Community Arts & Activism

We returned to Kosovo after a 3 year hiatus! The theme, chosen by our partners at Fellbach Haus was Freedom to...Liria për...  We were inspired by a desire to continue with the STEAM workshops via small kinetic sculptures, animation and exploring the science behind fluorescent light and color. We also wanted to celebrate our reunion with our Kosovar family and designed the curriculum around the themes of play and celebration.

​This years exhibition included guests from the US Embassy, past and current mayors of Suhareka/Theranda, Albanian Culture TV, and the many young people who participated in the workshops, with their families. 

We are grateful for our partner, Refki Gollopeni and Albanian Culture TV for facilitating the video, providing an overview of the workshops.

2018 is the 10th anniversary of Kosovo's independence. The theme Outside In/Inside Out or Nga Jasht Mbrenda / Nga Mbrenda Jasht in Albanian, was conceived with the idea that celebration offers pause to reflect on personal and collective pasts/presents/futures. In conjunction with looking at artists such as Philip Guston, Annette Messager, Barbara Kruger and Shimon Attie, the approach involved sharing a memory, a current event and envisioning a future. Students then interviewed community and family members about their memories from the past twenty years. These stories were documented with drawings, video, audio recordings and photography and became the content that informed our collaborative artwork, an interactive timeline.