Seed, a community arts/creative place-keeping initiative centered in the South East neighborhood of Lancaster city, will launch the first in a series of ongoing workshops, Artists of Color Working in Communities.
This panel discussion will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring four community-engaged artists of color. Panelists will show examples of their work, talk about their practice and take questions from participants that cover a variety of topics.
The workshop will feature Evita Colon, Nora Elmarzouky, Jezabeth Roca Gonzalez and Hawa Lassanah.
Colon is a published, award-winning poet and creative entrepreneur. She is the owner and founder of Speak to My Soul and a co-owner of A Concrete Rose Bookbar.
Elmarzouky is a cultural broker/organizer who designs and facilitates programming on a range of themes such as cultural sensitivity, Egyptian culture, education, immigration, arts and culture, diversity and equity, and interfaith understanding.
Roca Gonzalez is a multidisciplinary maker who uses video, performance, photography, land, and live plants through installation, focusing on re-examinations of Puerto Rico's ongoing colonial status with the United States through family, personal migration and attachment to Roca Gonzalez's hometown of Añasco, Puerto Rico.
Lassanah's endeavors have included the arts advocacy organization Discerning Eye Foundation for the Arts and Education, a gallery and community space called Discerning Eye Center for the Arts, Yoga For All, and the hybrid social enterprise Discerning Eye Community Agriculture (DECA).
The workshop is free and open to the public, with priority given to BIPOC artists and community organizations centered in the South East neighborhood. Attendance is limited. To register, readers may email to southeastcreativecommunities@gmail.com.
Seed was founded in 2020 through a Creative Communities Grant awarded to the Spanish American Civic Association (SACA) by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts (PCA). For more information, readers may visit http://www.the-seed-projects.com or search for @southeastseedproject on Facebook and @seed_project_se on Instagram.
Questions may be directed to Marci Nelligan at marci.nelligan@millersville.edu or 717-871-4207.
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