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Showcase, Youth Art

Celebrate Youth at these CYD Culminating Events

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Postcard art for Express Yourself’s 2021 culminating event

Spring Social

May 13 at 7pm

Celebrate with members of the Eliot School community as they share their creative spaces and their stories. Come enjoy a toast, art-making, and a few other surprises.

The Winter’s Tale

May 15 at 6:30pm

Actors’ Shakespeare Project and The Front Porch Arts Collective welcome you to a virtual reading of The Winter’s Tale, presented by an all-Black cast.

Imagine Nation

May 20 at 7:30pm – watch the recording

Express Yourself has planned a special invitation-only evening for EXYO kids and their families in the parking lot of the North Shore Music Theater. The show will also be streamed on their website for at-home audiences all around the world.

Concert View: Castle of Our Skins

May 27 at 7pm – watch the recording

Celebrate Black artistry through music and learn about important stories and figures in Black history in a special collaboration between Castle of Our Skins, Winsor Music, and Project STEP.

At the Table

May 30 at 4pm

A culminating concert of Boston Children’s Chorus’ season, Lift Every Voice: At the Table. reflects on the strength and love achieved through unity with investigation into what it means to belong in America.

See also – National Study on Adapting Culminating Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Opportunities & Resources, Professional Development

Register for Trauma and Arts-Centered Healing Workshops

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Headshot of Renée Watson of left, and headshot of Dr. Tasha Golden on the right
Renée Watson, left, (Photo: Shawnte Sims) and Dr. Tasha Golden, right.

An international World Health Organization study found that 70% of respondents had experienced at least one type of trauma in their lifetime (Magruder et al., 2016). Over the last year, trauma in the cultural community has become even more prevalent due to the long-term toxic stress of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and the injustices of racial inequality.

Trauma disproportionately impacts communities of color and young people, who are often already living with inadequate resources and access to power. Given these impacts, Mass Cultural Council is offering two workshops focused on understanding trauma and supporting healing in our community. Led by Dr. Tasha Golden and Renée Watson, these sessions will focus on how the arts can support healing, share and amplify the experiences of trauma and healing, and help transform policies and structures that perpetuate inequities.
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