Art as Activism: What Does Freedom Look Like?

Through collaborative painting and guided discussion, we'll use art to explore what freedom means in our communities.
About this Event

Join us for a powerful afternoon of art, activism, community, and reflection! As apart of our summer outdoors series, this event is all about building community and your advocacy skills through art.

General outline of the event:

The prompt of the session will be "Painting What Freedom Looks Like", and attendees will split into groups of 3-5 to paint a collaborative piece of art that encapsulates this theme. We will connect our painting to Indigenous principles of learning, art and reflection, and use art as a way to raise awareness about a certain social issue. The session will begin with a land aknowledgement and a time to reflect and brainstorm with a group the social issue you care about. The majority of the event will be a casual painting session. At the end of the event, we will reflect on our painting, why this social issue matters, and how attendees can support the issue beyond art, so we ask that you bring any awareness materials or non-profit promotional materials to share with the group.

Paintings will be donated to a local library to raise awareness of various social issues, and each group will write a short, informal artist statement. Attendees will leave the event feeling empowered to take action in their communities, and leave with new friendships and learning!

Raffle Tickets and Prizes:

This event is a by donation event. All funds will go towards our Coffee Chat Program to create more discussion spaces for youth dedicated to activism, intersectional feminism, and justice. If you'd like to donate, you will recieve 2 raffle tickets for every dollar donated! At the end of our event, raffle tickets will be drawn. Please indicate when you get a ticket whether you will be donating to get a prize as you donate on the day of the event!! Below are the following prizes:

1. Feast and Fallow Gift Card
2. Arch and Aura Beauty Studios Free Coupon
3. Oakberry Acai Coupon.

Environmental awareness:

We will ensure that this event is eco-friendly and environmentally friendly by providing reusable items, make sure the space is tidy, and ask everyone to bring their own waterbottle!

Location of the event:

Vanier Park is near Kits Beach. Please arrive at the parking lot next to the Vancouver Maritime Museaum and a member of our team will come and take you to our event spot. Here is the parking lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/df1w5CX1G4HFHefdA