Our goalCreative Break is a free monthly art class that aims at providing our audience with a space for peace, fun, and expression.
Join our two hosts, Candi & Sam, as they guide us through a 30-minute art project. No previous art-experience is necessary, we only ask that you bring an open mind to create. Tune in on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30 EST for our Creative Break on Instagram Live! |
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Every month, Sam & Candi create based on a community-chosen prompt. Browse past episodes by prompt:
Brooklyn. March. Fierce. Forever. Starlight. Cozy. Cloud. Silver. Grace. Galaxia/Galaxy. Body. River. Tree. Reflection. Loud. Sisters. Techo/Roof. 1970s. Collide. Sprout. Time. Knot. Octopus. Stuck. Fan. Relax. Pick. Watch. Crystal. Mask. Suit. Sour. Spirit. Compass. Pressure. Moon. Raven. Crispy.
Our hosts |
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Candi Aca GarciaI was born in New York City, raised in Mexico up to the age of five and have since then been residing in Brooklyn. I recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a double major in Latin American and Latinx Studies, Criminal Justice, and an Art minor. I am the first in my family to graduate from college and will be the first in my family to attend graduate school. I will be attending the University at Albany this fall 2020 and will pursue a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology. I hope to examine the ways language retention and identity formation evolve among people of different communities. I would like to eventually become a professor and mentor college students. Aside from my educational goals, I love to create works of art in various mediums and learn languages when ever I can. I love incorporating aspects of my culture into my paintings and hope that one day I travel the world to learn more about art!
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Sam GiarrataniSam works as a public art manager for a professional artist in NYC, and is a learner, teacher, and artist herself. Before she worked as an art administrator, she taught high school art for 6 years in Boston. Teaching further cemented her love for artistic play and processes, and she adamantly taught her classes with the focus on womxn and artists of color. As fulfilling as it was to have the freedom to build this kind of curriculum, she quit in order to travel to 30 states with a public art project called, In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth), where she helped collect diverse, nationwide truths ahead of the 2016 Presidential election. Now she is responsible for ideation and coordination of large artworks and continues to travel across the country to realize projects both temporary and permanent. Her personal work focuses on her own empowerment, and she endeavors to create artistic platforms for voices that feel unheard.
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