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To bring the project into being, Osorio, along with local professional artists Catalina Mejia, Tony Rocco, Rana Sindhikara and Ben Volta, developed a plan for community-centered, collaborative art-making over the course of this year long project. Each artist provided art instruction and guidance to a group of area high school students. Through this process they engaged with students from different schools and four local families to better understand the complexity of this Philadelphia neighborhood. The four families participating in this include African American and Laotian community elders, a Colombian family matriarch, and a multigenerational Vietnamese household. Inspired by their interactions and conversations with family members, the artists and students created installations for each family’s home. The installations crafted through this inclusive collaborative process represent the intersection of the histories, interests, and identities of host families and those of the artists and students. Ultimately, participants in this program strengthened and built community through citywide, cross-cultural, and intergenerational engagement and the sharing of personal experiences and neighborhood histories. A public reception will be held Friday, June 20th, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Guests will see a recreation of the in-home installations along with photographs chronicling the original installation and collaborative community art-making process. The exhibition will also include portraits of all participants. Artists, student artists, and family members will be on hand to discuss their experiences and celebrate their collaborative accomplishments with the public. Admission to the exhibition and reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours for this exhibition are: 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. (Wednesday), and 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Monday through Thursday). Special viewing hours may be arranged by appointment (please call 215.922.3456). The Fleisher Art Memorial's Center for Works on Paper is located in South Philadelphia at 705 Christian Street. Community Partnerships in the Arts School Residency Programs are supported by a generous grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Image: photograph by Joseph Gonzales
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