El Otro Lado: The Other Side
El Otro Lado: The Other Side is a community-based arts project led by artist Chrissie Orr and writer Michelle Otero, engaging the creative process to explore our human connection to land and place, our sense of home and belonging, boundaries and cultural divides.
El Otro Lado: The Other Side - Albuquerque builds on the project in Santa Fe presented there by The Academy for the Love of Learning. In intergenerational, cross-cultural workshops, participants tell their stories through the use of journaling, recorded oral narratives, photography, visual arts and written expression. The public is invited to participate in free workshops at West Side Community Center and Barelas Senior Center among others. This project also includes workshops with Albuquerque immigrant communities through El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos as well as students and families at the Native American Community Academy. Work gathered in the workshops will be transformed into a public display at various Albuquerque sites along with a public storyteling event in the fall.
Public Workshops:
• West Side Community Center: Wednesdays, April 7 - May 12, 9-11am
• Barelas Senior & Community Centers: Contact 516 ARTS for dates & times
For information and registration for the free public workshops in Albuquerque, please contact Barbara Geary at 516 ARTS: 505-242-1445, barbara@516arts.org
For information about El Otro Lado in Santa Fe, please visit:aloveoflearning.org/programs/elotrolado
El Otro Lado: The Other Side - Albuquerque is presented by 516 ARTS, The Academy for the Love of Learning, Connecting Community Voices, and partnering organizations El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos, Southwest Creations Collaborative and Enlace Comunitario. This project is supported in part by the New Mexico Humanities Council, Albert I. Pierce Foundation and New Mexico Council on Photography.