Artist as Changemaker: Ado Nkemka
The artists participating in the Artist as Changemaker Residency and Fellowship Program have been diligently immersed in their projects, and we are thrilled to take a peek at their creative endeavours in anticipation of the upcoming final showcase scheduled for May 2024.
Ado Nkemka (/A.N.) - Artist as Changemaker Resident
Partner: The Alcove Centre for the Arts
How Might We: How might we reduce the barriers to accessing safe, collaborative learning environments and showcase opportunities in the arts?
Who’s involved - The Alcove Centre for the Arts, Community Participants
Project Description: Letters to My Younger Self is a mailbox installation that leads to a community conversation. The installation, housed at The Alcove, calls for artists, hobbyists, and general community members to write letters to or from the perspective of their younger selves to dream up the world they wish to see. The “How Might We” statement inspires the letters by imagining alternative realities for ourselves and our world.
Purpose: This project is inspired by a presentation that she gave at a multi-college and university symposium called "LEARNING HOW TO LEARN: Navigating life, neurodivergence, the classroom and the studio to do your best work." Her goal with this project is to understand the community's needs by hearing them imagine a fully inclusive artistic landscape to draw out her own personal experiences in the arts that will inform the development of a book/toolkit of the same title.
Impact:
Community Engagement: Through the "Letters to my Younger Self" project, participants engage in a collective act of storytelling, fostering a sense of community engagement and participation.
Imagining Alternative Realities: By exploring alternative realities and dreaming up the world they wish to see, participants engage in critical thinking and collective envisioning, sparking conversations about social change and transformation.
Understanding Community Needs: By listening to the voices and perspectives of diverse community members, the project aims to identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities for fostering inclusivity and accessibility within the arts.
Find out more about Ado’s work by visiting The Alcove Centre for the Arts
