Lion's Tooth Project

TEACHING ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: @mz.icar Last Fall we had the honor of collaborating with the anonymous collective @mz.icar who lead a workshop on photo collage to center stories around ancestry and family legacy. The collective represents primarily Black Women and their name is racIzM, spelled backward. Their work started with the intention to celebrate Women, Global Blackness, and Play. Creating narratives in the form of mixed-media street art and fine art that explo...re histories and imagine the best case scenario future from the perspective of women and people of color. In deep appreciation for your offering as Teaching Artists! We wanted to share with the larger community some of our take aways: Guiding Questions: How do you connect origin stories, ancestry, and photos with things you want them to say or stories to share with other people? First, lean into collage work and re-focus with some of the elements in the photo to make sure our voices are specific, directed, and with purpose especially with imagines from your own archives or personal. There are a lot of negative narratives that many times stereotypes have been presented because there is no intention on what we want the focus to be of our histories and our ancestry. Second, isolate the part that is important from the photo. Third, think about what you want to say or tell the audience? What story do you want to tell? Four, gather your own materials from your archives. Thinking about growth, about seeds photo collage by @mz.icar A story of celebration, migration from Detroit to California, the story of a growing family, and a commentary of being seen. #lionstoothproject See more

Join us on our first episode of HIVE MIND! This will be a place to share our collective wisdom, insight, and stories as QTBIPOC youth. Space where we dream and re-imagine a world that centers our wellness, ancestral medicine, plants, and reclaiming our traditions - and even building new ones. As Robin Wall Kimmerer wrote on Braiding Sweetgrass, we are not just storytellers we are also story-makers. Hosted by LTP youth bi-weekly. WHEN: tomorrow, Friday, Feb 19th TIME...: 6:45 PM EST WHERE: IG LIVE Brew your favorite cup of tea every other week and sit with us in conversation with a Lion’s Tooth Project participant, current and former Peer Leads, community members and elders - learning about their relationship with plant medicine, story-telling/keeping, leaning into self and community, and more! This week your hosts, @fatmata.binta & @dariablue_ will be in conversation with Shania Roban @sshania_slays , a queer Black femme from NY w/ Caribbean roots and former LTP participant. They are a makeup artist and writer, libra sun and rising, Taurus moon. by @frantheyco If you are interested in being part of the Hive Mind Podcast or want to share a topic of interest, send us a DM! Shoutout to @fatmata.binta for being the creative mind of this space. #communitycare #ancestry #creativeyouthdevelopment #youthpodcast #pocpodcast

It’s finally up! Come check out What’s good, Brooklyn in Red Hook, BK.

On View Now! What’s good, Brooklyn? is an ode to Brooklyn through the eyes of Red Hook Community Justice Center's @redhookjustice JustArts youth photography program. This 12-week photography program was facilitated in partnership with Lion's Tooth Project . The exhibition was created and produced in partnership with Photoville. Thank you to New York State Council on the Arts , The Robin Hood Foundation The Robinhood Foundation , The Philip and Edith Leonian Foundation The Ph...illip and Edith Leonian Foundation & New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery for supporting this program. ________ : Skyler Reid (@skyreid ) Sam Barzilay, and Dave Shelley (@daveroxsox ) See more

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