Component Exploration – Claiming Space Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online Namitha is a racialized young woman with a disability. The first component presented is her poem “O,C,D.”. The second component is an excerpted set of Namitha’s thoughts on her work as a spoken word artist, navigating mental health differences in her family, her experience …
Component Exploration 2: Jane Doe Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online Kiran Shoker is a young South Asian Canadian woman. The first component presented is her poem “Jane Doe,” is about the South Asian female body as a colonialized entity. The second component is an excerpted set of Shoker’s thoughts on her poem taken from …
Component Exploration 1: “Cheers to Capitalism” Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online C.J. is a young Asian-Canadian woman. The first component presented is her poem “Cheers to Capitalism,” which is about the racial and gender stereotyping she has experienced in the workforce. The second component is an excerpted set of C.J.’s thoughts on her poem …
Component Exploration: “Inexplicable Maze” Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online Ashley T. is a young bisexual, Black, biracial woman diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder-Type two. The first component for this unit is her Inexplicable Maze painting that expresses her experience trying to navigate a system that was not built for her. Additional components are her artist’s …
Components: Self-guided Timing: 35-45 minutes Mode: In-class; Online Students should listen to Psychiatric Hollywood and the accompanying audio by Annalissa Crisostomo describing how and why the artivist piece was created. Link to Psychiatric Hollywood on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/acrisostomo/sets/psychiatric-hollywood See Full Transcript for Psychiatric Hollywood here Appendix A See Audio Transcript here Appendix B While listening, …
Component Evaluation: Deconstructing Madness Timing: 40 – 50 minutes Mode: In-class; Online Although it is extremely important to challenge depictions and false representations found within film and other media, we should not discount the benefits of fiction and non-fiction narratives to participate in practices of bearing witness and truth-telling needed to combat stigma and produce …
Component Evaluation: Community Grant Proposal Time: 120 minutes; flexible Mode: In class; Online Community art collaborations are supported by a variety of institutions that help fund different projects. This funding is a crucial part of ensuring the larger success of a project. Funding allows organizers to be paid, to seek out needed materials, and the …
Component Evaluation: Imagining Alternatives Time: 30 minutes Mode: In class; Online Our current mental health system does not support a variety of care and wellbeing needs. Often people are only encouraged to seek out talk therapy. With this in mind, and with the artists call to diversifying how we practice care and wellbeing, either facilitate …
Component Exploration – the “days” Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online River is a queer trans youth who identifies as white and racialized. Their component presented is the art piece “days.” The second component is a set focus group and interview excerpts which include River’s explanation of how they created the piece, and their thoughts …
Component Evaluation: MoVay’s Way – Mobile as Metaphor Timing: 30 Minutes, flexible Mode: Online MoVay’s Way is an art intervention, a nuanced call for broader approaches to wellbeing that value the spiritual, the social, and the physical. MoVay’s creator is focusing on the importance of balance, and this learning activity invites students to consider the …
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