The Art of Community Workshop

Building a Refugee/Immigrant Culture and Arts Support Network in Bowling Green

 

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL

Friday September 28th

9:00 am to 4:30 p.m.

FREE – No registration fee

Lunch and refreshments included!

WKU ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships

1818 31W Bypass, Bowling Green, KY

(next to Goodwill and diagonal to Zaxby's)

The workshop will explore strategies and examples of programs that have successfully merged the arts with social services in order to enhance the integration of immigrants/refugees.  It will be led by Amy Skillman and Laura Marcus Green, co-directors of "Building Cultural Bridges," who are nationally recognized leaders on issues of immigrant/refugee culture and arts, and have led many such workshops around the country.

Supported by funding from the ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships and the Department of Folk Studies & Anthropology at Western Kentucky University, the Bramham/Collins Fund for Public Folklore, and the American Folklore Society.