In The After: Silver Lining workshop (East Side)

Join artist Cara Levine, a Palisades fire survivor, for Silverlinings, a collaborative project that explores repair, resilience, and transformation through creative making. Developed in response to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, Silverlinings creates space for survivors to reflect on experiences of loss, recovery, and care while contributing to a collective process of healing and renewal.

Participants are invited to draw an object lost in the fires, or one that evokes a memory of home, in sand. Levine then casts each drawing twice in pewter. Participants receive one casting to keep, while the second becomes part of a growing archive that commemorates the thousands of personal stories connected to the fires. This archive will be exhibited at the conclusion of Levine’s residency at 18th Street Arts Center.

Participants may also contribute ceramic shards recovered from their homes as part of Ash Print, an evolving memorial artwork built from materials donated by survivors of the Eaton and Palisades Fires. Together, these works honor what was lost while creating opportunities for remembrance, connection, and collective care.

Silverlinings is presented as part of In the After, a series of artist-led projects centered on post-wildfire recovery, storytelling, and community resilience.

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