PRISM
Local artists, architects, and designers will work with DPS 6th-8th graders to explore the principles of Freedom Dreaming, asking the question, 'What is the beauty you want to see in the world?'
The students will take walking field trips to visit architecture studios, an art museum, a proposed art gallery/studio, and Durham Public Library’s Makerspace. The week will culminate in a Public Reception & Show of the students’ work at NorthStar Church of the Arts.
Freedom Dreaming is an opportunity to visualize the future that we want to live in, and harness the necessary tools and resources to actively move that dream toward a reality. These principles were developed by the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Management Fellows.
Camp Attendees come from Student U, as well as several Durham Public Middle Schools. Student U is a nonprofit organization that empowers and equips first-generation college students in Durham Public Schools. The camp is free for students and includes breakfast and lunch.
Sponsorship
Freedom Dreaming Design Camp provides highly desired arts education to young creatives, who may not otherwise have access to such programming. We fairly compensate the artists and designers who work with our students in order to support the artwork and bring these talents directly to the community’s youth. Your support gives life to this programming and will have a direct impact on the future of the arts in Durham.
Participating Facilitators
Laura Ritchie
Arts Organizer, Curator
CJ Suitt
Poet, Artist, Educator
Dare Coulter
Artist, Muralist and Sculptor
Rosario Dominguez-Tapia
Architectural Designer
Eliza Redmann
Artist and Founder of Folded Poetry
Josh Rowsey, aka Rowdy
Blackspace
Architect
Zack Woodard, aka Zone
Blackspace
Heather Ferrell
Architect, Prism Design Lab
Germane James
NorthStar Church of the Arts