The goal of the Time to Clear the Air initiative, organized by students in partnership with the ENRICH Project, is to engage Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian youth to create art addressing the issues of environmental racism in their communities in Nova Scotia. Check out the outreach video below:
How to Participate:
- Create YOUR art
- Take a photo or video of your creation
- Email it to timetocleartheair@gmail.com
Benefits of Participating:
- Chance to win $100!!Showcasing art throughout internet
- Share your voice
- Bring issues from your community to people around the province
- Exposure for your art
- Make a difference
- Reimbursed for art supplies
Funding:
Please check out our Indiegogo campaign and make a donation if you are able to. The money raised will go towards:
- Art supplies
- Transportation
- Renting space for our final showcase
Deadline:
March 23rd, 2015
End Results:
- Online Showcase
- Art showing in Halifax
Contact information:
Email: timetocleartheair@gmail.com
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El Jones performing “Toxic Legacies” at Halifax event.
Art Example:
El Jones, spoken word artist and HRM Poet Laureate, wrote and performed the following poem at an ENRICH Project event:
Toxic Legacies
There’s a connection between the landfills
And our peoples being killed
Between environmental damage and our physical, spiritual and mental damage
Whether from slavery, colonization, colored homes or residential schools
And they think they can apologize and make it all better
Just like they think they can recycle and make it all better… more