Visible Polylogue
2023-24: The VISIBLE Polylogue is a project focused on designing a curriculum that will enable participants to learn about Social Practice Art and its use in promoting change in urban and minority communities. Christians will be involved in a dialogue with local community organizations to learn about needs within the Asian American communities using art based workshops. The curriculum will provide training on what Social Practice is and give examples of different social practice artists and their work in various mediums. The curriculum will also provide participants with the opportunity to learn different tools that can be used to communicate messages artistically.
A third-generation Japanese American, Susan grew up near Los Angeles. Her work includes curating, performing, film production, and teaching public health and ethnic studies. She hopes to raise awareness of hate and discrimination, with public collaboration through digital art. Susan has taught at CalState Fullerton for the last 10 years.
The Collaborative Seed Grant initiative of the Ministry in the City HUB invites artists, pastors, youth workers, churches, and/or faith-based organizations to partner together on a seed or start-up project that integrates the arts or a creative practice with ministry and community. Our inaugural cohort of CS grantees include artists from Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New York, partnering with local churches and community organizations.
Lord I ask for you to be present in the high schools and middle schools in Covina and provide your presence to intervene in the drug addiction and fentanyl crisis in our schools. I pray that our students would be able to lead others in resisting the temptation of drugs and find joy in their extracurricular activities that don’t involve drugs.