Working in collaboration with local non-profit arts organizations and educational institutions this project will reach out to young female students and diverse populations of artists to interpret the cultural heritage of their region currently endangered by environmental, social, and political concerns.
Utilizing contemporary digital technologies in our working sessions, we can share with the rest of the nation, and indeed, the rest of the world, the vital artistic heritage necessary for a diverse digitally mediated future.
 
Time in country working with local participants will be an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the country’s unique contemporary environment, its social and political tensions, and its artistic heritage as shared by local artists.

In skill share workshops I’ll work directly with participants to create digital animations, projections, and installations that speak to the rich cultural heritage.  The focus of the work will be customized to the existing skills and expertise of the selected participants. During working sessions participants will share answers to questions critical to the creative process. It is these questions that provide the most direct route to achieving our goal of increasing mutual understanding at a personal level.

Through a series of digital videoconferences participants will also be introduced to their emergent American counterparts utilizing contemporary technologies and practices that reinforce the role of culture as a vector for sustainable development and poverty reduction.

The nature of the tools being utilized to produce this project lend to an online dialogic space congenial to artists, students, casual readers, and scholars alike. All content produced will be made available online as well as on a mobile application. In this online environment we will provide content in English as well as the native language of the host country to achieve the goal of increased understanding of these countries’ unique landscapes and rich cultural traditions. 

Additional grant funding will be sought to bring this project to additional regions at risk for environmental, social, and political degradation.