Introduction to Community Art

Community-based public art can be a difficult arena for an artist to navigate, especially with no prior experience. It also can have various models of community participation based on the parameters of the project at-hand. Bronx-based artist Katherine Miranda will share his experience creating the project “Foodprints: Soul of Food” with Deep Routes, a Brooklyn-based educational food-specific organization, during their Create Change Fellowship hosted by The Laundromat Project. Joining Miranda for the talk will be Maya Marie S., Deep Routes’ founder and lead facilitator.

The session will highlight how artists can engage communities that they’re not a part of by working with and listening to people who have already established trust within their own communities. Miranda will talk through his methodology of how he intentionally developed his project that worked in tandem with Deep Routes’ Juneteenth Jubilee. He will also share how artists can work with communities by lending their artistic abilities to the people, resources, and organizations already serving their communities; supporting the work that is already in progress.

This session is geared toward artists at any stage of their career exploring various approaches to community engagement.

About Katherine Miranda

Katherine Miranda (they/he) is a Latinx non-binary multidisciplinary artist. Interested in the innate way familial and communal stories are connected to ancestral lineages; Miranda’s artistic practice is one that is deeply rooted in the idea that our histories hold both value and power. Using discarded objects, most notably Café Bustelo, they create work that acts as an homage to their family, community and ancestry.

Miranda has been awarded several residences and fellowships including the Governors Island Residency with BronxArtSpace (2023), the Create Change Fellowship with The Laundromat Project (2023), the Artist in the Marketplace Fellowship with the Bronx Museum (2022) and the New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship with Wave Hill (2021). They received their BFA from Macaulay Honors at Brooklyn College.

About Maya Marie S.

Maya Marie S. (she/her) is a Black farmer, chef, writer, and foodways educator from Baltimore, MD (Piscataway, Cherokee, and Lumbee lands) with roots in the Southern US who’s called Brooklyn, NY (Canarsee, Lenni Lenape lands) her home for over 10 years. She’s invested in creating accessible spaces for Black and brown people to learn about food and health that center their personal stories and food traditions while reconnecting with the earth and each other. She’s the founder and lead facilitator of Deep Routes, which is an educational project that uplifts the foodways of African and Indigenous diasporas via workshops, educational publications, and media.

Additional Information

Session Recording

This session will be recorded and shared with participants on October 18, 2024. The session will be viewable until January 18, 2025.

Access & Accommodations

This session will be held online via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available throughout the presentation via the online platform.

To request additional accommodations for this event, please submit your request in writing on the event registration form. A Shiftworks staff member will follow up with you directly about your request. We will attempt to implement requests for reasonable accommodations to the best of our ability, but cannot guarantee that all requests will be met. Alternate accommodations may be suggested by staff. All requests must be made by Monday, September 30, 2024.

For any questions, please contact Ashley Anderson at ashley@shiftworkpgh.org.

Cancellation and Refunds

All sales are final unless the session is cancelled by Shiftworks. In the event of cancellation, registrants will be issued a refund for the full amount to their original form of payment.

Registration

Registration for this session is $20 per person; advance registration is required.

Scholarships are available for those needing assistance with cost of attendance. To request scholarship assistance, please contact Rachel Klipa at rachel@shiftworkspgh.org.

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