The Dear America Artivism Fellowship is an internship for high school students designed by Artivist, City-As-School Art Educator, and NYU Art+Education alumna Tiffany Lenoi Jones and Artist Shaun Leonardo.
The fellowship is designed to provide space for a close examination of political art practices by socially engaged artists working today including Joseph Cuillier and the Black School, Miguel Luciano, Kamu Ware, and Sol Aramendi. Each Fellow gains an understanding of the various ways in which the boundaries between art and activism are blurred when artists engage audiences in political education, awareness, and motivation. Each week Fellows tackle and explore the root causes of social injustice issues that impact New York City through research, discussions, writing, and art making.
Fellows develop and propose their own localized projects and leave with actionable steps toward achieving their artivist goals, which include but are not limited to, transforming the impact of social injustice in their communities.
The final proposals are presented during a public conference hosted by the New Museum.
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