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Color Me Orange Collaboration
We shared one of our community projects and the corresponding lesson about swimming against the flow of culture with artist Dawn Baker from Alert Ministries. Alert creatively services incarcerated...
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Girls Up Club – Zoom Art Workshop
For the Girls Up motivational talk with Healing in Arts, I began by sharing how, as a 22-year-old, I was considering an art graduate program on the West coast. But I decided to reset my values and...
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A Veteran-Specific ArtPrize Venue
The Yellow Ribbon Story – Part 2 The Yellow Ribbon project started a fresh flow of creative energy that continued to ripple across the West Michigan veteran community. As a result, Kent County...
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ArtPrize 2021: Introducing Michael Hyacinthe
Michael Hyacinthe, an 8-year United States Navy veteran, served as a U.S. Navy Seabee combat warfare specialist. His military service took him around the world, to Iceland, Guam, Europe, and the...
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ArtPrize 2021: Introducing Tiffany Horan
As a female marine, I learned that the battle within the mind determines one’s overall health. Although I experienced combat duty, the internal battle started years before Iraq. The emotional conflict...
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ArtPrize 2021: Introducing Kiri Salazar
For seventeen years, I have done my best to explain the world to my son, and my son to the world. For the longest time, I would simply shout, “Welcome to Autismland!” as a shorthand to explain his...
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Courage for This Hour
A decade ago, a group of beautiful women from Congo caught my attention with their brightly colored dresses. When I went over to meet them. I introduced myself as an artist. Immediately, their...
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The Connections Project
The political, economic, and social tensions in our culture continue to divide us. The various stances on social issues, race, gender, and the economy spark heated debates in the public sector, on...
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