Community Engagement

Midori Hirose led ceramic workshops in Southeast Portland, celebrating AAPI heritage through storytelling, cultural connections, and history.

Jaylin Stewart led workshops at California Community Center, creating a mural that celebrates Black and Brown stories.

Michael Coppage led creative exchanges with Louisville students, exploring African Diaspora figures through art-making and portraiture.

Cecil McDonald created a video collage of Bronzeville’s residents, projecting it onto SSCAC’s windows in Chicago.

"Created Together" symposium explored centering well-being, care, and humanity in public art practices and relationships.

"Created Together" symposium discussed defining success, measuring change, and prioritizing outcomes in public art projects.

"Created Together" symposium explored shared decision-making in public art, from identifying challenges to defining solutions.

"Created Together" symposium explored valuing process over product, emphasizing relationships, resource distribution, time, and social change.