SMS Current Student Gabriel Torres, MA Media Studies ’22, Selected as Member of Create Change Cohort
SMS Current Student Gabriel Torres, MA Media Studies ’22, selected as member of Create Change Cohort
The Laundromat Project (The LP) is thrilled to announce the 2021 cohort of diverse creative practitioners selected to participate in its 16th annual Create Change artist development program, as well as the inaugural recipient of its Radical Imagination Fellowship. Current student Gabriel Torres, MA Media Studies ’22, was selected as a member of this year’s cohort.
This year’s Create Change cohort will collaborate with New York City communities of color to develop, deepen, and enact social change through community-based projects. 2021 Create Change programming will incorporate educational, theory-based workshops on cultural organizing and community-building strategy, alongside creative engagement processes.
The LP has commissioned three projects by six Create Change Artists-in-Residence. Working collectively as DreamSeed Collective, artists Malanya Graham, Maliika Nia-Imani, and Blaise Sparda will create the DreamSeed Oracle Tarot Deck to celebrate the resilience of BIPOC queer communities.
Rochelle Jamila Wilbun and Ogemdi Ude will develop the postpartum dance workshop series AfroPeach, and artist Gabriel G. Torres will facilitate Haus of Dust, a substance use harm reduction project.
Each artist or collective will collaborate with a unique community in NYC and an array of local partners to develop their creative projects, which address themes of community wellness, healing, and recovery. Each residency project will receive $20,000 in funding.