Join the Creative Activism Project !

A workshop giving students a voice. 

The Creative Activism Project, or CAP, educates students (grades 6 through 12) about bigotry, injustice, and historical oppression. Our program provides young people with creative tools to analyze prejudice and gives them a platform to express their thoughts and concerns through art.

We developed CAP to help students learn about the Holocaust while discovering their creative potential. It was initially designed as a workshop and exhibit about the lives of young people interred in the Terezin Concentration Camp. Now the workshops are available in the form of in-person or online lectures with Zoom.

We show how art can serve as a relief in unimaginable circumstances. Through the techniques taught in CAP, the CCMH hopes that students develop healthy strategies for self-expression and learn empathy. This program would also help build a stronger and safer bond through education in our community. However, as a result of the COVID-19 Crisis, we have not been able to enact the Project as intended, with in-person workshops at our museum.

Now, we are working with teachers and interns to convert the program into a digital format, address current issues, and promote it. The Project will be conducted at home or in the classroom. Our goal is to ensure that this program is accessible to students in the Greater Houston area during these trying times. Students will have the opportunity to convey their feelings through any number of mediums, including spoken word, poetry, drawing, painting, collage, video, and much more. The participants' work will be collected and displayed, and promoted in 2021, giving the students a sense of pride and an opportunity to feel heard.

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