Our civil discourse continues to expand. Here are some pics of the ARTcart at "Culturefest in Oakland hosted by the Koreatown Northgate Community Benefit District on May 16,2010.
Our latest edition -The Mobile ARTcart at Oakland's Layover Lounge. The Mobile ARTcart is more akin to guerrilla art. Lauren and I swoop into unexpected public spaces and facilitate art making. We are both armed with two ARTcart backpacks filled to the brim with art supplies. We set up in an available space and invite folks to engage, connect, and to make art for free. Look for us in and around Oakland and San Francisco over the next couple months.
Civil discourse is engagement in conversation intended to enhance understanding. Done well, it can drive to insight that is actionable in the context of furthering individual dignity and improving society.http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:Civil_discourse
We have seen at the ARTcart when people make art together societal boundaries of alienation begin to dissolve. While creating strangers strike up conversations and they begin to see and connect with each other on a universal level. I personally feel that through the realization of our interconnectedness, we have the potential to become individually empowered. For me empowerment leads to compassion and empathy within society as whole.
Our greatest hope is that we all can change the world for the better one ART work at time. Happy Creating!!Namaste-lisa
If you interested in starting an ARTcart in your community? Let us know.
artismoving@gmail.com
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