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Addressing Gun Violence through Art and Community Activism
Addressing Gun Violence through Art and Community Activism
Addressing Gun Violence Through Art and Community Activism
Part 1 and 2 workshops will be held at the South Chapel on the Graduate Campus and include:
- Part 1: Dialogue and Visioning 3-6pm
- January 23 or
- February 6
- (Optional Studio Sessions): Creative Time in the Art Therapy Studio (4445 SW Barbur Blvd)
- Thursdays (3-6pm) January 30, February 13, 20, 27, March 6
- Saturdays (12-3pm) January 25, February 8, 22
- Part 2: Reflection and Presentation 3-6pm - A link to register for Part 2 will be sent upon registration for Part 1
- March 13 or
- March 20
Other Events
Art Therapy Open Studio
L&C Open Studio is a weekly studio session providing individuals a place to come to create and find community. These sessions are held in-person at the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center. Attend for the full 3 hours or drop in as long as you can. Select dates offer a virtual zoom option as well.
Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies Teach-In
Join us for an urgent conversation about how Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies can help us understand our current moment, build community, develop resilience, and share joy, amidst widespread challenges. Come meet the faculty and other students, and learn about the minors in Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies! All are welcome. Food & drinks provided!
Native Planting and Ivy Removal at Dirksen Nature Park
Join Tualatin Riverkeepers for habitat restoration work at Dirksen Nature Park! We will be removing invasive ivy that has overtaken an area next to the Fowler Woods Trail and will be planting native plants. This will be the second event at an area that has recently started to undergo restoration at the park!
We will be meeting at the shelter next to the large grass field in the middle of the park. Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring a water bottle. If you drink coffee, also bring your own cup if possible!
Free parking is available. This park is near the 76 and 45 bus lines.
Snacks, coffee, tools, safety gear, and instruction are provided!
Register HERE
If you are a Lewis & Clark Student who needs help getting there, please email leadserve@lclark.edu and you will be provided FREE transportation to the event.
61st Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Lecture: Kate Brown
“Tiny Gardens Everywhere: A History of Food Sovereignty for the 21st Century”
Five-thousand Parisian farmers grew vegetables for two million Parisians at the turn of the 19th century. German citizens won the right to garden in the midst of famines in 1919-1920. Black residents of Washington, DC paid down on their homes during the Great Depression by maintaining vegetable gardens on their urban lots. While Soviet collective farms failed, Soviets farmed urban peripheries to produce most of the food people ate. These stories have been missed in plain sight because they clash with ideas of urban development and imagined divisions between urban and rural, nature and culture. Yet these histories reveal how a vegetable-powered wealth not only underwrote urbanization and industrialization, but became the means by which working people created urban food systems that could be a solution today.
NW5C: Strategies for Successful Careers as Community-Engaged Scholars and Practitioners
Join the Northwest 5 Consortium for a 90-minute, interactive workshop filled with practical strategies for a successful community-engaged
career. Together, we’ll explore publishing about your community work with brainstorming tools and explore
potential journals and conferences. Then, we’ll examine what’s needed for successful promotion as a
community-engaged academic staff person or tenure-track faculty member. Bring your questions or concerns and
come away with specific ideas to strengthen your excellence in engagement.
Center for Social Change Open House
Escape the cold and dreary weather by joining us at our cozy Open House on the third floor of Fowler, right next to IME! Warm up with your favorite hot drinks (think hot cocoa, apple cider, and tea), delicious doughnuts, great music, and a fun mix of games—everything from Cards Against Humanity to a little Uno to get you moving! But the best part? It’s your chance to meet our team and learn how we can help you actively engage with the community, both inside and outside LC, while enhancing your academic and professional journey. If you’re considering applying to work with us, come meet our staff and learn more about the rewarding experience of being part of our centre. Have ideas for social change? We’d love to hear them—we’re here to support you and help you stay connected!
In addition, if you sign up for the Open House through GivePulse (See link below) you earn a prize!
*You must download the app and create an account with your school email
Register Here!
Art Therapy Open Studio
L&C Open Studio is a weekly studio session providing individuals a place to come to create and find community. These sessions are held in-person at the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center. Attend for the full 3 hours or drop in as long as you can. Select dates offer a virtual zoom option as well.
This (Anti)Valentine’s Concert Is Sure to Mend Any Broken Heart
The (Anti)Valentine’s Concert, an annual Lewis & Clark tradition, will feature the musical groups Cappella Nova, Kith & Kin, Community Chorale, Voces Auream, as well as several talented soloists. Come see this fun, lighthearted production on Wednesday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.
From AI to Experiential Learning: Sign up for Free Belong Courses
As part of L&C’s membership with the Council of Independent College’s Belong: Inclusive Learning Community, faculty and staff are invited to enroll by February 15 for a series of free self-paced courses on cutting-edge topics.
Celebrating Black History Month with books
Watzek Library is featuring a selection of books about Black experiences, past and present, through February. All books on the display may be checked out!
Watzek First Friday
Watzek First Fridays expand to more Arts Fridays in February! LC Chamber Music String Trio kicks off the First Fridays for the year.
Native Artist Scholar Visit to Chachalu
The Arts Come Alive at Watzek Library
Music, theatre, and dance might not be the first things you think of when you hear “library,” but Lewis & Clark’s Aubrey R. Watzek Library is much more than a place for quiet study. On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC takes over the Watzek atrium to showcase student participation in the performing arts. The final events of the fall semester featured actors from the Main Stage theatre production Into the Woods and dancers from theatre’s contact improv class.
