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2022 Creative License Ambassadors

 

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The 2022 Creative Ambassadors represent a range of artistic disciplines and share a deep commitment to San Jose's cultural community. The Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the selection of the following artists as 2022 Creative Ambassadors:

 

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 Stephanie
Barajas		 I Am My Body is a Series of Portraits and Conversations about our relationship with our bodies. Partners include Local Color, MACLA and Art Build Community.

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 Ricardo Cortez 408 {Art}workshops apply STEAM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. But this time with a Lowrider twist!Sign up for a free workshop on Saturdays starting May 28 through September 24.
Woman with a light complexion and short blonde hair with a pink flower barrette on the right side of her head. She is wearing a brown and white striped knitted cardigan and a blue-grey-neck short with embroidered patterns on it. She is also wearing scissor shaped earrings. Dana Harris Seegar The Dialects of Artdives deeply into the language of art as a means of cultural expression and communication to teach artists not only how to tell their own stories through their artwork, but also allow them to reach a broader audience by understanding the cultural dialects their viewers speak. Partners include School of Visual Philosophy. Listening sessions are Saturdays March 12 to July 9th .

 

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 Eric Hayslett Re-Percussionsis where art meets recycling. A collaborative workshop that teaches kids how to re-purpose, re-engineer and re-cycle random reusable containers into percussion instruments. Partners include the San Jose Museum of Art and the San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild.Sign up to attend a workshop May 21, May 28 and June 4.

 

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 Amy
Hibbs		 The Transformation Stationis an interactive artwork designed to create positive catharsis for the participant while generating material goodness for the community. Partner is Veggielution and the San Jose Quilts and Textiles.Check out the Station on Saturday May 21st.

 

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 Brandon Luu We Are San Joseinvites you to engage in a social media campaign collecting your favorite places in San Jose, submit to a collective call for poetry and experience mural from the selected poetry and pictures. Partners include Chopsticks Alley, Poetry Center San Jose and the Poets and Writers Coalition of SJSU.

About the Creative License Ambassadors

The 2022 Creative Ambassadors were selected through a competitive panel review process that considers applicants' artistic track records and histories of community engagement work. Emphasis was also placed on artists that are deeply rooted within San Jose's diverse cultural communities. Practicing artists of all disciplines were invited to apply.

In addition to producing a creative project involving the community, the Ambassadors' scope of work includes promoting creative expression through social media, participating in interviews, and helping to promote and participate in the WeCreate408 campaign (wecreate408.org). WeCreate408 is the Office of Cultural Affairs' month-long creativity challenge, currently scheduled for October 2022. By working with the ambassadors to tailor the messaging around the power of creative expression to their networks, the goal is for San Jose residents to elevate their own creativity and celebrate the role it plays in their everyday lives. In doing so, residents will experience the arts as a vital means of connection to themselves and to others.

Support for the 2022 Creative Ambassadors is provided in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and David and Lucille Packard Foundation.

For more information on this year’s ambassadors please read the press release.