COVID-19 PAGES: ART & CONVERSATION
A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
Inspired by the success of two virtual educational events organized in conjunction with Phase I of the COVID-19 PAGES exhibition, in July 2021, we hosted a four-day, interactive virtual ART & CONVERSATION experience that highlighted Phase II of the show:
Day 1: Multigenerational outreach and mental health through art
Day 2: Pandemic stories through art
Day 3: Art for social causes
Day 4: Creation as medicine – Art in all forms as self-care
EVENT SCHEDULE
DAY 1
Multigenerational Outreach and Mental Health through Art
10:00 AM – Opening remarks
10:15 AM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
10:30 AM – Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston
(adults and youth create visual art)
11:30 AM – Boundless
(adults and youth create visual art)
12:30 PM – Nourishment break
1:20 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
1:30 PM – Global Poetry Project
(teen girls 14-18 yrs of age write and perform poetry)
2:30 PM – Colleen Marie Olinski
(children’s book on mental health for kids)
3:00 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
3:15 PM – Closing remarks
DAY 3
Art for Social Causes
10:00 AM – Opening remarks
10:15 AM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
10:30 AM – Pinta Ayuda: Filipina Artists in Paris sell art to
support the ill and unemployed Filipino community
11:30 AM – Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA – serving
Deaf/Hard of hearing performing artists):
Screening of video performance “We Wear the Mask”
(ASL interpretation available)
12:30 PM – Nourishment break
12:55 PM – Guided meditation
1:00 PM – WOKE (Women of Color Empowered) – Refuge House:
Solidarity for domestic violence social workers
2:00 PM – Robin Strongin (Strongin Collection):
Using the Arts to Address Racism in Health Care
3:00 PM – Laurie Ann Farrell for “RESIST COVID TAKE 6!”
3:45 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
4:00 PM – Closing Remarks
DAY 2
Pandemic Stories through Art
10:00 AM – Opening remarks
10:15 AM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
10:30 AM – ArtWomen@Work at the Hammond Museum
(visual art and video)
12:00 PM – Nourishment break
12:45 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
1:00 PM – Stefani Mar (painting)
1:30 PM – Pamela Sneed (painting)
2:00 PM – Benita Mayo (photography)
3:00 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
3:15 PM – Closing remarks
DAY 4
Creation as Medicine – Art as Self-care
10:00 AM – Opening remarks
10:15 AM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
10:30 AM – Music: Felice Rosser (Ten-ish)
11:00 AM – Cooking: Diane Anthonissen (Château Ladausse)
12:00 PM – Nourishment break
12:45 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
1:00 PM – Gardening: Teresa Speight (Cottage in the Court)
2:00 PM – Make (It) Up: Michelle Johnson (The Face Paint Lady)
3:00 PM – Art as a Transmutation Ritual: Jenn Johns
3:30 PM – Journaling: Deb Harlow (The Joyful Leader)
4:15 PM – Yoga/breathing/mindfulness
4:30 PM – Closing remarks
YOUR HOSTS
Monique Y. Wells
Deborah Harlow
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