MAKING THE ARTIVIST®

Are you an artist that wants to see real change in your community? Not sure where to begin?

Join the Making the Artivist training program and:

  • Develop your personal Artivist Toolkit

  • Clarify your Artivist Voice

  • Identify social inequities you want to change

  • Create an Artivist Action Plan

Making the Artivist® returns Spring ‘24 and is open for individuals age 16-22.

Making the Artivist® is an apprenticeship program where teens and young adults learn how to activate their agency to speak up for themselves and their community. This program follows a project-based learning model, with activities that include Artivists challenges, structured reflections, improvisation and choreographic labs, and storytelling circles.

To be an Artivist means finding the balance between being an artist and an activist. The Making the Artivist® training program prepares participants to work collaboratively with their peers in identifying crucial skills from the Artivist’s toolkit and ultimately design an individual or group performance-based Artivist Project.

This program trains 3 cohorts of 15 apprentices each program year through a hybrid model of in-person/virtual synchronous instruction and asynchronous research. All apprentices will receive a stipend for their participation.

The next cohort runs April 23rd - July 11th from 4:30 PM-6:00 PM.
Tuesdays & Thursdays (In-Person) | Fridays (Virtual)

Applications are currently closed.

“An Artivist is a person that uses their artistic genius to ignite social change.
A Dance Artivist creatively uses the body and movement as tools to gain personal and collective freedom.”

~Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Founder and CEO

INTRO TO ARTIVISM

Join our Education Department for an introductory workshop and Group Interview to learn more about our Making the Artivist Program and how to use Artivism as a tool for agency and social change.

FAQs

  • A plan detailing the steps an artivist must take to achieve a stated goal.

  • A set of tools identified and designed to be used together to accomplish the stated purpose of the Artivist.

  • The one-of-a-kind perspective that belongs to each artivist; the artivist voice combines, style, skill, subject matter, and medium(s) that reflect the artivist’s unique point of view, life experiences, identity, and values.

  • The Making the Artivist Training program is free of charge to the Participants.

  • We encourage those interested to apply, and we will discuss in more detail during your interview.

  • Participants should miss no more than four sessions during the 12-week cohort.