Merge art with a cause & create global change.

Delivered January 1st, 2025

DETAILS:

• Audio 1: What is Art as Activism. Why your specific point of view matters.

  • What is Art as Activism?

  • Learn how artists have used their art as a form of activism with links to view their work online.

  • Learn about Catherine’s work and how she integrated activism into her art career specific to the recovery community and the Down syndrome community. View the work online with links provided.

  • A Prompt for action will be given to you at the end to the lecture. You can work on this any time you like or jump right in.
    
    

• Audio 2: Find your “WHY”. What is the change you want to make. Why does this matter to you.

  • What is your WHY?

  • We’ll discuss Simon Sinek’s “Start with Why”.. “It’s not what you do it’s why you do it” and how this impacts your role as an artist and an activist.

  • A prompt for action will be given to you at the end of the lecture. You can work on this any time you like or jump right in.
    

• Audio 3: Merging your Art with a Cause.

  • Learn several ways you can connect with a cause.

  • Learn how to partner and give back to organizations that align with your cause.

  • A prompt for Action will be given to you at the end of the lecture. You can work on this any time you like or jump right in.
    

• Audio 4: Stepping into your Empowered, Confident Artist & Activist

  • Learn practices to soothe your nervous system as you step into move visibility.

  • Learn how to start an online campaign to raise awareness and funding.

  • More prompts will be given to you at the end of the lecture to take along with you.

FAQ’s

HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED

When my son Max was born the geneticist said to me
“You know there’s a pill you could have taken for that.”

That was my first of many hundreds of experiences of Ableism since Max was born.

He didn’t see my son as a value to society and that I should have aborted him.
MANY people have this belief.
I personally wasn’t complaining about my son having Down syndrome.

One of my missions in life is to show the world that people with Down syndrome are not a diagnosis. That they are all unique beings with value they bring to the world just like everyone else. I do this by introducing him to everyone I can so that they can meet someone new with Down syndrome and learn what he’s like. I do this by posting photos about Max so that people can learn WHO he is and become part of his growing village of people cheering for him and his success in the world. Max surfs, skateboards, plays drums, goes to high school with “typically developing” peers, acts in plays, dances, speaks Spanish and is learning Hebrew. Stereotypes do not fit here.

Max and I collaborated on these 2 paintings and I decided to use it as a moment to educate people about Max and about the limiting effects of stereotypes and to raise money for MAX so that he can become more empowered with finances.

You can learn more about these paintings HERE.

I believe art can be a voice for those that aren’t able to use theirs.

• I believe art can create financial support for those you’re trying to help, whether it be a non-profit, a family, endangered animals, a community or individuals that are marginalized in some way.

• I believe merging art with a cause has a WIN / WIN / WIN impact. The Artist, the Collector of the Art, and the Cause all connect with each other in service to the change they want to see in the world.

• I believe in a practice of using art as activism with Love, Awareness and Education at the core.

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