Creative Activism: Address Important Issues from Home
CREATIVE ACTIVISM FROM HOME
We developed the Creative Activism Project to help children learn about the Holocaust while discovering their creative potential. The CCMH designed this project as a workshop and exhibit about the lives of young people interred in the Terezin Concentration Camp. Their example shows how art can serve as a relief in unimaginable circumstances.
The Czech Center Museum Houston is preparing the Creative Activism Now exhibit that will showcase videos and artifacts that depict the terrors of social injustice and oppression in our country and around the world. This project is inspired by the Jewish youth who, despite being held in the concentration camp Terezín, didn't lose hope and pushed through to protest the Nazi's mission by way of art.
We invite you to create an artifact, image, or video that discusses injustice and critical social issues in history or today. We will list it on our website and exhibit your piece in our museum.
The most inspiring pieces of artwork will receive awards. The top student prize will be a laptop, while adult prizes will include gift baskets. Samolik says, "We want to unite and inspire young artists in our community with this project, giving them a chance to be proud of their work and to feel heard."
Submit your videos or images either through:
Website: Czechcenter.org/creative-activism-home
Directly to our email:
development@czechcenter.org
You can also bring your artifact to the museum in person or by mail to
4920 San Jacinto Street
Houston TX, 77004
Once submitted, your art has a chance of being exhibited in the museum's Creative Activism Exhibit in 2021!
The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2021
What: The Creative Activism Now - Art Exhibition Submissions
Where: The Czech Center Museum Houston Website here
When: July 6, 2020, to May 31, 2021
Contact: Sandra Samolik, Managing Director
713-528-2060
For further questions email development@czechcenter.org or call 713 528 2060.
Special thanks to Dr. Grace England, PhD.,
and Francie Smith who supports this project
in memory of her sister, Joann Smith.
We are currently working on a digital educational platform that will be available nationwide to schools and teachers as well as parents and students to conduct the inspiring workshops in a classroom setting or at home. If you consider supporting the Creative Activism Project, please click the button below.