upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Trapeta B. Mayson
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2014 Art and Change Grant – $2,500
- Neighborhood: Germantown
- Change Partner: Federation of Neighborhood Centers
- Discipline: Folk Arts, Literary Arts
- Social Change / Intent: Cultural Preservation, Displacement / Migration / Immigration
Through the creation of the Kergiema Liberian Youth Cultural Arts Exchange and a series of eight workshops revolving around the theme “I am from”, Trapeta will engage Liberian youth in Southwest Philadelphia in creative instruction and performance. Using poetry, traditional dance, singing, and drumming. Trapeta will use cultural arts as a foundation for youth to learn about Liberian culture, as well as creatively express themselves. With an aim to teach, exchange, and expand cultural knowledge, the project will explore youth perception of “place” and their struggles with “identity” and “self” in America. The project will culminate in a community showcase.
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