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans film, photography, sculpture, performance, and design. Her installation Gold with a Mind of Its Own explores the lasting imprint of the gold trade in Côte d’Ivoire through movement and visual language, using the body as a tool for reflection and resistance.
Now living between Abidjan and New York, Chelsea brings a global perspective to everything she creates, shaped by movement across mediums, across continents, and across dimensions of Black identity.