Community art project going up at The Artery in Asheville’s River Arts District will document journey of immigrants

Jason Sandford

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Press release here:

Raising Our Voices Community Art Project- will open their first travelling exhibition on December 3, 2011 from 7-9pm, at the ARTERY in the River Arts District of Asheville. This unique project documents the lives and journeys of “new North Carolinians” through a dynamic multi-media experience created by local artists from the region. The project is supported by a grant from the NC Arts Council, Asheville Area Arts Council and the Center for Diversity Education and is being sponsored by the Coalition of Latin American Organizations (COLA), Latino Advocacy Coalition (LAC),Center for Participatory Change (CPC), WNC Workers Center, and Nuestro Centro.

Carolina McCready of the Latino Advocacy Coalition states that, “Raising Our Voices is one way to begin deconstructing myths so people can gain awareness of who newcomers are and learn about immigrants, their culture and reasons behind the mass migration beginning at the end of the 20th century.”  She invites anyone interested in art, culture, and the realties that new social, economic, and political changes have created to learn from this exhibition.