• News
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Campus Portal Login
  • News
  • Student Life
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Athletics
  • Campus Portal Login

Attend presentation on an upcoming social justice art collaborative project

salvetoday Posted On April 5, 2021
0


0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It

McKillop Library is hosting a joint faculty and student presentation entitled “Arts for Social Action: ‘It’s More Than a 1 Credit Course,’ ” to help spread the word about a collaborative social justice art project that students in the DNC-310 Arts for Social Action course are currently working on with local artists.

The online event will be given by Melody Gamba, adjunct professor in the Department of Theater, Music and Dance, as well as Nycole Marvelous, one of the artists involved in the project on Thursday, April 8, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. To register, go to the event on the library’s website.

The Arts for Social Action course, co-taught by Gamba and Marvelous, is open to any Salve Regina undergraduate student who is interested in social justice and utilizing the arts as a means to evoke community conversations, self reflect and strengthen their own voice for advocacy and change. The course is a requirement within the dance major, but it welcomes students from all majors to join, and prior art experience is not a required. All modes of artistic expression are explored and invited.

“The goal of the course is to inspire a new generation of change makers with the intention that the topics and conversations go far beyond the classroom walls and one semester of work,” said Gamba. “It is a life long journey.”

Students are currently involved in a project in collaboration with local artists to plan, design and install a Black Lives Matter community art piece at McKillop Library. During the upcoming online presentation, attendees will join Gamba, Marvelous and students as they share their community-based, anti-oppressive pedagogical approach in engaging in the story of Black Americans while examining their own power and privilege through the making of art. This presentation will share the methods that Gamba and Marvelous explore to build trust and community within the classroom with the hope of cultivating the next generation of compassionate social activists embodying the Mercy mission beyond Salve Regina’s gates.

The Black Lives Matter community art piece will be created on Salve Regina’s campus on Friday, April 9 through Sunday, April 11, with community partners and artists like Marvelous and Jy-Tique Harris, as well as Professor Gamba and students from the course. The completed art will be installed in the library on April 11. The goal is to find a permanent home on Salve Regina’s campus upon completion of the library installation, and participants are looking forward to exploring locations on campus for its permanent home.

Nycole Marvelous is an artist, arts educator, community activist, and social justice advocate. She is a member of several boards and is working toward equitable business ownership opportunities for artists of color in the North End of Newport. She can be found every week hosting a livestream event for community engagement and art making on Instagram.

Melody Gamba is a dance artist, educator, mental health counselor and dance/movement therapist who is an advocate for inclusive and equitable educational outreach, therapeutic interventions and social justice programming within her community. In addition to teaching at Salve Regina, she is also currently a program therapist at Butler Hospital.

To register, go to the event on the library’s website. Salve Regina community members who are interested in collaborating on this project are welcome to reach out via email to Melody.Gamba@salve.edu.

Featured photo by Getty Images/wildpixel

0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It




  • RSS Calendar of Events

    • Honors Senior Thesis Exhibition
      Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021 (All day) to Thursday, April 22, 2021 (All day)
      Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery

      The Honors Senior Thesis Exhibition showcases the work of six outstanding seniors from the Department of Art and Art History: Victor Aguirre Williams, Samantha Gaudette, Jeremy Lukasiewicz, Ryan...

      Contact: Ernest Jolicoeur
    • Black Lives Matter community art exhibition
      Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (All day) to Friday, April 30, 2021 (All day)
      McKillop Library first floor

      The Black Lives Matter community art piece was created by local artists Nycole Marvelous and Jy-Tique Harris, adjunct professor Melody Gamba and students from Gamba's course Arts for Social...

      Contact: Gretchen Sotomayor
    • Stressbuster: Loaded study room raffle
      Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 (All day) to Thursday, April 22, 2021 (All day)

      Complete a short Earth Day quiz by noon Thursday, April 22 to be entered into a raffle for a four-hour study and snack session in the...

      Contact: Gretchen Sotomayor
    • TIAA financial counseling sessions
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 (All day)

      TIAA representative John Cislo will be available for virtual financial counseling appointments with faculty and staff.

    • Earth Day meditation
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 10:00am
      McAuley Hall lawn

      Join Jesse Harding, adjunct professor in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies, for an outdoor meditation focusing on easy to follow mindfulness-based stress reduction practices....

    • The "More Than" garden: Audio installation and sun prints
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
      O'Hare Academic Building front entrance

      Stop by the front of O'Hare to make a cyanotype sun print with Dr. Jen McClanaghan, associate professor in the Department of English, Communications and Media, and the students of her ENG224...

    • Adopt-a-spot launch and planting
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
      Ochre Court lawn

      Salve Regina is launching a new adopt-a-spot with the city of Newport, committing for two years to tend to this spot of earth for the common good. Join us on this Earth Day to begin plantings...

      Contact: Mary Pelletier
    • Things for Thursday: Ben & Jerry's
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
      Gerety Hall

      Come grab some Ben & Jerry's ice cream at the Campus Activities Board's last Things for Thursday event of the academic year.

    • Study abroad information session
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 4:00pm

      Interested in studying abroad but don’t know where to start? Join the global ambassadors from the Office of International Programs for a crash course on everything you need to know to start your...

    • Arboretum tree planting
      Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 3:15pm
      McKillop Library front lawn

      Join us outside of McKillop Library for the annual Arbor Day tree planting and dedication of two Elizabeth magnolias to add to our campus arboretum.

  • Browse Sections

    Salve Success

    Health and Wellness

    Mercy Mission

    Arts and Humanities

    Science and Technology

    Event Coverage

    Business and Economics

    Graduate News



Stay Updated

Latest news from SALVEtoday

 

  • Salve Regina University

    100 Ochre Point Avenue
    Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA

     (401) 847-6650

    (c) 2021 Salve Regina University

  • SALVEtoday Archives

  • Social Media Directory

  • Mercy Emergency Relief Fund


  • News
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Campus Portal Login
Press enter/return to begin your search