Come to Narrative Medicine Skills Training!
With support from the Mellon Foundation, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) is developing Narrative Medicine Skills Training.
Narrative Medicine Skills Training introduces the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation, and affiliation and develops participant skills of listening and witnessing. We will reflect on how listening and witnessing can be applied to stories of health, illness and healing in diverse healthcare settings to improve care and support healing.
Training is open to students, health professionals, faculty, staff and community members– anyone curious about the practice of narrative medicine.
Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Saturday, February, 22
8:45-3:30
in-person and on-campus
Smith Hall
Lewis & Clark College
Register Here
Addressing Gun Violence Through Art and Community Activism
Vision Quilt, in partnership with Art for Social Change (ASC), invites you to a powerful interactive workshop series: Addressing Gun Violence: Creating Visionaries, Storytellers, and Community Activists (AGV). This program empowers participants to explore solutions to gun violence through art, education, and visionary thinking, culminating in the creation of unique Vision Quilt art panels.
AUDITIONS for Macbeth Spring 2025
Lewis & Clark’s Department of theatre invites all students (regardless of major) to audition for the Spring 2025 MainStage production of Macbeth on January 22nd and 23rd from 7-10pm with Callbacks on January 24th - 6-10pm. See full details below!
Audition for Spring 2025 Theatre Productions!
Lewis & Clark’s Theatre Department is pleased to announce the audition schedule for Spring 2025 Productions! All Students (regardless of major!) are welcome!
AUDITIONS for Tiffany Mills Dance Residency Spring 2025
Lewis & Clark’s Department of theatre invites students to audition for the Tiffany Mills Dance Company Residency on January 22nd from 6:30-8:30pm in the Fir Acres Theatre Black Box. See details below.
Arts@LC 2024 Fall Newsletter
Arts@LC’s Fall 2024 Newsletter is out! Read on for more information (and pretty photos!) from the fall to see how Arts@LC “connects and amplifies the fine arts at Lewis & Clark: Music, Theatre, Dance, Art and Creative Writing.”
From Trash to Treasure: Creating Art From Waste
Cara Tomlinson’s Art and Ecology class uses waste materials from around Portland to create beautiful and meaningful works of art. This course offers a fresh approach to creative practice, merging art and ecology to help students respond to the climate crisis, explore the agency of materials, and build connections to place.
Seeking Nominees for I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards
The Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement (IME) office presents The I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards. See here to learn more and to nominate.
Art at the Center
The Lewis & Clark Art Therapy program has released a self-reflective, 22-minute documentary film exploring the program’s expansion into the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center and discussing the benefits that the new space has to offer to both graduate students and community members alike.
Dance X Highlights Student Creativity
Two semesters in the making, Dance X runs from December 5 to 7. The performances offer students the opportunity to have their original choreography fully staged for large audiences.
Watzek First Friday- Contact Improv Dance
On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC presents a short performance at the Watzek Library atrium.
2024 Nielson Grant Recipients Focus on Social Justice & Community Wellbeing
Learn more about the 2024 Nielson Innovation Grant recipients and the ways in which they enacted change for social justice & community wellbeing.
Workshop for Staff and Faculty Brings Antisemitism and Islamophobia Experts to Campus
With sponsorship from the Chamberlin Social Justice Endowment, the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) and the Center for Spiritual Life, scholars Hussein Ibish and David Schraub bring their expertise to Lewis & Clark on December 3, 2024.
Macbeth- Reserved Performance for Gender Studies Symposium
The March 7 performance is part of the 44th Annual Gender Studies Symposium at Lewis & Clark College.
Tiffany Mills Dance Residency
Saturday, April 5th at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 6th at 7:30pm
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
March 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th at 7:30pm
March 9th, 2:00pm
On Being a Porous Boundary
On Being a Porous Boundary is copresented by Lewis & Clark College and A-B Projects at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art from November 19, 2024–February 18, 2025.
Opening Young Eyes to the World of Fine Art
Lewis & Clark enters the second year of its engagement with the Portland Art Museum’s paid college internship program, an opportunity for students to facilitate interactive K-12 group visits in the galleries.
Prepare to Step ‘Into the Woods’
L&C’s theatre and music departments team up to present Into the Woods, an award-winning musical that reimagines fairy-tale characters on intertwining quests. The show opens November 1, with performances running on select days through November 9.
Turning Nightmares Into Art
Bobby McHugh BA ’07 is a producer of Dream Creep, a horror short that explores the blurred lines between reality and dreams. It’s one of just a handful of films selected for the national Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour.
Help Shape Our Future: Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey
The Office of Equity and Inclusion invites the entire L&C community to participate in the HEDS Diversity and Equity Campus Climate Survey that was sent out on November 4. We want to hear from you! Your confidential responses will provide the framework needed to see where we can continue to support and improve in DEIJ work on campus.
OEI Fall Newsletter
Happy Fall to All! We invite you to read on in this newsletter to catch up on our recent accomplishments and to learn more about exciting news for the upcoming fall months. We are so excited to support students, faculty and staff on campus as we continue to work every day to exemplify our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive campus environment. We wish everyone the best of luck as we approach midterms.
Watzek First Friday- Into the Woods
At 3pm on the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC presents a short performance at the Watzek Library atrium.
email artforsocialchange@lclark.edu
go.lclark.edu/a4sc
go.lclark.edu/artforsocialchange
Art for Social Change
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219