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Effective January 1: Masks are Optional in VisArts’ Classrooms and Studios
Join VisArts’ 2025 Art + Social Justice Fellow Aisha Nailah White for an open studio and workshop focused on creatively supporting the causes you care about, offered in connection with her exhibition, Help Me, Help You, Help Us (Common Ground Gallery, March 21-May 11, 2025).
In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to screen print, design banners, and create swag for social movements. Participants will gain hands-on experience by helping to screen print tote bags for the DMV Introductory Organizing Training program, Rising Organizers, actively contributing to the movement while learning valuable creative skills.
White’s practice is dedicated to helping individuals and communities break free from paralysis and complacency to engage in meaningful action. “To do this, you must embrace what some call delusions, but I prefer to call possibilities.” This project aims to help everyone discover their unique role in the movement.
Ages 13 and up. No prior experience necessary.
This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP by adding a free ticket to your cart and checking out.
About the Artist
Aisha Nailah White is an artist, organizer, and researcher with a passion for community building and social impact. A majority of her work centers on supporting her community of artists to build and grow projects, while her personal practices focus on public health and fellowship.
White’s background in social enterprise, community engagement, and sustainable development has informed her passion for socially engaged art. Her research in ethics and project development leads her to take a trauma-informed approach to all of her work.
White is the Founder and Director of RUMA Collective, an artist support collective. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh and an MA cultural policy degree in arts, enterprise, and development from the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. In addition, she holds a certificate in mixed reality design from Oxford University.
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