Hands-on poster making workshop with Artist Lizania Cruz

 

August Wilson Cultural Center and City of Asylum present:  Poster Making Workshop with Artist Lizania Cruz   Saturday, January 19th 2 p.m.  City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue FREE!   Click here for free tickets!   In partnership with the August Wilson Cultural Center's Familiar Boundaries, Infinite Possibilities exhibition, Brooklyn-based artist Lizania Cruz will lead a 60-minute workshop at City of Asylum @ Alphabet City.  The workshop will include a reading of two zines and a hands-on poster making activity reflecting the themes and stories from her project We the News. Inspired by the "I AM A MAN" poster designed for the landmark 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers, the workshop posters will honor and affirm dignity for immigrants. Lizania co-creates spaces of sanctuary through the use of language, personifying the role storytelling play in uniting, empowering, and building community.   About We the News: In the midst of an era fueled by generalizations and incendiary rhetoric, how do we share immigrant stories in a way that is reflective and representative of their complexity and humanity? Through a series of story circles, immigrants are able to share their diasporic experiences and anecdotes of their rituals and traditions. Each story circle is documented in a zine shared at the We the News newsstand.   Click here for free tickets!     At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people.  All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible and there is a reserved parking spot.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.  If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.     Click here to contact us about accessibility accommodations       Copyright © 2019 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa 15212 Add us to your address book