Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and Davon Foster
Rosa Parks and Gift Fisher
Becoming Part One
In this unit, youth explore their own identity, societal expectations, and leadership through photography, wood construction, and performance work. The set of projects is broken up into three phases: exploration, art-making, and civic engagement. By the end of the unit, youth will be able to identify racism and speak to this through a performance using their own handmade soapbox.
Becoming part two
The questions that string through the entirety of these lessons encourage participants to think critically about who they are, the decisions they make, and where these decisions are leading them in life. Most importantly, it prompts reflection on how we become the people we want to be. It addresses these topics through artistic processes, such as, photography, video, and fashion design.