People’s Creative Workshop: A Soft Fire, Art + Healing

October 9, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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This is a conversation-based and hands-on workshop about how art can be used for community healing and organizing toward community causes. The session will be held with current and new SISTA Fire members and is open to BIPOC women, femmes, and nonbinary people who are engaged in community organizing or interested in social practice art. We will exchange how we use art for healing and organizing, will engage in hands-on artmaking, and will talk through how to use art in upcoming community actions.

Este taller exploraremos cรณmo el arte puede usarse para para organizar hacia causas comunitarias y procesos de sanaciรณn. La sesiรณn se llevarรก a cabo con participantes de la organizaciรณn SISTA Fire y estรก abierta a mujeres BIPOC, femmes y personas no binaries que estรฉn involucrades en acciones comunitarias o interesades en cรณmo usar el arte para lograr impacto social. Tendremos un intercambio de experiencias, espacio para crear arte, y conversaremos sobre cรณmo usar arte como herramienta para potenciar acciones comunitarias.

About the artist/Sobre la artista

Shey ‘Rรญ Acu’ Rivera Rรญos (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist with 12 years of experience in the arts sector with a strong focus on community development and racial and gender justice. They believe art and culture can be catalysts for social change and collective healing by using multiple forms of storytelling to imagine and realize futures of justice and abundance.
Shey ‘Rรญ Acu’ Rivera Rรญos (elle) es artista interdisciplinarie con 12 aรฑos de experiencia en el sector de las artes con enfoque en el desarrollo comunitario y la justicia racial y de gรฉnero. Para Rivera, el arte y la cultura pueden catalizar el cambio social y la sanaciรณn colectiva a travรฉs de mรบltiples formas de narraciรณn para imaginar y realizar futuros justos y de abundancia.

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Happy #GivingTuesday2025! Did you know that Roger Williams Park Conservancy, with the help of our many wonderful partners, brought more than 50 programs to the Park this year? Help us offer even more free or low-cost, family-friendly events in 2026 with a donation!

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From family picnics in the Rose Garden and concerts at the Bandstand to seeing the cherry blossoms bloom in the Japanese Garden every spring and sled-riding in the winter, Roger Williams Park is the backdrop of so many memories year-round, and even more opportunities to escape into nature, connect with neighbors, and attend events in the future! ๐ŸŒธโ˜ƒ๏ธ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒณ

With your continued support this #GivingTuesday2025, and collaborating with @pvdparks , we canโ€™t wait to offer even more free family-friendly programming, make accessibility upgrades and restorations of historic structures, steward critical green spaces, and more in 2026.

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#GivingTuesday2025 is just around the corner, and we get it โ€“ there are so many wonderful local nonprofits seeking support this time of year!

Why include Roger Williams Park Conservancy in your giving plan? 

Behind the more than 50 free and low-cost programs hosted every year, the restoration of beloved historic structures still playing a role in the community today, and the expansive green spaces and waterways sustaining humans and wildlife alike, there are crucial partnerships and much hard work that goes into stewarding Roger Williams Park.

As Board Member Chris Lanen shares โ€“ and so many families can relate to! โ€“ "the Park provides [a] retreat into nature. Individually, it gives me a place to exercise and decompress. As a parent, it gives my child a magical place to play, explore, and learn throughout the year.โ€

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To all those celebrating, happy Thanksgiving from RWPC! Donโ€™t forget: our trails and paths are always available for a rejuvenating post-feast walk! ๐Ÿ‚

We would love to hear what youโ€™re thankful for about Roger Williams Park โ€“ is it a favorite piece of architecture or a serene place to retreat into nature? A favorite event or family outing thatโ€™s become a tradition? Let us know!
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