NAACP Portland Branch

Martin Luther King, Jr., Observance 2010

ART, CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

This new program will utilize the current exhibitions by artist and art historian,
David Driskell, whose work is being shown at the Portland Museum of Art and
mentor and fellow artist Romare Bearden, whose work is at the Bowdoin
Museum of Art, to illustrate the link between history, artistic expression
and activism.  The program combines tours of these exhibits with an
opportunity to create individual artwork.

Working with teens from the NAACP and Portland Housing Authority
communities, artist Daniel Minter will conduct two workshops at the
Portland Museum of Art. The workshops introduce the process of
printmaking and help participants to gain a hands-on understanding
of the works of David Driskell and Romare Bearden. The group will
work with pre-cut image blocks learning to make their own images
and to use them in print and mix media collage. 

Through art and image making the group will explore the
various ways social issues are expressed and reflected
in their creations. The youth will be encouraged to use
everyday ideas, social situations and culture to inspire
their art making and to draw connections to how art
and visualization enhances aspirations in all other
areas.

Artwork may be exhibited at the annual MLK
Breakfast Celebration held on Monday,
January 18, 2010. 

Schedule and Registration
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