Last month, our Teen Museum Apprentices attended an Afrocentering workshop taught by cultural anthro

Last month, our Teen Museum Apprentices attended an Afrocentering workshop taught by cultural anthropologist and dancer Aimee Meredith Cox at the @newmuseum. Afrocentering is a movement philosophy created by Cox that uses activities inspired by dance and yoga to focus on mind–body connection and self-awareness. The workshop stressed the importance of social justice and consciousness as embodied by the word “care,” which became an ongoing theme in our exchange. Aimee’s workshop is part of Simone Leigh’s exhibit, The Waiting Room, which focuses on black women when discussing  healthcare inequalities.After a thought-provoking discussion with the New Museum Waiting Room Apprentices, our teens choreographed a routine to represent what they care about in physical form. “While doing the activity I learned that there are tremendous ways you can express how you feel besides just talking about it,” says Djino T., a Junior Apprentice. In addition, Senior Ulyses S. stated, “I learned a while ago that the only way to expand your comfort zone was to step out of it.” A week later, Teen Programs Coordinators Ximena and Lindsay delivered a tour of Agitprop! to the Waiting Room Apprentices and MAP crew that focused on works by Gran Fury, Visual AIDS, as well as Marisa Jahn’s project that recognizes the voices of America’s fastest growing workforce, caregivers. We then all gathered in the Education Gallery to discuss the experience and learn about each others’ work.When asked to comment on the visit, Apprentice Isabel A. stated, “At the Brooklyn Museum, we got to know the New Museum Teens a little better and that opened us all up to each other’s opinions. It was cool to hear different peoples’ definitions/ideas on what a caretaker is.”What is a caretaker? What does it mean to “care”? Care involves love and sacrifice. When a person, whether me, you, or one of our Apprentices, devotes themselves to something, they sacrifice part of themselves. This sacrifice renders them caretakers. Because everyone has a care, we all are united as caretakers. If we recognize and acknowledge each others’ cares, we will ensure our world will be better taken care of, and consequently loved.Posted by Zamara Choudhary -- source link

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