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

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

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$5

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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 cómo el arte puede usarse para para organizar hacia causas comunitarias y procesos de sanación. La sesión se llevará a cabo con participantes de la organización SISTA Fire y está abierta a mujeres BIPOC, femmes y personas no binaries que estén involucrades en acciones comunitarias o interesades en cómo usar el arte para lograr impacto social. Tendremos un intercambio de experiencias, espacio para crear arte, y conversaremos sobre cómo usar arte como herramienta para potenciar acciones comunitarias.

About the artist/Sobre la artista

Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos (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 ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos (elle) es artista interdisciplinarie con 12 años de experiencia en el sector de las artes con enfoque en el desarrollo comunitario y la justicia racial y de género. Para Rivera, el arte y la cultura pueden catalizar el cambio social y la sanación colectiva a través de múltiples formas de narración para imaginar y realizar futuros justos y de abundancia.

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Venue

The @riphilharmonic Summer Pops Concert at the Temple to Music is TOMORROW! Join us for Outstanding Overtures: Favorites from theater, film & classical music, with conductor Troy Quinn.

🗓️ Wednesday, August 5, 7 PM
🎵 Free and open to the public, no tickets required
🍔 Food trucks from @pvd_foodtruckevents!
⛱️ Bring your blanket or lawn chair, and arrive early!
🚘 Pro-tip: use the Find My Car app to make it easier to head out after.

Thank you to presenting partner @rifoundation, and to supporters:
@providenceact
@cityofprovidence
@pvdparks
@klr_cpa 
@washtrust
Due to rain, this evening's Gentle Yoga at the Park with @ocean_state_ellary is canceled – stay dry, and see you next week! 🌧🌈
Skip a trip to the grocery store and head to the RWP Gateway Center this Saturday, August 1, 9 AM-12 PM, for the @africanallianceofrhodeisland Pop-Up Farmers Market, and support local farmers!

Shop locally grown produce, farm-fresh eggs, and seasonal fruits, and enjoy music from DJ Flip and learn more about community resources. WIC, SFMNP, SNAP (Double Up Food Bucks), Square, and more are accepted.

Can't make it this week? Catch the next one on September 5!
It's a beautiful day for free yoga in the park! Grab your mat and join us for an accessible, inclusive Gentle Yoga session with @ocean_state_ellary today (Monday) at 6 PM in front of the Betsey Williams Cottage at RWP!
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